I'm freakin out man....

[ddartt1 2]

Best of luck, and let us know how it all goes! Well...not *all* of it.

[Brad and Vika 130]

She was honest, but gave them only the info that they asked for and tried to use close ended answers.

Always the best policy it seems

[Kailey 3]

She was honest, but gave them only the info that they asked for and tried to use close ended answers.

Always the best policy it seems

Not if the officer checks the files and records that I’m sure they have and sees that a girl is in K1-process.. in this case 'I've returned for sightseeing and beaches' would sound pretty suspicious and might result if not in deportation but definitely spending several hours with the passport and immigration control.

USCIS told us it's very much ok to travel on b1/b2 while K1, btw (that gives me hope ). Just need to be sure you have some material proof showing you are going to return.

Edited August 10, 2009 by Kate and Mark

[Brad and Vika 130]

She was honest, but gave them only the info that they asked for and tried to use close ended answers.

Always the best policy it seems

Not if the officer checks the files and records that I’m sure they have and sees that a girl is in K1-process.. in this case 'I've returned for sightseeing and beaches' would sound pretty suspicious and might result if not in deportation but definitely spending several hours with the passport and immigration control.

USCIS told us it's very much ok to travel on b1/b2 while K1, btw (that gives me hope ). Just need to be sure you have some material proof showing you are going to return.

A good point, but if you start volunteering information like that you increase your chances of being turned down. Lots of posts here about that, and getting to the visa stage (during the K process or not) can be pretty tough from Eastern Europe in the first place.

[AKguy 1]

Anna made it through the JFK POE unscathed as well on the 10th. They grilled her a little about her previous trips to AK and then one officer hit on her (speaking Russian, "you are so beautiful"). And her luggage was lost in Finland.... It made it to NY and then was shipped Fed Ex next day air up to Alaska.

[AKguy 1]

Hehe

Anna was more upset about it than I was. "We should report him! He should be fired!"... No no, I don't think being "known" by anyone working there is a good idea. We'll just count that as the cost of admission. "Welcome to America!... So... you come here often?"

[BluesTraveler 0]

and then one officer hit on her (speaking Russian, "you are so beautiful").

Take it as a compliment. I would hit on her too!!!

Tell her it could have been worst it could have been a woman hitting on her.

[Chris_Жанна 11]

Anna made it through the JFK POE unscathed as well on the 10th. They grilled her a little about her previous trips to AK and then one officer hit on her (speaking Russian, "you are so beautiful"). And her luggage was lost in Finland.... It made it to NY and then was shipped Fed Ex next day air up to Alaska.

Great news!!! Very happy for you and your girl!!!

[AKguy 1]

Take it as a compliment. I would hit on her too!!!

Tell her it could have been worst it could have been a woman hitting on her.

Oh I did. I said, "well at least he wasn't lying".

I got over my jealous tendencies years ago, if I hadn't I'd have no business being with her because it would be miserable for us both.

[slim 1,534]

and snog a lot.

I'm not up on my Intraweb jargon. Snog? WTFO?

And in response to your new sig line statement - I agree 100%. Folks should use the entire three months to decide if they really do want to marry. Or, they should do like AK and have their S/O come over as often as possible for more snogging (verb form, right?) and to further the decision making process.

Congrats to you guys up there in Alaska. Have fun playing pool. My wife said the dude at JFK was "extra helpful" (in Russian language, no less) so if it's not the same guy, there are more like him. But... who can blame them?

[Chris_Жанна 11]

Congrats! And don't worry, that guy hits on everyone. Once I had to beat him off with my carry on luggage.

Beat him off with your carry on........sounds kinky j/k.

[AKguy 1]

One part of my brain wants to say something smart like, "She saved the beating off for me", but that would just be wrong and tasteless...

Mox, that was it exactly. She was upset with someone in a position of "authority" hitting on her. To which I understand completely. While it didn't make me tingle with delight that he did it, at least he didn't tell her to come in the back room for an examination. Then we'd be fightin!

I agree on the sig! If that's all the real time together some will have, then by all means use it as you see fit... as long as both parties know it's how it's going to be used.

Anna and I are both extremely fortunate to spend this much time together. We've already had time to see ourselves in not so pretty of a light, and we're still together. It'd be real hard to do that if you only knew someone from emails and chats, so I count myself as VERY lucky we can spend this much time together before that day we're all striving to get to comes.

Not that I'm one to snog and tell, but we've got that covered. "at least 2 times a day". I love it when she makes executive decisions.

[Brad and Vika 130]

Exactly. Because that's what the K1 was designed for, to give the couple a solid 90 days to get to know each other and decide if they should get married.

(wait for it...)

No explosion, what a let-down! Seriously, that is EXACTLY what the officer told me at our AOS interview when he saw that we got hitched about half way through the visa term. From the proverbial horses mouth.