daviddelen

So if I may ask you, the second petition is with a different fiancè? As you mentioned "ex-fiancè" on your previous post? If so, make sure you do not have any petition for you pending with USCIS. And you can pursue CR-1 naturally, just make sure you have everything they requested. Because they might ask you for the same documents you failed to present the last time.
Good luck

Does god approve of finding a new woman while still married? That's not defiling anything?

Good grief I disagree completely. His needs are not being met because his wife is stuck in another country and he's tired of waiting so he opens up emotionally to some other woman? I think he's realised there are woman on his doorstep right in front of him that he doesn't have to wait for and he wants out of the relationship so he can go play.
CanGirl you don't want to be married to a man who doesn't think you're the highest, most important priority in his life. Don't let him treat you like this and make you think all this is your fault.

Let's be frank. You did not have a marriage. You two had some odd relationship where your wife used you and you let her. Why did you agree to file a joint petition with someone whose pathetic excuses were one too many? Not only did you sign off on a scam - face it, she is trying to procure residency off of a marriage she never was committed to - but you both provided no evidence that would hold up by the lowest of standards.
You keep asking "what should I do?", "why isn't USCIS more transparent with their standards and procedures?". Really? You should NOT have signed a single thing. Now you are being blackmailed into a situation were your wife is OBVIOUSLY responding to an RFE. Why are you even considering what could be included in an affidavit? WHY? Why should USCIS tell you exactly what to do to so your wife can further scam her way into the US?
So, here is my advice. Call your wife and tell her you are going to retract your support of the joint application, THEN DO IT. Call and write USCIS and RETRACT RETRACT RETRACT. Then, get a divorce and wash your hands clean of this situation you have been enabling and stop pitying yourself. No one deserves a wife like that. Health insurance is your pay off? You want this leech hanging off you for 10 more years? Call her back now and stop being a fool.

What did you do, exactly, to make someone such an enemy that they would seek to destroy you?
As far as I know, hearsay of this nature won't have much effect, without some evidence. I'm guessing there is somewhat more to this story than you're letting on....

Less than 4 weeks for a complicated case is nothing, people has been waiting even for years. All you can do now is to wait.

Please show us the law where it say that it is illegal to get marry while here on a student visa?
Before you accuse someone of having "done illegal activity," maybe you should check to see if its actually illegal.
Also, if its illegal, then how did he get a green card?
Guess, the US government doesn't understand the law the way you do.

Having an "old" relationship doesn't mean it is more real. In fact, having a relationship that is too old can create issues, because it invites the question, why did you wait so long to get married? It can seem, in some cases, like the marriage is just an old friend helping out an old friend as a favor.

Sound to me like you need to tell her that you've thought about it, and will continue to pay her living expenses if she goes back.
Then suddenly divorce/annulment.

My commiserations.
You weren't the first and you certainly won't be the last. Consult with a competent divorce lawyer, and you may even able to file for an annulment based on fraud depending on your state laws. That would be a question to ask the lawyer.
Protect yourself, protect your assets, and extricate yourself from the situation.

Hi & welcome, the thing about "getting married within 60 days of entering the US & red flags" is not true, lots of people enter the US to get married all the time. there are some that after getting married then decide to stay & adjust there status from within the US & don't end up with any "Red Flags" against them so don't worry, as long as when you entered the US you didn't have the intention to stay & adjust your status.
May i ask you what the the supporting documents you probably need are.
Brian
P.S Also that during the AOS you must not leave the US before you get the AP ( I-131 ) or the Green Card as if you do you will have abandoned the AOS & will then have to apply for a spouses visa before you can come back.

USEM is known for being very difficult about accepting co-sponsors for the K-1 visa, most are NOT accepted.
The ones here on VJ that have been accepted have added the I-864 along with the I-134, for both petitioner and co-sponsor. What form did you use for yourself and the co-sponsor, the I-134 or the I-864 ?
125% is well known as THE NUMBER, the CO may of mis-spoke when saying 100%, maybe he is new or whatever, but 125% is the number. 125% is mentioned continually here on VJ.
If you have savings and assets that you could have presented, maybe you can still get bank statements/account statements to save this.... maybe. Most times the CO's word is final.
Worse case is you may have to go the CR-1 route, get married in the Phils, as the embassy HAS to accept a co-sponsor with the CR-1.
Yes the CO is sort of a "god"... but it doesn't sound like he was on a power trip, it sounds like the financial evidence you provided was inadequate leaving him no choice. A dollar short of the 125% is not meeting or exceeding the guidelines, the CO has rules to follow, if he fudged on those the next CO that reviews your file after the interview would catch it and you would still be in the boat you are in.

Hi.. It seems some are more interested in their own opinions that in the merit of your question.
The situation you have at hand is that trying to do a VWP back-to-back may not work and you may end up losing the privilege. If you apply for a tourist visa IMHO you will be denied becuase although you are trying not to do the wrong thing, if may come across that way to the IO. It is kind of catch-22.
My suggesttion is that you try and come over on your VWP and staty the 90 days you're allowed and persuade your boyfriend to fly home with you and you can spend another 90 days or longer there. If you're trying to find out whether your relationship has a chance, IMHO that would help you see how he is in his day-to-day routine, and it would also give him a chance to see you you operate daily. I believe there is a lot to be gained by that experience.
If it turns out he can't leave the US for that long, my suggestion is that you find a six-month course of study in the US along the lines of study you're taking at home and apply for a student visa. Not only this would be a justifiable reason for you to be here for that long, but also it would be a productive way for you to spend your time. With a tourist visa you won't be able to work or study which means you're pretty much confined to staying a home all day. If you find a course to take while you're here you can put your time to good use. Also consider that if a couple of months into your stay you were to find out your relationship is not going anywhere you won't have wasted your time. You can continue your studies here and return home to continue your education. IMHO both suggestions would be win-win for everyone.
Good luck whatever your course of action.

You need to protect yourself at the earliest as she has been talking to her Philippine friends. She might be exploring other options here.
Better to go through other stories about false domestic voilence accusations by spouse after reaching here.

My interviewer definitely cared about my passports, he even made me count the stamps in my passport to tell him how many times I had entered the US, it was really weird...Like he took my passport at the start of the interview, asked me how many times I had entered the US, and I was like "I don't remember can I just have my passport back and I can count the stamps and tell you" and he let me take back my passport?
I did my AOS from an F1 visa and the IO definitely had all my F1 documents sitting in front of him during the interview, so I'm pretty sure they would have your K1 documentation right in front of them during the AOS process. I was questioned during the interview about my F1 visa stuff too.
If it helps, here's my interview transcript.

I was assuming 'email order bride' referred to the title of the show he saw listed on netflix. While an inappropriate term, it is unfortunately, becoming more common to refer to internet initiated relationships as 'email order brides' in contrast to the more familiar 'mail order bride' designation referring to women met through international dating sites The entertainment media these days doesn't seem overly concerned with social propriety but just with gaining financial and viewer support and the use of emotionally coloured descriptions like this helps fill those coffers.

Ben,
> The age difference was our beginning challenges but we have over come that now.
You may have, yes, but not perhaps not the Consular Officer.
If I remember correctly, a big age difference is "not standard" in Nigeria, so if a man marries a (much) older woman, that WILL raise a big red flag to the CO. This might be the reason why they are being difficult about it.
So, as another member already wrote.. you did what you could in the second interview, now you can only wait for their decision!
Good luck, hope all works out!!

He cannot marry someone else after arriving on a K1 and stay. You can report him to USCIS and ICE for visa fraud if you choose. Or you can forget him and move on with your life, thankful that you did not marry him or apply for his adjustment of status. I suggest unfriending or blocking this person on facebook. Getting reminders of things like this is just painful and there's no reason to cause yourself pain.

He cannot stay legally... He can only adjust his status through marriage to you. Period. There is no other way. No other person. Marry you and adjust status through your citizenship or leave.
As for the friends there's not much you can do either... and really why would you. Hate only brings bad things... and working for negative events or revenge only hurts you in the end.. If this man is not the man for you it's better you found out now. Keeping yourself mentally and emotionally healthy will allow you to bounce back faster and perhaps find the man you are actually meant to be with....
Best wishes for your future I hope you will find peace soon.

Tenant rights vary from state to state and even city to city. There are probably low-cost/no-cost tenant rights organizations in a progressive city like Portland. So one thing you should look into now is what exactly your rights are.
Consider also, you might be surprised at how human people can be, if you go and talk to them. If you deal directly with the landlord, call this person or go to their office and explain that you're getting married. If you deal with a property management company, or building manager, that may be tougher, but if it's like San Francisco odds are you are talking to an immigrant or someone with close friends and family who are immigrants. Much will depend on your existing relationship with them.
I'm sure people violate their leases all the time. And I don't know your "visa journey" but usually, evidence of co-habitation is something USCIS really wants to see, so think of this is a difficult but necessary thing to deal with.

On further study, the owner of the site is Gerry Gannon. He's a law school graduate, but he's not a member of the Bar Association nor the AILA, and he's got some choice comments about both groups which he calls "self serving" (aren't all trade associations self serving?). He got started dealing with immigration law when acting as a translator for Vietnamese resettlement programs, which may explain where he go his 41% denial figures. Aside from some nebulous claims, his site is pretty interesting reading.
He does take one position that I find particularly interesting - he says it doesn't matter what the policies, procedures, or practices of a government agency are - it only matters what the law says. He goes on to say that government agencies routinely implement policies that are in direct conflict with the law (like we didn't already know that), and says that such policies constitute a crime (I wouldn't go that far). He's pragmatic about this, and realizes that you ultimately have to deal with consular officers in the foreign country (he calls them "visa adjudicators"), so you do what you have to do in order to get the visa. But the premise can be a dangerous one for a reader who takes his position to heart without also applying the pragmatic side of his approach. It's all well and good to say that a particular question on a particular form technically does not need to be answered because there is no requirement for it in law. However, if not answering the question results in a denied visa then you haven't done yourself any favors by butting heads with the consulate. In all fairness, he doesn't advocate that anyone do this. He's mostly just ranting about the inconsistency between the actual codified law and the way it's implemented by government agencies. He's welcome to tilt at windmills, but I think most people are more concerned about getting that one particular visa for their fiancee or spouse.
I do think that his position against forums and immigration attorneys is a bit pompous. It almost comes across as implying that he alone is wise and experienced enough to do this process right, and that average people (like the members of this forum) aren't capable of understanding the law, following instructions, and learning from the collective experience of others. He also makes the blatantly false accusation that forums are "support groups" where people don't share their bad experiences, and therefore have the benefit of helping others learn from them. I've found the opposite to be true of VJ - many people end up here precisely because things have gone wrong and they're looking for assistance and advice.
To his credit, he offers a money back guarantee if your SO doesn't get a visa. Most attorneys only guarantee you'll get the petition approved.

There is a waiver available for crimes involving moral turpitude, so I'm not sure why lawyers have told you there isn't. Seeking any other visa type isn't going to get you anywhere due to his inadmissibility.
Find better lawyers than you have and pursue an I-601 waiver of his inadmissibility; that is literally your only option, other than you moving to the UK.
I also doubt prayer is going to get you anywhere.
As stated above, posting over at http://immigrate2us.net would be a great first step, to get some information regarding filing an I-601 waiver.

If you are insecure, don't do it. Being cautious, that is wise. We met online, and had long conversations for six months before meeting in person. Because of my own insecurities, after meeting some ladies from her country, hosted by a lifelong friend of mine that already married a female from that country, I tried to break the romantic part off. However, after feeling guilty, I did go to visit in her country as we had planned. We had a wonderful time together, and once I returned to the US, I started the K-1 paperwork.
We will have been married seven years in October. Like any relationship, there are struggles, but she is so devoted to this relationship, that she more than anything has kept us together. Things were hard at first, she got homesick, and had a hard time adjusting, as well as taking many things seriously that I had concerns about. She is not all that I expected, however, she has surprised me in many ways. We are still together, and still in love.
Would I marry someone again from her country? Probably not. Would I do this whole visa journey thing again? Definitely not. Do I have some regrets and would I have done some things differently. Sure, The pitfalls are more obvious once you have discovered them. However, the adventure continues, and we look forward to every moment we spend together. She is my best friend.

I just got married last week to my fiancé. We first met on YouTube in 2008. He watched my videos about Indonesian cultures and suddenly set up an account so he could send private messages - he never have had any social networking accounts -. We dated over 5 years before he filed I-129F for me back in August 2013. We communicated via video calling on Skype everyday and emails.
I think you need be careful when you meet someone online specially when you have started dating them in short period of time and they started bugging and asking your money for unreasonable things. I never had asked money from my then-fiancé in the period of our courtship.
The first time I saw his paycheck when we started gathering supporting documents for I-134. He actually wanted to give some support financial to me which was I highly refused. I had a good job at well-established company in my country before I met him and quit right after my visa was approved.
We are now happy newly married couple and we couldn't be happier. My advise, it is easy to fall in love to someone. You saw their looks, pose on different pictures with make up on, always well- behaved because it is easy to do that online. But, stay in love needs a lot work and effort to make it happens. Just because someone is pretty or handsome it doesn't mean they are comparable to you. Most important things that made our relationship survived are truly committed to each other, we were not yelling and calling out of names when we were fighting, respect other's feelings, and stay faithful no matter how strong the temptation is coming after us.
But, what it worked for our relationship it doesn't mean it will work to others. To each their own. Honesty, respect, constantly communicate to each other are some of the keys that definitely will make a chance a long distance relationship will success, survived, and lasted.

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