Wife's mom coming over from Russia on a K-1 visa

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I agree. I am pretty sure they won't give him any info over the phone, so showing up with proper ID and whatnot is essential.

[vad479 0]

Great, you people are awesome! Thanks for your help so far!

[Hell0W0rld 10]

also if the fiance has a copy of the 129F petition have him bring that, along with the NOA2, that way POE can reference off of those papers, she is a complete alien now...

[Chica Yeyé 41]

also if the fiance has a copy of the 129F petition have him bring that, along with the NOA2, that way POE can reference off of those papers, she is a complete alien now...

excellent idea!

[Y's_habibitk 2]

good luck!

maybe you can call the consulate and ask what to in case they do turn her away at POE. Hopefully, you wont have to do that

[Hell0W0rld 10]

good luck!

maybe you can call the consulate and ask what to in case they do turn her away at POE. Hopefully, you wont have to do that

if CBP decides turns her away, there is nothing the consulate can do, consulate is WAY over there while CBP is just right there...

[SuperDuper! 230]

Well, OP, you can be working to notify the airport of her possibly lost Visa Envelope Packet. Your wife hopefully told the airplane staff to be on lookout for it in the aircraft.

The reality is, she will be turned back without her 'DO NOT OPEN' envelope.

You realize that people are turned back by merely opening the 'DO NOT OPEN' envelope. It is considered compromised and invalid if opened by someone other than CBP DHS staff at POE.

I hope you can do a hat trick and get her into your arms this time, but keep it real. Good luck.

Edited October 12, 2009 by itzallgood

[vad479 0]

My god, that is definitely NOT news I was hoping for.

We are driving there right now, and nobody is picking up the phone at JFK. We do have a copy of petition and other documents. But like you said, people get turned around for lesser reasons than this!

[Inky 1,111]

Good luck I hope it works out for you!! This is sad, im so sorry this happend. Let us know how it went.

[vad479 0]

Spoke with an immigration officer (not a very nice guy) he said "Let us do our job." That didn't give much hope.

What I still don't understand is, why would it be such a problem if she has a visa?

[Hell0W0rld 10]

Spoke with an immigration officer (not a very nice guy) he said "Let us do our job." That didn't give much hope.

What I still don't understand is, why would it be such a problem if she has a visa?

the VISA needs documents to support it, anybody can buy an airplane ticket to come here so anybody can make their own VISA as well, fraud is pretty sophisticated they just never know....

[sunandmoon 450]

as mentioned before, the envelope contains her entire immigration file, up to the point of the visa being issued. since she is coming on a K-1, it could be needed and referenced to when she adjusts status. I saw my I-129f and other documents while the IO was going through our file during the AOS Interview.

Edited October 12, 2009 by sunandmoon

[Dakine 26]

It might take some doing but everything will work out in the long run. Only problem it may take awhile.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Any updates?

[Y's_habibitk 2]

good luck!

maybe you can call the consulate and ask what to in case they do turn her away at POE. Hopefully, you wont have to do that

if CBP decides turns her away, there is nothing the consulate can do, consulate is WAY over there while CBP is just right there...

If she gets turned away, I was thinking that the consulate can send out a replacment envelope once she gets home.

Good Luck OP and let us know what happens please.