Fiancé wants to visit

[E40sixnole 0]

Hello,, I have a K1 Fiance visa in progress right now. My fiance, which currently lives in HK wants to visit me on a tourist visa that is currently valid and active. Will the US customs deny her entry to visit.. mind you, she will have a return trip ticket back to HK.

Please give me your thoughts.

[iampatricias 17]

Hello,

My thought is that if she already has a valid tourist visa, by all means visit. I use an I94 to visit my American fiance pretty regularly while we wait for this K1 paperwork to go through. It never hurts to bring proof of employment, or records showing her responsibilities in HK and her need to return before her visa expires. I usually bring my work contract and most recent pay stub, but things like rental or lease agreements or school enrollment papers also do the trick.

Hope that helps!

[Al422 221]

Technically, once the i129f is on file, she could be denied entry to the U.S. on the visitor's visa because her intent to not immigrate, the basis for the visitor's visa, is no longer true.

In actual practice, passport control at the port of entry will not normally get that technical, but just in case they do, it is good to have the documents the last poster suggested so that the intent to immigrate for THIS TRIP can be overcome.

[E40sixnole 0]

That is very interesting.. no wonder they gave her a hard time last time on a trip we took.

Technically, once the i129f is on file, she could be denied entry to the U.S. on the visitor's visa because her intent to not immigrate, the basis for the visitor's visa, is no longer true.

In actual practice, passport control at the port of entry will not normally get that technical, but just in case they do, it is good to have the documents the last poster suggested so that the intent to immigrate for THIS TRIP can be overcome.

[MalaysianGirl 26]

Just ask your fiancee to bring lots of proof of strong ties to her home, such as what iampatricias has already said.

[max+patricia 24]

This is asked here alot it seems, and there really isn't a definite answer either way. My fiancee is currently here on a tourist visa, and we have filed our I-129F, albeit after she arrived. Still, she came ready with proof of ties to her home country - and was ready for the possibility of being denied entry, which is TOTALLY up to whatever IO at the POE. Being ready for that trauma is probably the biggest hurdle that discourages people from visiting in the first place. You just never know for sure how it'll go.