AKSinghSingh79

In Ecuador and the Dominican Republic, it's required (the first won't tell you that it is, and the second does make it clear in advance).
The most harmful posts on VJ are those in which someone who knows nothing claims to know it all.

Anytime brother. Glad things worked out. Happy to help.

I just got off the phone with Tuan (TcTTct). His fiancee called Thu and spoke with her. I was told that the doctor said if Thu had shown up to the hospital even 1 day later or something like that, she may have died
Thu did not answer my phone calls because she was afraid I would panic or get angry. My God we dodged a bullet here. My older brother was killed in a car crash 13 years ago and I would not be able to handle losing my Thu. I am so relieved.
I want to thank Tuan for coming to my rescue. You will be a dear friend of mine forever

Ok. My girl just talked to Thu. She's OK now. WeatherEmperor is happy

K3 visas came out of the life act, in 2001, back when the CR1 and IR1 processes were taking 4 to 5 years. The K3 reunited couples within less than a year and continued to do so until late 2006. By then the CR1 and IR1 processes on the USCIS side were joined, so the petitions were approved the same day. This obviated the time savings for the K3 or reduced it to a matter of weeks faster than an efficiently managed CR1 or IR1 process. February 1, 2010, NVC changed their procedure in a way that made the K3 virtually obsolete.
Questions like "why do they still....?" falsely presume there is a single "they". There is not. There's USCIS and State Dept. two agencies that have been fueding as long as they've both been involved in the immigration process. USCIS still touts the K3 visa. Dept. of State's NVC, effectively executes it, dead on arrival.

From what you say it appears that she is looking for a way to stay in the country and getting married is the best way in her eyes. Not looking very good. And of course the lawyer says there is a chance, as long as someone is giving him money there is always a chance in his eyes.

Is there a reason why you don't return to your home country? I'm not being rude, just wondering what's stopping you. If it's money your embassy may be able to help.

Absolutely!

Although each case is different, some common fraud indicators may present in your case prompting the USCIS/ Consulates to carefully review your file.
* Documents issued either immediately before the interview or immediately after the interview;
* Over-submission of documents;
* Staged photos;
* Suspect tax filings/financial transactions;
* Multiple applications/petitions by single applicant/petitioner;
* Common preparer, especially known shaky immigration consultants;
* Suspicious filing history of beneficiary or applicant;
Suspect documents;
* Biometric discrepancies;
* Denied for abandonment or withdrawal after RFE issued;
* Preparer and notary are the same person.
* Short time between entry and marriage
* Unusual marriage history
* Children born during marriage to other parent
* Unusual number of children and large discrepancy in age
* Unusual dates on submitted documents
* Divorce / new marriage dates close
** Unusual or large age discrepancy between spouses (when found in conjunction with other indicators)
* Unusual associations between family members
** Unusual cultural differences
**Low employment/financial status of petitioner
* Previous marriages to foreign nationals
If during your first interview, you showed: extreme nervousness, over interaction, lack of knowledge about basic questions, lack of interest/interaction, evasive or gave general answer, your case may be considered suspicious and may require careful scrutiny.
Courtesy:uscis

I will say this, most of the people who have been denied, I too would have denied them too, based on their profile picture alone. I would also wager that most of those aforementioned cases were not run-of-the-mill cases, that is, there were OTHER red flags in play, apart from the "race" issue.
If I, a stranger on the internet, am having doubts about the validity of your relationship, you can be rest assured that the CO (who has extensive knowledge of the land, its people and its culture) has his doubts as well. I realize that this will not be a popular opinion but then, the truth is never popular.

IMO, this has nothing to with race and more to do with the fact that most non-Indian USC petitioners are completely unaware of local customs and traditions and are susceptible to being duped by dishonorable beneficiaries. Most of the K-1 denials are out of the norm cases (tons of red flags) -- like I reiterated, we are an inter-racial couple and we faced absolutely no issues. Neither did Tatyana (I can't remember her screen name) whose husband's interview was a day after mine. Anwesha and John were a K-1 couple and neither did they have any obstacles to overcome.
Again, it has far less to do with race and other factors like age, socio-economic status, whether you met in person or online. The last one, IMO, is a HUGE one. People really underestimate that one. A relatively significant age gap (you clearly look like his mother) and you met on Facebook and were proclaiming love for one another in a span of three months. Oh, and he lives in some rural area and goes to some random college? Yeah, not going to fly.

I agree totally, and think that perhaps the OP thinks a baby might speed up the PK black hole wait. If that's what they want, that's cool...but as mentioned, it won't.
Pointless comment but something I found interesting....I am confused that PK is so dangerous that she wants to get pregnant God forbid something happens to him, but she'd move and bring a newborn there.

I don't think it's rude to impart very tough learned wisdom one picks up along the way. In fact, I think it's a very nice gesture, considering that someone is taking personal time to give a total stranger a part of the puzzle that she may or may not have missed.
If someone came on and said 'you're wrong, stupid, etc' I would agree that it's not appropriate at all.

I think you should wait till after all this is through and he's in the US to have a baby. Because this process is stressful enough and with a pregnancy on top of that I think you would do harm to yourself and the baby...also you should be with your husband when your having a baby so he wont miss out on those lovely moments. Good luck with everything

Did he approach you? Was it clear that you were American from however he found you? A lot of people looking to defraud Americans hang out online and approach US women with confessions of love but a visa is really on their minds. Did he profess love quickly? Have you spent a lot of time in person together?
All of these things together indicate a typical fraud scenario. That doesn't mean you can't overcome them, but there will likely be some additional scrutiny. Good luck.

Either married or engaged, this process is not for the faint of heart, time or money, hang in there.

WOW and imagine the people who are separated for more than year because their husband or wife is sent to war and faces being killed every day. I hope none of their wives/husbands are talking like this. My father went overseas in November 1942 nd did not come back for three years. Good thing the generation at that time was not like this one.
For better for worse...til death do you part...unless it takes 7 months for a piece of paper to be processed. The hurdles of life are far more difficult than waiting for a piece of paper to be stamped and maybe it is a good thing to expose such weaknesses. The visa is nothing really, compared to caring for a family.
Good luck.

There is no such evidence. Islam does not prohibit a couple from meeting in person before marriage. I get that you don't "date" or see each other alone, but seeing each other alone is not the requirement. The couple can meet with chaparone(s). Please stop giving inaccurate information here.

It is hard to be tolerant when muslims denounce any othre religion. It is hard to be tolerant when they destroy buddha statue and yet demand respect to their religion not respecting other religions. It is hard to be tolerant when they blow up buildings in US, buses with children in Israel and trains with peaceful people in Spain, and all in the name of the Allah. Why it is especially hard to be tolerant is while minority actually do terrorist acts, majority condone it and cheer. It is hard to tolerate palestinians that cheered on the streets when 9/11 happened. We were tolerant for waaay too long. We refuse to be tr4eated like ####### while treating the ones that treat us like this with respect. I do believe that there are nice muslims. They are just in minority and this is the fact.

I agree, 9/11 was the first impression many Americans had of muslims. Trouble is, there are 25 wars in the world right now, ALL of them because muslims cannot get along with their neighbors.

Like the sex life, religion is a very personal thing.
The easiest way not to make religion of a person an issue is for the person not to make religion an issue. If I meet somebody and we interact like normal people and the person doesn't look like a Muslim, doesn't preach like a Muslim, doesn't behave like a Muslim, and doesn't shove their Muslim religion into my face, there is no reason for me to even think about that person's religion, even if it's Islam.
I'm absolutely sure that I have met with Muslims, Jews, Christians and Mormons many times without knowing what their religion is, nor did I find the urge to inquire. You would never know what my religion is, if I have one, because I keep it to myself. If anybody did the same, Muslims who are in the U.S. included, why would we even bring their religion up?

I agree with previous posters, especially JustBob:
1) What % of terrorists are not muslim??
2) If you consider 9/11: while only few participated, vast majority and crowds on the streets of the muslim world cheered. Is this normal? Is this a sign of well-adjusted society??
3) If you take terrorist acts on US soil, or Russia, or Europe or Israel, how many of them are not muslim-related?? 1 out of 100??
4) If you ask on muslim country streets if they like americans, how many of them will answer "yes"?
If you answered the questions above, tell me if there is a reason for a judeo-christian individual sympathize with Muslims??

Really.........
I am sure then you would say that this is most peaceful religion and respect and honors everyone theres freedom for everyone..... but flogs female for driving a car.