What to bring with you when crossing border with K-1

[r&m12345 0]

Hi All,

My fiancée received her K-1 visa today, along with the sealed envelope of documents. Now, I am worrying about the next step in making sure she has everything she needs when she lands in the US and goes through customs at the airport!

Besides her passport with the K1 and the sealed envelope, does she need to bring anything else?

For some reason she was never given a physical copy of her xray, although we have a CD that we think has the xray on it (there is a reference number on the CD referring to the xray). Does she need the physical xray?

Does she need to bring anything else?

[C-ma'am 684]

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[tinman 33]

Dont know how many others have run into that problem, but my gal had the xray cd included in her envelope but when She went to take her exam here in the states ( by the immigration physician which is required)...they could not open the cd under ANY format......so long story short, we had to go to a clinic here to get another chest xray ( $50.00).

So the xray cd is not a big deal, you can get another here. The required exam your fiance will need here gives another TB test. My gal had a minimal positive reaction which required the them to see the xray report on the cd, but without them being able to open it, we had to get the other xray and diagnosis.......in the end, we still passed...totol cost here was about $300. There was no xray photo needed just the cd and the physicians report.

We ran into a problem when SAN FRAN immigration did not issue her a documentation of entry ( not really sure what it was called ( I think its a I94 record # upon her entry...they didn't give her one so if they dont give yours one, then She needs to ask for it or she will not be able to apply for a SS# later.) (Big BIG hassel!!!) have her ask for it...that's about all she'll need other than what you already knew about.

[blk 87]

Hi you don't get a physical copy of your I-94 from the CBP when you enter any more it's done electronically, if you want to have a hard copy go to the USCIS web site look under Forms & click the I-94 Arrival/Departure Forms link, then just fill in the form & it will display your I-94 & print off as many as you want.

Edited February 16, 2014 by blk

[r&m12345 0]

Thanks both for your feedback! Hope we don't run into any issues with our cd...