travel after NOA2 but before interview?

[imthenachoman 3]

I am an American citizen. My fiancee is Indian and has had a multiple entry tourist visa since before we met. I applied for K-1 fiancee visa a while ago. I wanted her to come here while it was processing so we could look at houses. I confirmed with the airport CBP that as long as she has return ticket to show she will return to finish the process and that she is not planning on adjusting her status while she is here that she can come in. So we bought a round trip ticket. Well, according to http://uscis.gov/ our application just got approved. I'm expecting the NOA2 in the mail in the next few days. Since we already bought the plane ticket I'm wondering if there will be any problems with her coming and returning as planned. I called the airport again and they said since she has a tourist visa she can come in.

1. Since our application got approved, would her tourist visa be marked invalid? I understand it is up to CBP to let her in but I want to make sure other then CBP there are no other factors.
2. Once she goes for interview at US Embassy in Mumbai/Bombay, will they have a problem with her visit to America?

We already bought the tickets so we want to use them if we can but if the risk is too high then we won't.

Any help is apprciated.

[kehills 217]

She can come and go til she has the K-1 stamp. Only thing is, it's at the discretion of the officer at entry, so she should make sure she has lots of proof of ties back home, to prove she'll leave again. Return ticket, statement from job, bank accounts, owned property, other obligations, etc.

[imthenachoman 3]

She can come and go til she has the K-1 stamp. Only thing is, it's at the discretion of the officer at entry, so she should make sure she has lots of proof of ties back home, to prove she'll leave again. Return ticket, statement from job, bank accounts, owned property, other obligations, etc.

We have a return ticket but she doesn't work as she takes care of family. I think she has property she owns so I'll ask about that.

So you do not think there will be any issues with the interview with the fact that she came to America for a few weeks?

[kehills 217]

People visit all through the K-1 process. You can read more here: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/67796-yes-you-can-visit/ The difficulty is going to be convincing them she is going back.

Edited August 28, 2014 by kehills

[Al422 221]

Not at all. In fact it should help the interview because one of the things you need to establish is a genuine relationship. What better thing to show than shopping for your marital home together in the US? Give her copies of the docs generated by the real estate agent to show at the interview.