number of visits of a fiancee

[Happy_Heart 0]

Greetings of peace to everyone in here!! My fiance visited me once in the Philippines....is this okey to the consular officer for me to be approved or does he needs to visit me again ? Thanks to all ....God mercy endures forever!!

[Otto 83]

Greetings of peace to everyone in here!! My fiance visited me once in the Philippines....is this okey to the consular officer for me to be approved or does he needs to visit me again ? Thanks to all ....God mercy endures forever!!

Ken-Hermily,

The requirement is that you have met your fiancé In Person Within The Last Two (2) Years - so if you did, then it is okay...

[yassmine2878 1]

Ahmed and I had only met once when we filed. I visited him again shortly after the interview, but the main requirement is that you've met within the last 2 years.

[pushbrk 12,167]

Ahmed and I had only met once when we filed. I visited him again shortly after the interview, but the main requirement is that you've met within the last 2 years.

While only "meeting" is required, the Consular officer will be making a judgment as to whether the relationship is bona fide. That decision is no simply a judgment of "Have they met in person in the last two years?" USCIS has already made that determination. Additional visits are not part of any requirement but they go a long way toward showing a bona fide relationship. Couples are well advised to look at their own cases like a stranger might. Would the stranger see a bona fide ongoing relationship? If so, fine. If not, then make the necessary adjustments to behavior and evidence collection to change complete the picture.

Certainly people with only one visit are approved every day in Manila and elsewhere, but it sure looks more bona fide to have more visits, even if the second one is at the time of the interview. Evidence of bona fide relationship is not about meeting some published minimum requirement. It's judgment call by a human.

[garya505 2]

Greetings of peace to everyone in here!! My fiance visited me once in the Philippines....is this okey to the consular officer for me to be approved or does he needs to visit me again ? Thanks to all ....God mercy endures forever!!

Once is enough to meet the basic requirement. More is better. You may get more questioning about your relationship if you only met in person once.

Why don't you see if you can talk him into visiting you again anyway? If he loves you he should be willing to do that for you.

[Jasman0717 8]

I am one who believes that more is better

[ramos96 1]

More is always better, but if you can't you can't, as long as you can prove relationship and that you have met in person within two (2) years of before filing your application you should be alright.

Ramos

[*JG* 2]

I am one who believes that more is better

I second this sentiment.

[Jasman0717 8]

More is always better, but if you can't you can't, as long as you can prove relationship and that you have met in person within two (2) years of before filing your application you should be alright.

Ramos

If they can only visit once I suggest they really beef up the supporting documentation of an ongoing relationship. Even though I had been to visit Claudeth several times she still took a lot of documentation to the interview.

[Kotenochek 0]

will be great if he visits you right before the interview or on the interview,i been asked when i saw my fiancee last and since he left week before interview,they liked my respond.but for filing its ok to meet once.

Also depends for how long you stayed together for his visit.good luck!

[SMOKE 1,426]

Greetings of peace to everyone in here!! My fiance visited me once in the Philippines....is this okey to the consular officer for me to be approved or does he needs to visit me again ? Thanks to all ....God mercy endures forever!!

Once is enough to meet the basic requirement. More is better. You may get more questioning about your relationship if you only met in person once.

Why don't you see if you can talk him into visiting you again anyway? If he loves you he should be willing to do that for you.

hey man that wasn't needed. there may be some financial issues preventing a second visit.

ken-hermily....like others have said.....1 is the basic requirement, but 2 or more will look better to the consular officers and may make the interview a little easier.

[Rob & Jin 0]

I am one who believes that more is better

I second this sentiment.

I third it, more is better, especially if the benificary is from a high visa fraud country. but its all down to finances, vacation time i guess and the ability to get tourist visas. For Chinese for example to be granted a tourist visa to visit is about as rare as finding rocking horse droppings. So the USC has to do all the travelling and as you know the USA is not big on vacation time.

[Jasman0717 8]

Greetings of peace to everyone in here!! My fiance visited me once in the Philippines....is this okey to the consular officer for me to be approved or does he needs to visit me again ? Thanks to all ....God mercy endures forever!!

Once is enough to meet the basic requirement. More is better. You may get more questioning about your relationship if you only met in person once.

Why don't you see if you can talk him into visiting you again anyway? If he loves you he should be willing to do that for you.

hey man that wasn't needed. there may be some financial issues preventing a second visit.

ken-hermily....like others have said.....1 is the basic requirement, but 2 or more will look better to the consular officers and may make the interview a little easier.

I think Gary is just trying to make a joke, at least that is the way I took it.

[Happy_Heart 0]

Hi everyone!! thank you for sending me good messages....My palangga and I will be together hopefully this oct 27, 2007 again....always remember that God ways is higher than our ways and God thoughts is higher than our thoughts.....God loves us all!!

[Craig_Karina 0]

Hello,

My opinion is that "more is always better!" For that reason and the fact that I am "loco en enamorado con mi esposa, I have been to Colombia at least 10 times in 2007. My passport had so many pages stamped from Colombia that I had to get another passport!

There are always financial issues as to whether visits are affordable or feasible. The consular officer making "the call" is going to judge your "relationship" on individual merits of your case...not just on the fact of meeting the one visit requirement. I would recommend you bolster your case with many e-mails, love cards, photo exchanges and phone records.

There is always the... "So, you only met one time in person and you are in love and want to marry this person? scenario. And, some validity exists to their reasoning. But, it is up to YOU to prove your relationship is real and ongoing. Good luck on your VISA Journey.

Sincerely,

Craig