LA Port of Entry - Pre-visa approval experiences

[JulzNam 0]

Hi All,

My fiancee would like to come visit me in the States next month. While we're hopeful her visa will be approved by then, we're thinking about her entry to the US pre-visa approval. We've read the forums that recommend what documents and proofs a person should bring in order to prove they will be returning home.

My question is what are people's most recent experiences (pre-K1 visa) at the Los Angeles Port of Entry? I've read the reviews of the LA POE on VJ and they've mostly (if not all) been positive. Has anyone been turned away trying to visit their fiance(e) before the K1 visa has been approved?

Thank you all for your help in advance.

[Barbara J 115]

Hi All,

My fiancee would like to come visit me in the States next month. While we're hopeful her visa will be approved by then, we're thinking about her entry to the US pre-visa approval. We've read the forums that recommend what documents and proofs a person should bring in order to prove they will be returning home.

My question is what are people's most recent experiences (pre-K1 visa) at the Los Angeles Port of Entry? I've read the reviews of the LA POE on VJ and they've mostly (if not all) been positive. Has anyone been turned away trying to visit their fiance(e) before the K1 visa has been approved?

Thank you all for your help in advance.

LA is fine for entry to the US while 129f is pending. She can bring the NOA1 copy for proof but she is on VWP and only staying for a bit so she should not have any issues. I visited and stayed the whole 3 months it took to be approved never had an issue at LAX

[at long last 58]

Hi All,

My fiancee would like to come visit me in the States next month. While we're hopeful her visa will be approved by then, we're thinking about her entry to the US pre-visa approval. We've read the forums that recommend what documents and proofs a person should bring in order to prove they will be returning home.

My question is what are people's most recent experiences (pre-K1 visa) at the Los Angeles Port of Entry? I've read the reviews of the LA POE on VJ and they've mostly (if not all) been positive. Has anyone been turned away trying to visit their fiance(e) before the K1 visa has been approved?

Thank you all for your help in advance.

I went through POE Seattle, WA. When going through I was taken aside and asked many questions. The only reason they allowed me to enter was because I could show without any doubt I was returning to Canada. But he also said that once the process had started we are technically supposed to remain in our own country. I took my tenancy lease, my NOA1, a copy of the identification page of my fiances passport, a copy of a recent bill with my home address. He also said that because he ran my passport and saw my usual travel to the US to visit my fiance he would let me go through. But it is totally up to the person who talks to you and how you present yourself. After all this nail biting session he said go have a great summer...lol

Terri

[Barbara J 115]

I went through POE Seattle, WA. When going through I was taken aside and asked many questions. The only reason they allowed me to enter was because I could show without any doubt I was returning to Canada. But he also said that once the process had started we are technically supposed to remain in our own country. I took my tenancy lease, my NOA1, a copy of the identification page of my fiances passport, a copy of a recent bill with my home address. He also said that because he ran my passport and saw my usual travel to the US to visit my fiance he would let me go through. But it is totally up to the person who talks to you and how you present yourself. After all this nail biting session he said go have a great summer...lol

Terri

That is ####### about coming too visit while 129f is pending, they would not even know you had a fiance petition pending. You were pulled aside because of frequent visits to the US. They would do that to anyone who visits regularly even from my country.