tany1157

This is the visa application fee that the embassy charges, right? Not the filing fee that USCIS charges for the petition? I have already paid the petition filing fee ($340), but have not yet paid the visa application fee ($350), which appears to be the fee that is changing (for K-1) to $240. If the embassy is going to somehow charge the old fee for petitions filed before the change date and the new one for petitions filed after it, that would be good to know. I haven't yet reached the stage of paying this particular fee, though, so I hope this is good news.

Good question. I was thinking it was the petition fees. I would think if your petition gets to the NVC after April 13 (I said the wrong date in my other post) you would be charged the new fee (for cr1) and if it reaches the embassy after April 13, you would get new fees. That is how I'm understanding it.

Wait, really? Is there a catch? I mean, they don't just go on charging the old fees if your petition is already in the system or something, do they? If this is for real, what a nice surprise!

I'm assuming if you've already filed a petition, this doesn't apply to you. This is for petitions filed on or after April,15. This is wonderful news for future filers. I'm shocked the government didn't just keep collecting the old fees even if the weren't necessary

You all are making me cry...seriously Also, is there a difference between a consular officer, and a consular??

You guys are great, really

All the support I have gotten from the people here, and in my life have been so important to me/us. I feel so lucky. Patience, and working with your mind, not your heart are key to immigration. I'm praying to give great news next week. I'm also thankful that because we went through this, I can help others going through Casa and denials. From the bottom of my heart, I thank everyone who has helped us along the way. Praying we are close to being united as a family!!

WooooooooooooooooooW

Congrats!!!

Are you going?

I am sure you do not need to at this point.

Congrats Tany. You did an awesome job!

kEEP US UPDATED

Yeah, don't think I'm going, but really don't think I need to, unless they requested me. I am in shock

I also think you should have your fiancé write a letter addressing his ex fiancé, and why they didn't go through with the interview, and the relationship. This will probably be your biggest red flag for Casa, so having him explain it up front, get his side of the story out, may help for when Casa gets the case. Good luck!!

Maybe you should request you have this topic moved to MENA, you will get more consulate- specific advice from others who have been through there.

does someone understand why the uscis put alien number in the notice .that they reciev our eoir-29 and they are working in it

and the alien number it like that Axxx xxx xxx and i never have this alien number before in all the notice uscis sent us thank you

I've been doing some searching online for you, and it seems this number is an Alien Registration Number which you use when you are trying to find out anything on your appeal. I'm not sure why it's there, but doesn't think it changes anything. I will attach a form I found online. I hope this helps you.

800NumberReplacement.pdf

the uscis sent us letter saying that they reciev our eoir-29 but in the tope of the notice it has A-number and i never had it before what that meane pleas

I can't answer your question, but just wanted to say I am happy to hear they have received your appeal. I hope you hear great news!

The same place where it says I am against Buddhists, Christians, Jews and anybody else I guess?

I guess I tend to be sceptical about anybody too involved in a belief system, but that would include Treckies as well. Big Bang Theory excepted.

wow, you must be a horrible person (sarcasm)...was just wondering why that came up in this topic

Hello evryone i would like some mean jerk persons on here but there is no way to stop them posting in my topic .i advice leave me alone but they are so stuborn they ahev nothing to post interssing only critic ia m so sad about them they are empty inside do not know nothing expect critic otehrs which weird i did not ask them any help the title was clear and neat if there is somoen lived same story as me if yeah ok if not so do not come on my topic that is very easy to understand ;,i do nto ask soemthing hard to do damn more on here more i find crazy people who has nothing to do ty you read thathope u will understand this time much better lol Have good day will creat anotehr and let you fight on here lol,that will help you keep bussy till you got approved lol

I HAVE lived your story, which is why I was posting And if you start a fifth topic on the same subject, the MOD's will just merge it with this. Please ask the MOD's to close the thread, as you have gotten all the advice you are going to get, for I doubt you have anyone's sympathy anymore. Good day!

You rather proved my point.

I wish you a long and happy marriage.

Boiler, can you help me out?? Where in your profile does it say you have something against Muslims and Islam? I kept looking and looking, but seem to be too stupid to find it??

wow, I leave for a 10 hour shift, and three pages have accumulated! Farid, there is something wrong with you. I told you what will happen, but you refuse to listen. That is your business. Your attitude here speak volumes as to what type of person you are, and thank GOD I didn't marry one like you I had many relationships before my husband, and my husband had relationships before me, the difference is, immigration wasn't a factor in any of those. If I knew my husband had been petitioned before, I would have been way to skeptical to believe a damn thing he said, and that is because I am not a naive person. I am not saying every case means fraud when there is a previous petition, but I just wouldn't accept that. Other people can do what they want.

I truly wish you good luck in your journey, as I wouldn't wish what I have been through on anyone. I hope you hear good news in the 10 days they told you to wait!!

He keeps claiming he knows someone who got approved with his THIRD American fiance so he can't accept that his first relationship is a red flag for Casa. If my husband had previously been petitioned by an American before me, I wouldn't be with him, but that's just me

I have been reading this entire post and enjoy all your comments. You people are really fantastic in trying to give Farid advice. And yes maybe Lisa can come on board and you guys can help her. I have learned the hard way not to ever give advice on how to obtain a visa as others don't think I know what I am doing. So I only stand from afar and applaud those who are alot more intelligent than I am in giving advice. This MENA forum is the best. :dance:

Still awaiting Farid's oath ceremony. Wohoo Morocco here we come. :luv:

I just you to pieces!! Congrats with almost being done with immigration!!!! I want to help people because I could not have gotten through what I did without the help of some pretty amazing people I have met on this board. I was and will always be grateful for the straightforward, no nonsense advice!

Farid

Here is what I think happened....

Your EX Fiance notifed the consulate of withdrawing the petition and maybe she gave them some bad words against you about using her

or just trying to come to USA

So maybe that is why the CO just asked about her.

Think hard about if this is true cause this will be something you will have to dispute later if USCIS gives you the chance.

i'm not angry at all sicnerly who told i'm i am really cool coz we are waiting me and faincee of the answer coz they say we will answer you in 10buiness days then we will do next step inshaa Allah means she will viist me and got married that is it coz i know when it go back to uscis it will take at least 1 year there and maybe stay till expires there and they will see fill otu anotehr petition .i accept any good advices does nto means i write here i am mad and wnat people say yeah i will get visa.i post here just maybe there is anotehr similar case like mine that is so again i am not mad its some people here who are mad coz them too got denied and does nto like that i dea i am posting try find good story that will finsh happy like mine lol

I am actually not mad at you, anyone else on VJ, or the world because my husband has been denied a visa. Immigration is a privilege, not a right. Other than not having my husband next to me, I have a pretty great life. Have a smart healthy son,a good relationship with his dad, very close family, work in a career that I love, and have a growing and great relationship with my husband. So please, don't assume that I am a witch because of these denials. Immigration does not run my life.

I accept any advice i am very open but some who try think know evrything you talk about your story and i am talking about also two story i know.for me i ahve no Probleme to wait nothign at all but till now nothing i think or some try understand what i am trying to say is why some havd red flags and got aproved and my i ahev one is my ex i admit yeha but as i told you i know some met women before too and got aproved and they ask him who is that X they anwer my ex faince then asked them why you broke then they answer by things did nto work out then the co move to anotehr question and got aprroved or at least ask them we will contact you.i'm sorry that you got denied twice i wonder me too why i know after been married your husband should got it i know many as well in their secodn interview their visa was aprroved .My Fiancee send them already emails we are waiting what will happend even if i know there is no chance but I need Belive maybe something can happen who Know Only God know.i know if it back to ucis it wil stay there till it will expire.

I know it sucks Farid, it does. Our reaffirmed petition was just sent off to Casa yesterday. This will be his third interview, and damn it, I will have my husband with me, God willing. You just have to keep fighting. Nobody can answer you as to why they approve some so much easier than others. We have all battled with that, the ones who have been denied anyways. It is really hard to see others get approved so easily, while others get denied, with less red flags.

Of course, see what you can do while the petition is still there, but if it isn't there, then you can only wait. K1 is different though. Very rarely they will issue a NOID for a K1, they usually just let that petition expire, and tell you that you are free to refile again. This is what happened to my husband and I. We decided to get married, and file a Cr1. I have seen USCIS issue a NOID (notice of intent to deny) for a K1,but it's rare.CR1 is different. When you get denied a visa for CR1, the petition will never expire. The USCIS will issue a NOIR (notice of intent to revoke) It took us 9 months from when the USCIS received our petition to get this paper. (It had taken 6 weeks for our petition to get to the USCIS)This will tell you what the consular officer says about your interview, and you have 30 days to respond. Then they will either reaffirm the petition , or revoke it. If revoked, you still have a right to appeal the decision.

You are getting defensive, when I am only telling you the cold facts. I will move along if you no long wish to have my advice, but don't get annoyed or defensive with me just because I won't tell you what you WANT to hear. I don't know everything, but let me tell you, I have become quite the expert on denials, and the Casa consulate. After three years of going through it, I think I've earned the right to speak on this subject.

And just so you know, your case isn't that different than the tons of other cases that get denied. They simply don't believe your relationship is real. Getting over that will mean more visits, and more time together

Good and me too willnot like that if i do not know simmilar stories ,there is one and read good plz,i know guy who met 3 women from usa had one interview with the first he got denied then met the secodn had interview as well they told hilm we will back your case to usa then his faincee conect her lawayer to ahev an,otehr intervuiew but he decide to broke with ehr and at the end he met the third one and he decide to ahve lawayer from begining and that is what happend they put him on process and got visa with any porbleme and he is living now in usa ,so as u say you ahev you onw expereicne and i know the guy very good so i do nto talk from nothing you understand me now

As you can see, there is no rhyme or reason to Casa. Your red flags are red flags, whether that guy got through easily has nothing to do with your case. Your American fiance, the first one, is causing problems. Just look what you said before, all the CO wanted to know was about that case. That right there should tell you something. You may know that guy, but I have been through my own hell with Casa, so please, either take my advice or not, I don't care what you do. If you want to act like you know everything, then that is your business. I am telling you from my experience, and what I have been reading on these forums for almost 3 years now. My paperwork has been meticulous from beginning to end. Never used a lawyer. I received a Notice of Intent to Revoke, which meant Casa sent back my petition to USA, telling USCIS to revoke it. USCIS told me what casa's problem was with my husband, and we rebut everything they said, and gave lots of additional evidence. We were reapproved in 6 days. A lawyer, your senator, your congressman....none of them can get you a visa. I have had my senator following my case since January of 2010. She is fabulous, but again, their power is limited. Do you know if your petition has left Casa yet?? If it hasn't, then tell your fiance to email them, call them, and contact her senators. Has she done any of this? If your petition has in fact left Casa, there is nothing else you can do right now Farid, but wait. I am not trying to be a jerk, I am trying to tell you what is happening to your case, I am trying to help you. What you do with the knowledge of what me and others have told you is your business.

Oh, and you being friends with a guy who tried with three fiances to get to USA and finally succeeded, and you're on your second one....things that make you go hmmm

My case did not denied sorry dispoint you;coz already asked him if my case is refusal he said no ..about red flags you did not say anything coz i have nothign as red Flags if you say soem i would like know same age did not need cosponsore we know each otehr for 1 years and two months what else we met online like evvery one met what else i do not find anything seriously .soem had red flags on here like 17 years old gap go aprroved with any problemes soem their faincee met them only once and also age gap but got aprroved as u say there is soemthign else beside age and my fiancee visited me once .I only see one i ahve beadr and i'm mulsim and he does not like that idea

Red flags I see:

--first American fiance is the biggest red flag you have. You having a previous American fiance, then finding ANOTHER American fiance does not sit well with the consulate. They think you just want a way to get to USA

--meeting online--whether you see it a big deal or not, this is a red flag for Casa

--only 1 visit

I thought I read before you said the CO said he was sending your case back to USA, is this true?

Hello everyone i had my interview March this week but he said we will back your case to Usa and gave me my papsport and white page 221G ,i asked him is it refusal he said no no ;my question what will happen if somone know any story similar to mine and thank you so much any answer will be more welcome and good help for me

sorry to disappoint YOU, but this is a visa denial (what is in the bold) As I stated before, they will say "no, we don't deny you, just sending your case back to USA", take it from someone who has been through TWO denials, this is being DENIED A VISA. They can't deny your actual petition, only USCIS can do that. But CO can certainly deny a visa. So please, you aren't speaking to someone who knows nothing about this consulate, just look at my signature, and timeline

Cool so if what i brought with me as proof and eveience of our bonafide relationship are the same that already my fainced sent with the petiotion to uscis and got apprvoed i mean evrything why the Co will eturn my case to uscis again then this is the things i did not get and did not understand ,or there is soemhing else they want know as my printfingers to chekc my backroud .if yeah then iu understand hoiw things woirk better now

While the consular officer can not revoke a petition, only recommend that it be revoked, they DO have the final say in visa issuance. You were denied a visa, end of story. Now you must wait until the USCIS receives the petition, and go from there. None of us can say for sure why you were denied, but we have told you what your red flags are, and you have some. The CO, for some reason, does not believe you have a real relationship with your fiance. That's it. Your fiance can contact the senator, or congressman, but if the petition has already left Morocco, you must wait. You were denied because they don't believe your relationship.

OP, any updates on the 2nd interview and approval?? I know its been a long time but I still wanted to know. Thanks.

You can find the answer to your questions if you look at her profile

Golly, what harsh responses. It sounds more like you are seeking relationship advice rather than immigration advice. She has immigrated with you, yes? That part is done, for now, until she must remove conditions, which she technically can do with or without you.

We are few of us without things we would not tell a near-stranger. Your wife was married to you, a near stranger from what you have said, in an arranged marriage. You told her what you value is truth, and she married you and moved halfway around the world. It may be that once she knew you long enough to think she could trust you with her truths, she told them to you - an act she may have thought would bring you closer, given that you told her a husband and wife can be open with one another, and also perhaps because now, thousands of miles away from her family, she may have felt SAFE telling you these things - and now you find that you cannot bear her truths. It might help you to sort out what is it that bothers you, that she had an affair before she knew you, that she had an abortion before she knew you, or that she did not tell you about these things on your schedule? If your ego gets in the way of your love and compassion, you may lose someone who was just beginning to trust you - your wife. It seems that she need never have told you any of these things - you would not have known, and she would not have risked you leaving her. If you divorce her here, what skills does she have to get on with her life alone? Is she a professional? Does she have sound job skills? Or are you contemplating her returning to her family as a disgraced divorcee whose husband left her because she was not a virgin when she married him? She risked a great deal to be honest with you - she must have grown to trust you since you got married. This may be a great gift, a good thing.

She may have gotten to know you just enough since you have been together for some small time now to have trusted you enough to tell you. Perhaps you can trust her enough to believe that there must be something she values in her relationship with you very much to open up to you now and in this way, since it appears she has much to loose if you leave her. She took a risk in telling you her truth, perhaps you can respect her for doing so, since truth is what you said you wanted to build on.

Marrying you in an arranged marriage, at the urging of relatives, does not sound like green card fraud. It sounds like traditional arranged marriage, approved by the family, and entered into with the honest hope of success. It may be that once you get over your shock, you will see something of great value has grown in your marriage. I just don't believe that someone perpetrating a fraud would have told you this at this time.

wow, I was all for "he should leave this lady", but you made an incredible point. We can't look at this as two people who fell in love and decided to get married. It was arranged. The one thing I was upset about, was the OP has a point about her breaking up with her bf just 2 days before marriage. That has GOT to hurt. He is right, nobody can get over anyone in just 2 days. While you make a great point, I also don't think he needs to sacrifice his beliefs and happiness just to protect her from her own web she weaved herself. Maybe she did trust him enough at this point, but threatening the suicide thing?? That is emotional blackmail. You can't force someone to stay with you because you threaten to hurt yourself. Actually, you should notify a family member you trust, and probably get her to a hospital for some evaluations. Suicide is not to be taken lightly. OP, I wish you good luck, I don't know what I would do in your situation. Maybe give it some time. What I do know is, she sounds a bit unstable if she is threatening suicide. If things go down hill from here, I would not spend ANY time alone with her, for she could later say you were abusing her or something. Protect yourself, and I hope you can find clarity.

Also, getting him to divorce her would probably look better for her because if it was the other way, she would be in trouble with her family. I think I will stick with my original thought, I'm not sure much good can come from this