State Department sued for withholding refugee records

[Benton]

(12-14-2015, 04:17 PM)StLucieBengal Wrote: K-1 visa for anyone else forces a meeting and visual history together.  With supporting documents.   For a Muslim it's waived.   Sorry but that is bs.   Carving out exceptions for those who live in the Stone Age where women can not meet and take a photo with their potential husbands is unacceptable.

Good grief, do a google search before you type this stuff.

K-1's are for fiancees. You can petition on a case-by-case basis for the U.S. citizen to not have met his bride, but otherwise it follows the same standard of documentation. You've still got to have personal info. The exemption only covers things like arranged marriages, but those people still have to go through the screening process. It only exempts the requirement that the bride/groom have met.

http://www.uscis.gov/family/family-us-citizens/fiancee-visa/fiancee-visas
* You (the petitioner) are a U.S. citizen.
* You intend to marry within 90 days of your fiancé(e) entering the United States.
* You and your fiancé(e) are both free to marry and any previous marriages must have been legally terminated by divorce, death, or annulment.
* You met each other, in person, at least once within 2 years of filing your petition. There are two exceptions that require a waiver:
1. If the requirement to meet would violate strict and long-established customs of your or your fiancé(e)’s foreign culture or social practice.
2. If you prove that the requirement to meet would result in extreme hardship to you.

There's no "muslim" exception.

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/13/us/san-bernardino-attacks-us-visa-process-tashfeen-maliks-remarks-on-social-media-about-jihad-were-missed.html?_r=1

Quote:Ms. Malik faced three extensive national security and criminal background screenings. First, Homeland Security officials checked her name against American law enforcement and national security databases. Then, her visa application went to the State Department, which checked her fingerprints against other databases. Finally, after coming to the United States and formally marrying Mr. Farook here, she applied for her green card and received another round of criminal and security checks.



Ms. Malik also had two in-person interviews, federal officials said, the first by a consular officer in Pakistan, and the second by an immigration officer in the United States when she applied for her green card.

http://www.hooyou.com/k-1/k-1-exceptions.html
http://www.visanow.com/k-1-fiance-visa-requirements-met-person/
http://richardbracken.com/waiver-of-the-k-1-visa-two-year-meeting-requirement/


You want to stop terrorist from coming in? Fund current immigration laws, increase intelligence spending.