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Seems impossible for my wife to get a US visitor visa while a CR-1 is in process?

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JF083 Newbie

JF083   0

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I know this has been asked before, but after my wife was already denied twice to get a visitor visa, I'm wondering what we have to do or if its even possible.  It seems to me this admin doesn't want anyone coming in at this time.

 

I dont really understand and they dont give a reason, just "better luck next time".  Its so frustrating and heart breaking.

 

Has ANYONE actually got a visitor visa for their wife while processing a CR-1?  WHAT is the embassy's logic here.  Why deny?  Why do they think shes going to overstay and RUIN her chances of getting a CR-1?  Help me make it make sense.

OldUser Grand Master

OldUser   11,041

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She won't get visitor's visa.

Re-applying is meaningless and only confirms DOS assumption she's desparate to come to the US.

You just have to wait for immigrant visa now. You can visit her or meet somewhere else than US.

 

The cosulate logic is: she has immigrant intent to move to the US. She is applying for visitor's visa to move to the US quicker and jump the line. Visitor's visa is not for moving to the US, and won't be granted 

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TBoneTX Grand Master

TBoneTX   48,583

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Already answered here:

It's concerning that, of your nine posts on VJ, some refer to a fiancée (K-1 forum) and some to a wife (CR-1 forum).  Please put all known information into a VJ timeline so that people know your situation accurately enough to best help you.  At minimum, we need to know what you've filed and when, and which consulate you'd be dealing with.  Quit making people infer something like "he was engaged in July but must have married between now and his current post, so he must be on a CR-1 path now."

 

With that said, the advice from July (fiancée) holds true for now (wife):  The chances of her being granted a tourist visa approach zero

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06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

Boiler Grand Master

Boiler   48,288

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They always give a reason

 

i have seen a few approved Bs, more denials mind you most of them seem a long shot to get a B without a US Spouse.

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

Miller Family Collaborator

Miller Family   332

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They are absolutely correct.  My wife was denied a visitor visa and was explicitly told that she just has to wait for the I-130 to be approved.  It sucks, but those are the rules.

At least we got to go to Bogota and spend some time there. 😁

Spoiler

 

 

 

 
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