Point of Entry

[turveydrop 4]

How common is it to run into serious issues at the POE? I know she should have her return ticket and everything, but does anyone have additional tips?

[Enigma11561 336]

Return tickets are not necessary. They do not check them at the POE. Buy them only if you are getting a good deal. If she has all her paperwork in order, the sealed envelope still sealed, valid visa in her passport, usually there are little problems at all.

[bigdog 376]

Yep is it is sealed and she is not smuggling anything she is here. They did not ask my wife anything. No return ticket needed. Hope you are meeting her at the airport?

[turveydrop 4]

Return tickets are not necessary. They do not check them at the POE. Buy them only if you are getting a good deal. If she has all her paperwork in order, the sealed envelope still sealed, valid visa in her passport, usually there are little problems at all.

Thanks very much.

Yep is it is sealed and she is not smuggling anything she is here. They did not ask my wife anything. No return ticket needed. Hope you are meeting her at the airport?

Yes. To meeting her there, not the smuggling.

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

Is this for a tourist visa (the forum you posted in), or when she gets the K1? Answers will differ depending on visa...

[turveydrop 4]

Is this for a tourist visa (the forum you posted in), or when she gets the K1? Answers will differ depending on visa...

Tourist.

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

Ok, in that case she will need a return or onward ticket, and of course won;t have the brown envelope yet.

She should bring NOA1/ NOA 2 if you have it yet, to prove she intends to do things the legal way, and also some ties to home to show she intends to return- lease to apartment, letter stating when she is expected back at work, bills etc.

[turveydrop 4]

Ok, in that case she will need a return or onward ticket, and of course won;t have the brown envelope yet.

She should bring NOA1/ NOA 2 if you have it yet, to prove she intends to do things the legal way, and also some ties to home to show she intends to return- lease to apartment, letter stating when she is expected back at work, bills etc.

Thanks.

[turveydrop 4]

Thanks.

Do they have information from the interview at the embassy? She's planning to stay a little longer than she told them there.

[Enigma11561 336]

Is this for a tourist visa (the forum you posted in), or when she gets the K1? Answers will differ depending on visa...

Penguin, good call. I need to start reading the forum headings more closely.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Do they have information from the interview at the embassy? She's planning to stay a little longer than she told them there.

This means she got her B2 visa I take it? She shouldn't hide the truth... really. I hope she mentioned her relationship to you in her interview, if it was asked. CBP don't have information from the embassy, but ... not such a good way to start.

Edited March 5, 2012 by Harpa Timsah

[turveydrop 4]

She was absolutely truthful. She even took pictures of us to the interview, and most of the questions were about me. What I mean is that she said at the interview that she planned to stay for three weeks. The visa is for three months, so we thought, why not stay 7-8 weeks.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

She was absolutely truthful. She even took pictures of us to the interview, and most of the questions were about me. What I mean is that she said at the interview that she planned to stay for three weeks. The visa is for three months, so we thought, why not stay 7-8 weeks.

Congrats on visa approval! The 3 months isn't how long she can stay, it is the time period where she can ask for permission to enter the US. Her length of stay will be determined at the border. All I am saying is that truth is good; I mean, the change in planned trip is already worrying you Anyway, probably nothing will come of it. Congrats again! I'm sure that's a relief.

Edited March 5, 2012 by Harpa Timsah

[turveydrop 4]

Congrats on visa approval! The 3 months isn't how long she can stay, it is the time period where she can ask for permission to enter the US. Her length of stay will be determined at the border. All I am saying is that truth is good; I mean, the change in planned trip is already worrying you Anyway, probably nothing will come of it. Congrats again! I'm sure that's a relief.

Thanks very much. We had a "hope for the best, expect the worst" attitude. I posted about the visa before, and there were some telling us to just say she was "visiting a friend," bend the truth a little. But anyone who's ever had a job working with the public knows how ridiculous people look when they come in with some half-baked story and think they're going to fool someone who does this for a living. Anyway, it's worked out so far.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Yup, I remember those threads.