Hi all I am glad I found this forum thru searching. I will say I belong to another forum as well, but to be honest I feel I can't get too much information in my situation. I have spoken with VictoriaS as well, but never fully explained my story. Please forgive me as I will try to shorten this a bit. I am currently married, but going thru a divorce. I met my current fiance 2 yrs ago.(he is different than my husband I am divorcing) We began seeing each other while I was married. I entered the UK in 2004-05 on 4 different occasions. I spent around 5 months all together. I wanted to go back last June. I was concerned about the amt of time I had spent and didn't want to overstay so I emailed UKvisas and was told I could spend 6 months of any 12 in the uk, but since I had spent 5 months there and been 4 times I may want to consider a visit visa for less hassle with immigration. I applied for visit visa #1 and was denied on the basis of not enough money, hadn't purchased a ticket, etc and told I could reapply. My husband at the time had gotten a settlement and given me money to put in my account and had purchased me a ticket to the UK. So I reapplied. Also on the application it asked if you had any children and although I do have a son, he doesn't live with me so I put no. (he's 13 and not lived with me for years, and I do mean years). Well I had to have an interview since I was denied a previous visa. The woman asked me questions and such. She then asked me if I had children to which I said well technically yes, but he doesn't and hasn't lived with me for years. So they denied that visit visa saying I had infalted my bank account(which isn't true as I ended up spending that money later on out of my account), that I didn't tell them about my son to strengthen my application, which I would think putting I had a son to come home to would have been more beneficial. I gathered since he hadn't lived with me in so many years that in their eyes he didn't count. They also said what the first denial said and that was I was a risk for staying. Mind you I was not engaged at the time and still married to my husband. I seperated from my husband a week after that denial and have just recently begun divorce proceedings. I want to apply for the fiance visa near the end of my divorce. I have been engaged since october when my fiance came to the USA to see me. We have a co-sponsor as I have no savings. He has his own home, and a full time job of 2 yrs, and we meet the criteria for having met and such. My son will be staying in the USA living with his grandparents where he has lived the last 6 or 7 yrs. I am dead nervous about applying. I realize all applications stand on their own merit. I know I will be interviewed though. I am prepared to answer all questions honestly just as I have done in my past applications. I have my refusal papers here and can even send them with my application. I guess I said all of this to ask am I eligible for a fiance visa after being denied. I know others have gotten their fiance visa after being denied entry and refused a visit visa, but i get nervous as I am trying to do things the proper way. Any help/advice is welcome, and again I apologize for the long post.
