dasumanadu

Trust me, everyone's situation, experience and expectations are different and unique.

Approach your fate with solemn prayers and faith and things will work out for you, irrespective of the embassy.

Much appreciated.

Thank you all for all the contributions and advice. I will analyze them and decided with my wife-to-be which route to take.

Perhaps your fiancée had visited you after you left the US. It would have been good if you guys had married and file cr1 it would have been much better to prove you are not just trying to go back to US by all means. As for the over stay it wount be an issue since the barred time had elapsed. The system will automatic release you from being barred, but mind you that you have to be ready to explain to the visa officer why you over stayed.

Since she is yet to visit in Feb, 2017 would you advise that we get married in my home coutry and then apply for CR1? And would that be enough to prove I am not trying to go back by all means??????

Perhaps your fiancée had visited you after you left the US. It would have been good if you guys had married and file cr1 it would have been much better to prove you are not just trying to go back to US by all means. As for the over stay it wount be an issue since the barred time had elapsed. The system will automatic release you from being barred, but mind you that you have to be ready to explain to the visa officer why you over stayed.

Thanks for your respose. My fiancé is yet to visit me. She will be visiting my home country in February, 2017. I have been trying to do some research since we decided to marry and live together, and learned CR1 takes longer to process than K-1 and that is why we are thinking of that route.

I am also worried that it might seem I am trying to get back at all cost. I travelled twice to the USA on an 2 years F1 visa. Then travelled 3 times on a 5year B1/B2 visa. As at the last time I was leaving USA in 2013 my B1/B2 visa was expiring in 2016 eventhough technically I knew I could not return on that visa because I has overstayed my last visit. But I am wondering if my previous visits wont account to anything as if I had intensions of staying I would have stayed in any of those visits and not returned?

But... if you met a lady during your last visit in the US (3 years ago), she can't fill K-1, since you haven't met face to face in the last 2 years.

You are right, we havent met since I left but we intend to meet before she files for the K-1 since we realised that is a requirement for the k-1.

I am new to this platform and I am hoping to find some answers from here.

I last entered the USA on the 1/03/2012 on a B1/B2 visa and I was supposed to have left the USA by the 31/08/2012. However, I overstayed. I left the USA on 13/04/2013, which means I overstayed for about 8 months which incurs an automatic 3 year ban. I have not tried to go back to the USA since. I had met a lady during my last visit and we intend to get married for which reason she intends to apply for a K-1 visa for me. It has been more than 3 years since I left the USA, would the previous overstay eventhough its been more than 3 years still pose a problem for the k-1 application process and for my interview? Does anyone have any ideas or has someone had a similar experience? Please help.