Livona

Thanks. I’ll let him know to be prepared for potential questioning about it even if it’s unlikely. The reason he could “take so much time off” is because he didn’t have a job, he was on welfare.

Oh, well in that case yes I know that that’s probably what they were thinking at the time. I’m wondering if they will bring it up when he comes into the POE now with his K1. Is it likely they will ask him when he enters on K1 how he was able to afford so much time off? Or other related questions to his past visits?

Sorry, I should have made the title more clear that’s he’s entering on K1. I’m tired x.x

He’s coming in on a K1 visa not ESTA anymore. He’s immigrating to the US.

My fiancé is planning to fly into Dallas soon with his K1 visa. For some background: In 2022 and 2023 he visited the US for long periods of time and somewhat frequently. For 3 of the visits, he stayed around 83 days with over 100 days in between visits. On his 4th visit, he was understandably taken into secondary and questioned for his visiting patterns. He was eventually let in, but they cut his visit short to a month and a half. I understand that the officers can ask any questions they feel like, but I’m more so asking the probability of them scrutinizing him over his previous visits. He has immigration intent now with the K1, but will they likely ask questions about his intentions in the past? Just to clarify he had no intention to stay in the US on ESTA, just to visit me. He also said each time at the POE he was visiting me (girlfriend at the time).

I've seen I think 3 or 4 cases of people getting denied entry with K1 while searching around on this website. You're all probably right though, I need to stop looking at these things. I just get very anxious and overthink so I try to find reassurance, but end up finding things that make me worry even more 😭 I can only hope he gets a nice officer

Hello all, Ive been reading around recently about what’s to be expected at the POE with a K1, and I’ve noticed there are some horror stories of people being denied entry. Now I’m worrying that the worst case scenario will happen. I saw someone say they almost got denied entry because the petitioner was a student and had a co-sponsor. I’m in a similar situation where I’m a student with a co-sponsor. I’m worried something bad will happen. We are a genuine couple, and I think we have shown it with all of our papers and proof. I just hate that there’s a chance my fiancé can get denied entry at the border after everything He already had one bad experience at the border with ESTA, so it makes me even more nervous.

No, he is Finnish. All his family born in Finland, including him.

Hello! My fiancé finished his interview earlier today. We were expecting a more straight forward answer once it was finished, but the CO told him that it could either be accepted, or they could come back and ask more questions. They said he will hear back within 2 weeks to a month, either he will get his visa or will get a request for more answers, or something like that? They said they will try the best to get it within the 2 weeks. I thought maybe it could be in administrative processing, but they didn't give him any additional papers or mentioned anything about AP. He told me the interview went well and questions were very simple, they didn't seem suspicious of anything or any red flags were raised. The only thing is they noticed is there were no photos from 2022, but there were photos from then so idk why they said that? Either way they didn't seem to dwell on it and were understanding. They kept his passport and some paperwork from the packet. Our lawyer said it's a good sign they are planning to accept it since they kept his passport. I'm just a little confused since I've never heard of this happening lol, they usually say if its been approved, denied, or need more information after interview.

Hello, I just got back from vacation with my family to visit my fiancé, as well as visiting other Nordic countries. for some context: my fiancé and I never had a proper proposal, we just kinda came to a mutual agreement to get married. I would consider us “engaged” whenever we submitted our I-129F. However, during this trip my fiancé properly proposed to me in Norway. His interview is in a couple of days. If the interviewer asks about engagement, what should he say? Obviously he will tell the truth, but I’m more so curious how to phrase it. For example, if they ask “when did we get engaged?” Should he say when we submitted our I-129f (around January), or should he go into more detail talking about the proposal in Norway? Should he keep it simple unless they ask for more details? Thanks!

Hello, My fiancé and I are getting close to scheduling an interview at the Helsinki embassy. He is nervous for the interview, he's afraid if he takes a moment to think about a question they will see that as suspicious. He has a language processing disorder and sometimes takes a moment to think/ tell his answer. I told him the questions should be easy enough, as they are all about ourselves, family and our relationship, but he's also afraid they will throw a question he wont know the answer for. Is the interview relatively easy? I have confidence he can do it, but he seems nervous that he will fail. We also have a co-sponsor since I am a student graduating soon, hopefully that's ok for Helsinki.