interview june 18...planned travel to US july 3

[Flames9_RN 358]

OK, That is good news, however what happens when you have a 3 bedroom house with all your possessions that you want to bring....Should you not make that the first time you POE in order to get everything across with as little hassle as possible?? I mean as far as duty or taxes (or trying to avoid them)..lol.

Also...for instance, say I have a firearm which I want to bring with me, but paper work is not done yet with the atf, would I be hassled if I went over, came back and then tried to reenter at a later date in order to bring it back to the US? I know, I just threw another wrench..or firearm into the senario...

one has up to 10 yrs to bring ur stuff over

[SapphireDreams 71]

We're on the border too and my daughter will be wanting to cross into the US after her Visa is approved, but before she plans on entering on her K-1. What she did was get an enhanced driver's license, back in March. Now, everytime she crosses, she uses that instead of her passport. This way she won't have to worry about not getting her passport back in time for anything and she also won't have to worry about the border agent questioning her about crossing on the K-1 because they won't even see her passport until she makes that final crossing.

Maybe you could hurry and book to get an enhanced DL now. It only took a couple weeks for her to get it in the mail. It's an idea anyway. Good luck!!

My daughter's physical in TO and interview are both in June.

Keep in mind that they will still know there is a K1 in her passport. When I got my visa it was back when you could still cross by land using a birth certificate and driver's license. I asked at my interview if it would be okay to just use my DL and BC to cross instead of my passport in order to avoid using the K1 and the lady interviewing me said no that they would still be able to see that I had a K1 and I wouldn't be able to cross and not use the visa.

Obviously, many people have been successful cross and not using their visa, so I don't think her answer is completely true. But, I don't think it's safe to say that just because she is using an enhanced driver's license she is okay to cross back and forth freely with no risk. There is always going to the risk of getting that one border officer that thinks the K1 should be used. But, since she'll likely be driving and you live close to the border, it wouldn't be the end of the world to turn back.

[Rob & Monika 87]

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Edited May 22, 2012 by Rob & Monika