Thatgirl2

People have tried getting the hardship waiver for fiancee's in Iraq and Afghanistan and failed. The type of hardship they usually approve is when it's physically impossible for the petitioner and beneficiary to travel to a common country to meet. For example, the petitioner is in the hospital hooked up to a respirator, and the beneficiary has tried and failed to get a B2 visitors visa. In that case, the petitioner can't leave the US and the beneficiary can't enter the US, so a waiver is approved.
Then again, there have been cases here on VJ where I thought there was no way they'd approve the waiver, and they did. You could give it a try. If it's denied then you'll lose the filing fee and about half a year of your time. On the other hand, if you can arrange a safe place for both of you to meet (maybe in Turkey) then there won't be any risk.
You've heard this before, but once again - for a fiancee visa she must be of legal marriageable age in the state where you plan to marry, which presumably is the state where you live. In most states the marriageable age is 18. Also, most states will permit someone to marry at a younger age (16 is typical) with parent and/or judicial consent. This situation is covered in the I-129F instructions:


If either of you is of an age that requires special consent or permission for you to marry in the jurisdiction where your marriage will occur, give proof of that consent or permission;
How that consent is provided varies from one state to the other. The USCIS adjudicator is probably going to presume you intend to marry in the state where you reside, so they may ask you to provide the same proof of consent your state would require you to provide. Some states require that the parents or guardians who are giving consent appear personally to sign a sworn consent form. Obviously, it would be pretty difficult for her parents to appear personally in front of a county clerk in your state if her parents are in Syria. Check your state laws. You must provide proof of consent with your petition or your petition will be denied.

Well you LIVE in America, you will be bringing your 16 year old WIFE TO AMERICA. you will be judged by the rules and regulations of America. If you are wealthy. I suggest you take a year off school, or like you said. Wait till December till you're out of school, go to a third country, wherever you like, get married and live together for a couple of months, maybe a year. Gather evidence of marriage and living under the same roof and get to know her as a wife. Women are more complicated than you think. How a woman is as a sister, daughter or girlfriend doesn't defy what she will be like as a wife. I don't agree with your views at all. Nc I actually think if American culture bothers you so much, you should move to an Islamic country, but since this not about me or my views, my thoughts to you is what I stated.

Dear OP
I am not familiar with the customs of your PARENTS home country, Syria, but you are a born and raised US man.At 22 you have gone through high school and college here. You know the customs of YOUR country. I am sure you have met, and dated, some women here and I suggest you continue to do so. Maybe I am reading between the lines here, but it seems it is more your parents wishes than yours to marry a girl, now very young by our your?)standards, whom you do not really know, have not met, whom you have not shared feelings on how SHE feels about this, and feel you can be happy for the rest of your life. That is a tall order. Maybe you should reconsider the consequences of what your actions will produce?
As far as a K1 is concerned. No "dangerous" situation can eliminate the requirement of having met in person over the last 2 years. Period.

See they don't care about YOU. You need to remove yourself from this whole shinanginas and only only include your PR request, because her being married to you, if anything, only makes things worse. Makes the possibility of her hypothetically staying and removing conditions higher. Next time you need to jam pack your case with ties, HER ties to Malaysia. I can assure you, what happened is not discrimination , it's usual tourist visa business. If you ever think you need reasons from third person unbiased point of view, re read what people have said in this post.

See they don't care about YOU. You need to remove yourself from this whole shinanginas and only only include your PR request, because her being married to you, if anything, only makes things worse. Makes the possibility of her hypothetically staying and removing conditions higher. Next time you need to jam pack your case with ties, HER ties to Malaysia. I can assure you, what happened is not discrimination , it's usual tourist visa business. If you ever think you need reasons from third person unbiased point of view, re read what people have said in this post.

I wasn't going to take all your comments and embed them above mine. You said "we" applied for her tourist visa. No. She applied for a tourist visa. The onus was on HER to prove she won't overstay or try to misuse her tourist visa to immigrate. As others have said your ties in the US may not have helped her either. Since they didn't look at your documents, I hate to say it but they probably made their decision before she even walked through the door. It happened to my fiance before we were engaged or even dating, and he at that time had money and very strong ties. Sorry this happened to you but you did marry someone from a developing country. That means a lot more scrutiny than lets say if you were married to a European. It isn't fair but it's reality. She can always try again maybe when your business gets more off the ground and you have more money in the bank. In the meantime your relatives should come visit you, or perhaps you could all meet up for a reunion in a closer 3rd country. Malaysia sounds like a way more fun vacation to me than New England (of course, I live in NE!).
I think everyone on this forum has had an "AHA" moment when you realize that the State Department means business. They are doing their job to prevent fraud and illegal immigration. You may think your case is so obvious that you have no intent to immigrate but they have heard so many people before you say that and then do exactly the opposite.

You feel your wife as a foreign national is ENTITLED to get a tourist visa.
You don't like paying US taxes. So you don't file US tax return as required because "you don't work for a US company." This is wrong, US citizens are required to report ALL income regardless of source on their income tax returns.
You think your words are enough. People at the US Embassy who are charged with enforcing immigration laws are stupid and know less than you.
Come on.
You don't pay your US taxes like you are suppose to. And yet you insist on receiving all the benefits. How do you think the rest of us US taxpayers think about providing a tax dodge with a tourist visa for his wife?
Get with the program or stay out. You and your wife are not special. You don't get an exception to the rules. We all followed the rules, so do you if you want to get your wife over to the US.

A complete tax return is one that has copies of ALL the forms, schedules, attachments, W-2s and/or 1099s. Basically everything you would have to send into the IRS had you mailed in your tax return to them.
A tax return transcript from the IRS is equal to a complete return and can be sent in place of a copy of a complete tax return. They contain less pages but have all the information that is needed and come directly from the IRS. USCIS tends to prefer them.

Let her know that her treatment was most likely "normal" for someone traveling as she does, but that doesn't mean she's bad or anything like that.
If they were REALLY concerned they wouldn't have let her in. Let her know that. She proved them wrong. She co-operated. She never lied. She did VERY good! It's not uncommon for people to be turned back around and not let to enter so whatever she did/said she should be proud of herself

Sounds like normal procedure.
So she is coming to visit for 2 to 3 months and has already visited several other times this year. How many visits and for how long?

I don't get why or how people tell her to not panic. Being a virgin and getting In a marriage is a big deal. In middle eastern and South African countries you are raised to believe you are bringing something priceless into the marriage, your purity, your lack of baggage and history and you expect your partner to acknowledge that and respect that. So now not only one feels bad because her health has been compromised , but also her husband lied and lost her trust and didn't live to his duties that are expected from a solid, legit, honest man.
It's ok to feel bad, it's ok to feel stressed, scared and upset, just don't let it fog over your thinking process. Do what is best for ou. Get your health concerns in order and then deal with the marriage

1. fastest way to get IRS transcripts - walk into an IRS office , ask for them, wait 30 minutes, walk out with transcripts in hand.
2. if you are attached to his pcs orders, then you are technically still in the USA.
3. as to the rest of it, concerning time and timing, you need to contact the military hotline and ask for help with expediting the card production process.
4. you can still go with yer marine and NOT be out of status, if yer on his pcs orders.
hth !