Savanna

Thanks Rebecca, Im over there now. Seems they will be able to help more once we actually find out why he was refused. Ive calmed down a bit, because either way Im going to get him back here, we wont stop until he's back with his family.

Thanks

Ive calmed down a bit because there is always this visa- Exercise the right of access to a child. And its only 250 quid, we didnt even know about this so mad right now. I hope thats why they rejected his application, we wont get a refund tho will we I dont even care at this point, Id beg steal and borrow to get him home at this point.

Mags x

thank you guys x

You may want to try posting in a different forum specific to UK immigration, as VJ is based much more on immigration to the US. I would love to be able to answer your questions, but unfortunately I have no knowledge on UK immigration.

I imagine they had to tell you the specific reasons for denial? For US immigration, if there was an overstay, a waiver is often needed. It could be something along those lines?

Again, I am just speculating, but I am sorry you have to go through this, and hope you find your answers soon!

Ok, i'll try that, thanks. We wont know the reason until he gets his details back, just looking for some hope until then, although im dreading finding out in case it is a definite refusal.

It sounds like the OP is a UK Citizen, her husband is a US Citizen. He applied for a UK Spousal Visa, lived in the UK for 2 years, left the UK, tried to come back to the UK using a UK marriage visa and was denied by the British government, not the US government.

Yes, thats the case. We had so many family photos, him with his new born baby smiling like a cheshire cat because he got his wee boy, just cant believe that they would be this cruel. Pray Im bubbling like a baby for nothing x

im praying you cant be issued the same visa twice or something along those lines, my hearts breaking for him, hes desperate to see his babies. So hard when someone is in control of you being with your loved ones :(

What visa his vistor visa to the UK?

Hiya, thanks for replying. Sorry, Im just in a state, we just got the email like 30 mins ago. It was a UK marriage visa, not the K3. He was here in 2008 on a 2 year spouse visa and left in 2010 as we were going to move over to the US, but cut a long story short we decided a move wasnt for us and we were told although he had spent two years in UK already and had been legible to apply for settlement, he would have to re-apply for another spouse visa for him to return and it has been 'unsuccessful' . I dont even know if we applied for the right visa, was someone on a forum that told me, as there is very little information elsewhere.

I am praying with everything I have that they are just going to tell us we applied for the wrong visa.. said in the email there will be an explanation with his details, which are on the back to him via UPS.

Can anyone give me a glimmer of hope?

Sav x

Just found out my husbands visa has been refused, omg im literally shaking, we so werent expecting this. He is a USC, Im a UKC, he has been over for 2 years before on the very visa they just refused! we have two kids, our youngest is 4 months, hes so heartbroken right now. Circumstances are all the same as the last time we applied, only difference is he over stayed 8 weeks, but that can be overlooked if your married, accessing right of a child ect.. right?

omg, this has been the hardest 6 months of our life, we thought it was over and now hes been refused. Someone please tell me some good news, like there just not being enough info or we applied for the wrong visa.. something. Dont think I can take this, were both breaking our hearts here. So unfair :(

I'm terribly sorry, Mikey J. - the 'concept' of successfully obtaining a K-3 visa, after 1 FEB 2010, is mostly an exercise in futility. Suggest you go back to your friend, with a printout of this link --> http://www.visajourney.com/news/2010/02/07/department-of-state-to-close-k-3-visas-if-i-129f-and-i-130-petitions-approved-and-received-together/ then ask your friend's advice, again. I'd be interested to know your friend's advice AFTER he/she has read the contents of that link.

Ohh what to do so many advise against the K-3 and it must be with good reason. For some reason I cant find the costs of Adjustment to status, there will be myself and my 3 kids. 2 are his but he wont be here in the UK to get them US passports so we will need to file for them and then hopefully sort out their citizenship once over there.

Sound ok? such a confusing and worrying situation. My husband is adamant that the K-3 is the way to go because it will get us there sooner (not even the case) need to try and convince him otherwise.

Another problem we have came across that may put a spanner in the works. He is not going to be here for the birth of his child, so he wont be able to sign the birth cert, how would we get US passports for the kids if he is not in the Country?

Is there any way around that? on the embassy it says that if only one parent is in the country to call that office, but I couldn't find a number and its expensive

Can I just get the kids British passports to enter? but then that leaves the birth cert unsigned.. if its not one thing its another.

While he may have UK legal resident status, the OP indicates he returned to the US already.

He's not a resident (long story) and yes he is back in the US. I feel like just telling him to forget it and make plans to come back here, just dont think we are prepared for this.. I was all for it until I went on another expat forum and tbh.. they have scared the living daylights into me and really made me doubt the whole thing.

*sigh* why does it have to be so difficult.

Hello everyone, my husband and I are currently debating which route to take to get myself and his kids into the US. We were married in the US 2 years ago and have been living together in the UK, he just recently returned to start the visa process. He's adamant that the k-3 is the way to go, but I'm not convinced.

I was on another website and they strongly advised against the k-3, and the more I read I can see why. It was just the second we heard it could get us their quicker- it appealed to us, but now im hearing some horror stories and would hate for us to end up in that situation. It's killing us being apart, more so for him being away from the kids.

We are not that well off and from what I can make out, the k-3 can be very expensive and a waste of time and effort.

Anyone going through it right now or recently been through it?