K1 and K3 visa numbers down

[Grumpy]

K1 and K3 immigration numbers are falling, some blame Trump policies.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/19/trump-policies-create-barriers-legal-immigration

http://www.cato.org/blog/immigration-application-denials-jump-37-percent-under-trump

K1
 Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen
 35,925    2014
 30,947   2015
 38,403    2016
 34,797   2017
 24,675    2018
K2
 Child of K1
 5,100     2014
 4,391     2015
 5,727     2016
 5,388     2017
 3,981     2018
K3
 Certain spouse of U.S. citizen
 392     2014
 182    2015
 102     2016
 15      2017
 6       2018
K4
 Child of K3
 71     2014
 39     2015
 20     2016
 8       2017
 0      2018


Many more links in the two articles

[BillyB]

Not sure Trump policies affect K-1 and K-3 other than processing slowed down due to immigration officials getting busy elsewhere.

Googled your numbers to get a complete picture. Visas for professionals, artists, atheletes, other talented people and for agriculture skyrockets under Trump compared to Obama.

http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Statistics/AnnualReports/FY2018AnnualReport/FY18AnnualReport%20-%20TableXVIB.pdf

visa overstays outnumber illegal border crossings. The type of Visas that are abused the most got severely cut back under Trump.

[Maxx2]

K1 and K3 immigration numbers are falling, some blame Trump policies.
http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/19/trump-policies-create-barriers-legal-immigration

http://www.cato.org/blog/immigration-application-denials-jump-37-percent-under-trump

K1
 Fiance(e) of U.S. citizen
 35,925    2014
 30,947   2015
 38,403    2016
 34,797   2017
 24,675    2018
K2
 Child of K1
 5,100     2014
 4,391     2015
 5,727     2016
 5,388     2017
 3,981     2018
K3
 Certain spouse of U.S. citizen
 392     2014
 182    2015
 102     2016
 15      2017
 6       2018
K4
 Child of K3
 71     2014
 39     2015
 20     2016
 8       2017
 0      2018


Many more links in the two articles

A retired ICE agent (John Sampson) I know and some others in an anti immigration fraud group did a FOIA request. They found from the USCIS that in a 10 year period of time foreign spouses of USCs and LPRs had filled just over 84 thousand V.A.W.A. self petitions. The dreaded "silver bullet' I-360 potion that allows foreign spouses both women and men, to claim abuse and self petition themselves for green cards.   


Back in the day when this was an issue to me, I was told that in the majority of cases it is to be expected.


I got this the other day from an advocate for VAWA reformer. She a USC had this pulled on her by her Dutch ex-husband.

** PHONE #S BELOW **
The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization just passed the House without addressing widespread fraud for VAWA green cards. The status quo remains in the House version!


OUR ONLY HOPE: CALL SENATE JUDICIARY MEMBERS NOW!!!


VAWA is also being written in the Senate Judiciary Committee without addressing the widespread fraud with VAWA green cards. Please contact staffers at AS MANY OFFICES AS POSSIBLE this week and next!!  (If you’re a constituent of one of these senators, clearly state so and demand someone take your call.)Deliver a QUICK “elevator pitch” to each of the Senate Judiciary offices. (Ask for the legislative director or chief counsel.)
Let them know:
-      Foreigners fraudulently claim abuse to get fast-tracked green cards under VAWA;
-      No evidence, interviews, investigations required – and Americans barred from submitting evidence;
-      Homeland security decisions made by obscure social work/VAWA immigration unit;
-      VAWA giving fast-tracked citizenship to fraudsters, criminals – even national security threats;
-      You were denied due process and couldn’t rebut these allegations with immigration officials;
-      Consequences to you [custody, job, security clearance, jail time, financial???];
-      Reauthorizing VAWA without addressing VAWA green card fraud is irresponsible.
If they want more information on this issue, tell them to visit ImmigrationFraud.com, VOIF.org or other sites you feel accurately portray the issue.

[GenMish]

Hmmm

Its never been easier to contact someone internationally.

 I just checked the web traffic to several popular websites for international dating, also RWD for kicks. Web traffic is dropping to nosediving over the past 12 months, so we should expect K1 numbers to continue to fall especially with the new and improved fees.

 

[krimster2]

this happened to a guy I used to ridicule on this board
ScotinCrimea!!!!!

another form of Russian roulette for you
though the version that has hollow points is more humane

[ML]

this happened to a guy I used to ridicule on this board
ScotinCrimea!!!!!

I remember Scott and his story up to a point, but didn't see anything about a split.

I remember the typical thing concerning FSUW . . . his wife ignored his medical advice (he was only an MD) and instead did what a babushka down the hall from them suggested.

I remember also that he bought some sort of business building, and that even before any problems with marriage, it seemed that his wife and/or her mother had gained ownership  control of it.

[krimster2]

scot's story is WAY more complicated than that!!!!
OMG

let me give you an example, you can probably verify by searching back like 10 yr ago on this site
Scot was on the way to the bank to pick up $10,000 in cash from the bank
only person who knows is Scot and his wife
hours later Scot wakes up in the alley with no money while he was walking home from the bank
true story verified to me the by the SBU but Scot had "his side" of it

told Scot when he told me he was gonna take his Ukrainian wife temporarily to the USA
that if he did she'd leave him, scott called me all kinda names
so he brings her to the good ole USA
and less than a yr later she claims domestic violence
just like I told him....
Scot had to take care of her until she met some other richer guy so she could stay in the USA
where she still is to this very day thanks to Scot and Scot lost all the real estate he bought in Crimea to her as well plus several years of support!
in other words Scotty boy was played big time as a big time fool, as big as you can possibly ever be
all while he was bragging about how great he was, ON THIS VERY WEB SITE!!!!!!


does anyone EVER listen to me?
apparently not...

[Boethius]

I wouldn't be so quick to blame her for the robbery.


Got a phone in your FSU home/apartment?  Authorities, if they choose, can instantly listen to anything in your home.  Then of course, bank tellers would know of the withdrawal, and could have tipped off anyone, including the police.


This post was composed without the aid of google.

[BillyB]

Scot was on the way to the bank to pick up $10,000 in cash from the bank
only person who knows is Scot and his wife

A person can't just show up at an FSU bank and pull out 10k. Most outlets aren't capable of handling big withdrawals like that. Need to call bank ahead of time to let them know your intentions so they can secure the funds in the next few days. One or more bank employees had prior knowledge 10k was going to be pulled out by Scott.

[Maxx2]

all while he was bragging about how great he was, ON THIS VERY WEB SITE!!!!!!


does anyone EVER listen to me?
apparently not...

In bold used to be my line....


Bigger fool was a RWD guy whose UW wife was an admitted pole dancer. Only it went further. She was also an escort for a website called eros. He told me all of this. She left him for an old rich guy 40 years her senior. She had a temper too. Used to hit him. Once she missed and banged up her hand hitting a wall. She used to post here also. Her avatar was her wearing a bikini. Of course everyone here defended her as they usually do for the women. I knew about the violence and prostitution so I suggested she was no prize and he should run for his life. But he didn't like this. He said, "F. U. BACK OFF!!!" in a post as he wanted her back. I got jumped by some of the posters for being hard on women. After that I pretty much gave up giving advice.

[krimster2]

" person can't just show up at an FSU bank and pull out 10k. Most outlets aren't capable of handling big withdrawals like that."

completely and absolutely false
almost all real estate purchases are done in cash with the money freshly drawn from the bank
$10,000 is nothing
I personally have withdrawn WAY WAY more than $10,000 and many times

"Got a phone in your FSU home/apartment?  Authorities, if they choose, can instantly listen to anything in your home.  Then of course, bank tellers would know of the withdrawal, and could have tipped off anyone, including the police."

true enough, but I "know" his ex-wife set it up, she robbed him blind
all his ex-wives did

[Omega82]

84,000 that's no joke.  those numbers are horrifying. 

The question is does this happen to men in England, the EU and Russia? 

I've never brought anyone from overseas but I do like to read and learn.  It seems to me there are several BIG risk factors which include....


1.  The above false domestic violence claims
2.  Alimony
3.  Risk of losing money if your pre nup does not hold up in court. 
4.  Getting sued by the federal government if your foreign ex asks for government support


So basically if anyone can elaborate on how a man's level or protection or lack of varies between the US, EU, UK, and RF. 

Spasiba Bolshoi. 

A retired ICE agent (John Sampson) I know and some others in an anti immigration fraud group did a FOIA request. They found from the USCIS that in a 10 year period of time foreign spouses of USCs and LPRs had filled just over 84 thousand V.A.W.A. self petitions. The dreaded "silver bullet' I-360 potion that allows foreign spouses both women and men, to claim abuse and self petition themselves for green cards.   


Back in the day when this was an issue to me, I was told that in the majority of cases it is to be expected.


I got this the other day from an advocate for VAWA reformer. She a USC had this pulled on her by her Dutch ex-husband.

[BillyB]

completely and absolutely false
almost all real estate purchases are done in cash with the money freshly drawn from the bank
$10,000 is nothing
I personally have withdrawn WAY WAY more than $10,000 and many times

I've sent thousands at a time to Ukraine to buy my apartments in Ivano Frankivsk. At no time did I send more than 10k. The person at the receiving end of the money had to wait for days to pick it up till the bank had the funds. I'd say Scott's bank was more like the one I sent money to than the bank you used.

[Maxx2]

84,000 that's no joke.  those numbers are horrifying. 

It is a number that flies over most peoples' heads.


At the US embassies the spouse/fiancee is told that if their USC or LPR spouse is abusive they can self petition themselves. This was the instructions to the embassy employees as something they should tell the interviewee. It was a women's shelter in Virginian that got this inserted into the regulations. Of course the shelters deny this gives their clients ideas of false allegations of abuse to get green cards. Even more amazing is a claim of abuse puts the ladies and the men (foreign men claim abuse too) on the fast track to getting LPR status. The usually 2 years wait (while married) to get a green card can be cut down to 6 months or so if abuse is claimed. Some women enter the country as spouses and take off a week later for a woman's shelter. The shelter gets reimbursed for their services by Federal VAWA funds. The fiancees' often push for an early wedding once entering the country and then pull the same thing.


I met this woman. She was 42 but looked 28. She had left her heartbroken fiancé and was staying where I was staying. She was going the abuse route. Only thing is is she didn't know she had to be married to file an abuse claim with the USCIS. I talked with the fiancé. He was a retired I.C.E. agent. She had split on him within a week. You would think he would have known better to have gotten himself into this situation. She eventually went back to Ukraine. 

[Omega82]

Maxx, how much of a risk would you say are the other factors I mentioned such as losing half your assets, alimony, being sued by the government? 

What would you say the numbers look like in that category? 

Additionally, do Brits and Europeans have these problems? 

What about foreigners living in Russia? 

It is a number that flies over most peoples' heads.


At the US embassies the spouse/fiancee is told that if their USC or LPR spouse is abusive they can self petition themselves. This was the instructions to the embassy employees as something they should tell the interviewee. It was a women's shelter in Virginian that got this inserted into the regulations. Of course the shelters deny this gives their clients ideas of false allegations of abuse to get green cards. Even more amazing is a claim of abuse puts the ladies and the men (foreign men claim abuse too) on the fast track to getting LPR status. The usually 2 years wait (while married) to get a green card can be cut down to 6 months or so if abuse is claimed. Some women enter the country as spouses and take off a week later for a woman's shelter. The shelter gets reimbursed for their services by Federal VAWA funds. The fiancees' often push for an early wedding once entering the country and then pull the same thing.


I met this woman. She was 42 but looked 28. She had left her heartbroken fiancé and was staying where I was staying. She was going the abuse route. Only thing is is she didn't know she had to be married to file an abuse claim with the USCIS. I talked with the fiancé. He was a retired I.C.E. agent. She had split on him within a week. You would think he would have known better to have gotten himself into this situation. She eventually went back to Ukraine. 

[BillyB]

. She was going the abuse route. Only thing is is she didn't know she had to be married to file an abuse claim with the USCIS. …………….. She eventually went back to Ukraine. 

Actually Maxx, women don't need to be married to get the green card. As an unmarried person, they can claim domestic violence on their US citizen and apply for the U-visa which requires evidence of abuse and is a longer road to the green card but it's available to them since The US Congress created the U nonimmigrant visa with the passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (including the Battered Immigrant Women’s Protection Act) in October 2000. Most women don't know about the U-visa so if they're not married to a US citizen, victim of DV and didn't start the process to get a U-visa, they will get sent home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_visa

[Maxx2]

Maxx, how much of a risk would you say are the other factors I mentioned such as
1) losing half your assets,


2) alimony,


3) being sued by the government? 

What would you say the numbers look like in that category? 

4) Additionally, do Brits and Europeans have these problems? 

5) What about foreigners living in Russia?

1) Unheard of, at least I've never heard of this happening. The judges play the PC game but know what the real score is. Usually the women get just get personal items like their car or laptop and clothes.


2) It happens but it is always short term. Maybe for a year.


3) The affidavit of support could be enforced but almost always it isn't. The worst that might happen is the lawyer representing the woman in the divorce trial might use it as a tool to get an alimony decision by the judge. There was something called the Stump decision in Indiana but that was a rare exception where the man was made to pay her support. It was at poverty level. Most women go get jobs.


4) Yes and Canadians also. Only with Canadians (unless they changed the law) a foreign spouse (there are no fiancee petitions in Canada) get their LPR status when they legally enter the country. A number take off immediately after clearing customs at the airport.


5) Sometimes the Western foreign spouse is hit with spousal maintenance because we are all considered rich. Russia and the FSU do not have the out of control divorce laws the West has.


You missed one


6) What is the worst that usually happens?


Heartbreak, from the double betrayal. First by the foreign spouse, second by the government. I've had people tell me they felt more betrayed and angered by their government than by their spouse. I have heard this over and over again.


Depending on the individual, the pain from the breakup is one of the worst experiences a man or woman can feel. American women I've noticed, take it the worst for being scorned. They go into shock when they discover the system won't come to their aid. Added to this when they discover there were political forces at work that set them up. It will make a liberal Democrat woman into a conservative pro-Trump supporter.

[Maxx2]

Actually Maxx, women don't need to be married to get the green card. As an unmarried person, they can claim domestic violence on their US citizen and apply for the U-visa which requires evidence of abuse and is a longer road to the green card but it's available to them since The US Congress created the U nonimmigrant visa with the passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act (including the Battered Immigrant Women’s Protection Act) in October 2000. Most women don't know about the U-visa so if they're not married to a US citizen, victim of DV and didn't start the process to get a U-visa, they will get sent home.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U_visa

She operated off of limited information. She should have gotten her victim to the altar then pulled her routine. She was as cold as ice to him from the time she stepped off the plane. Gave him sex once, probably to show him what he was going to miss. She was quite nice to me.

[Omega82]

1) Unheard of, at least I've never heard of this happening. The judges play the PC game but know what the real score is. Usually the women get just get personal items like their car or laptop and clothes.


2) It happens but it is always short term. Maybe for a year.


3) The affidavit of support could be enforced but almost always it isn't. The worst that might happen is the lawyer representing the woman in the divorce trial might use it as a tool to get an alimony decision by the judge. There was something called the Stump decision in Indiana but that was a rare exception where the man was made to pay her support. It was at poverty level. Most women go get jobs.


4) Yes and Canadians also. Only with Canadians (unless they changed the law) a foreign spouse (there are no fiancee petitions in Canada) get their LPR status when they legally enter the country. A number take off immediately after clearing customs at the airport.


5) Sometimes the Western foreign spouse is hit with spousal maintenance because we are all considered rich. Russia and the FSU do not have the out of control divorce laws the West has.


You missed one


6) What is the worst that usually happens?


Heartbreak, from the double betrayal. First by the foreign spouse, second by the government. I've had people tell me they felt more betrayed and angered by their government than by their spouse. I have heard this over and over again.


Depending on the individual, the pain from the breakup is one of the worst experiences a man or woman can feel. American women I've noticed, take it the worst for being scorned. They go into shock when they discover the system won't come to their aid. Added to this when they discover there were political forces at work that set them up. It will make a liberal Democrat woman into a conservative pro-Trump supporter.

There have been stories here and elsewhere of men losing money after a divorce.  Otherwise what's the point of the prenup.  Although Ive also seen sometimes the prenup doesnt hold up in court especially if the woman claims she did not understand the tenets or if she claims she signed it under stresss. 

I believe alimony can go hand in hand with the length of the marriage. 

You're saying a European or British man can also get falsely accused of domestic violence? 

It's definitely a very flawed system.  There are less and less men bringing foreign wives.  Also dating in Russia is not as easy as it was thirty years ago. 

[Maxx2]

1) There have been stories here and elsewhere of men losing money after a divorce.  Otherwise what's the point of the prenup.  Although Ive also seen sometimes the prenup doesnt hold up in court especially if the woman claims she did not understand the tenets or if she claims she signed it under stresss. 

2) I believe alimony can go hand in hand with the length of the marriage. 

3) You're saying a European or British man can also get falsely accused of domestic violence? 

It's definitely a very flawed system.  There are less and less men bringing foreign wives.  Also dating in Russia is not as easy as it was thirty years ago.

1) Pre-nups protect to some degree if the woman is provided with her own attorney responsible to her. And the pre-nup is translated into her language. Then they work quite well. I've seen some effective agreements that agree to a certain good sum of money if the marriage lasts to a certain length of time and with bump ups year to year after that. Those are usually for rich guys with trophy wives.


2) Depends on the State. Some State laws say alimony can happen only if the marriage is more than five years. That premarital assets are off the table. Or the length of the alimony is half the length of the marriage.


3) Absolutely, and Aussies, Kiwis and others too.

[Omega82]

1) Pre-nups protect to some degree if the woman is provided with her own attorney responsible to her. And the pre-nup is translated into her language. Then they work quite well. I've seen some effective agreements that agree to a certain good sum of money if the marriage lasts to a certain length of time and with bump ups year to year after that. Those are usually for rich guys with trophy wives.


2) Depends on the State. Some State laws say alimony can happen only if the marriage is more than five years. That premarital assets are off the table. Or the length of the alimony is half the length of the marriage.


so assuming a guy has the flexibility to move anywhere, where would be the best and safest place (regardless of ethnicity or religion) to find an attractive and 10 year younger wife? 


3) Absolutely, and Aussies, Kiwis and others too.

[Omega82]

1) Pre-nups protect to some degree if the woman is provided with her own attorney responsible to her. And the pre-nup is translated into her language. Then they work quite well. I've seen some effective agreements that agree to a certain good sum of money if the marriage lasts to a certain length of time and with bump ups year to year after that. Those are usually for rich guys with trophy wives.


2) Depends on the State. Some State laws say alimony can happen only if the marriage is more than five years. That premarital assets are off the table. Or the length of the alimony is half the length of the marriage.


3) Absolutely, and Aussies, Kiwis and others too.

so assuming the guy has flexibility to relocate anywhere (and regardless of religion or race), where would be the best place for a guy to find an attractive wife 10 years younger? 

[Maxx2]

so assuming the guy has flexibility to relocate anywhere (and regardless of religion or race), where would be the best place for a guy to find an attractive wife 10 years younger?

The best wives IMO are Georgian. But Georgian women are generally are not interested in foreign guys as they feel strongly about keeping their religion, culture and family. Georgian women are somewhat like 50s wives, but not all of course. IMO Georgia is 10 times easier to establish a life in that any other FSU country.


Ukraine or Russia is easier for finding women. I don't know much about the Stans. I wouldn't be surprised that they are the happy hunting grounds for finding a younger beautiful wife.


If you like Filipinas then it's 100 times easier to find a young lass. I've got one chasing me who is 44 years younger than me. She's a first cousin of a wife of a friend on mine. Last time she called me I purposely didn't answer the phone. I mean 66 and 22 is a bit of a ridiculous age gap wouldn't you say? 

[BC]

so assuming the guy has flexibility to relocate anywhere (and regardless of religion or race), where would be the best place for a guy to find an attractive wife 10 years younger?

Maybe next door?

Not kidding...  It's amazing how many folks don't even know their neighbors and other folks on the block.  Really, the answer is networking and not switching country.  So what if your neighbor is an old man in a wheel chair?  His young nurse or daughter or some nice lass at the family BBQ he invited you to might be 'the one'.  There are a hundred, over time even thousands of possibilities right outside your door.  Costs nuthin' except overcoming fear.

[krimster2]

"I've sent thousands at a time to Ukraine to buy my apartments in Ivano Frankivsk. At no time did I send more than 10k. The person at the receiving end of the money had to wait for days to pick it up till the bank had the funds. I'd say Scott's bank was more like the one I sent money to than the bank you used. "

you have very little experience with Russian or Ukrainina banks
different process for receiving wired funds
vrs withdrawing hundreds of thousands from your account to purchase real estate
happens 20/30 times a day for the average bank's cash window
based on my experience
I've gotten a suitcase full of cash from the cash window
coordinated with my guard and car and made it from the cash window to the main highway in 3 min with a "suped-up SL300 that no car in Ukraine could ever catch
you have to be CAREFUL

this is why cutting dollars and euros to Russia would sink them almost immediately