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13 hours ago, LabOz said:

https://www.uscis.gov/system/files_force/files/form/i-129f.pdf      

Here is the correct version of the form that you should be using.

No G325-A required.

 

Really? I am about to resubmit a K-1, are we no longer required to do the G325-A?   I must have missed something. 

Thanks!

ok. thank you. I will just try to visit there then. I just want to be with him anyway possible and as soon as possible. I am still pretty broken up. but at least I know there's some hope. I'm so terrified of waisted efforts going through that difficult embassy after what has happened. But at least I will be married. It's truly what we want. thanks

Now that I am moving forward with plans to meet in Canada with my kids, I believe that is a better approach to move on with my journey to marry the love of my life and to heal from the heartache by looking forward. You guys are right that it will be so much more beneficial for me to get more face time and my family will finally be together as one.  

I just would like to add that I did submit a claim  with the Citizenship and Immigration Services Ombudsman U.S. Department of Homeland Security to address the code and interview denial issue, since it seemed there may have been a mistake in Lagos on reviewing my K-1 Visa petition. Who knows what they will say or do, but I am satisfied I tried every resort. (thanks to the advice from members that reached out to me from this site) After doing everything I can on my end, filing a case, reaching out to senators, asking questions, etc. I believe someone will look at the details of my case and review it accordingly. No need for a lawyer. In the meantime, I will keep everyone updated on the result. Its very interesting how my case got handled and then was given an unexpected denial code as a result. I really thought my fiancee would be banned the day he told me how everything went down. So I will let everyone know what I found out if I hear anything else regarding that K-1 visa petition that may just expire. Who cares anyway. I am going to CANADA!! . I am so greatfull I had you guys to run too in the hardest moments of my life. Thank you everyone for all of your advice and support on this thread and I will update with pictures soon! Hugs

thank you for examining my letter. you do give some hope and further understanding. I am also trying to get into Canada for a visit with him and all my kids. haven't decided whether we should marry there or not but if not. we can go again later if that's what it will take. I have a very close friend there. It's a 12 hour drive from where I live. anyway. I went to dubai last February.  1 year ago. went with my daughter. we front loaded. we sent them original boarding passes. luggage reciepts. hotel check in and out.  wedding ring reciepts grocery.  shopping in dubai reciepts stamps in all passports. events in dubai together. pictures. everything plus. there was proof.

1 minute ago, Roel said:

I'm not angry but this is borderline spamming at this point. OP's first threat got like 9 pages full of advises already. OP's acting like none of those answers matter, because she keeps asking same questions (she already got answers).

No, I am simply asking if I can refile the K-1 Visa? This would be my preferable choice of action. The moderator said once I heard from the consulate I could look for further instruction. So that is what I am attempting. Also I believe by posting an update on my case can help other VJ members having issues with this very same topic in tragic situations as myself. Am I not allowed to post questions because it your opinion that  I will never be approved for any Non-immigration visa ever? I am still a VJ member too.

My fiancee was denied the K-1 Visa since they claim we did not prove boni fide relationship. I have no more detail on our case and after contacting the senator, it doesn't seem I will get any further explanation except from what this letter describes.  The interview was complicated, none of our documents were reviewed at the interview and my fiancee was sent away with the white recommend revocation (other) paper. The officer made up her mind without giving us a chance to provide any additional proof. So Case closed, and I have accepted it. What next?

The Lagos Embassy replied to the senator, and this is the letter I received back from them today.  I think at this point an immigration lawyer may be a waste of money due the research I have done based on fighting K-1 denials. Can I refile the K1 immediately? Does anyone know how long I have to wait to do that and the process?  I thought maybe to get married, but I have 3 kids I cannot take or leave in the USA alone, so to make a trip like that would cost at least 7 to 10 thousand dollars in plane tickets, visa fees, passports, document fees, etc. Either way, my option of getting married in Nigeria or getting a lawyer exceed what I can afford and if I ever am able to go it would take years to come up with the money like that. I already know I could try to get a better paying job, but I am really praying for an easier solution (if there even is one). Is there any possible way my fiancee can even visit America?  I will do whatever it takes. Thank you for advice. 

letter from senator visa journey.pdf

7 minutes ago, F1H1I130 said:

Your other thread was closed not to be reopened. Did you get any new information?

I'm just asking why I am in AP. that is the new information I received. 

I've never been married. the interview went all wrong. I believe the interviewer was wrong. she told my fiancee I was married and divorced due to a misunderstanding. and she wouldn't hear anything else. my original NOA2 was approved. my background checks were done. She accused me. I am not accussing her. she simply told him i was lying and scamming him and refused to listen to him.

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The lady gave my fiancee all his documents back. and told him i lied to him about my marital status and I was divorced specifically in 2015 according to her view of things. which is not the truth, as I've never been married. She told my fiancee I was scamming and lying to him on my entire relationship. so I was absolutelly sure our case was denied and would close. I don't believe we have a chance at this point. so AP throws me off.

I dont get it! We were 100 percent denied with seemingly no chance. So why is it in Administrative Processing. Isnt it supposed to just be denied . 

20 minutes ago, Cruise77 said:

It would surely put a damper on any future plans with your current fiance.  However I don't believe that really happened.   it also seems you still haven't gotten a straight answer from your fiance about why he got thrown out of the embassy.  His story that they were calling you a liar and a scammer seems very suspicious to me.  And reading through your posts indicates you haven't even considered the possibility that your fiance could be the reason you were denied here.  My intent is not to start an argument here or pick on you, far from it. Could the fact that you were living with your ex BF for 17 years put some doubt in the mind of the CO?  Possibly, but its a very big stretch to call that scamming or lying.  Most likely it was only a small factor (if at all) in the final decision.  This leads me to believe there are other factors in play here.

 

The biggest red flag here is how convenient his story sounds about the whole event.  He saves the day by defending you after the CO labeled you as a "scammer and a liar. "  In a great act of chivalry he then gets escorted out of the building by security.  I'm sorry this sounds too good to be true.          

 I trust my fiancee more than any officer that has the power of ruining people's lives with the stroke of a pen without taking the time to really read my file through. The woman seriously acted like that and I dont have a single doubt otherwise. Of course I am not going to question my fiancee, we do everything together in this entire process. we both even learned it on our own together. You are wrong in telling me I need to consider he is the culprit of the issue. He hides nothing from me. You know for sure when you have true love and a trusting commited relationship from.both sides. We have been through too much to be able to even go there. When I originally posted I was quite upset. After getting my thoughts together my fiancee and I were able to have more conversations about what really happened. when he was telling me he was very upset too at fist so all i could hear was him ranting upset.  he said that woman did 40 interviews herself that morning and he was the last one. she saw the loads of paperwork I sent with him and told him herself she was tired. she was tending to another person still and told him to write a statement how we met which matched my I29F Application.  she hardly paid any attention to him and she grabbed it from him told him that he didnt meet me the date we met but he was able to show her the first emails with the date.  she started asking the normal questions.  then she saw my custody decree and instantly got on her computer to do  a search if i was married why she was complaining of my marriage history to him. She jumped to conclusion and instantly told him i was scamming and lying to him and i was divorced. she actually tried to convince my fiancee to believe her and not me.   This is just too much detail for me to make up and I do refuse to agree with your statement. simply put she shrugged him off and walked away while he was pleading to her that it wasn't true in any way and I was never married or divorced He tried to show her documents to prove but she refused to take or look at anything else. her decision was quick and she didn't give him a chance. 

I am getting alot of advice to go and marry him and get a spousal visa. Going forward, Since our visa was denied based on the officers accusations that I am a scammer and a liar. does that result in a lifetime ban? 

as the OP and the comments going on questioning my relationship and his families relationship is not what I posted about. I know and am very confident how happy we are together and his family loves me and my family loves his.. It may not be in the cultural tribe standards of the norm or the expectations from others, but it works with us! He or I have never had an issue with anything about mine or his family, tribe, color of skin, or stereotypes others want to place upon us. don't matter. In fact life is more interesting. We learn so much from eachother. all I know is I love him and its real. his family is close to me and its real. The love we have for eachocher is so real that I feel like Im greiving a death right now due to this visa denial.

 It hurts! I wouldn't care if he was green! I choose not to go into detail about his tribe and his parents and sibling details because that was not pertaining to anything in my original post. I am very heartbroken that I have been denied to the fullest extent and called a liar and a scammer by the embassy. The love between us is strong enough to keep us together from accross the world committed forever and that's all that matters. I am willing to do whatever it takes even if it takes my whole life to be with him. 

So I have emailed the embassy and both of my senators. I really hope i will be able to get this turned around quick, I really tried my best. I will let you know how it goes once I have a response. I also found out that my fiancee did not have a crazy out lash at the officer as well. I misunderstood him. He said that he did defend me when she called me a scammer and a liar and he wouldn't agree with her words and spoke his mind, the security was watching him as if he was waiting for him to react but my fiancee ended up walking out pretty upset but he held his composure. I almost kicked his but all the way from Alaska too when i heard his first account  But all is well  it seems. 

Wish me luck!!

Here is what the woman  gave my fiancee, pretty blank form, but with the words recommend revocation. I also have a question, If I were to get an affidavit from my ex (kids biological father) notarized from a bank today with both of our legal signatures and a copy of his drivers licence saying we were never married or divorced and that a custody order was in place due to his absence of two years, do you think If we turn that in, it may turn around their decision? My fiancee did say himself that she the woman did say I was a liar and I was completely scamming him and she tried to convince him of the fact that I was divorced in the year 2015, the same time of the Custody Decree approval. Never true. I was never married or divorced, She completely went on that assumption and told my fiance those specific things and that I divorced on 2015. 

9 minutes ago, QueenComley said:

I though the same thing when I read this thread... I was waiting for someone to remark on this. Glad I wasn't the only one to find this really odd.

I will quote it accordingly, when I was explaining what happened in the interview I was explaining the outcome in the words my fiancee personally spoke to me as his significant other, My intention was to stay truest to his account in how he explained it to me. He told me the color of her hair and her nationality because of course, as his wife to be, I am curious for simply the reason of wanting to understand more about who was interviewing my fiance and I want to know EVERYTHING that happaned as if I was there. Im in Alaska and he is in Nigeria, so communicating things from a far is all I have to go on. Nothing more, nothing less. There was no reference of anything to imply I was making a racial expression of opinion. 

Thank you for your post. 

hi tasha. can I text u that document to your phone.  I cant resize the picture to add it here. I've tried everything using my phone. 

I brought only my 8 year old daughter to Dubai to meet him. My boys are 17 and 19, They are trying to graduate and able to be at home alone. I couldn't quite afford to bring myself and three children here. Please do not tell me to save more money and be prepared  for the visa process because I already knew that and I had to save accordingly to comply with the need of the requirements. I  followed their requirement and had the money to suffice the needs of the requirement.   Instead of flat out denying our visa and calling me a liar and a scammer and bashing me to my fiancee the officer should have requested more evidence based on the requirements I didn't meet. I pray to God there is just an oversight and they just need more documentation.  

My fiancee does have friends in Dubai, and they sponsored him and he got in with no problems. He is 33 and I am 41. We also met there because I didn't need a visa to get in as a American Citizen and I personally felt it was safer to visit Dubai than Nigeria for a first time trip, I do not believe the officer was thinking about the danger to my older boys. Every picture I provided to the embassy was myself, my fiancee and my 8 year old daughter together in person, You could clearly see that we are extremely happy together and I have loads of chat logs between my 8 year old and him as well. 

Alaska is not a problem, our climate has changed drastically, We didn't have more than an inch of snow in 3 years with very dry winters, yes it was cold but it was sometimes 48 degrees in December each year as well. The lower 48 was in states of emergencies due to snow fall and climate changes while it was raining here. My fiancee loves me enough to acclimatize to any condition. This is a very big topic between us. The officer was not concerned about my climate. I do not believe she was concerned about anything at all, except for going to break because she had 40 interviews this morning all herself alone and its just the vibe my fiancee got from her.

Anyway, this is some of the details the members were asking about. Hope this clarifies things a little, I really do appreciate everyone's help. I am carrying on, I love my fiancee with all my heart and soul and no one can ever try to convince me or him that we are not meant to be together whether living together or on vacation or wherever or however we end up, We have a very strong solid relationship and commitment to each other no matter what, I will never question him or myself and if we will get through this regardless.

 I am currently writing a letter to my congressman and asking for a prompt response. Wish me luck and please let me know if anyone has any tips for that letter.    Does anyone have the email to the Lagos Embassy where I can send a letter to them myself? I am still really sad. Thank you everybody. 

25 minutes ago, Ash.1101 said:

Lagos is known to be hard as is.

NEVER send more information than asked for unless it's DIRECTLY related to something they HAVE asked for, such as say savings accounts to prove assets, extra letter or contract showing income, annual bonus statement, etc.

It's much like how people send proof that they have sent money to their fiance, thinking it strengthens their case. The CO can take it as they are buying their foreign fiance, or vice versa because in their eyes, sending money as a fiance doesn't look right as it does a wife and husband commingling funds.

A custody agreement would be considered having nothing to do with your fiance, as it should have absolutely no impact on anything, even your relationship. People have kids and marry over seas all the time, but they aren't the focus of these interviews and shouldn't have anything to do with them other than the CO maybe asking a couple of questions about the kids and moving on to the next topic.

In this case, you gave TOO much information, and confused the CO. 


Your most likely going to have to get married and go for a spousal visa.

It's easy to prove that you were married and divorced, a divorce decree does that. It can be a bit harder to prove you've never been married.




Also, it is safe to note that there have people who have interviewed at Lagos and felt the interview was going great only to be denied without an "obvious" reason. 


Note these were the red flags in your case, they could have easily have used any of these issues.

The CO can look at red flags and maybe dismiss a few, but if they keep piling up they may just be like okay that's enough and call it a day. That could easily have been what happened in this case. The misunderstanding of the custody agreement was just the nail in the coffin.
 

 

Also I saw that you said you sent a 331 page packet.


Much like sending the custody agreement was a mistake, they look for quality over quantity. Sending a great big packet, when you had only met for 6 days when you had filed doesn't look good because you SHOULDN'T have that much information. They MUCH prefer quality content, over the quantity of content.



With that said, you may need to go down there and marry. When it comes to the spousal visa, do NOT overkill with info like you did here. Remember Quality information over the Quantity of information.

Thank you for pointing that out, this will be helpful to me to better understand what their needs are when writing to them. I asked my fiance if it was a 221 Form to request for information, and he just said its a recommended revocation with no numbers on the form. i think that means denial due to fraud or ban or whatever that crazy woman decided to factor our case on. From what I gather, it seems she gave me no chance to prove my case just basically called me a scammer and insulted us both.

Thank you everyone, after I am done crying and get my mindful strength back I will update every step from here because I do plan to fight immigration on every accusation against me. I am not a fraud by any means, I do feel better from all the support this forum gives and the treasures of advice. I feel like I am not alone and people actually know how I feel, so its comforting. My fiancee is so sweet he even told me we will apply again and he will live the rest of his life never giving up.  Hes trying to comfort me, sooo, i will get through it. I dont even freak out on my mother this badly lol. Thanks everyone for listening to me cry and plead for answers.  Maybe we can move to Canada LOL. jk.

44 minutes ago, EricTasha said:

I don't know if the embassy will look at anything additional at this point but you can try, of course it was better if it was done before the interview.

 

Try to type a very clear explanation letter stating you were never married, no common law marriage in your state (attach the copy of the law, you can get webpage online), describe short but all clear and send ASAP to the embassy by email as well to your fiance, later you can also try to send the same through your senator or congressman. Better if you notarize your signature on the letter

Tasha

I will try to write a letter pleading that they review our case and reopen it. tjank you for your advice. really this is my last string of hope it seems. I know my documents are strong. we frontloaded that is why I put the custody decree in there. how could being more truthful get me into this mess. im new to this whole thing so i didnt know the details what they want except the truth. The lady actually told my fiancee I was scamming him in her exact words and that i lied and he should realize that I was a fraud.  I have absolutelly nothing to gain. my fiancee is so dirt poor and me and my children have termoiling broken hearts now.  I just need to think for a while. I cant believe they can get away with treating hard working paying americans like this. I followed all the rules as they required. i begged my fiancee to be with me for 2 years before he agreed he never cared to come to america initially. he said there were 40 interviews and she was the only lady doing them all today. and she denied 4 people. with us being one of them. he believes she deliberately denied us purposely because she was tending to someone else and the beginning of interview went so well through all the questions. until she made a quick assumption without properly examine my documents.  there was absolutelly nothing that would have represented a divorce. she said she believed I was married before and divorced 3 years ago. where she got that info was her own ignorance. I'm livid at the Lagos Embassy. 

2 minutes ago, Georgia16 said:

No you can't just send that in. Your case is closed now. You can do as I wrote above.

I am not sure if I agree. Just because I am upset I am still somewhat knowledgeable of this process with the research I have done. I believe there is an appeal process and I could also get an attorney if need be. It's a very obvious oversight. my fiancee watched her carelessly read the documents while yawning   I legally have never been married and I do have proof of that.  Please if someone who has ever been through the more difficult process please let me know if I still have any chance to turn this around. my whole life and savings should not be based and decided upon a tired interviewer that did not properly examine my documents. they have supervisors at the embassy that need to approve of her decision. 

does anyone think I can just send in my 15 years of tax returns and they can change thier decision with that proof? please is there anything I can do promptly?

Help. I can hardly even type. because my fiancee's interview was 2 hours ago. the white lady at the Lagos Embassy flatly told my nigerian fiancee that I am a liar and I lied to him about my marital status and they refused to take his passport and told him he was denied and gave him every document back except my tax returns and gave him a  paper that says recommend revocation. he argued with the lady and security had to walk him out. I don't know what to do. we've been together 3 and a half years and my whole world has just crashed down and I prayed everyday. I don't understand.

some history.   I have three kids. I was with thier biological father for 17 years and he was abusive. I left him in 2013 and took full custody of my children because he was a threat and he was unfit.  I have never married him and I live in the state of Alaska which has absolutelly no law making common law marriage existent in the United states. 

the lady asked him the normal questions and everything went well until she looked at my custody decree for my kids. because I took custody away from thier unfit abusive father so I could travel outside with my kids without thier biological father's permission and was easily granted. I never married him.

I sent with my fiance my last three years tax returns showing head of household 3 dependants.  and the custody decree. but there is NOTHING that mentions divorce because there never was one without a marriage. I do have all 15 years of my taxes stating head of household un married with dependants but I never thought they would question me so I didn't send those in.

my fiancee said the grumpy while lady talked to like 40 people before him and she was so carelessly looking at my custody decree and instantly made the assumption that I was married. and turned to my fiancee and actually tried to convince him I was a flat out liar to my own fiancee and said I got a divorce in 2015. which is the same year I got custody of my kids. so she misinterpreted the decree out of laziness. 

please i hope someone can tell me how to fix this before that revocation is finalized by her supervisor. I never recieved any RFE about my background or marital status before the interviewer made her decision my petition was solid!!!!! I can't stop crying.