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Don't you submitted the timline as requested by the Consulate? We need to fill out the Relationship form and submitted on the Consulate site.

Can you tell me what your fiance's paper from the Consulate said? Also, would you be willing to share some details about your case to get more data point?

The consultant informed us that we have to wait for a response from USCIS in order to understand what is happening with our case. This will help us prevent any issues when we file for CR1 in the future. As you know, wait for USCIS response can take up to a year or more just for the response... I will talk to a lawyer, and I don't know if they can expedite the process.

Good luck guys. You can also send inquiry only for US Citizen (https://vn.usembassy.gov/acs-inquiry-form/), maybe it will expedite a little bit. Hope you guys all the best.

After the Consulate does the investigation, if a couple fails to prove their bona fide relationship, they will receive a letter similar to the one provided as an example on a Facebook group that I found. We didn't get any investigation on our case. This is the point. I sent an inquiry to ask about our case after submitting evidence files for a few days, and then the next day, I saw that the status on the CEAC website was "Returned to NVC." This experience was hurtful for both of us. We understand that the Consulate has the right to check for bona fide relationships to prevent fraud, but we didn't receive any investigation other couples have. The weird thing, as I said in the original post, is that the Consulate replied that USCIS has requested that the petition filed by this petitioner be returned. Usually, if the Consulate doesn't believe in the relationship, it will initiate the case to be returned, not the USCIS. So, I don't know what to do at this point. I called USCIS, and they told me to wait 180 days. Really???

I first met her in 2008, but we were just friends back then. In 2018, we started talking to each other more and eventually began a long-distance relationship after I flew to visit her. I went back to Vietnam to see her for the second time in 2019, and we planned to get married in 2020. Unfortunately, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our plans were postponed. In 2021, I became a naturalized citizen, and in 2022, I returned to Vietnam to file for her K1 visa so we could be reunited after being separated for so long. I am not sure if it's because I mentioned in our timeline that we planned to get married in 2020 and now due to the COVID-19 era, I think it would be best to apply for K1 visa and get married in the States instead.

Hi guys, On 01/04/2024, my fiancé had an interview with the US Consulate in Ho Chi Minh. However, we received form 221(g) which requires us to submit evidence files on the Consulate website. We submitted the evidence file on the Consulate website as requested on January 19th. However, on January 24th, I checked the CEAC website and found that it had been returned to NVC. As I was browsing through this forum, I noticed that in most similar cases, the visa application gets denied due to the inability to prove a bona fide relationship. However, the strange thing in our case is that most of the similar cases, after submitting their evidence file, had to undergo a relationship check by the Consulate. This check involves either visiting the beneficiary's residence or workplace to ask questions or calling both the petitioner and beneficiary to confirm that their answers match. Surprisingly, we didn't receive any such request from the Consulate. We consulted some immigrant consultants, who informed us that when the Consulate doubts the authenticity of a relationship, they usually state it clearly in the paperwork they return, saying something like We do not believe that this relationship is genuine, and therefore we are sending this case back to USCIS for revocation. However, in the case of my fiancé, the paperwork he received cited a different reason: "USCIS has requested that petitions filed by this petitioner be returned. I'm not sure if anyone else has had a similar experience, but some immigrant consultants have told me that my immigration paperwork is quite unusual. I've also recently passed the first round of the DOS job application process, and I'm wondering if this could be the reason why they are conducting a background check on me or if it's something else entirely. I am feeling hopeless right now. I hope someone with a similar case can share some experiences on the way to get their fiance to the States. Thank you.