Change in plans..will this be a problem?

[lovepath 11]

So the plan was to go to my fiancee and come back with her to the US. Since this was what we originally planned on, we said that my fiancee and me will be coming together to the US on the application. However now, my job would not give me a break/vacation to go and get my fiancee. So she will be coming/entering alone. Will this be a problem at the POE? Will there be a problem if she came alone at the POE, and not with me as we originally planned, and as we wrote on the application? I wish I could go and get her, but my job could not find another person to take over my work duties..so I will not be able to go and enter with her at the POE as we planned.

Will this be an issue?

Thanks!

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

It won't be an issue at the POE, though it usually helps at the interview if the petitioner is there.

[lovepath 11]

It won't be an issue at the POE, though it usually helps at the interview if the petitioner is there.

Thanks, we already had the interview and have the visa. But on the visa application question # 34, it asked for "the names and relationships of persons travelining with you"...so since I was planning to go and come with her, we wrote that I will be traveling with her. Now, our plans changed since I am unable to take a vacation from my job...so she will be entering alone / traveling alone. Will this be a problem at the POE since we said on Q# 34 that I will be traveling with her...but now she will be traveling alone?

Thanks again!

Edited August 1, 2011 by lovepath

[KittyPollitt 284]

Thanks, we already had the interview and have the visa. But on the visa application question # 34, it asked for "the names and relationships of persons travelining with you"...so since I was planning to go and come with her, we wrote that I will be traveling with her. Now, our plans changed since I am unable to take a vacation from my job...so she will be entering alone / traveling alone. Will this be a problem at the POE since we said on Q# 34 that I will be traveling with her...but now she will be traveling alone?

Thanks again!

The customs guys shouldn't give her a hard time about this. I'd just see that she has your phone number handy so they can contact you if they do have a question about it.

[lovepath 11]

The customs guys shouldn't give her a hard time about this. I'd just see that she has your phone number handy so they can contact you if they do have a question about it.

Thanks squeaky! As always, you are very helpful!

Best wishes.

[lovepath 11]

Guys, what do you think...I am just worried that they might give her a hard time since I am not travelling with her as we originally planned and wrote on the DS-156 application form. This DS-156 form might be in this big sealed envelope that they gave us when we picked up the visa...so the POE officer might wonder why she is travelling alone. So I am thinking to just go there over the weekend and come with her. It will cost me $2000 + for such a short trip, but I would rather pay this than re-file and wait for another 10 months. I wish that we just had wrote "none" and that she will be travelling alone...but we did not know that my job will not be able to give me a vacation at that time.

What do you guys think? I mean, I love her so much, and I do not want her to be alone and go through a difficult time, specially since she does not know English very well. If I had to choose between spending (maybe wasting) $2000 and having to wait another 10 months, I will choose her.

Edited August 1, 2011 by lovepath

[paul_kay 31]

Do the officials at the POE open the yellow envelope right there and then and look for the #34 item in her DS 156?

[lovepath 11]

Thanks guys...so I will go and come back with her. It is very expensive, but it is better this way.

Best wishes to all