Marry, go home/apply?

[Natis26 1]

Hi everyone! I’ve been lurking on here but I finally decided to join! 
My fiancé and I were figuring out the cr1 and we are planning on me going to visit him, marry, and then go home to apply for the cr1. Now I was wondering how that would go… do I tell the immigration officers I’m visiting my fiancé or do I tell them I’m here to marry and then return home? If I say I’m visiting my fiancé and they further question could I get in trouble for not telling them right away? I’m worried that they think I might stay after marrying which is not the case obviously. What can I tell them to prove I’m not? 

[pushbrk 12,881]

3 minutes ago, Natis26 said:

Hi everyone! I’ve been lurking on here but I finally decided to join! 
My fiancé and I were figuring out the cr1 and we are planning on me going to visit him, marry, and then go home to apply for the cr1. Now I was wondering how that would go… do I tell the immigration officers I’m visiting my fiancé or do I tell them I’m here to marry and then return home? If I say I’m visiting my fiancé and they further question could I get in trouble for not telling them right away? I’m worried that they think I might stay after marrying which is not the case obviously. What can I tell them to prove I’m not? 

Best to give a more generic but true answer, something more like the answer you've previously given.

 

[TBoneTX 45,284]

Welcome to the forum!

 

You can't prove a negative.  Remember that every visitor is viewed as intending to immigrate.

 

Answer as pushbrk recommends.  If the CBP agent probes further, say, "We need to collect further evidence of our bona fide relationship to support the eventual consular interview after we file the I-129F or I-130."  CBP's only possible response to that would be a startled, "Well, good."

 

[Natis26 1]

4 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

Best to give a more generic but true answer, something more like the answer you've previously given.

 

So instead of the usual “I’m visiting my boyfriend” I change it to fiancé? 

[Natis26 1]

3 minutes ago, TBoneTX said:

Welcome to the forum!

 

You can't prove a negative.  Remember that every visitor is viewed as intending to immigrate.

 

Answer as pushbrk recommends.  If the CBP agent probes further, say, "We need to collect further evidence of our bona fide relationship to support the eventual consular interview after we file the I-129F or I-130."  CBP's only possible response to that would be a startled, "Well, good."

 

Thank you! I’ll make sure to use that if necessary 

[pushbrk 12,881]

15 minutes ago, Natis26 said:

So instead of the usual “I’m visiting my boyfriend” I change it to fiancé? 

I wouldn't. It's also true he's your boyfriend, right?

[Natis26 1]

3 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

I wouldn't. It's also true he's your boyfriend, right?

That’s true yes.. what would happen when they want to further question me? Can they look at my phone? We’ve announced our engagement on social media and we wear a ring.. 

[pushbrk 12,881]

1 minute ago, Natis26 said:

That’s true yes.. what would happen when they want to further question me? Can they look at my phone? We’ve announced our engagement on social media and we wear a ring.. 

No way to reliably predict what will happen.  But, yeah, if you're wearing a ring, call him your fiancé. 

 

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

2 minutes ago, Natis26 said:

That’s true yes.. what would happen when they want to further question me? Can they look at my phone? We’ve announced our engagement on social media and we wear a ring.. 

Answer specific questions truthfully, but don't start offering more information. Yes, they can look at your phone. 

[SalishSea 17,827]

4 hours ago, Natis26 said:

That’s true yes.. what would happen when they want to further question me? Can they look at my phone? We’ve announced our engagement on social media and we wear a ring.. 

They absolutely can.  If asked outright whether you're coming in to marry, do not lie.

[Daphne . 1,853]

9 hours ago, Natis26 said:

So instead of the usual “I’m visiting my boyfriend” I change it to fiancé? 

This is what I did every time I visited my now husband. It went from “visiting boyfriend to, visiting fiancé to, visiting husband” as our relationship progressed. 

[rks_emelander 5]

Is that situation acceptable in the eyes of USCIS - marrying while visiting on a tourist visa (whether spontaneous or planned), returning to home country, and then the USC submitting an I-130? Or could that cause problems during the CR-1 process?

[Deker1972 25]

3 hours ago, rks_emelander said:

Is that situation acceptable in the eyes of USCIS - marrying while visiting on a tourist visa (whether spontaneous or planned), returning to home country, and then the USC submitting an I-130? Or could that cause problems during the CR-1 process?

 

That's a perfectly acceptable way to do it, I wish we has as we would have been in the US now, instead we planned to get married in the UK which meant more visa waiting t(his side) and delayed us around 14 months 😕

[Daphne . 1,853]

3 hours ago, rks_emelander said:

Is that situation acceptable in the eyes of USCIS - marrying while visiting on a tourist visa (whether spontaneous or planned), returning to home country, and then the USC submitting an I-130? Or could that cause problems during the CR-1 process?

That is perfectly fine and exactly how I did it. 

[pushbrk 12,881]

17 hours ago, rks_emelander said:

Is that situation acceptable in the eyes of USCIS - marrying while visiting on a tourist visa (whether spontaneous or planned), returning to home country, and then the USC submitting an I-130? Or could that cause problems during the CR-1 process?

Yes.