Michael&Lexy

It's a K-1 visa, not an F1 visa. F1 is a student visa.

But this could be a huge problem for you. You applied for a tourist visa to see your aunt and now a few weeks/months later the embassy will be getting a fiancé visa application from you. That was not a smart move to not mention your fiancé. You will most likely be questioned about that at the interview.

Hi, Thank you for the information. It will help me a lot.

I will get a police clearance here in Thailand before I go back to the Philippines.

My question is. aside from getting a police clearance here. Do I need to get another paper from here? Just in case.

Thanks?

You are doing exactly the right thing. The very reason your tourist visa was denied is the very reason you have a strong case for a K-1 - a fiancé in the USA and immigration intent.

To the OP, it doesn't matter whether your fiancé has her interview in Bangkok or Manila. Both embassies (and any other embassy in the world) will see her previous denial. I would not worry about it too much. It's very common for young, single women from Asia to be denied tourist visas when they want to travel alone to the USA. And even more so where a love interest is declared or suspected.

She will need a Thai police certificate so she should arrange this when she leaves the country. If she's going to have her interview in Manila, she will also need to get it translated into English.

This is an honest answer. I was really unsure using my fiancé as my reason to travel in the US because my friend said the consular might deny me.

So, I used my aunt and she was very supportive about it.

Yes, I said. I wanna visit my aunt coz I haven't seen her for ages. I will visit her anyway but I'm planning to visit my fiancé too.

Is it gonna affect the F1 visa?

Hello there, Lexy here. My fiancé told me about this site. I read your story and it's a relief knowing that I'm not alone.

Honestly, I was so hurt and down about the visa refusal. I was so confident and had all the supporting documents in hand. I was wearing a very formal attire without make up on because one of my friends adviced me not to put any make up on that day. He then looked at me from head to toe. No trace of smile on his face. I was so nervous but I keep myself calm and smiled at him.

He asked a bunch of questions. He didn't bother to looked at my documents first but every time he threw questions at me I showed my document even he is not asking for it. First question was. Are you single? Have you been traveling locally? ( which is in Thailand) have you been traveling internationally? What do U do? Where do you intend to visit in the US? Do you have any properties in Thailand? How much is my salary and do I have any family here? Who do you want to visit in the US? And her job.

I answered him properly and correctly. I'm traveling a lot. Locally and internationally. I got a good monthly salary and permanent job and savings. I have my sisters here with me etc. still he denied me. i showed him my strong ties here in Thailand. It saddens me. I wont be able to spend my Christmas with my fiancé.

I hope everything will be fine with the F1 visa. My fiancé is working with it now.

Thank you for sharing yours. Keep me updated. ❤️❤️❤️

Same Filipina with love. ?❤️?

Yes, I will apply for K1 visa in US Embassy in Manila, Philippines. My tourist visa application was denied in the same Embassy back in November 2014. I was trying to apply for a tourist visa instead of a K1 visa at that time because I still have some unfinished business here in the Philippines and so we thought of trying to apply for a tourist visa so that at least I can go there and visit him and his family. I had to be honest and state in my tourist visa application that I'm going to visit my fiance in the states even though I know that would make it more difficult for me to get a tourist visa. I had to tell them because I didn't want to have problems when I'll apply for K1. So far, I don't really think the tourist visa denial would have an impact on my K1 visa application (even if it's in the same Embassy) because I was told back then to apply for K1 and not a tourist visa.

Thank you for the info. She's just so worried about it. It's a relief that it won't affect the fiancé visa.

One reason why I want to get a lawyer is I don't have much time to process it and I live in Tennessee. I don't want to make mistakes that can cause us problems in the future. It is my first time to process a visa and I am not familiar with it. I just want to be sure that everything is correct.

Btw. Thank you. ??

The tourist visa denial has no impact on the K1 application, as long as she didn't lie about your relationship or anything else at that interview.

You will need to start by filling a i129f petition with USCIS here in the US (check out the guides on this website). She can interview at the embassy of any country she is a citizen or legal resident of. Her choice.

Most people do not use or need a lawyer, unless there are some particular circumstances (usually related to criminal history or previous illegal presence in the US).

? I'm divorced and has children and she's never been married and no children.

Thank you for the information Zoe. I guess she has to get a police clearance in Thailand before she will go back in her home country. She only live in Thailand. ? Phewww that's a relief. I wish everything will be fine with the processing.

It will be rocky but it's worth it. I have all the supporting documents and I will start processing it this January.

I'll keep my faith.

Thanks Zoe. I already told my fiancé that it will be best for us to apply the visa in Thailand because she's living and working there. Also, We know an agency in Bangkok who can help us with the visa. But she wants to go home in the Philippines this coming April and May. Her long vacation btw and she doesn't want to extend her contract in that school. She wants to go back in the Philippines for good and work there while processing the visa. She really wanna do it in the phils. And you are right about it. It is better to apply the visa where she come from.

Thank you for sharing it. We are on the same boat right now. She applied for a tourist visa right after we got engaged. She is planning to have a long vacation in the Philippines starting April until May. I don't really want to waste more time and wait a little bit longer. I want to process the K1 next month and we haven't decided which embassy should we apply. I guess it is very convenient for her to apply in Thailand but she's planning to stay in the PH for two months. I guess it is better for us to process it in the Philippines instead.

Are you and your fiancé will apply for K1 visa in the Philippines?

I will write on here till the visa will be done.

She applied for B1/B2 to visit her aunt in Michigan. I guess she got denied because of her aunts situation. She is a retired assistant nurse. She showed a complete supporting documents. Working permit, contract , fat bank account, properties and a letter from her employer ( director of the school). She is a traveler. She traveled many different countries around Asia including countries that have visa like Japan and Korea.

Oh sorry, I mean K1 visa for fiancé visa

Hello everyone.

Me and my fiancée are planning to get a fiancée visa after the B1/B2 refusal in Bangkok Thailand. She is a Filipina who is living and working there as a teacher for almost 5 years now. I visited her last October in Thailand for 12 days and I'm planning to go back and visit her in April but not in Thailand. It will be in the Philippines this time. We got engaged in October and knew each other for two years now. We decided to apply for a b1/b2 visa for her to spend Christmas here and go back to Thailand. Sad to say she got deny.

We are a bit confused where to apply a fiancée visa. Would it be convenient for her to apply in the Philippines while she's in Thailand or process the fiancé visa in Thailand.

She is a bit worried of processing the visa in Thailand because of the tourist visa refusal.

Is it possible that they will deny her again?

I am planning to get a lawyer to help us about it.