| Toward the end of the K1 process, the visa | | | | applicant in order to ascertain whether or not the |
| interview begins to loom large on the horizon. | | | | visa application is based upon a bona fide |
| Many foreign fiancees find the time leading up to | | | | relationship or if the alien is barred from the |
| the visa interview to be a nerve wracking | | | | United States based upon a legal ground of |
| experience. A US Immigration attorney can be a | | | | inadmissibility. |
| boon to a foreign fiancee when the attorney is | | | | It is a common occurrence for fiance visa |
| present in the fiancee's country to provide | | | | applications to be denied pursuant to 221 g of the |
| guidance and moral support. | | | | US Immigration and Nationality Act. The term |
| Many Thai Fiancees approach an impending visa | | | | "denial" is rather deceptive because a 221 g is not |
| interview with a sense of foreboding and fear. | | | | an outright denial, but is really a request for more |
| Some are concerned that they may inadvertently | | | | documentation from the applicant. When a 221 g |
| do or say something that will result in visa denial. | | | | request is presented to the Thai fiancee it usually |
| Some are confused about what they need to | | | | means that the petition was deficient in some |
| bring to the interview. In rare situations, | | | | way, usually some document is missing. The |
| prospective K1 beneficiaries are worried about a | | | | consular officer will remit a form to the Thai |
| precarious concern and would rather avoid | | | | fiancee that stipulates what is missing and what |
| disclosing it. | | | | needs to be presented in order for the consular |
| To those thinking about lying to the officers | | | | section to process the K1 visa. |
| stationed at the American Embassy in Bangkok, | | | | Should a fiancée receive a rejection due to |
| be warned: consular officers are trained to be on | | | | the fact that the officer determined that the |
| the lookout for those wishing to use deceptive | | | | underlying relationship was a sham, then that |
| techniques in order to obtain a visa. If one is | | | | determination probably cannot be appealed. |
| caught lying to a consular officer it could result in | | | | However, should the consular officer deem the K1 |
| not only rejection of the present application, but a | | | | visa applicant legally inadmissible to the USA, then |
| bar on entry to the United States for years. It is | | | | there may be a waiver available for that ground |
| always a good decision to provide truthful | | | | of inadmissibility. |
| answers to any of the consular officer's questions. | | | | (It should be noted that the information contained |
| For Thai fiancees and spouses who are fearful | | | | in this piece should be used for educational |
| with regard to the visa interview the prospect of | | | | purposes only and should not be used in lieu of |
| being interviewed can be daunting, but consular | | | | individualized legal advice from a competent |
| officers' mandate is not to intimidate interviewees, | | | | licensed attorney, no lawyer-client relationship is |
| but instead to ascertain if the applicant meets the | | | | created by reading this article. One should always |
| legal requirements for visa obtainment. In reality, | | | | obtain legal advice from a competent licensed |
| the Embassy interview is a method of facilitating | | | | attorney. |
| a kind of due diligence with regard to the visa | | | | |