US Immigration from Canada

Hello,

I am hoping someone can help me out. I am trying to figure out if I need to apply for an extension on my K1 Visa or if I need to seek a lawyer at this point.

I received an approved I-129F petition on 10/29/2021. My fianc submitted his DS-160 on 11/11/2021 and then had his interview on 02/07/2022. After the interview, the Montreal Embassy temporarily refused the visa for "Administrative Processing" and requested a questionnaire be filled out. We promptly returned the questionnaire on the same date. Upon further research, it appears that this questionnaire was part of DS-5535, it's been 3 weeks and the Embassy is not replying to our emails. I have read online that these can take anywhere from 'several weeks' to over 8 months. The only information I've seen is on the CEAC site indicating a "Refused" as of 02/16/2022 and stating that "Please follow any instructions provided by the consular officer. If you were informed by the consular officer that your case was refused for administrative processing, your case will remain refused while undergoing such processing. You will receive another adjudication once such processing is complete"

I am livid that the officer at the Embassy targeted my fianc , considering Canada is not a high risk country and given I have provided every form and document to them with more than sufficient information. I can't help but to feel this was due to some form of discrimination given my fianc 's ethnicity and orientation. Is it recommended I bring a lawyer in?

I appreciate any insight anyone has on this and how to proceed.

Thank you,

Michael

My fiance and I have applied for the K1 Visa 2 years ago. We finally got the interview date (March 24), however, I'm a bit worried because he lost his job 1 year ago due to COVID and has just gotten a new job that is starting March 7th. It's a good salary (way above poverty line) but I'm worried that his statements from the bank will not show any deposits in the last year due to him being unemployed. He also went through his savings during this time. Will this cause a denial? Should we be looking for a co-sponsor?

I am Canadian and am currently employed with an authorization to telework so I will continue to get paid throughout this process. My plan is to bring proof that I can support myself until the day I can work legally in the US but knowing that this isnt something they take into account, I'm worried that his proof of employement isn't enough since they are looking at his bank statements during the last year.

Hello! I'm getting ready for my interview in Montreal next week and have noticed that the consulate email checklist requires both beneficiary AND petitioner's birth certificates.

This is different to the packet 3 instructions I received.

Would a copy of my fiance's birth certificate suffice? Curious to know what other montrealers have done?

Thank you!

I'm Canadian, and for three years my American fianc e has lived in Buffalo and drives across the border to visit me every week. I received my NOA1 back in September and would like to make sure I have enough evidence proving the genuineness of our relationship once we get interviewed later this year.

The problem is, we don't have the usual sorts of evidence that most K1 applicants have. Here are some common examples of evidence that other K1 applicants use, and why I don't have them:

1. Visa stamps. Canada does not stamp American passports when they cross.
2. Phone call logs. We don't call each other (what year is it anyway?).
3. Mail deliveries. We don't mail each other stuff. She visits so often anyway that we just give each other stuff in person.
4. Flight bookings, boarding passes, etc. She drives.
5. Hotel bookings. She stays at my residence when she visits.
6. Pictures. We don't really go out and do anything. What would be the occasion for which we would take a picture? I suppose we could just take selfies in my home, but that's... odd.
7. Credit card or bank statements of our purchases at the same time and place. Again, we don't really go out and do anything. Besides, I usually just pay for anything (e.g., pizza delivery). If we suddenly started paying for things together now after three years, wouldn't that be suspicious?
8. Engagement ring purchase. I never got one (I was intending to just get a wedding ring when the time comes; engagement rings never made sense to me.) We sent our I-129F (along with a letter of intent to marry, of course) back in August. It's now February. I suppose we could buy rings now, but wouldn't that look even more suspicious than not having rings at all? ("It says here you bought rings in February, but your letter of intent to marry was from August. Why would you buy engagement rings so many months after your stated intention to marry?")
9. Chat logs. We do indeed have 91,000 messages sent between us on Discord. But does that matter? Anyone can manufacture chat logs, and she doesn't use her real name on the application we use (Discord).
10. Names on lease. This one has never made sense to me. The whole point of immigrating is so that we can live together. Obviously we don't currently live together; we're in different countries!

I'm fine with doing some new things to get some of this evidence, but it seems so... obvious... that I would just be doing it for the sake of the K1 instead of organically. Like, there's little evidence of these things for years, and then all the sudden a few months before the interview we start doing all this stuff together? I don't know... Am I wrong to be concerned about that? And is there any sort of evidence I haven't mentioned above that might be compelling?

Thanks!

Hi, everyone. I am looking to get a k-1 visa to go to the us and marry my girlfriend. Currently, she is not working due to a medical issue, but her Father indicated that he would be able to co sponsor for me. Her step mother also is working, and stated she would help with it too.

Their combined income would most certainly meet the HHS poverty guidelines.

What forms would I submit to show that I would be supported financially during my process in the US?