Visit Fiancee in US whilst K-1 still pending

[settler72 0]

Hi!!!

I'm hoping to travel to the US to visit my fiancee next month and plan to go for around 84 days. She is a US Citizen and I'm British.

She visited me in the UK in August last year for 2 weeks. I then visited her and her family in November last year for 10 days. I then returned to see her again in December and stayed for 5 weeks. We got engaged on New Years Eve.

Our K-1 visa has been applied for and we received our NOA1 in February this year.

Just before leaving for my first trip in November i was made redundant from the job i had for 19 years. This enabled me to stay for the 5 weeks over Christmas and New Year.

Since returning in January and not having a job to come back to I have sold my house and moved in with my parents until my visa comes through.

My question is this....

Does anyone think I will have a problem entering the US under the Visa Waiver whilst my K-1 is pending bearing in mind that I have no job and no house/mortgage to come back to??? The only ties I now have to the UK are my family and friends. Any suggestions about what documents i could take with me???

I have every intention of returning to the UK after this trip as I'm not going to risk not getting the K-1 by not returning when i should.

Incidentally, I can afford to visit for this period of time and not work due to a reasonable profit being made from the sale of my house here in the UK. This should finance my move to the US and provide for me whilst there on this trip.

Many thanks in advance for your comments and assistance.

[YuAndDan 153]

THIS is an FAQ: http://www.visajourney.com/faq/k1k2visa-application.html#4.6

It gets asked multiple times a day.

[Cuchita 1]

Darn! you have made some tough decisions!, all I can do is wish you luck at POE.

[Krikit 1,166]

I find this link to be quite thorough: Visitation FAQ's.

Good luck!

[lesleysizeland 0]

I find this link to be quite thorough: Visitation FAQ's.

Good luck!

Hello

I asked some people this very same question as i have been told that i can have 5 weeks off work to go and visit my fiance in the summer (i am english, he is american) and i got told basically, good luck in getting in to the US! I think (and im not 100% sure) that you have to have a tourist visa if visiting your fiancee while waiting on a K1 visa. Now, your situation is tricky, you have nothing to come home to, whatever you do do not tell them this! Obviously, your waiting to marry someone you love and you have nothing to come home too, its gonna ring alarm bells in their heads! If i was you i would check this out before you go cause you dont wanna get to the States and then be turned away. Like i said, we were going to start the visa process now but decided to start it in June as i will then already be in the States visiting and will be returning home but a few people i asked said i would be lucky to get through and i am sure i read that if you have a K1 visa pending you need a tourist visa whether your part of the VWP or not. Good luck though whatever you decide to do.

[Ed+Cindy 1]

The lack of ties to the UK will be the hardest thing for you to overcome, since you don't have a home rental agreement or mortgage or a job.

CBP officers general look for proof of these things to show you will return home.

If you get an easy going CBP officer, then you will get in.

If they start to question you, the above mentioned lack of ties might cause problems.

Best of luck.

No tourist visa needed.

Edited April 7, 2009 by Ed+Cindy