Hi guys: This question is not regarding my case,but regarding a question a co-worker asked me today.He asked me if sending an invitation to your girlfriend( but stating in the invitation that she is only a family friend) to come to visit the usa to get to know each other better,also so she can get a taste how life would be like living in the States,and then when she returns to her home country,Apply for the K-1 fiancee visa. He tells me that she was denied her visitors visa last year.Would this be a problem for her obtaining her fiancee visa?
Originally posted by R@y: Hi guys: This question is not regarding my case,but regarding a question a co-worker asked me today.He asked me if sending an invitation to your girlfriend( but stating in the invitation that she is only a family friend) to come to visit the usa to get to know each other better,also so she can get a taste how life would be like living in the States,and then when she returns to her home country,Apply for the K-1 fiancee visa. He tells me that she was denied her visitors visa last year.Would this be a problem for her obtaining her fiancee visa?
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The letter could help, but if she has no assets or reason, like a job or school, to stay in her home country, I am afraid the foreign service officer might deny her again because of implied dual intent.
You might want to ask your co-worker what was the reason why the consulate/embassy denied the visa request. The other option is for him to post a bond at the embassy or consulate so that she could have a reason to come back to her home country.
Additionally, if she does come and they get married, they could adjust status immediately once they got married.
"Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." John Adams on Defense of the boston Massacre
Thank you Hudson. Perhaps I was not more specific in my question.What he wants to know is if he applies now for the k-1 fiancee visa,the fact that she was denied her visitors visa in the past,he wants to know if this could be a problem for her obtaining her fiancee visa.He is planning to go visit her and when he comes back he will start the visa process. She was denied her visitors visa because she could not proved to the satisfaction of the consular officer,that she had enough ties in her home country to return home.
R@y - the denial of B-2 visa should not affect the application for fiancee visa, providing that your friend can provide sufficient documentation. Also, if he's going to visit her, it could be helpful if he could travel again for her interview at the consulate. There is no better argument than a prospective husband showing at the interview.
Thanks Verbalist. I will let him know.He will be very happy and relieved to hear this.He was a little nervous about this matter. God bless America,You, and all the good folks in this forum.
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