Keyla11

Oh yes ok. Sorry I missed the part of you asking for others already denied K1.

Yes it sounds like you will be fine. Take good relationship proof. I read a lot of posts. I haven't seen anyone getting refused for that reason.

Thanks a lot

I've seen the topic before. Maybe if you put this title in the search tool you can find past threads.

How long has it been since the F1 denial? I believe you can overcome it on a K1 if you show progression of your relationship into engagement.

The F1 denial was on July 1st, our application for the K1 was sent on september 8th and our interview is in January 12th!

I think it's fine this way, because we got engaged in August, when my boyfriend came to visit me for a month, after and because the F1 visa denial. Since we didn't hane an other way to be together and I couldn't have gone there to be with him any other way, he asked me to marry him.

Hello everyone, I would like to know if any of you experienced the K1 process soon after a F1 denial (for lack of ties with your country) when you stated that you and your boyfriend (by then NOT YET fiancè and not planning to be in any way illegal) were just friends.

This is my situation now, and even though we have PLENTY of proves that we have a genuine relationship, I would like to know similar experiences, so I am just wondering if any of you went through the K1 interview with a story like this, and what were you asked and what did you answer!

Thanks a lot

Sorry just want to ask you a question in your own post..where was you interview? And did you mean that the consular can see what you tell the immigration officer?

So boyfriend.....friend....fiance. You plan on showing evidence of a relationship in that time you two were "friends"? To late but you shouldn't have said that when you'd previously said otherwise. I wouldn't offer anymore than asked....

IF ASKED I plan to say that we were together, and I was just very scared and nervous about mentioning he was my boyfriend, but he was. I plan to say the truth, that's all

How did they know about Austin? Did you mention him during the interview or did they know Austin from when you went and visit him?

When I entered the USA in Dec 2014 I told them I was there to visit my bf and they asked me questions about him, so they knew his name

Hello everyone,

I am in the process for a k1 visa with my Fiancè, we already had our NOA2 and everything is going great.

I am a bit worried about the interview though..this is our story:

We've been dating since October 2013 and met each other in New Zealand, Australia, Thailand and Italy (my home country)

in Decembre 2014 I went to visit him in the USA, stating that I was visiting my bf, and I got in just fine.

In May 2015 I applied for a F1 (student) visa, I wanted to go to the USA to study for 2 years, spend my time in a valuable way, learn some new skills, and spend time with my boyfriend without having to rush into a marriage.

That didn't work out, because I was refused because of lack of ties with my country on July 1st.

The thing is that, since I was very nervous and scared cause I knew I couldn't prove to have strong ties to italy, I knew having a bf there wouldn't have helped me ether, so when I was asked "who's Austin xxx" (my bf) I said "a friend" and then i was asked "just a friend?" and my answer was "yes".

September 8th we filed our k1 petition, and now we've got our NOA2.

What I want to ask, if any of you had the experience of saying that you were JUST FRIENDS to any immigration officer before you filed the k1 and then you had to explain that.

I am planning to tell exactly the truth, which is that I was nervous and scared that saying he was my bf the officer would have assumed that we were engaged, which we were not, because in August he came to visit me (so after the F1 interview) and that's when we got engaged (which really, was something that came as a consequence of me not being able to go to be with him in any other way).

We've been dating for 2 years, met several times, for several weeks/months every time, and we have pics and flights and stuff to prove all this.

He is also coming to visit me on Xmas this December again. So i don't think that show a genuine relationship will be an issue.

I would just like to know if anybody had a similar experience

Thanks to all of you, and wish you good luck!

I applied twice last year for a student visa and I had just recently got back from a 2yrbstay in the states. The interviewer was concerned if I would work during my studies (I was gonna live with previous host family) I was denied to lack of ties to my home country. Me and my bf then decided to apply and start the k1 just about a month after my last student denial and we recently were approved our k1 visa.

I was however asked about my denials and I told them straight up that I just got back and didn't have enough ties to home country, that's it. Didn't mention anything about anything else. Then I was asked WHY I didn't tell the interviewer about my boyfriend, I simply said that was not a question during that interview. And that was it

Really don't think you should worry BUT be honest when they ask. A lawyer will not do your job at the interview, so I would suggest not to hire anyone.

Thanks for this!

Glad you made it Congrats!!

My issue is going to be that during the interview I was asked who was "Austin" (they knew his name because when I went to visit him 4 months before i told them I was visiting my boyfriend at the airport immigration) and I was scared and I said he was a friend, then I was asked if he is "just a friend" and I said "yes".

So yeah...that's the mess I made, and I don't know how to deal with it, and how it's going to affect the visa approval

Thanks to everybody

Hello everybody, I was wondering if it happened to any of you that went through the K1 visa process, to state to some immigration officer, ether at the border, or at some visa interview or something, to say that you and your boyfriend/girlfriend were friends to avoid issues, but then, you got engaged soon AFTER THAT, and you soon applied for a K1 visa?

If yes, how did you deal with it at the interview?

Or did it cause issues with the K-1 application?

Thank you all!

Yeah!!That's what I like to hear haha

well, yes, I don't think it's something impossible to make up for, but I just want to do it right!

I did look at it, also contacted some of those lawyers I found, but there's not review section or feedback or anything like that.

So please, if you know something that I don't, could you tell me?

Yes! I was recommended it so I did give a look at it, but it's not like I can know from it who could be trustful or not...I would rather find someone that had good experiences with a lawyer than randomly chose one from a list..

Well, honestly I don't know where else to find this kind of help I need if it's not from someone that knows how law works in these cases...

Hello everybody, here is my case:

I am italian, me and my boyfriend have been dating for the past almost 2 years. We met in New Zealand, Australia, Thailand, Italy and USA.

We were over the distance, but didn't feel ready yet to get married, since we never had the chance to be together for more than 2.5 months straight, so we figured that a student visa would have been the best option, that would have given us a couple of years to be together and see how things would go.

Also, I always wanted to study animation in California, so we put the 2 things together, he finds a job that can support me economically in San Diego, I enroll into the college (even though I had already a degree), apply for the visa, and there's just the LAST step: the interview. I was agitated, because I didn't have a job, or a property or husband or anything that could prove I had strong ties to my country, but after all, I wasn't doing anything wrong..although, I read that most of the people that said that have a boyfriend/girlfriend in the USA got denied their visa, so I was worried to talk about him.

Unfortunately one of the first questions was about my boyfriend, I was asked who he was (which sounded weird..how did they know his name??), and I said "a friend" and they was asked if he was "just a friend" and...yes....unfortunately I said YES.

My visa was denied ANYWAY for lack of ties, probably beacause I haven't been in Italy for 1 year straight in the past 3 years.

Later on I figured the reason they knew about my bf: when I went to visit him (Dec 2014) at the airport I told them that I was going to visit him..!

So, now, we decided to give up the student plan, and get married, but I am SO SCARED about my statement to the officer saying that we were JUST FRIENDS...

It's not like we were married, we could have had a crisis or something, but still, I would rather be able to tell the truth about me being scared and lie, because I care more that my relationship will be considered true and genuine, but also, I am worried that they will say I committed fraud or something.

Anyway, we are thiking to wait 2/3 months from the denial to apply for the K1 visa, just to make it a bit easier, but also, I would like to know if any of you went through the same situation, or at least, knows a good lawyer, that we can trust, and that is not just interested in filling our papers and get the money, because we can fill the papers ourselves, but I need advice about what's the best filing timing would be, and what's the best thing to say at the interview when they will ask (and they for sure will) about what I said previously, and if we should file more proves of our relationship.

He is coming to visit me in a week, so it's not a problem to have other proves. Even though we have already tons. I mean, we have REALLY BEEN into a relationship for almost 2 years so..I think it's hard to think the opposite, but I also know, from this recent experience, that they can decide to believe anything they want, and I really really really need to be able to live a normal relationship with my boyfriend...!

So please, ether you've been through it or you know a good, trustful lawyer, I would be happy to hear!

Thanks so much!