shannagiggles
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Hi, I need some advice on what to do. I have encountered a problem with the U.S. Embassy in London. You see, I met a man through my church last summer and we bonded for the three months he was here and we fell in love. He asked me to marry him before he left and I gladly accepted. He went back home to Wales August of 2006. Before he left, I applied for a fiancé visa for him. Little did we know it would take so long to get anything accomplished. The I-797 was approved in November of 2006. The fiancé package was then sent to the Embassy in London in order for him to have an interview. Anyway, to make a long story short, he went today, December 19, 2007, but his visa was denied because of prior drug convictions. In his past he has several of them, but he has not been in any trouble for 8 years. In the country of Wales if you have not been in trouble for 5 years all convictions are dropped from your record and it is like you have never had one. When he came into the country in May of 2006 he honestly answered the question of "do you have any convictions?" as "no", because he really doesn't still have them in Wales.
Because of the convictions the lady at the Embassy told him he is never allowed to come to the U.S. and he is not allowed to appeal the denial. I am distraught and I have no idea what to do. I am disappointed in the country I live in because we let so many people live here illegally and will not allow someone that is trying to be honest to have a second chance in life.
I have been reading up on what we can do and I found this website. http://www.americanlaw.com/exclude3.html My fiancé has multiple (4) drug convictions that he did not even serve any time for in Wales, but the U.S. is still holding these convictions against him. Anyway, like I said before, it has been 8 years since his last conviction and in the information that I read it states that there is something called "Waiver of Certain Criminal Grounds". This does apply to him because he is rehabilitated and has turned his life over to God and lives a Godly life (which is part of the reason he wants to live the U.S.).
Is there anything that you can do to help me? Is there anyway I can get him here? Is there anyway I can get him here? Iain wants to live in America, not only because he fell in love with me, but because he fell in love with the small town that I live in, and the people in it. Please help Iain and me. I am truly in love with him and I want him here, is there anything we can do? Can I fly to Wales and marry him, will they allow him to come back with me? How do I file the waiver? Do I file it or does he have to? Who is the one that has to file the papers? He said they told him he can not file for a waiver, is that true? HELP! Anybody know? I need help!!
Because of the convictions the lady at the Embassy told him he is never allowed to come to the U.S. and he is not allowed to appeal the denial. I am distraught and I have no idea what to do. I am disappointed in the country I live in because we let so many people live here illegally and will not allow someone that is trying to be honest to have a second chance in life.
I have been reading up on what we can do and I found this website. http://www.americanlaw.com/exclude3.html My fiancé has multiple (4) drug convictions that he did not even serve any time for in Wales, but the U.S. is still holding these convictions against him. Anyway, like I said before, it has been 8 years since his last conviction and in the information that I read it states that there is something called "Waiver of Certain Criminal Grounds". This does apply to him because he is rehabilitated and has turned his life over to God and lives a Godly life (which is part of the reason he wants to live the U.S.).
Is there anything that you can do to help me? Is there anyway I can get him here? Is there anyway I can get him here? Iain wants to live in America, not only because he fell in love with me, but because he fell in love with the small town that I live in, and the people in it. Please help Iain and me. I am truly in love with him and I want him here, is there anything we can do? Can I fly to Wales and marry him, will they allow him to come back with me? How do I file the waiver? Do I file it or does he have to? Who is the one that has to file the papers? He said they told him he can not file for a waiver, is that true? HELP! Anybody know? I need help!!
