AmyWrites

How is one week in person a solid relationship? You barely have any time to do anything, live through anything together. It's still a fantasy at this point.
No one is denied a visa because the CO is "rude." It is weird to "meet on facebook." Who just adds random strangers on facebook?

Look like you didn't do your homework before interview. that is lack of evidence

You're not thinking clearly. By your last post, it looks like she had a few "plan B" relationships to get to the US if "plan A". And you want to help her why?

Just as a note, you said that they should give you a second chance. You have to look at it from USCIS point of view, as these are the people judging you.

Generally, them forgiving your overstay because you married a USC is the second chance. There really are no second chances for those who commit crimes, while overstaying 22 years, and then asking for a LPR card.

The investigation is topping on the cake for them, while 22 years of overstay could have been forgiven, generally in these cases they would have tried to find any thing else to hit you with. The investigation just gave them what they probably needed for a character judgement.

Had you been working and paying your taxes over the 22 years? Or is that maybe a part of what the fraud investigation is about? (PS: You don't have to answer this if it causes you to admit any crimes on a public forum)


While you say that the government play on peoples ignorance, it's hard to plead ignorant when you apply to come in on a visa that has a limited time frame, and then never leave, potentially work and do other activities to sustain yourself for 22 years. Some people can plead ignorance because they overstayed a month of two and "lost track of time", but 22 years of not knowing what you were doing? Ehh, I don't seem to think they'll believe that.


With that said, ask yourself this: What would you provide to the US that is a benefit? Right now, you have a lot of things against you, and as a person you don't look very desirable. They want the people they accept into the country legally to be of use. What use could you be to the US, when right now you've shown that you're willing to break laws placed?


There's a good chance that if denied and convicted, even the best of lawyers won't get you out of a ban from the country. I don't think you should be looking at non-profits for this, I think you need to look at the best lawyer you can get.

I also think that you may want to only talk about your lawyer about this, posting things about your dislike of the government and how everything they've done is wrong and yadda yadda, that could be held against you one day. While it's interesting to see the things people post to you, it may be in your best interest to stop posting about this topic.

That was a clear and correct reply. The time won't get shorter. Accept the answer, because no matter how many times you ask, the answer will stay the same.

Reading your post, I haven't once heard you say anything about how your husband feels about all this. He was ready to give up everything for you, yet now when the table's reversed, you're not ready to do the same for him...
Your kid is three years old, she will have no problems moving. Kids adapt soooo easily, especially when they're so young and you're moving to a country that speaks the same language. I've worked in the hotel industry for 15 years, I've seen Directors and General Managers come and go in the different countries I've lived in, they all brought their families along and I never saw any kids have problems adapting to their new country. My family moved twice when I was a kid, once when I was your daughters age and once when I was 8 years old, if anything it made me stronger and more adaptable to change. Sounds to me like you're the one that's scared of moving?!
I understand that you're worried about your elderly parents, especially in the US where you don't have the social safety nets we do in Europe but you must have know this was gonna be a possibility before you started the K-1 visa journey. I mean you did your research before starting the process, right?! You knew it was gonna be hard for your husband to get a visa with his two prior convictions. If you refuse to move to the UK, another alternative could be Canada. Your parents could move up to Seattle and you and your husband to Vancouver, that way you could live together as a family but you would be very close to your parents too, to help them out if needed.
Since you asked for our personal opinion, I'm gonna put it out here; When you marry someone you make a commitment to each other and that means doing whatever it takes for each other. I don't think it's fair on your husband or your daughter for you to refuse to move to the UK. You're basically splitting your family apart and keeping your daughter from her dad. You haven't even given the UK a chance, you haven't even tried.

We are asking because based on the OP's post that was the area of likely success.

I would not even attempt to make one as some people take great offense to the term and don't realize being from a "high fraud" country is not a personal indication of their partner being high fraud themselves.

I used to get that sometimes from friends. But, four years after we started our journey, we are still married, while they have divorced and broken up with their partners. So let time be your proof. Ignore them, smile politely at their absurd concern, and move on.

I would not even attempt to make one as some people take great offense to the term and don't realize being from a "high fraud" country is not a personal indication of their partner being high fraud themselves.

I used to get that sometimes from friends. But, four years after we started our journey, we are still married, while they have divorced and broken up with their partners. So let time be your proof. Ignore them, smile politely at their absurd concern, and move on.

Oh I don't know... We were all naive once. How can you learn if you don't try and risk making mistakes? She learned her lesson about day trips to Ireland. She'll learn her lesson about K-1 processing times. That's real life. They are young and probably happy in a small apartment with roommates. What really matters is how they respond to the mistakes.

I am sorry Susan, but your daughter seems very ill prepared and entitled.
It's ludicrous that she thought she could just move to another country and reside there.
It's ludicrous that she thought she found a loophole of staying indefinitely in Scotland with day trips to Ireland.
It's ludicrous that she would apply to foreign universities with no means to pay tuition.
It seems that there may be some good reasons why her fiance's family is unwilling to help them. Probably the same reasons you and your husband are concern about.
I am concern that she "expects you to sponsor" her fiance. One can ask another person for a favor, but not expect it or demand it.
They have big plans and no money. How do they expect to finance their moves? With dreams and fairy dust?
Sorry, but your daughter needs a serious dose of reality. She can not expect a favor. She can not expect you to financially support her and her husband. She needs to mature and take steps to support herself.
I have a 21 years old stepson that has cursed at me for not supporting him. He worked full time, got paid on a Friday for 2 weeks of work, paid no rent, ate my food, and expected me to pay for a car battery on the following Tuesday. I told him no and he blamed me for his problems. I had to tell him to leave after many lies and failures on his part to make plans after we explained things he needed to do to move forward. His mother admitted that she enabled him but letting him slide after she yelled at me for making him leave for cursing at me. He no longer speaks to me. I feel the pain that you are going through.

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Imma gonna guess that his chances of visiting or immigrating to the USA is zilch.

his credibility is zero...the rationalizations for lying are pathetic ('I forgot', "I was advised"...)..a person who lies and lies and lies is not going to win over a CO anytime in the foreseeable future....his voluntary departure is now firmly ensconced in all of the consular computers around the world...trying sympathy ('my kid is getting married') futile....COs do not like liars...period. Visa shopping, combined with lying, only demonstrates desperation and a willingness to thumb one's nose at our regulations and laws...and people like that are not good visa candidates, and it won't matter what silly invitation letters he tries to present, or any tale of woe at not being able to attend the wedding of some adult child, etc....an attorney will only enrich him or herself by writing letters that have as much value to a CO as two week old newspaper.....same for phony invites to some 'business conference.'...I mean really...COs working in third world countries have seen and heard it all....he does not deserve a second/third or fourth chance....habitual liars do not change their own character overnight....(or ever, for that matter)...

Of all the possible complaints on the immigration process, I can't think of something more unreasonable and unrealistic than requesting getting rid of medical and police checks. Imagine that flying through this Congress...

Of all the possible complaints on the immigration process, I can't think of something more unreasonable and unrealistic than requesting getting rid of medical and police checks. Imagine that flying through this Congress...

The fact that travel agents also lie on forms and get people permanently banned is also an open secret.

Paralysis by analysis. Stop. Do not bring any conclusion regarding other cases' timings to your own.
Plan for 10 months, be happy with 5.

I'm certain I have it right. Perhaps you noticed I didn't say anything about how hard anyone worked anywhere. Nor did I say anything about someone leaving the US for a "better life". Nor do I know your particulars but I do know we all have choices, and to say your man "can't" go there is an oversimplification. Maybe it is more difficult or he has a better income but people immigrate to the UK regularly.
Simply I stated why do people leave their country to come the US? The OP asked about benefits but in the form of complaining about time off and that information is readily available to anyone to search. There is no mandated time off which means the OP and everyone can negotiate with potential employers the number of days off they will receive, and for that matter what benefits they will receive. There is no magical answer to the original OP's question other than find a job the offers the benefits you want/need.

Nothing at all.
You do not have rights to a greencard or any US visa.
Always amazes me that when situations happen like this people want to know how to keep going to get their visa.

I'm sure there are reasons for it. Exactly what those reasons are, as you can see from the answers above, people can only venture to guess. Maybe doing a Google search would be your best bet for finding the answer, if in fact there is an answer that is public knowledge.

they are looking for sign of female genital mutilation among other things

Sorry to hear that things didn't go well, but this is not an uncommon occurrence in K1 relationships. So don't beat yourself up over it. If you were able to spend more time together prior to the visa issuance the issues may have surfaced and you both would have seen that it wasn't meant to be.