F1 AOS. Travel before wedding?

[JohnRoberts 0]

Hi all,

F1 student here, entered the US in 2008, met my future wife (USC) in 2009, got engaged in late 2012, then traveled abroad, came back to the US, got married recently, just filed for AOS.

Is that pre-wedding trip something I should be worried about come interview time? (by the way I'm fully aware of the problems of travelling abroad after getting married, I did not do that). I'm talking about the fact that even though I obviously entered to continue my studies, I technically knew I was going to get married (but had no clue at that time about all of this AOS process, and had no clue about wanting to stay in the US or coming back home or doing something different).

Thanks...

John

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Don't worry.

[JohnRoberts 0]

Don't worry.

Thank you very much, Harpa. Just to confirm, the illegal thing is to use a non-immigrant visa with intent to immigrate, not using a non-immigrant visa to continue studying and happen to have plans to get married at some point, right?

Thanks again (I know all of this has a "how to prove it" problem, but let's just go with the facts that are the truth, on my last entry I knew I was going to get married, I didn't even think about immigrating or not).

Thanks,

John

[newacct 688]

From what you said:

Hi all,

F1 student here, entered the US in 2008, met my future wife (USC) in 2009, got engaged in late 2012, then traveled abroad, came back to the US, got married recently, just filed for AOS.

Is that pre-wedding trip something I should be worried about come interview time? (by the way I'm fully aware of the problems of travelling abroad after getting married, I did not do that). I'm talking about the fact that even though I obviously entered to continue my studies, I technically knew I was going to get married (but had no clue at that time about all of this AOS process, and had no clue about wanting to stay in the US or coming back home or doing something different).

Thanks...

John

It sounded like you had no intent to immigrate.