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Thank you very much for this extensive information. This really puts us at ease. We'll do MPC. Then after that, GE interview (I've been conditionally approved already). We should be good! For the question "What do you do for work?" I have always said I'm a student. After that, I've been asked what I study, where, &c. That's always (I feel) been important for proving I will go back to my home country to continue my studies. But I've graduated now, so that's not applicable anymore. And we've always had return tickets, never one way. But from what I can tell from the other comments, we should be good.

Thank you. The issue is not visiting while the visa application is pending, but rather proving ties to my home country, for the reasons I mentioned in my second main paragraph.

Thank you for making us aware of MPC. I've applied and been conditionally accepted for Global Entry but somehow didn't know about MPC. I'll use this when at our PoE in July.

Thank you for your reply. According to what we know about U.S. Consulate General Frankfurt, submitting financial docs in July would be fine for an interview date in September. Making the big move a little later wouldn't be an issue, though. The reason we are holding off on sending the docs is because of the trip - I haven't seen my spouse's family since January and submitting the docs now would mean I'd probably have to change my plane ticket - on very short notice - in order to get back to my home country for the medical exam and the interview on time. To us, that seems quite chaotic. We would much prefer I can go on the trip like normal, come back home comfortably, have the medical, and then the interview. I traveled to the U.S. whilst our I-130 was pending before (December 2024-January 2025), which went fine. However, I was a student then, which I am not anymore now. Hence the worry of not having strong enough ties. But if you're saying that's not an issue, then I'm glad!

Hey all, I will try to be as detailed as possible, but if more information is needed, do ask. Our I-130 petition was approved early May. Since then, we have been submitting documents to the NVC. The only remaining documents are those relating to the Affidavit of Support. We're deliberately holding off on sending these in because of a trip to the U.S. (mid-July till end of August) that was planned before the I-130 was approved. To be clear, the USC is domiciled in the U.S., but we'll be travelling back to the U.S. together because we're in the Netherlands right now (foreign spouse is from the Netherlands and male). I (Dutch spouse) just finished my Master's and will not seek employment in my home country because - if all goes well - I will be moving to the U.S. around the end of September. However, that leaves me with few concrete ties to my home country. I live in my parental home, do not own property (house/apartment/car) and I am no longer a student, making it difficult to prove to CBP that I intend to go back home. However, we were thinking: I have a perfect history of compliance with the terms of my ESTA (with trips going back to December 2021). Trips were sometimes a week long, but also as long as a month and a half. We are going through immigration the legal way. This is especially obvious since our case is already at NVC. We won't have an interview date by the time of entry, but in order to successfully complete the immigration process, I would need to fly back to my home country to attend the medical exam and the interview at the U.S. Consulate General in Frankfurt. Which I absolutely intend to do. I have a return ticket that was booked and paid for before the I-130 was approved. But we are not sure whether this will be sufficient. For that reason, we are asking for your advice. Thank you in advance.