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Hello,

My wife (British with pending I-130), son (US/UK Citizen), and I (US Citizen) live in the United Kingdom. We are planning to visit the United States for 82 days this summer and return to Britain after. My wife will be travelling on an ESTA.

I recently found out that this can be quite risky, because with a pending I-130 the CBP officers assume immigrant intent. I thought to myself that we have a pretty clear cut case since we have strong ties to England including: both of us being university students in England, having a tenancy in England with both of our names on it, and also medical appointments in England scheduled after our visit concludes.

I've read that this can be quite risky and chances a withdrawal of application or expedited removal with a 5 year ban on reentry. We fully intend on a temporary visit and have plenty of evidence to support it, but I am thinking about cancelling the trip to avoid this risk.

I was wondering if anybody here has been through the same situation, and how recent it was? How was your experience? Should I cancel the trip?

We have a consultation with a lawyer in a few days but I wanted to hear some personal stories.

Thank you!

Lots of different stories out there regarding US Air travel within the country today.

Wife came here on K1 and we were married within the 90 days.
Filed for AOS and have had our interview but everything is still pending

Her I-94 has expired.
Her Philippine passport is still valid.
She does not have driver's licence or state ID yet

Can she travel by air domestically without risk today with only her alien passport, and NOA of AOS application?

Hello,

I want to know which evidence to include in our I-130.

Context:

- We met back in high school around 2012 in the Dominican Republic

- We started talking again around 2017 (I was already in the US at the time)

- We dated long distance from 2018 until 2024 (we still have chats from 2020 to 2024 as well as gift receipts from both of us).

- In 2024, we decided this was not working out due to the distance. She later started another relationship and I also went my way.

- In March 2025, she applied for a B2 tourist visa. At that time, we were not dating.

- Around June 2025, her relationship ended and around July 2025 we reconnected.

- In September 2025, she decided to visit for 1.5 weeks. This was our first time seeing each other again in person since 2012. We engaged that same month. She returned to the DR.

- April 2026 we married in the US and she returned shortly after.

Me: US citizen

Her: Dominican citizen

Open questions:

1. Do we need joint finances at this point? I am planning on including her as a beneficiary of my life insurance and 401k. Should we open a bank account?

2. She is worried about the breakup and reconnection. She is suggesting we scrap all the info prior to 2025 and start from there (meaning way less evidence). My point of view is that life changes and excluding all previous evidence will hurt the case more.

3. In her US visa application she put her previous non legal partner as common-law partner. In the Dominican Republic, common-law is not a legal status. Her concern is that USCIS might scrutinize that and ask why she visited me. In my opinion, I don't think that will get scrutinize. They might ask to clarify the common-law status and we can clarify that it is not a legal status and provide evidence.

Thanks in advance!

In preparing my I-751 submission and the evidence for Bona Fide marriage, I saw the instructions specify affidavits by at least two people are required as evidence:

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Affidavits sworn to or affirmed by at least two people who have known both of you since your conditional residence was granted and have personal knowledge of your marriage and relationship. (Such persons may be required to testify before an immigration officer as to the information contained in the affidavit.) The original affidavit must be submitted and also contain the following information regarding the person making the affidavit: his or her full name and address; date and place of birth; relationship to you or your spouse, if any; and full information and complete details explaining how the person acquired his or her knowledge. Affidavits must be supported by other types of evidence listed above.

Can someone shed light if this is a recent addition? The I-751 edition is stated as 4/1/2024, but I found forum topics mentioning Affidavits are not necessary that seem to be younger than that.

My fiance completed his interview with the embassy, and we submitted all requested documents, but received everything back with the below letter requesting a DS-260. Is this an error? I understood the DS-260 would be completed when the green card process starts.