LagosNIV:


You should expect to be questioned about this fairly thoroughly, but it will not necessarily lead to you getting banned. The problem you have now is that you have to overcome the lies that were previously stated.

So what is your advice if I can ask?

Hello officer!
First of all thanks for this...it's really nice to have a person like you to ask questions to!
Second, I know I asked something similar already, but the time of my k1 interview is getting closer and i am starting to feel nervous..so if you don't mind answering, i would love to hear the answer again!
Here is my story:
Oct 2013 I meet my bf in New Zealand (I am italian, he is American)
From then we meet 1 month in Australia, 3 weeks in Thailand, 3 weeks in Italy
Dec 2014 I fly to the USA for 2.5 months to visit him, at the entrance I state that I am visiting my bf. All good, i get in.
May 2015 I apply for a F1 visa (I enrolled in a community college there -was the only one I could afford- for a 2years Associate Degree), on July 1st I had my interview and was denied for lack of ties with my country. The thing is that during the interview I was questioned who was "Austin xx" (my bf) and I said "a friend" because I was superworried that since I didn't have a job here in italy or any other strong proof of ties, the fact that I had a bf in the USA would have been a reason more to be denied in case they assumed we had intention to get married. And then I was asked "just a friend" and (sadly) i said "yes". We did not have any intention to get married back then, INFACT all we wanted to do was to spend some time together, as a normal, young couple, being with each other...just normal!
So, since I couldn't go there, he flew to italy for 1 month, in August 2015 and we decided to get married.
On Sept 8th we filed our k1 petition and now we're at the NOA2 phase.

My thing is, it's pretty clear that we were together during the F1 interview (looking at our proves, conversations and stuff, we've got 2 years of pictures and flights, and skype calls and fb convos), and during the k1 interview I would like to honestly say that when I said we were just friends, it was just because I was nervous and scared that they would have assumed that we were engaged if I would have sayd "boyfriend".
Would that be considered frode? Would I be banned? Is anything you can racommand? I just want to be with my boyfriend...its becoming really hard to handle to be apart...
he is also coming to visit my for a month during this coming Xmas as well (if this could make any difference).


Thank you so much for any help/answer you can give me!!!
Have a great day

VisaOfficer:


Greetings! Personally I think that "because I was nervous and scared" is a perfect answer in this situation. We know that people want to visit their fiancés, and that they often don't tell us they're engaged because they're afraid they won't get a visa. But that's not the sort of misrepresentation that leads to a permanent ineligibility. Based on what you've written here, I wouldn't worry about being banned. We save bans for violations that are a little more serious than what you describe.

Oh that is such a great relief!!! Thank you so much...!!

Hello sir,
I would love if you could answer my question.
I am Italian, 25, and about to apply for a K-1visa with my American Fiancè.
We've been dating for almost 2 years now, and met each other 6 times already in different countries (he is visiting me in italy right now), been talking every day and taking pictures, so we have a lot of proofs of our relationship.
The problem is that on July 1st I was refused a F1 visa, based on 214(b)-lack of ties with my country- (because I travelled a lot in the past 3 years), to go to the USA for 2 years to study.
My concern is not much the refusal, but the fact that when I was asked who "Austin Bleep" was (my by now fiancè, and boyfriend back then) , I answered "a friend", and then I was asked "just a friend?" and I said "yes" because I was so nervous and I thought that having a boyfriend there it would have been a reason more to have the visa granted.
The reason why they knew his name, was because when in December I went to visit him on an ESTA, I told I was there to visit my boyfriend, and I told them his name when asked. I didn't remember about this at the F-1 interview.

Now, my problem is: when AND IF i will be at the interview, and I will be asked "why I said we were just friends", could I say "because I was nervous and scared"? What would be the consequences? I feel so dumb about what I said..but I would rather admit the truth now. But I really don't want to be banned from the USA, I want to be able to be with my Fiancè...
What do you recommend?

Thanks so much for your time!!!
All the best