Can You Apply for Tourist Visa Pending K1 Visa?
By Joyce Felisa Domingo We always come across with clients asking if it is possible to get a tourist visa, fly, and remain in the US while waiting for the decision on their K1 visa application mainly because of a relatively longer waiting time before they can be issued a visa. Apparently, there is no law prohibiting one from applying for a US tourist visa while his or her K1 visa is pending. What is prohibited is the act of making the Consular Officer believe that the entrance to the US is purely for pleasure when the same is untrue, as the real intention is to get married with a US fiancé in the US. The more appropriate question would be, will a tourist visa be granted pending K1 visa application? In answering the issue, take a look once again to the "presumption of immigrant intent" principle, which enunciates that every applicant for a non-immigrant tourist visa is deemed an intending immigrant. In the absence of convincing proofs to demonstrate non-immigrant i...