markdavis803

You lost more then 5 months waiting to hear from USCIS? You wasted all this time for nothing. Forget about previous case and re apply for a new K-1 immediately since you cannot get married in Cambodia. You can file it tomorrow. Just make sure you write a K-1 waiver letter with your new petition and also write a letter to withdraw your old petition. You will never hear from USCIS about your old case until it expires. Then you will get a letter saying your case has been expired. Don't waste any more time and file tomorrow. If need any assistance just ask. Cambodia used to be one of the toughest country to get approved for K-1. Recently more people getting approved but still is a tough embassy. They deny cases for no reason at all. As a K-1(Denied in 2011) and CR-1(Approved in 2013) veteran of this embassy, I know a lot about this embassy.  Ask any question you might have.

Just realized you also had a lawyer. And you wasted all this time? Why did you pay your lawyer for? Anyway, at this stage lawyer is useless. Lawyer didn't advise you correctly anyway. You should have applied for a new K-1 right away. Why your lawyer didn't advise you this? My guess is he is not familiar with K-1 cases and specially not familiar at all with Cambodia. I would fire that lawyer immediately. I helped many people in the past here mostly denied cases in Cambodia. Because of my job and family I cannot give more time at this forum anymore. But once in a while case like yours I feel an obligation to help. I fought this embassy for almost 4 years. But I learned if you are really committed, you will win at the end. You want to win or not its up to you. Don't rely on useless lawyers or misinformation.

Trip to your local USCIS office is a waste of time. In my personal case I called and was told on the phone don't do anything until I hear from them. That is of course a misinformation. I personally petitioned again after denial but as CR-1. But I personally know and helped at least 7/8 people just like you. They all members of this group and also in Facebook visa journey. So far, everyone successful and last few ones recently got their visa. Everyone got approved so far who I helped. They all became my lifelong friends. Happy ending in the end. If anyone one of you reading this post can confirm this. But if you just wait you just waste your time. K-1 petition expires one year after the date. But you can apply immediately before expiration date. You need a K-1 waiver letter. Your old case expires or not you need that waiver any way. There is no hope in your old case. So why waste time? I can personally give you few people who went through this but need to as them first. Most of them are members here. You may be able to check some of my old correspondence with them here. They all been approved and already in the USA.

You may not know that 9 out of 10 K-1 cases in Cambodia used to be denied just like you. Most of the time for no reason at all. You know your cause but I never knew why exactly. Most people never knew. They don't pinpoint either. Anyway it is very common at this embassy and there is absolutely no problems filing 2nd time at this embassy. It actually proves that you are really committed. In my opinion, it's another way they try to weed out fraud. I witnessed many cases over the years at this embassy and rate of passing the interview very high here. Very rare the reject 2nd time unless they find something really wrong. In the mean time if you visited your fiancé more chances of approval goes way up. This embassy mostly deny K-1 cases for only one visit. If you have 3/4 visits, very rare they deny you.