Points of Entry for K-1 Applicant

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I am interested to know which airports are the easiest for a new K-1 arrival. I was planning on bringing my fiance in thru Las Vegas but was told it is a hard airport for new arrivals. Has anyone experienced this? I can have her come thru Seattle or Las Angels if needed. I am just trying to make her arrival as easy as possible for her. Thanks for your time and consideration.

[Otto 83]

The easiest one is the one closest/most-convenient to you - there are no real 'hard' or 'easy' POEs - just airports that are busier than others. IMO LAX would be the busiest of the two you mentioned. But six in one, half a dozen in the other.

You can read POE experiences/reviews here:

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/poereviews.php

[DeniseBill 4]

I came into JFK about a year ago. And the only thing they ask was: "Business or Pleasure?" Then make a picture or something, fingerprint and done. I could get my suitcase and was outside. They did ask me questions at the airport in Holland though.

[Ed+Cindy 1]

I am interested to know which airports are the easiest for a new K-1 arrival. I was planning on bringing my fiance in thru Las Vegas but was told it is a hard airport for new arrivals. Has anyone experienced this? I can have her come thru Seattle or Las Angels if needed. I am just trying to make her arrival as easy as possible for her. Thanks for your time and consideration.

San Francisco is the best of the main airports that service trans-Pacific flights. My family and I pay more to fly to/from New Zealand via SFO instead of LAX.

Seattle and Portland are both friendly and nice, but both have a very limited amount of trans-Pacific flights (I think you can go to/from Tokyo), not enough to really be viable. I don't think you can come directly into Las Vegas from across the Pacific (but I could be wrong). If you will fly via Japan and can go to PDX or SEA, I recommend them more than anywhere else, but as I said, there are a limited amount of flights from Asia into these two airports.

However, if you have a valid K-1, POE is not a big deal. What is a bigger deal, IMO, with regards to which airport, is which ones is better to spend time in and around. Most of the time transiting to/from the Pacific, I end up with lots of time to kill between domestic and trans-Pacific flights. I enjoy going into San Francisco MUCH more than going into LA. Public transport and people are much nicer in SF. SFO Airport is much nicer than LAX too.

Edited July 6, 2009 by Ed+Cindy