moroccogirlny

+ 1 for Jim

Sorry you had to go through that.

Even longer 6 months plus

Just a suggestion, don't post your receipt number in a public forum

I never got a NOID or notice of expiration. I did refile a k1 3 years later but that was because my husband (fiance then) went back to school. We thought we would have heard back from USCIS during that time but NOTHING. When we refiled the 1st petition was addressed with what knowledge we had from the 1st interview. They had no grounds for denial the 2nd time around and he is now with me in the USA

I have found out talking with fellows that almost every arab guy who has interest to marry foreign woman had a fiancée or close girlfriend who died under tragical circumstances usually before the wedding. It seems that this is a "nationwide game". I wonder who many of your men came out with such story.

I would not doubt that. I bet they came back to life after the guy gets his citizenship

On the K1 application you have to answer yes or no to have you ever filed a visa application? He filed a visitor visa 3 yrs ago. When the CO asked him about the visitor visa, she said "who were you going to visit?" and my fiance told the truth.....he was going to see her. So that led her to other questions about her and their relationship.

don't be sorry, happy to share!!!

I'm really amazed that they even gave you the reasons of denial. Thanks for sharing

Assalaamu'Alaykum/Salutations:

I hope this finds everyone okay. I'm just wondering, has of the women that are engaged or married to their MENA men can upset you with their tempers to where you just want to withdrawal the petition?

MM

Just curious, have you met your fiance in person yet? I see you are moving to Morocco in December and getting married. Perhaps you should live with him first and get to know each other before even filing? Casablanca is one of the toughest consulates. Being that you only know your fiance since March and plan on getting married and filing on the 1st visit could be a red flag to them.

SORRY my computer went crazy LOL

anyway, I got an email on Thursday with the specific reasons for denial. "denial due to your fiances pattern of establishing relationships with American women , his inability to describe his relationship with you, and his inability to provide basic details about your life." OK he did have a relationship with an American woman 3 yrs ago which obviously did not work out, they never filed a K1 or any visa together. And as for him not providing the info....he had appropriate pics, emails etc, and if the CO felt his answers were not sufficient, well then isn't that subjective? I may interview someone and feel they are full of ####### while another person may interview them and not have any issues. THIS JUST ISN'T RIGHT. I do have my congressman involved. I also emailed the atty who is filing the class action lawsuit. Also, I talked with Mark Ellis. I spoke with him before I knew the specific reasons for denial and at that time he suggested I marry in Morocco. As for the diplomatic pouch, the number they gave me is not in the system according to the guy that answers the phone. So is it in a pouch sitting in Casa? Who knows???!!!! On Monday I plan to call the chief CO and see where I can get. My heart tells me to get married there. Maybe that will satisfy the above reasons for denial....? but you never know with CASA. I do not know any of you personally but I feel so connected to you all from reading your journey. I have all of you in my prayers!!

How did they know of his past relationship? Sorry, just curious.

2 times...15 days and then 1 month

she is Native american

Im glade he got the visa

Can she do it from the US ...get that paper that says she is Muslim.

Thanks Sam, you'll get it too one day

Your wife can go to her local mosque and get a paper stating that.

One of the red flags we had was religion and me not being Muslim. Even on the 2nd interview they drilled my husband(fiance then) about it.

The mis-information line is useless anyway

Only in New York no surprise here

It sounds good however there have been a few transferred back to their local office for a interview. Usually a few more weeks until getting the GC. Check my timeline out

HI SAMONLINE IAM SORRY AND SO SHOCKED THAT YOU R I-130 PETATION DENIED BUT I THINK SAM YOU BELIEVE IT OR NOT BUT I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT BUT THIS IS THE REALITY THAT YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR I-130 PETATION DENIED AS YOU SAID SAM IN YOUR POST THAT YOU HIRE A LAWER AND YOUR LAWER DID 3 MISTAKE IN YOUR CASE THAT WHY YOU CANNOT COOPERATE WITH YOUR LAWER AND SAM YOU SEND DIRECTLY YOUR RFE RESPONCE ABOUT EVIDENCE AND PROOF TO USCIS WITHOUT TAKING HELP WITH YOUR LAWER AND INVOLVE HIM THIS IS THE SECOND (2) AND VERY SERIOUSLY MISTAKE YOU HAVE DONE BECAUSE WHEN YOU HIRE A LAWER AND INTRODUCE YOUR LAWER TO USCIS AND YOU SAY TO USCIS THAT MR XYZ IS YOUR LEGAL IMMIGRATION LAWER AND THIS LAWER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PETATIONER I-130 START TO END FUTURE CORRESPONDING WITH USCIS AND THEN USCIS REGISTER THAT LAWER NAME IN HIS IMMIGRATION DATA BASE SO IN THAT SCNERIO YOU CANNOT FOLLOW YOUR LAWER ADVISE AND YOU SEND YOUR RFE RESPONSE ABOUT EVIDENCE AND PROOF TO USCIS DIRECTLY WITHOUT TAKING YOUR LAWER HELP AND USCIS OFFICER CONSIDER THIS TYPE OF ACTION WHICH IS DONE BY YOUR SELF VERY SERIOUSLY BECAUSE IN USCIS OFFICER THINKING THIS IS VERY VERY SENSITIVE ISSUE AND USCIS OFFICER IS VERY SENSITIVE ABOUT LAWER ISSUE AND THEY TAKE VERY VERY SERIOUSLY ABOUT THAT MATTER BECAUSE USCIS OFFICER ALWAYS FOCUS PETATIONER LAWER AND WHEN LAWER SEND ANY RFE RESPONCE TO USCIS AND SEND EVIDENCE AND PROOF TO USCIS USCIS OFFICER ALWAYS GIVE POSITIVE RESPONSE TO PETATIONER OR LAWER AND ALWAYS BELIEVE THAT EVIDENCE AND PROOF BECAUSE USCIS OFFICER KNOW THAT THIS LAWER IS A LEGAL LAWER AND HE IS A USA IMMIGRATION EXPERT HE CANNOT SEND KILOS AND TONS AND TONS OF PROOF AND EVIDENCE LAWER ALWAY SEND SMALL AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE AND PROOF CHOOSE AND SELECTED FEW AND GUNINE AND ROCK SOLID PROOF BECAUSE LAWER KNOW THAT THIS SMALL AMOUNT OF EVIDENCE AND PROOF IS REAL AND TRUE AND USCIS EASILY AND WITHOUT ANY PROBLEM VERIFY THIS DOCUMENT EASILY THAT WHY USCIS OFFICER ALWAYS BELIEVE LAWER EVIDENCE AND PROOF WHICH IS SEND BY LAWER SIDE IF YOU LOOK AND SAW OTHER SIDE OF YOUR CASE SAM WHEN YOU SEND YOUR RFE RESPONSE EVIDENCE AND PROOF TO USCIS DIRECTLY WITHOUT YOUR LAWER INVOLVEMENT USCIS OFFICER 100 PERCENT DOUBTFUL ABOUT PETATIONER AND LAWER RELATIONSHIP USCIS OFFICER THOUGHT THERE IS SOME THINK WRONG ABOUT PETATIONER I-130 CASE AND PETATIONER EVIDENCE AND PROOF THAT WHY PETATIONER CANNOT COOPERATE WITH IS LAWER AND USCIS OFFICER VERY VERY DOUBTFUL ABOUT PETATIONER CASE AND HUSBAND AND WIFE RELATIONSHIP AND SAM YOU DONE ANOTHER BIG MISTAKE WHEN YOU DIRECTLY CONTACTED SENATOR CONGRESSMAN WITHOUT TAKING HELP AND INVOLVE YOUR LAWER AND USCIS OFFICER FIRST DAY OBSERVE AND NOTE YOUR ACTION WHEN YOU FIRST TIME INTRODUCE YOUR LAWER TO USCIS AND USCIS OFFICER SAW YOUR THESE TYPE OF ACTION AND NOTE DOWN

Please turn off the CAPS

My FIANCÉ HAD HIS INTERVIEW ON 10/26/2010 AND WAS DENIED THE VISA. ACCORDING TO THE LETTER THAT THEY GAVE HIM HE WAS DENIED UNDER SECTION 221g. FROM WHAT MY FIANCÉ SAID HE BELIEVED THAT WE WERE DENIED BECAUSE THE OFFICER DIDN'T BELIEVE WE HAVE A BONA FIDE RELATIONSHIP. HE HAD ALL THE REQUIRED DOCUMENTS AND EVIDENCE SUCH AS EMAILS, CALL LOGS, MSN, CHAT AND PHOTOS. TODAY I EMAILED THE EMBASSY REQUESTING THAT THAT THE CHIEF IMMIGRATION OFFICER REVIEW THE APPLICATION. THIS IS VERY FRUSTRATING ..... IF ANYONE HAS ANY ADVICE ID APPRECIATE IT.

You might want to check out this topic: Sent back to USCIS

Also there is a Middle East North Africa forum where you'll find many like yourself in the same situation.

You should be able to appeal it. If not I believe you can file a waiver and refile. Do you know of Marc Ellis? He's a lawyer and often posts on this site. From what I hear he knows the ins and outs of immigration.

That's about 95% of NYC

OUR BANK WAS ROBBED TODAY!

We headed to the bank today to talk to somebody and as we're pulling in we saw all these police cars around the bank and in the parking lots around the bank and different areas sectioned off and a line of police standing outside. I said to dh that it looked like the bank was robbed. He said, "That's it. I've had enough with Wells Fargo." I asked him to ask the police since they were on his side of the car so he rolled down his window and asked them, "Excuse me can we go to the bank?" They looked at us like and said no. Then I asked, "What happened?" The police officer came up to our doors and said the bank was robbed but you can go to the downtown bank. I asked which way was downtown and thanked them. If we had been there just a few minutes earlier like I wanted to be we would have been inside the bank when it was robbed and experienced that. Thanks to dh though we left 30 minutes after we were supposed to leave and missed the robbery. He had changed the time so he could do something before we left.

First his card info gets stolen. Then my card info gets stolen and today our bank was robbed. Dh said he thought this kind of thing only happened in the movies.

Bank Robbery

OMG That should be a sign to close your account with them lol

I know that WF merged with Wachovia which I used in the past until I noticed money missing from my account!

I suggest you get your free credit report(if not already) at www.annualcreditreport.com and also file fraud alert with one of the credit reporting companies :

You have the right to ask that nationwide consumer credit reporting companies place "fraud alerts" in your file to let potential creditors and others know that you may be a victim of identity theft. A fraud alert can make it more difficult for someone to get credit in your name because it tells creditors to follow certain procedures to protect you. It also may delay your ability to obtain credit. You may place a fraud alert in your file by calling just one of the three nationwide consumer credit reporting companies. As soon as that agency processes your fraud alert, it will notify the other two, which then also must place fraud alerts in your file.

* Equifax: 1-877-576-5734; www.alerts.equifax.com

* Experian: 1-888-397-3742; www.experian.com/fraud

* TransUnion: 1-800-680-7289; www.transunion.com

An initial fraud alert stays in your file for at least 90 days. An extended alert stays in your file for seven years. To place either of these alerts, a consumer credit reporting company will require you to provide appropriate proof of your identity, which may include your Social Security number. If you ask for an extended alert, you will have to provide an identity theft report. An identity theft report includes a copy of a report you have filed with a federal, state, or local law enforcement agency.

I hope all works out for you.

Yea .i seen that in your time line..but why did u wait all that..may you please explain that to me..was it the paper work denial or the embassy denial.which one and why did it take 3 years for review?..waiting for your response.

We waited to be reviewed. My Senators and Congressman told me that once our case would come back that it would take at least 18 months to get reviewed because the Vermont Service Center was backlogged. Every time I did a request we would wait and wait and then the same old story....pending review. Well that never happened. No notice of closure or anything for that matter. My husband(fiance then) chose to go to a trade school in Morocco at the time we were waiting so the program ended last year and then I refiled another K1 which you see was successful. I did use a lawyer the 2nd time around because I did not have the time to do it on my own and we had plenty of red flags to address.

It could be they denied your expedite. Perhaps your lawyer never sent in ANY evidence. Please don't jump the gun until you receive the notice by mail.

I know it's not easy right now emotionally but if you don't calm down you can make yourself really sick. I was so depressed and angered after we got denied the 1st time but I had to snap out of it fast to move on. Also don't take it personally, they are not out to get you.

Sam just hang in there. My husband and I were separated for a little over 4 years. After our 1st denial we were feeling just like you. We knew that one day we would be together under 1 roof and sure enough that has happened. Hopefully you don't have to wait as long as we did.

It's not about winning. It's not the end...love will keep you together. There's just a road block for now but keep trooping and you shall succeed. It's just a matter of time and you'll be united under 1 roof

Sometimes over doing the proof can kill it too. Sending prayers your way

The total comes to $1,010 ($930 plus a biometrics fee of $80)and should be filed before the 90 days expire.

That's the fee before November 23rd. The AOS has no time frame to be filed however it's recommended to file ASAP. The marriage must take place within the 90 days of entry.

I believe as of November 23rd the new fee for the fiance visa goes down to $340 however the AOS fee goes up to $1090( I think). You will also have to add in expenses for travel to the US and if you will need any vaccinations in the US for the AOS. The marriage fees, cost of living.... You can't work until after you get married and file for AOS and receive a EAD/GC allowing you to work. You're looking at a few grand.

Happy Hump Day MENA! My dh wasn't the only one that was targeted for the debit card fraud. I found a new unauthorized charge on our account and had to file a new claim. Apparently they also stole my debit card information and were spending in NYC. They had to close my card and issue a new one just like with my husband. We'll be going and talking with our bank about options.

Sorry to hear about that. It could be internal fraud. What bank do you use? I would consider changing the bank.