221G K1

[DonaldB 2]

My fiance had her interview this morning in Manila and it was denied and she received a 221G. 

 

They sent her to another location and the lady she spoke to when she received the form told her they didn't know the reasoning for the denial but they kept her paperwork for administrative processing. 

 

I read on Reddit that K1 Visa sent back to NVC go there to die? So are we just out of luck here? There Is nothing that we can do? 

 

 

 

[Boiler 47,456]

Why do you think it was denied?

[DonaldB 2]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

Why do you think it was denied?

 

I had filed chapter 7 bankruptcy last year due to medical bills from having Kidney cancer back in 2022. I also owed around 7k in back taxes, but I am currently on a payment arrangement for that. My income has fluctuated the past few years due to the medical issues but I'm fully healthy now. I make well over the minimum requirement for my household size so I'm not really sure. I asked my fiance about everything and she said they mentioned my bankruptcy and my cancer then she got the denial. 

[smilingstone 594]

The colour of the 221g slip will give you an idea of why. Do you know what colour it is?

 

7 hours ago, DonaldB said:

I asked my fiance about everything and she said they mentioned my bankruptcy and my cancer then she got the denial. 

 

Although this seems pretty self explanatory. In your situation it would perhaps been better to have a joint sponsor.

[DonaldB 2]

19 minutes ago, smilingstone said:

The colour of the 221g slip will give you an idea of why. Do you know what colour it is?

 

 

Although this seems pretty self explanatory. In your situation it would perhaps been better to have a joint sponsor.

 

The color of the slip was white. A joint sponsor isn't an option. 

[Edward and Jaycel 1,902]

Manila generally doesn't even look at the I-134, did they look at it during the interview? 221g is not a denial, it is a refusal either pending a specific document or for administrative processing. Can you post a pic of the 221g sheet with any personal information obscured?

[DonaldB 2]

Here's the letter she got.

 

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[Edward and Jaycel 1,902]

Oh wow... so they're actually returning it to USCIS. They must have seen something deficient in the application maybe? I would use that link they put at the bottom of the letter to contact the immigrant visa unit to ask why it was refused and being returned to USCIS. 

[TBoneTX 47,499]

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[DonaldB 2]

19 minutes ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

Oh wow... so they're actually returning it to USCIS. They must have seen something deficient in the application maybe? I would use that link they put at the bottom of the letter to contact the immigrant visa unit to ask why it was refused and being returned to USCIS. 

 

 

I'll do that first thing tomorrow. It's been an emotional day for us but we will never give up. I'm currently planning a month long vacation over there and we might look into doing a marriage based visa instead. 

[Edward and Jaycel 1,902]

Yes... Never give up! I can only imagine the emotions.... The spousal visa IMHO is the superior visa anyway. If you are thinking of getting married while you're over there, start looking at all the requirements now. Jaycel and I started looking into it a bit late when I lived there and it looked like my remote employment was going to end. There are a bunch of requirements (counseling, etc.) that we were not able to get done before I had to move back here (my remote work authorization went from being "100% remote from anywhere I wanted" to "You need to be in one of our offices in the US 4 days a week" in about a month's time) so we went the K-1 route after I returned. You should be able to get it all done if you are going to be there a month and you guys plan ahead. You can even do the Utah online marriage and then when you go there for the month trip that counts as you two "consummating" the marriage and USCIS will accept the marriage certificate from Utah after that for the Spousal Visa Petition. Let us know what happens. So sorry you all have to go through this. 🥹