Advice for documents to take to B2 visa interview

[Stelare 35]

Hey everyone, I just posted on Reddit for advice regarding this situation and was referred over to here, so I'm just going to copy and paste my post from there.

My fiance just mailed out our K1 petition today, and it should arrive at the Dallas lockbox on Thursday. I just completed the DS-160 and booked my appointment at the consulate here in Western Australia for a B2 visa on Monday next week. My fiance and I are planning on having me stay with him in the US while the K1 is processing (assuming this B2 is approved), and then I'll fly back for a short period of time when I need to do my embassy interview + medical for the final stages of the K1, maybe visit my family or something, too. The plan is to have me leave in ~a month or so, as mentioned, if everything goes as planned.

I called the supplied number on the ustraveldocs website and attempted to get some help. I explained the situation and asked about what supporting documents I should take to my interview in regards to my situation. But the guy just flip flopped around for a good 15-20 minutes and kept giving me mixed answers along the lines of "I'm not allowed to give you suggestions for what you can take", "don't take anything, just take the necessary documents and the consular officer will request additional documents after if necessary", "just take what you think is necessary" and "just don't take anything", and kept talking about things not being determinants.

If I could have jumped through the phone line and slapped him, I would have. I understand if he just said "Sorry i'm not allowed to give any suggestions on the documents, just take what you think is appropriate" and left it at that. But he gave me so many mixed answers, like "don't take anything"... seriously?????? The website says "Failure to include additional documents will delay visa processing". So how is telling me to take nothing a good idea?

I honestly have no idea what I should take at this point. My fiance will be supporting me while I am there. We'll need to fill out an I-134 before the embassy interview, so should I just have him do that now and take that? I have his paystubs from the past few months to prove he can provide for us both while I am there, as well. Is it a good idea to take some documents from our K1? I just have no clue, so any help would be greatly appreciated

Reading some posts here, I'm really worried now that this is a horrible idea and that I will be rejected. Obviously I am in the process of immigrating, so is it possible they'd deny me the visa because of that? I am deferring my university course in order to spend the 6 months with my fiance, I'm worried that they'll see I don't necessarily have any 'ties' to bring me back to Australia.

Edited July 20, 2016 by Stelare

[Stelare 35]

Should I just cancel the appointment and put off the B2 until we get our NOA2 in order to avoid any issues with our K1?

[Boiler 45,486]

Difficult to see in your situation what you could take, not that anything you would take is likely to be looked at.

Any reason you could not use the VWP?

[Chris and ZhiJia 146]

As Boiler mentioned, Australia is a VWP country, you should not need a B Visa. Plus staying in the US until it is time for your interview won't work too well, because you will need to prepare documents only obtainable from your country prior to the interview, and you are about to give up your life in Australia to come to the US, I would recommended using the time it takes to wait for the Visa to reach the interview stage to get your affairs in order.

Pair down your belongings, discard what you don't need, make arrangements for what you intend to keep. Make sure you don't have any major outstanding bills/obligations. Spend time with friends and family, because it will be 4-9 months before you are able to see them again depending on how quickly you move through the stages of the process when you arrive visa in hand.

Use the time to find things that make you happy and remind you of home to bring with you to your new home in the US. Many people don't think about it, but uprooting yourself and moving to a new country is a huge change, and many people who never expected to get hit with a large feeling of homesickness. The more time you spend preparing for the change the better. Waiting out your Visa in the US will cause a mad dash scramble at the end that can leave you feeling exhausted and drained.