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Can anyone tell me if you heard of a denied visa for K3. And did they tell the reason?

That would be good to find out, as I have my interview for a K3 coming up soon

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Originally posted by alena1900
Can anyone tell me if you heard of a denied visa for K3. And did they tell the reason?

I know one for having an existing marriage before her marriage to an American.

Then one is for having a record of over staying in the US before her petition.

One was denied for close family relationship to her husband that petitioned her. She was the first cousin of her husband.

whoyou

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Originally posted by whoyou
I know one for having an existing marriage before her marriage to an American.

Then one is for having a record of over staying in the US before her petition.

One was denied for close family relationship to her husband that petitioned her. She was the first cousin of her husband.

whoyou

They would deny you for being cousins? That's a little harsh--in the UK and many other countries I'm sure, it's perfectly legal to marry your 1st cousin. Some US States too.

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Yes, they were denied for that reason. Here are some info on that:

http://www.ncsl.org/programs/cyf/cousins.htm

whoyou

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Originally posted by MrsLondon
They would deny you for being cousins? That's a little harsh--in the UK and many other countries I'm sure, it's perfectly legal to marry your 1st cousin. Some US States too.

Hi:

What, praytell is harsh about it? In order to have a K-3 issued, there has to be a MARRIAGE. The legal validity of a marriage is determined by by the law of the "place of celebration."

So, if you get "married" where the law does NOT recognize marriages between first cousin, there is no "marriage."

Solution: enter into a SECOND ceremony where such marriages are recognized.

BTW, when we get into "conflict" law, many jurisictions WILL recognize marriages perfromed in jurisdictions where legal even it would not have been legal in the second state and vice versa. For example, two California resident first-cousins CAN get married in California. They canNOT get married in Nevada. If that couple gets married in California, they have a marriage recognzied in all 50 states and most countries. But if they get married in Las Vegas, they will NOT be considred married, not even by California.

The most notable exception to the place of celebration rule is on bigamous marriages. There is a BIA case called Darwish where a Jordianian lawfully had two wives in Jordan. He wanted to bring the Wife #2 and that was not allowed.

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MrsLondon wrote:

    > Originally posted by whoyou
    > > I know one for having an existing marriage before her marriage to an
    > > American.
    > >
    > > Then one is for having a record of over staying in the US before her
    > > petition.
    > >
    > > One was denied for close family relationship to her husband that
    > > petitioned her. She was the first cousin of her husband.
    > >
    > >
    > > whoyou
    > They would deny you for being cousins? That's a little harsh--in the UK
    > and many other countries I'm sure, it's perfectly legal to marry your
    > 1st cousin. Some US States too.

Yeah, but West Virginia and Kentucky don't count. They consider family
reunions as Singles Get Togethers. LOL

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Too distant a relationship for a redneck wedding !

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im sure if you read all the posts here, you will find something about it
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    > Can anyone tell me if you heard of a denied visa for K3. And did they
    > tell the reason?
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