rodrigoandjanie

This story is just like my story with my fiancee! We're going through the same thing! Good to know that cases like this (where the consulate asks for more proof that the relationship is real) can have a happy ending. I know it's kind of an old topic but I had to say that I'm happy for this couple and I'm also feeling way more hope after reading this!

Cheers!

I just wish I could find stories of people who went through the same thing and got the visa in the end...I searched the forum a million times and I didn't find anything that really convinced me that this can have a good ending.

Wow...thanks for the replies! Good to know that my situation doesn't look so bad! The evidence was sent already...there was over 1000 pages with evidences.

So it is possible to get the visa when stuff like this happens? I tried to find posts of people who algo had their visa sent back to USCIS to be revoked but got the visa in the end but I couldn't find. Do you think they'll really call me for another interview?

Thanks again!

Anyone ever went through the same thing and got the visa in the end or know someone who went through this and had a happy ending?

Ok...so here's another chapter...

On October 30 my fiancee called the congressman's office and spoke to his assistant. She was very nice and told my fiancee that she'd help us and email the U.S. consulate (or embassy...don't really know how to call it...) here in Brazil on that same day.

She did and said that what happened was obviously a misunderstanding and that our relationship is real and she'd be glad if they could do something about it. And then the consulate response was different than just the usual "the consul is analysing the case" answer that both my fiancee and our lawyer got from them before. This time they said that she (congressman's assistant) had no reason to worry because they'd cooperate and act under the immigration laws. This response came from them last week and the congressman's assistant sent another email the day she got this one this time asking them to let us send any proof they want to show them that we're for real. So this week they emailed me and my fiancee asking us to send copies of all the emails we sent to each other since the begining of our relationship to the present day and all of our pictures together. So today we sent a package but not only with emails and photos but also with scans of cards (birthday ones, Christmas ones...) notarized letters from her parents and her sister, scans of phone bills since 2006, wedding plans...all that.

So anyway...now I don't know what's gonna happen. More waiting, I guess...hope it won't be a long waiting! Is there's anyone here who ever went through this or even heard about anyone going through something similar and ended up getting the visa? Are they going to call me for another interview or something?

Thanks everyone!

Thanks everybody for all the good advices and for all the support! Obrigado!

My fiancee already contacted the congressman on Friday and his assistant said she was going to send an email to the consulate. Not rushing them or anything...just to support and wanting to know what's happening. Hope we get good news soon!

My fiancee is 10 years older than me, Anita. And thanks for the compliment about my english! o/

Have a nice week everybody!

All the best!

I'm affraid Janie and I probably won't be able to celebrate our wedding at the Kiss concert as we planned...but we're planning something great...if this thing isn't solved until December, then she'll probably come here so we can spend Christmas together!

Thanks, Beinha! I knew you were a cool person from the time we started talking! Besides those problems I had there that day...it was worth it to be there and meet great people such as you, Vivian and Joseph, Suzan, Larissa, that girl from Rio Grande do Sul, I think, who stepped over your big toe ....all great people! Thanks for all the support, Beinha! Obrigado, obrigado, obrigado!

Well, I tried to look on the forum but I didn't find anything about people who went or are going through the same thing as me. I'm sure this happened to more people but I wanna know if there's actually hope for cases like this.

Thank you, Minya's wife! I appreciate your help and support!

To answer your questions...

No, I didn't call her girlfriend during the interview.

And my fiancee wrote down everything they asked her (which were mostly questions about the time she spent here with me, questions about her family and about her work) and our answers couldn't be different. After 3 years together, we know each other very well so the answers were the same.

The fact that I quit my job or how I'm supporting myself, as far as I know, shouldn't have anything to do with this. I know people who went through the same process, weren't working anymore because of it and didn't have any problems. There's actually one of those people who's part of this site. And at some point, they backed off about it because I told them (the CO and the assistent) that I planned, had money saved and knew exactly what I was doing and had my fiancee's blessing on this decision.

The big issue here isnt really about what he asked, Minya. The truth is that I have a real relationship, didn't lie on the interview, but he didn't believe it. It's my word against his word but unfortunatelly, he's the one who can make important decisions.

I just wanna know if those cases (when they want to send a case back to be revoked) can have a happy ending. You said that your case was denied once, right? Did you guys ended up together on the same process or did you have to start a new one? Is there anything else I can do to make them see that this was obviously a misunderstanding? Today my fiancee and I got ther congressman involved and his assistent is contacting the consulate today. We'll probably ask a senator for help too.

Thank you Old Dominion and Gary and Ala...I'll see what I can do here. Hopefully this problem can be solved before they send it back to USCIS.

What a nightmare!

"How about phone bills, emails, travel documents (cerrtainly in a 3 year relationship there was a lot of travel involved) postmarked letters to each other, receipts for birthday and holiday gifts (3 years is a lot of birthdays and holidays, certainly you bought gifts for someone you love and knew for 3 years)"

Yep. Had all that with me. Everything you just said! But again, what was the point if he didn't even ask to look at the evidences? I could have a notarized letter made by John, Paul George and Ringo with me that day that it wouldn't matter because he DID NOT see the pictures or any other evidence! The reason why he didn't? Don't know, friend...it's a mistery to me too!

"Incidentally, evidence you produce yourself has almost no affect on consulate decisions. Every fraudulent relationshi produces notarized letters from family testifying to the validity of the relationship. Want me to make you one right now? Long letters from the parties in the relationship have no affect. Photos are secondary evidence. I am not saying you are in a fraudulent relationship. I am saying what you are telling us doesn't prove you are in a real one. YOU must prove your relationship is not primarily for immigration beenfits, THEY do not have to prove anything."

Too bad my fiancee and I can't send them a sex tape. Maybe that would solve all our problems, ahn?

And I'm glad you're not suggesting anything. Already had enough people suggesting I'm a liar on this cold month of October so thank you for not doing the same thing as them! o/

"Unless you give us the exact reasons you were denied, we cannot say why. Neither can your attorney. Guessing will not help. But you can be assured that it was something you did, said, or failed to do or say at the interview, or something you failed to present."

Already said what he said to me. That I wasn't been natural in my answers. Well, in my situation, I don't think a lot of people would be feeling zen! If he suggested I was nervous, he's right, I was nervous, that usually happens when the best thing in your life is involved! But if he suggested that I was lying when he said that I wasn't been natural on my answers...then he was completally wrong!

"You were not prpeared for your interview and you failed because of that."

I was prepared for an interview where I have to talk about my relationship and my wedding plans. Sure wasn't prepared for what I went through, wasn't prepared to see two people talk to me for 15 minutes and call me lazy/liar between the lines. I'm just not used to this sort of thing, friend, so I kinda agree with you on this one!

But it's good to know that the case only expires if they don't do anything for more than 4 months...that's a huge relief because if it comes back to US...at anytime they ask for evidences...we'll have anything they need so thank you Gary and Alla!

Sorry about the language used between Beinha and I, Willian33. But don't worry cause we weren't really talking anything important about my process. I was apologizing to her because we met at the consulate and she was waiting for me outside so we could talk about my interview but I was so frustrated after my interview that I didn't see her and didn't even wait and just went back to the hotel right after that.

Mitch and Bruna...it is strange and that's exactly what happened! I had a photo album in my hand and all our wedding plans in a folder, lots of other evidences...but he didn't look at it.

Minya's wife...the consulate officer seemed to have a bit of an attitude with the fact that I stopped working on Sep 30 which is insane because where's written that I had to be working to be elegible for this visa? I think that in his mind, I'd go to the U.S, not work and get money from the government but this is ridiculous! I stopped working 15 days before the interview because I wanted to spend more time with my family and be able to take care of everything before I leave. And I also planned all this! I saved money before I stopped working! So this is where the problem started, then he was looking for wrong things on my case, even asked an assistent to call my fiancee at her work asking stuff that they asked me to make sure that the answers would match and they obviously did because we're not liars! So after all this, he didn't find anything wrong in our case because there is nothing wrong, we're just a couple planning to get married! But then he came with his decision to send the case back to be revoked because to him, I wasn't been natural on my answers! What the hell is this? Since when this is a proof or an argument of anything?

Unfortunatelly...some circunstances makes pretty much impossible for my fiancee to come live with me in Brazil...cause otherwise...I'd just forget about this process, I'd marry her and live with her HERE! We didn't do anything wrong and we definitely don't deserve to be treated like liars!

Sorry, friends..sometimes I get a bit bitter about this whole thing...

Olá, Beinha! Tudo bem? Pois é...tive esse problema e ainda estou resolvendo...desculpa de você ter ficado esperando..saí de lá era em torno de 2 da tarde e saí meio desnorteado depois do que aconteceu...foi mal!

O pior de tudo é ficar sem saber o que fazer pois o caso tá aqui no Rio mas eles não dão resposta nenhuma, não chamam pra outra entrevista...só espero que tudo se resolva! Provas temos mais do que o sufuciente...não sei por quê isso aconteceu. O consul nem pediu pra ver as fotos...

Até onde eu lí, se voltar o caso pros EUA corremos o risco do processo expirar...você tem idéia de quanto tempo leva pra expirar um processo K1?

Beijos e mais uma vez...desculpa pelo desencontro no dia da entrevista!

Ian and Lisa...so the visa is only revoked if they actually send it back to US and it gets denied? I see...well, they didn't send it back yet according to what they're saying...but do you know how long it takes for a K1 process to expire?

Thanks for the reply!

What happened is that I had the interview and the consulate officer said that he wouldn't give me the visa and that he'd send the case back. So he gave me a green paper with the word "revocation" written. Then our lawyer and my fiance sent those emails I mentioned to the consulate here and they said that the consular officer would analyse them. But why is it taking so long? Do you think there's still a chance for our case? Does anybody here ever went through this and got the visa in the end? My fiance was so sad and so overwhelmed about this today and we're desperate to understand what's going on

And there's something else....I heard that the only risk if they send the case back to the Unites States (not sure if it's for USCIS or NVC) is that it might take too long for them to deal with our case and then it can get expired. How long does it take for a K1 process to get expired?

...case is still here at the consulate in Rio de Janeiro/Brazil. I honestly don't understand what's going on here...I had a visa interview on October 15 and for some reason the consulate officer said that would send back the case to the United States recomending to be denied because in his mind, my relationship with my longtime girlfriend isn't real (he didn't even look at the photo album or any other prove of the relationship by the way)

So he gave me a green letter saying that the visa was or would be "revoked" and then after that our lawyer sent an email to the consulate saying that this was obviously a big misunderstanding and that we can send all the evidence that they want because we have nothing to hide and we're not lying about anything here. The response they sent was that the consulate officer who did my interview would analyse the case. This email was sent the week after the interview, and we prepared a package with all the evidences about our relationship we can imagine. Even notarized letters from my fiance's family saying that our relationship is real, pictures of us together, everything! And then right after that, my fiance sent an email with a huge letter telling them that we're in love and we're together for 3 years and asking them to reconsider their decision because we ARE a real couple! Their response? "This letter would be added to the first email and the consulate officer who did the interview will analyse the case" Then this week...our lawyer called the consulate asking for answers and they said that our case is still here in Brazil but the consulate officer would analyse the case. My doubt is: what the hell is going on? Why is it taking so long for them to give us an answer? Did anyone here ever went though this and got the visa in the end? What are they doing? We're about to get the senator involved...but me and my fiance really don't know what's happening and why it's taking so long for them to make a decision.

Thanks!

All the best

Rodrigo