Question regarding visit while waiting on petition approval

[shanewarner 0]

Hi all,

We've sent our petition and received NOA1 about a week ago. I am wondering if it is ok for my fiance to visit on VWP (Visa waiver) during the 3-4 months we are probably going to have to wait for the approval. She was here for 86 days previously this year and left about 2 months ago.

One of my concerns is that even if she is able to visit me in the U.S. during this time, we didnt have alot of pictures to submit with the petition due to a digital camera loss, and we're going to use our next visit together to build up more picture/proof of ongoing relationship evidence.

If the pictures from her visit to the U.S. are used in her interview, will that increase the chance of a denial since she was here during the time the petition was being approved ?

I was originally going to visit her in Sydney for 2 weeks and meet her parents and get the pictures and flight itineraries/boarding passes from that as more evidence to be used in the interview, but we'd really like to be together as much as possible. If she visited me she could stay for a considerably longer amount of time than I would due to work constraints.

Thanks,

Shane

[Ana&D 0]

Ur fiance can visit you and it will not cause a denial. There are many couples, especially from Canada that are coming down for a visit. It is at discretion of the officer at POE to either let her visit you or deny entry, though. Thus, strong ties to Australia should be shown: like job, appartment lease, bills, etc. Just ask around in the Australian forum to share successful stories of border crosing on VWP while in the process of wait. Edited August 25, 2008 by Ana&D

[JeroenAndMichelle 28]

Also, keep in mind that it might take longer than 3-4 months, especially with the CSC (and seeing your office is LA, this is your service center).

[Old Dominion 26]

Hi all,

We've sent our petition and received NOA1 about a week ago. I am wondering if it is ok for my fiance to visit on VWP (Visa waiver) during the 3-4 months we are probably going to have to wait for the approval. She was here for 86 days previously this year and left about 2 months ago.

One of my concerns is that even if she is able to visit me in the U.S. during this time, we didnt have alot of pictures to submit with the petition due to a digital camera loss, and we're going to use our next visit together to build up more picture/proof of ongoing relationship evidence.

If the pictures from her visit to the U.S. are used in her interview, will that increase the chance of a denial since she was here during the time the petition was being approved ?

I was originally going to visit her in Sydney for 2 weeks and meet her parents and get the pictures and flight itineraries/boarding passes from that as more evidence to be used in the interview, but we'd really like to be together as much as possible. If she visited me she could stay for a considerably longer amount of time than I would due to work constraints.

Thanks,

Shane

Regarding the photos, just don't enable the date stamping. That is not information needed by the US...just evidence that the two of you have met.