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On 10/15/2021 at 4:40 PM, Adventine said:

Some states also allow people with foreign driver's licenses to drive for a certain period of time before needing to apply for a state driver's license. They may need to get an International Driver's License in their home country before departure.

Never seen a International Driver License,  I have seen International Permits that is used along side a valid DL.

6 hours ago, nastra30 said:

 

The CO at the embassy will iterperet the rules and guidelines, they have the final decision

3 hours ago, nastra30 said:

Invitation letter and sponsorship letters are not considered by CO for US visitors visa.

 

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https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/tourism-visit/visitor.html

 

"Note: Visa applicants must qualify on the basis of the applicant's residence and ties abroad, rather than assurances from U.S. family and friends. A letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support is not needed to apply for a visitor visa. If you choose to bring a letter of invitation or Affidavit of Support to your interview, please remember it is not one of the factors used in determining whether to issue or deny the visa."

You bring what you need to bring to support your case

Every Embassy or Consulate has their own rules or guidelines they follow

On 9/26/2021 at 10:26 PM, ImagineMe said:

Guess I thought that the reason a 2nd one was done (1st for aos and 2nd for roc) was because ROC had was still needing to be approved. 

Ok, thanks for that. 

That would be a better deal if that happened like that.

1 hour ago, Zoeeeeeee said:

In all honesty, I think you'll be fine doing the trip you're doing and that she'll have no problems getting back into the US. I did the exact same trip whilst visiting friends in the US (though I wasn't dating anyone in the US at that time and I'm from the UK - whilst is a much lower fraud risk than the Philippines. Both of those factors would have helped my ease in travelling.). 

 

But still, I wouldn't worry about it and I would make the trip, in your shoes. I just wanted to flag that the advice you've been given is actually valid - I don't think it's a cause for concern, but it's factual. 

Thanks and I have no worries.

I just don't understand why certain people with negative attitudes try to keep pointing out you can't stay in the USA on a Tourist Visa,  Isn't this pretty much well known by people and especially some one with a Tourist Visa.

18 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

i am not confused 

crazy cat told you she may not be able to reenter the US from Mexico and border protrol could say no

and you said "no biggie on that"

u are flirting here with US immigration laws and rules 

good luck 

and i am out

As far as I know there is no visa that is a  guaranteed entry into the USA

Don't need luck just follow the rules and things always work out, and don't live life scared

And I am still waiting for the documentation where USCIS or CBP states one must go to thier home country after leaving the USA on a tourist visa, Yea I will wait for that , I don't blame you for being out on that one when you make incorrect statements that can't be backed up with facts.

39 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

don't understand

you say she coming to your place and leaving checked lugguage and u will travel with just carry on

but u say not important for her to be able to reenter US and have her checked in bags to go home?

 

she does have to return to her country on the tourist visa

 

Please provide proof she has to return to her counry on a tourist visa

This is what it says on the travel.state.gov website regarding b1/b2  :That they have a residence outside the United States as well as other binding ties that will ensure their departure from the United States at the end of the visit.

VisaFlyer_B1B2 March 2015 (state.gov)

20 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

don't understand

you say she coming to your place and leaving checked lugguage and u will travel with just carry on

but u say not important for her to be able to reenter US and have her checked in bags to go home?

 

she does have to return to her country on the tourist visa

 

You have gotten yourself in state of confusion, Please take time to read he questions and answers and it will make much more sense to you. Let me try to help you out:

"Don't Understand"

1. Mr Crazy Cat stated:  "Her re-entry into the US will not be guaranteed.  Every entry into the US is subject to the discretion of CBP for all non-US citizens and all non-US legal residents", Which I responded "No visa is guaranteed you will be able to enter the USA, No biggie on that one"  :  There is not one visa issued that will guarantee entry into the USA was my point to him and he seemed to understand it.

"you say she coming to your place and leaving checked lugguage and u will travel with just carry on

but u say not important for her to be able to reenter US and have her checked in bags to go home?"

2.  She will leave the lion share of her clothes at my place, and we will only take carry on luggage if and when we go to Mexico, I don't know what is confusing about this.

"she does have to return to her country on the tourist visa"

3. She can go anywhere she would like as long as her passport allows entry after visiting the USA, When she gets ready to leave the USA we may look into hanging out in Brazil or Peru for a while, so there is no written rules she has to go back to her country on a tourist visa, this is a incorrect statement from you.

52 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

Note that going to Mexico, Canada or Carribean does not  "reset" the time allowed to stay in the US from the initial POE.

Yes, I assumed that. 

13 hours ago, Paul & Mary said:

Yes and she doesn't need a mexican visa if she has a B2

Outstanding

15 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

and she will be traveling with u ,  her BF (or husband)  so the CBP will suspect AOS intent

This would be a great trip so , if she gets tourist visa for US why not meet her there and then buy her a ticket to fly separate from u into the US

She will have checked luggage coming to USA.  Get here to my place, get settled in for a few days and catch up on sleep and time change is the main reason.   Then check the weather and hop down to Cancun and just do carry on luggage and go into what ever town we are by once a week and find a place where they will wash and dry and fold our clothes same day service.

We have explored Thailand, Macua and Singapore while I was in Philippines, Now it time to explore some North American area. We would be traveling as bf/gf.

15 hours ago, Crazy Cat said:

Her re-entry into the US will not be guaranteed.  Every entry into the US is subject to the discretion of CBP for all non-US citizens and all non-US legal residents. 

No visa is guaranteed you will be able to enter the USA, No biggie on that one

Revision:

I would like to spend 30 days in Mexico in the Cancun area,  My gf will arrive mid Febrauary and we will probably travel as soon as she arrives and this will put us in mid March and the weather should be much warmer in my area.

So once she arrives leaving USA for 30 days shouldn't be a problem?

1 hour ago, HRQX said:

***I have moved this topic to Philippines forum*****

Thank You, I hate when certain people always think everyone is out for no good and always assume the worst.

5 hours ago, JeanneAdil said:

I did and you answered crazy cat that person is still in Phillipines

so,  this is a planned venture and fraud  

not that the person is already here and you decide to marry and AOS

u can't plan to do this

 

the person is asked at POE "who they visit"   and many get turned back for visiting a BF or GF as officer may assume intent to AOS

and even if she doesn't know,  u do   /u can't plan to do this 

I can do any kinds of plans and alternative plans  I would like to do.  I am allow to think and weigh my options.  If you would of read my original post it said  "  If a person comes on tourist visa and during the stay they decide to get married " you would of had a better understanding of the question I had posed.

I would like to take my sweetheart over to Mexico for a few weeks once she gets in the USA, Is this still allowed by the Mexico Government? 

20 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

She can enter on a tourist visa and would only be allowed to stay for the amount of time authorized at the POE.  That can be a few days to 180 days.  It is extremely hard to get an extension of that time.  But you can marry and then return to the Philippines with her (9a visa currently needed).   I am not sure what the point of a CR1 is if you plan to live in the Philippines.

I would just enter on the Balikbayan Visa if I get married and return with her, no need for a  9a

I would do a 13A Permanent Residence Visa after a few months

3 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

That was my point.....a year on a tourist visa is extremely doubtful.

I agree

Just now, Paul & Mary said:

She can enter on a tourist visa and would only be allowed to stay for the amount of time authorized at the POE.  That can be a few days to 180 days.  It is extremely hard to get an extension of that time.  But you can marry and then return to the Philippines with her (9a visa currently needed).   I am not sure what the point of a CR1 is if you plan to live in the Philippines.

Good Point on the CR1. As you may well know it's crazy times in the Philippines.  With the 10 day quarantine on entry, and Covid situation staying the same or getting worse in the last 17 months, and now we have the wild card of a Presidential Election in March 2022, I am concerned they may have riots in the streets after the Presidential Election and the country could be in turmoil for a few months or years.  For sure I wouldn't go back and was thinking my girl could just stay here in the USA and we apply for her greencard if Phiippines is in turmoil for a long time.  

The point of CR1 was stepping stone short term solution to stay in USA until Philippines gets back to normal.

11 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

In what status would she stay here for a year? 

I think she can only stay 6 months on her tourist visa. 

3 minutes ago, Paul & Mary said:

You would either need an ANNULMENT in the Philippines or have the US Divorce properly processed by the Philippines.   Either is a pain to do, takes time and money.  

Thank you, I have heard and read both ways are a pain to do

3 minutes ago, Boiler said:

It will take a couple of years, well seems you have yet to meet so maybe longer.

 

Hopefully Covid will have at least stabilized by then in which case all this become meaningless.

We have been living together for the last couple years.  I had to leave due to my tourist visa expiring in the Philippines. My clothes are there, my dogs are there, my motorbikes are there and so is my tuk tuk and TV's, furniture, some of my clothes, etc. I sold or gave away most of US possesions, only thing I kept was a couple rental properties for passive income.

She will come here after Christmas I am thinking early February would be a good time, She has been to USA already on tourist visa before Covid started.  

I just wanted to know my options, as of now the best way and about only way for me to enter is the Philippines is to marry her, and enter with her.  

There is nothing pre conceived about marriage, it is purely based on the situation at the time.  If Philippines is in the same shape it is with Covid Issues, then it might be best for her to stay here for about a year and then we will return.  If they open up for tourism by July or August then I will just fly back to Philippines and do another extended tourist visa.

22 hours ago, top_secret said:

Yes.  it is possible and has been widely tested.  Utah is issuing the marriage certificates. The Philippine Consulate in San Francisco has been processing the Reports of Marriage with full disclosure that they are an online marriage.  9a Visas are being issued. 

If you file a ROM and decide to divorce, and you later decide you want to marry someone in the Philippines will you be allowed? Or would one have to get a some type of paperwork done to get clearance to marry in the Philippines again?

5 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

I did and you answered crazy cat that person is still in Phillipines

so,  this is a planned venture and fraud  

not that the person is already here and you decide to marry and AOS

u can't plan to do this

I don't think so. Because we will not make USA our permanent home, after marriage I will move back to Philippines to live there. 

Have no plans to stay long term in the USA, just stay here long enough to see how the Covid situations shakes out in the Philipppines, and see what happens with the Presidential Election in March 2022 and if they have uprising like they did before.

1 hour ago, Crazy Cat said:

1.  The new spouse cannot live in the US during the CR-1 process.  Visiting is allowed if the foreign spouse can convince CBP that he/she will leave the US at end of the of the visit.

2.  A person cannot enter the US via a non-immigrant route (tourist visa) with the intent to stay and adjust status (exception is a K-1). 

 

Where is your fiance right now?

 

 

The person entering would not know if they are getting married before entering the USA.  They are coming here on tourist visa after Christmas from the Philippines.