Sammy 1

It's not going to happen.
 
She won't be able to stay in the US for 2 years legally while waiting. 
 
Separation is part of the immigration process, just accept that. 

US citizen

Hi Everyone, I am posting a summary of my journey, specifically of why I received "Notice of Intent to Deny"  Even tho I was a VAWA applicant. 
1- My entry status: F1 Visa, Married to us citizen, it was his idea to bring me here first as an international student and switch the status. 
2- During the 2 years of marriage I was abused by my EX and he was threatening me to cancel the green card application all the time. 
3- My initial I-485 based on marriage was denied because I was accused of "Willful Misrepresentation" as I didn't attend the school, My Ex didn't let me go to school. 
4- I left my Ex and filed a divorce and learned about VAWA. I had strong evidence including police reports.
5- I received RFE because of the same reason ( Misrepresentation)  my lawyer sent more evidence and explained the circumstances of why I didn't attend school.
6- Within 1.5 years my VAWA was approved. Got my EAD and my lawyer filled I-485.
7- Withing 1 year I received a notice for an interview.  I attended the interview with my attorney, they couldn't find the jurisdiction letter in order to make a decision, the officer said they will try to find it. 
8- My lawyer filled FOIA. 
9- After 9 Months, we received a favorable FOIA report and my lawyer submitted it to the officer. 
10- After 6 month, Jan 2019 I received "NOID" because of the same reason "Fraud-  Willful Misrepresentation"  at this point, I was certain that the application will get denied and they will ask me to refile again with a waiver. 
11-  Feb 28, My attorney responded the letter and explained the circumstances again, we submitted evidence that I had good intention to attend school but it wasn't up to me, my ex was controlling everything. We also submitted evidence that I attended a different school and other evidence to show I am in the process of attending grad school,  I tried to submit everything that could possibly prove that I had good intention to attend school here int he U.S. 
12- March 23, My I-485  was approved. 
13- March 29, My Green Card arrived in the mail!!
 
 
 
 

After ROC approved? 
 

Good point. Definitely if OP wants to stick it to him, and rightfully so she should, requesting child support is the way to go.

I’m sorry to hear about this. It’s so frustrating and heartbreaking to be taken advantage of and feel like there is nothing you can do about it. And it’s true that unless you have concrete evidence of fraud it’s hard. However.... one thing you can do if he truly disappears out of your lives and shirks his obligations to your child is to put on record that he owes child support. That wlll be an issue for when he tries to naturalize as it will go against good moral character and prevent him naturalizing.  You don’t even need a court order for child support for this (although that would be better anyway for a number of reasons), as the courts hold that it is a moral/ethical obligation rather than a purely legal one.

I did present all of this to our immigration attorney. He did mention to put it in my letter. It was explained in my letter of how we met why we chose our engagement this way. So I didn’t go at this alone. I do appreciate everyone’s feedback here and wish I came here first before sitting down with my immigration attorney. Because of course we want to hear firsthand from others that had this experience.   I guess I just have to hope for the best and wait and see what happens. Of course the back up plan is to go out there and get married. Appreciate all the help you from everyone. 

I'm fairly certain the OP was using that as an expression, not to be taken literally as "I'm looking for an American spouse" but rather "I am interested in marrying my American partner." 

Rules and rules but I wouldn't shoot myself in the foot if the only evidence of taking drugs in the past was me saying I did. Agree with disclosing recorded medical history though.

I am in the same boat as you. I was forced to disclose something that is irrelevant in my today life. It was a stupid charge from 11 years ago. The court has no record of it anymore but I had to push push push for the right department to search closed records... took a while. I did it. I got the d*mn paperwork and I sent it along with my petition. I did not tell my fiance until literally the week before the interview. I knew it wouldn't change his feelings about me. But I was very ashamed. I knew I had to pipe up, but it took me a while to gain the courage.
 
OP: It sucks... I count myself as one of the most honest people I know, and that is no exaggeration. Even I found it very difficult to sludge around in my stupid past and tell my new love about it. Fear is a very very strong thing. Fear of losing the one you love can make a stable and honest person do things they'd never think about.
 
I feel bad for your situation. I'm sorry, truly. I agree, though... the trust is broken and may be irreparable unless you were to do a LOT of internal work... it sucks that the tough job would be on you. I've been there. It is nearly impossible.
 
Best,
Tina

Actually if it went to Vermont it might get processes faster))))

Looks good to me for the most part. No need for tons of messages or anything initially so 3-4 per month to show a timeline is reasonable amount.
 
Don't need that many photos but it's fine as is.
 
Letter of intent, you need one from each of you, not one signed by both, but one from each stating you will marry the other. Each one signed by just the person stating the intent.
 
Main thing is passport stamps, boarding passes/iteneraries, tthat fulfills the evidence requirement. Any receipts/credit card statements or anything also from there is good.

Sorry to hear about the denial, but that is quite common.
A tourist visa requires non-immigrant intent by law. A K-1 visa means she plans to immigrate in the "near' future.. See the inherit contradiction ? It's very, very difficult to overcome that.
The way one shows non-immigrant intent is via strong ties to their country of residence. Your fiancee plans to abandon any such ties she has soon (and has a strong tie to the US - you). That leaves very little for the CO to go on to overcome the immigrant intent presumption as required by law.
Edit: The other thing is the risk that she will just bypass the K-1 entirely, marry in the US, and then AOS that way.
 
I hope you hear back on the I-129F soon, and process the K-1 quickly.
The I-129F will be reviewed and the vast majority are approved...it just takes time.

So our interview was scheduled for 8am but they had us wait until we were the last ones there.   I could tell by the moment we arrived there was confusion at one point my husband was asked by someone behind the counter why he was there.   At last I can see a woman with our file behind window 26 we were sure she was going to be giving our interview.  She was looking and looking through our papers.   She kept leaving the window and going back to talk to others in the office then finally she passed the file to someone else.  Finally we were called to window 28.  The gentleman was very nice and kept apologizing.  He asked for my divorce papers which I gave him a certified copy I had made from my courthouse.   He asked if I had the agreement part of the divorce  not just the final decree (I thought this was especially odd since no  where ever have I seen anyone asked for this) which I had in the file as I sent it to NVC and brought copies of everything I sent previously with us.  He asked my husband mostly questions about his divorce AGAIN.  Just a few easy questions and he was finished.
 
He hands us a 221g generic slip with just the administrative processing part checked and said we would be receiving a questionnaire that will need to be sent back.
 
Now I know this is something that happens a lot to Pakistani men going through the interview process but it doesn't happen to everyone.  It's extremely disheartening considering everything we have gone through getting refused last year rebut it and then now getting stuck in the infamous black hole.   I can't help but feel like this embassy is playing games.   They don't like that they were proven wrong and want to make it difficult for us.   I knew there was a possibility of this happening but it didn't make it hurt any less.  We have been through so much leaving that embassy not knowing what is going to happen with our case was extremely painful.  We walked into the embassy with high hopes but walked away feeling depressed not knowing if this can take a month, 6 months or a year more has been really hard to swallow.
 
Thanks to all the messages I received today I just don't have time to respond to them all at the moment.  
 
~Freda

Considering how long the process takes, you filed very quickly after starting the relationship. 

I'm sorry it took you this long My heart drops when I read about this.... It must have been so extremely difficult for you.
I'm starting to ride the panic express now! Our interview is this Monday!
My fiance and I met for 5 days only about 3.5 months after we started talking. He asked me to marry him and I said yes, of course! .....  we fell in love before meeting each other what can I say And we filed immediately so about 4 months after I first wrote him.
Fast forward 8 months and here we are, interview this coming Monday! We are lucky enough to have spent 2 months together this year, 4 different trips so far and I leave again next Thursday and will stay with him for 9 nights. I tried to time it right to be at the interview - even though I would have had to wait outside the embassy! (which just got shot at a month ago!)
Anyhow, sorry to OP for hijacking thread. I hope the best for you OP ❤️

this man has not seen what you have gone thru and still working for the visa
wishing you success 

Not really, it's just we met there before so I thought I might married there also... Pakistan is very hectic for me

i was also outside the embassy for my husband's 1st CR1 and it was my 3rd trip (one month,  2 months and 3 months)
he was still denied
you are dealing with a high fraud country
 
http://mypathtocitizenship.com/which-countries-are-on-the-uscis-high-fraud-list/
you will have to go thru a lot of face time visits
you should marry there
and it will be a hard and long process
ours was a total of 6 years (applied 1st for K1 in 2009)
visa in 2015
many of us do this
many of us get frustrated
but there are guidelines the embassy has to follow
this is for the protection of USC and our country
good luck
stick it out for your loved one and u can make it
we are now on the road to my husband's citzenship

I've gone to therapy twice in my life. I was skeptical, and just did it due to the insistence of a loved one. Both times were insightful and a bit helpful. As you said, it is worth a try. What's the worst that could happen? That being said, many counselors aren't that great. If you see one, and s/he doesn't seem helpful, try and see another. 
 
Good luck with everything! And please realize VJ is full of judgmental people. Try not to let them discourage you. 

I’m sure the SSA screened through all this already. Getting assistance based on anxiety is very difficult, you need a lot of evidence to show it’s at a debilitating level. I’m not really sure why you seem to think it’s the OP’s responsibility to prove to YOU or anyone else here that deserves assistance. Seems really irrelevant to his question.
 
OP, you can use a joint sponsor if they meet the income requirements. They will need to complete the proper forms and provide their tax and income info. I’m sure you’ve heard the news about cracking down on immigrants who could become public charges, so don’t go into this thinking you will be free of scrutiny (you’re already getting a bunch here on the forum) but just make sure you present your case the best you can without misrepresenting your situation. 

You're right, most work from home job ads are scams. Unless you have a specialized skill or you have established yourself within a company, working from home is not that easy. 
 
OP, you can definitely use your sister as a joint sponsor, no problem with that. Many people have used joint sponsors. 
 
Have you tried data entry jobs? Or something else where you don't have to interact with people? I don't know your skills or abilities, but there are career paths where you can be on your own. Working part time us also an option. 

What happened to the $82,000 you saved up? Has that all been spent now? That would have been enough in savings to be her sole sponsor. 
 
 

If we can survice a 6 year visa process, then any real relationship can
and if the wait caused a divorce,  the marriage was domed anyway
there will be bigger stressers to come after getting together in the US