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Entering the US w/ Tourist visa w/boyfriend in USA

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chrispar   0

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Hi there...

I live in the states (and am American) and my girlfriend (Argentinian) is going to come visit me in the US for 3 weeks. She already has a 10y tourist visa from before knowing me.

At immigration, should she say she knows me or simply just say going on a vacation?

Thanks

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Little_My   464

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She should answer all questions honestly, without volunteering extra information. If she is asked the purpose of her visit, she can merely say "pleasure" or "tourism". If asked whether she has friends in the US, she should say yes. If asked if she has a boyfriend here, she should say yes.

Adjustment of Status from F-1 to Legal Permanent Resident

02/11/2011 Married at Manhattan City Hall

03/03/2011 - Day 0 - AOS -package mailed to Chicago Lockbox

03/04/2011 - Day 1 - AOS -package signed for at USCIS

03/09/2011 - Day 6 - E-mail notification received for all petitions

03/10/2011 - Day 7 - Checks cashed

03/11/2011 - Day 8 - NOA 1 received for all 4 forms

03/21/2011 - Day 18 - Biometrics letter received, biometrics scheduled for 04/14/2011

03/31/2011 - Day 28 - Successful walk-in biometrics done

05/12/2011 - Day 70 - EAD Arrived, issued on 05/02

06/14/2011 - Day 103 - E-mail notice: Interview letter mailed, interview scheduled for July 20th

07/20/2011 - Day 139 - Interview at Federal Plaza USCIS location

07/22/2011 - Day 141 - E-mail approval notice received (Card production)

07/27/2011 - Day 146 - 2nd Card Production Email received

07/28/2011 - Day 147 - Post-Decision Activity Email from USCIS

08/04/2011 - Day 154 - Husband returns home from abroad; Welcome Letter and GC have arrived in the mail

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chrispar   0

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She should answer all questions honestly, without volunteering extra information. If she is asked the purpose of her visit, she can merely say "pleasure" or "tourism". If asked whether she has friends in the US, she should say yes. If asked if she has a boyfriend here, she should say yes.

Agree with friends...but damn, saying boyfriend scares me that they will give her a hard time...

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VanessaTony   3,567

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Agree with friends...but damn, saying boyfriend scares me that they will give her a hard time...

Lying can come back to bite here in VERY bad ways so it's better not to start down that path. Thy're unlikely to ask about a boyfriend but if asked she MUST be honest.

Aussie K1 process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/206016-australian-beneficiaries-packet-3-to-interview-date/
AOS, EAD & AP - the Aussie Way (including document list) - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
ROC April 2012 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/358760-i-751-april-2012-filers/ (includes document list)
N-400 April 2013 - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/ (includes document list)

N-400 Interview review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6381814

N-400 Oath Ceremony review - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/412738-n-400-april-2013-filers/?p=6537699
Aussie Chat page continued - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/331922-new-2011-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/
Aussie Name Change on Passport Process - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/248400-australian-passport-name-change-process/
Travel on maiden name passport with married name GC, tickets in married name - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/183541-land-downunder-aussie-aussie-aussie-oi-oi-oi/page__view__findpost__p__4135806
Shipping Costs from Aus to US - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/293179-shipping-costs-aus-to-usa/

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Hi there...

I live in the states (and am American) and my girlfriend (Argentinian) is going to come visit me in the US for 3 weeks. She already has a 10y tourist visa from before knowing me.

At immigration, should she say she knows me or simply just say going on a vacation?

Thanks

If asked, she should say she's taking a vacation and is very excited about it. If asked if she has a boyfriend she should respond " . . . I'm sorry, we just met a minute ago, aren't you moving a bit fast?"

There is no room in this country for hyphenated Americanism. When I refer to hyphenated Americans, I do not refer to naturalized Americans. Some of the very best Americans I have ever known were naturalized Americans, Americans born abroad. But a hyphenated American is not an American at all . . . . The one absolutely certain way of bringing this nation to ruin, of preventing all possibility of its continuing to be a nation at all, would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities, an intricate knot of German-Americans, Irish-Americans, English-Americans, French-Americans, Scandinavian-Americans or Italian-Americans, each preserving its separate nationality, each at heart feeling more sympathy with Europeans of that nationality, than with the other citizens of the American Republic . . . . There is no such thing as a hyphenated American who is a good American. The only man who is a good American is the man who is an American and nothing else.

President Teddy Roosevelt on Columbus Day 1915

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If asked, she should say she's taking a vacation and is very excited about it. If asked if she has a boyfriend she should respond " . . . I'm sorry, we just met a minute ago, aren't you moving a bit fast?"

playing mind games with Customs Border Protection is a sure fire way to be put back on the airplane and pointed towards home.

 
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