Traveling to US, Should I bring the Appointment Letter?

[txladykat 1]

We have our appointment May 1 in Copenhagen to file our I-130. We are planning to go to the US in April to take back possession of our house (it was leased until the end of March) and work on finding employment. My question is, do you think we should take our email from the embassy notifying us of our appointment to file on May 1 as proof of intention to return to Denmark? Or should we just state we both live here in Denmark and are just in the states visiting family (which is also true, as we are going to see my parents and grandmother)? I just dont want to raise any red flags by saying we are filing...but then again I think an appointment at the embassy in Copenhagen is pretty good proof of no intention to immigrate illegally during our trip.

[kaffy 2]

If you have not filed your I-130 yet (meaning that you haven't begun the immigration process) I do not think it's necessary to bring it up.

Before we did DCF I entered the US a few times on VWP with my US citizen spouse and was never given any trouble at POE. I simply told them I was there to visit family and they said welcome to the US. They didn't even ask for proof of my return ticket.

[txladykat 1]

cool, thanks!!!

[Marina-Del 10]

cool, thanks!!!

Yeah, I can't see any reason they would have a problem with letting you in. However, maybe it wouldn't hurt to have the letter in your carry-on JUST IN CASE. You never know when immigration will decide to make an issue of nothing and if you had the letter and they starting giving you a hard time, you could always use it in defence. Since you haven't filed yet, you aren't lying by saying you are just coming in to visit family -so they couldn't call you on that either. And even if you have started the process of filing, you are still only coming in to visit family and therefore it's still not lying! I'd have it with me, just in case! Although, I'm guessing that most likely you wont have any problems!

[elmcitymaven 9,711]

Never had an issue entering with my husband pre-I-130. Never even thought about it! Just be honest and you should be fine.

[WROCLAW 0]

good luck

[I Miss Her 0]

We have our appointment May 1 in Copenhagen to file our I-130. We are planning to go to the US in April to take back possession of our house (it was leased until the end of March) and work on finding employment. My question is, do you think we should take our email from the embassy notifying us of our appointment to file on May 1 as proof of intention to return to Denmark? Or should we just state we both live here in Denmark and are just in the states visiting family (which is also true, as we are going to see my parents and grandmother)? I just dont want to raise any red flags by saying we are filing...but then again I think an appointment at the embassy in Copenhagen is pretty good proof of no intention to immigrate illegally during our trip.

It is better to keep e-mail from the embassy.