Natsukiii

You just said she was not able to answer stuff about the greencard, expiration, when to file again, forms needed to submit... It means she didn't pay attention to the lectures. The answers for those are in the lectures.
If your fiancee was able to answer those questions from the first time she was asked, after the lecture, one one one counselling won't be needed anymore.
The CFO people wanted your fiancee to know those things so that she'll have knowledge about the legal way of staying in the USA, and not to be out of status...
for the next counselling session, tell your fiancee to relax, and smile, and act confident.

Don't send her any money (or at least a minimal amount) and see how long this lasts.

The question was answered. Don't lie to USCIS. She'll be barred. End of story.
Besides, everyone should know by now that this is the internet. It is a public forum. Not everyone shares the same discretion or tact when answering questions. You don't like the answers? Don't ask the question. Simple as that.

The common thing I see in Thailand anyway, is they have the USC keep sending money all the way up until the interview, and then they bail right before the interview and never come.
There was a guy here on VJ a couple years back. He met her in the bar of course. Bought her a house and car in Thailand. Sent her all kinds of money with the usual Thai excuses. My buffalo is sick, my father cracked up the motorbike etc.etc. Turning off her mobile phone all the time (That's a HUGE red flag). Of course she never came.

If all the stories are true, this girl will set out to ruin your life once she gets the greencard. Run away.

I'm already looking forward to the inevitable "My bargirl wife walked out on me a week after getting her green card, what do I do?" thread.

Not in SE Asia. A bar girl in SE Asia is a prostitute that works in a bar. You pay the "bar fine" to the bar to take one of the girls out for sex. Or 2 or 3 if you're into that.

I wont get into all the gory details, but this is what happened to me:
I met a girl at the hotel bar the first night I arrived in Bangkok. She gave me the ol "I've only been doing this for a month" line. She said she was 24, turned out she was 19. We ended up moving in together etc. Fast forward 2 years later and I'm at a Thai police station with knife wound at 2 AM compliments of her sister and the cops telling me that if I don't sign this confession (which was in Thai) they were going to lock me up. All the while the cops are drinking my scotch. I signed the confession and went on with my life. Ended up meeting a decent girl there and got married. My Thai wife has her citizenship interview this Thursday. So it all worked out in the long run.
I suggest you google "stickman bangkok" and "private dancer" Although private dancer is fiction, it rings true.

People are replying based on the facts that the OP presented. If you feel uncomfortable with those facts, do not visit the thread.
FWIW: asking about the couple's sexual history is fair game in an interview. The OP knows this and is trying to determine what impact that may have.
The background check in the beneficiary's country may reveal that she worked at a bar girl. If it's not disclosed (or lied about), then at the interview it could be classed as a material misrepresentation. Denial, ban.
Getting input from others in the Asia:East and Pacific forum may be helpful. I don't recall seeing this specific topic discussed recently. Do a search to see what you can find.
OP, be as sure as you can that you've got a solid relationship for all the reasons that have been mentioned. Ultimately that is what the CO wants to determine. If your fiancee cannot convey that in the interview, it's less likely that a visa will be issued.

From people's previous post it looks like this poor girl is still being degraded! I can not believe someone just basically said not to marry this girl ( that they dont know themselves) because she's a bar girl! Since the man did not ask for relationship advice I think some of your judgmental statement about this woman should be kept to yourself. I mean afterall someone is marrying you as judgemental as you are so I dont know why your marriage is more likely to serve then theirs.
Op just br cautious, do some extensive research before you start your application. So you both know the best way to handle it.

Prostitution makes one ineligible for a visa.

My file indeed got transferred FROM the NBC TO Houston and BACK to the NBC (verified by Congressional liaison) before being sent to the NVC, with a side trip to the NRC. Everyone's NOA2s are issued as if they are from the NBC. Everyone's path is different.
I remember Ms. Hogan's surprise and shock at being approved so soon, and we were all joyful for her. People, we are not each other's enemies and a fast disposition for one means hope for everyone. The true enemy is the inefficiency and tardiness and unfairness of government. Be upset with that, not each other.

Every petition doesn't get transferred to a local office. And no I didn't decide it for myself. After I received my NOA2, I checked to see where it was sent from. When I saw that it wasn't from a local office, I was a bit curious so I called USCIS and spoke to a Tier 2. I was told by a Tier 2 that my petition was never tranferred to a local office and was always with NBC. Also I wanted to know for myself so I can help others with questions that they might have regarding tranfers that's all. No need to get all fed up with people saying what they may think is going on with their case. Like I said, every case is different. I don't know about your petition but for others like me my petition stayed at NBC and not a local office. So I thought I'll just clarify my side of the story and share my experience. I'm waiting for my husband's interview as my case is already completed with no issues.

Think very hard before you bring a bar girl here, you are playing with fire. A bar girl has to be the most degrading thing a girl could possibly do, it will scar her for life not to mention the feelings you might keep from it. You have to do what makes you happy at the end of the day but I'm sure you can find a girl who has not done something like that. For those of you unsure what a bar girl is you can google it. I've met "good girls" that got visas and came here and became strippers, but they would never consider being a bar girl. Because their society placed the bar so low, stripping is not all that bad in their head. Please for your own sake think very hard before you do something like that, it may sound good now but it will most likely not end well.

Congratulations guys!

Congrats!!

Just sent my I-130 packet to the post office just in time before the month ended. So excited and nervous! They said it should arrived to Phoenix Lockbox by this Friday inshallah. Good luck everyone and wish everyone a speedy journey.

I do not think applying for student visa is the cause for denial while having relationship. I think the likely cause is that he failed to disclose that he applied for visa in the form before the interview. Did he indicated that he applied for visa and get denied in the form DS-156? If he did not this will definitely be a problem.

Sounds like maybe he didn't mention your relationship in his student visa but the dates on the spousal one show that he did indeed have a relationship with you while applying for a student visa. How long did he wait after the student visa was denied to apply for a spousal visa? Possibly there is something he's not telling you. Why is he getting all these denials? Maybe they can't approve everyone so because he has a little something that could be called a red flag they are going to use that. That is what I got from your post.

Just to be clear, a fraud investigation is primarily focused on the intentions of the foreigner, not the intentions of the US Citizen petitioner. Some fraud is mutual but most is not. Clearly one of their concerns is that he applied for a student visa while in a relationship with a US Citizen. Many pertinent facts are missing from the initial post, which may or may not shed light on the problem.
They are the same age, but how old? (This pertains to whether they are of "student" age.)
They have at least been acquainted since before the student visa was applied for. For how long and how serious was the relationship? The OP says the engagement wasn't "official" but just what WAS the relationship status when the student visa was applied for? Evasive answers raise suspicion.
How did the couple meet and how did their relationship develop?
Does the foreigner have family in the USA already?
If everything is on the up and up, the visa will probably eventually be approved, but it sounds like they are investigating to rule out first, whether the student visa application was an attempt to circumvent immigration law. If it was, that's a problem. We don't have the facts but the OP does.

Fraud review cases are not frivolous, so there have to be some red flags in your documents, his immigration records, or his conversation at the embassy--put yourself in the shoes of the officer and see what smells fishy--then see what you can do to provide documents or explanations that you will have to provide to get through this.

Thank you oohpartiv! Let's hope our case stays in NBC then and that USC won't get any requests for an interview at a local office
Ema ♥ Jin, hope you get NOA1 soon!

Hello Omar,
I do wish you the best of luck. However, I just strongly doubt they will approve your visa. It will actually be a big surprise for me if they do. 26 years of age difference is a big red flag when it comes to Cairo, and Casablanca US consulates specifically. The Consulate Officer typically knows that this is completely very uncommon in the Egyptian culture and traditions that the man be younger, and with that many years like in your case. He knows that Egyptian men always like younger girls, who had no prior relations, and even Egyptian families don't usually bless this types of marriages.
Add to that the circumstances like she is from a different nationality, and the way she she got naturalized and became a US citizen, getting divorced immediately, then marrying you so shortly after that!! They are all factors that lead the Consulate Officer to a strong belief that this marriage is solely for immigration purposes....
I wish you the best of luck, and please keep us posted...

Given your country - 26 years is a number most likely to be questioned, especially since she is the older one. I would think you will have issues with the fact she divorced right after getting citizenship and remarried right away. You said this all happened this year, which is really only 5 months to date. If I read that all correctly it is going to look pretty suspicious in itself to the embassy. Then there will be the "when did you meet and how.. then how long did you know each other before marriage", etc. If it really is all that quick you will have some explaining to do. Especially since you met 2 years ago, while she was still fairly newly married... assuming on a marriage/fiance visa herself.
I am not saying do not try, I am just saying you will need to be very prepared to answer some of these questions. No one can tell you if you will be approved or denied. Look at it this way, how important is it to you to live in the US? If this is where you want to live make sure to build a strong case and go for it. Best of luck either way!

Good luck to everyone for a speedy process