I got SHOCKED after i called NVC please help meeee !!!!

[Camelott 2]

If your plan is to come on a visitor's visa and adjust status, but you lie at POE that you just want to visit and you get caught, yes, they deny you entry.

If your plan is to come on a visitor's visa to visit, and you show ties to your country if asked, you can enter the country, regardless of having an I-130 pending. You don't have to lie at the POE to enter the country for a visit with an I-130 pending. Plenty of people have done that.

Btw, not very smart to lie to the people with computers in front of them containing all sorts of immigration data about you. They probably know about the I-130 before you tell them, so saying that people who visit with an I-130 pending are lying about it is naïve at best.

Please don't say things that I didn't wrote!!

I didn't say that we lied to the officer at the POE!!!

We said that we had a I-130 in process and they sent us back to our country.

I don't like people who give wrong informations!!!!!!

I hope you will ask sorry for that

have a nice day

[Mollie09 1,543]

Please don't say things that I didn't wrote!!

I didn't say that we lied to the officer at the POE!!!

We said that we had a I-130 in process and they sent us back to our country.

I don't like people who give wrong informations!!!!!!

I hope you will ask sorry for that

have a nice day

When did I say that's what you did?

You are the one spreading incorrect information based on one data point, your personal experience. I don't know what you did or what happened to you, I wasn't there. I'm just explaining to the OP what the laws and regulations surrounding this situation are. And correcting the information you gave, which is wrong.

[Camelott 2]

When did I say that's what you did?

You are the one spreading incorrect information based on one data point, your personal experience. I don't know what you did or what happened to you, I wasn't there. I'm just explaining to the OP what the laws and regulations surrounding this situation are. And correcting the information you gave, which is wrong.

You said: "They probably know about the I-130 before you tell them"

it is obvious that you are talking about us.

Please use other words if you don't say what you say, or the misunderstanding is easy!

I won't reply and i won't read your answer, if you will do.

This conversation is sick as well.

Bye

[Ketsuban 1,033]

Please don't say things that I didn't wrote!!

I didn't say that we lied to the officer at the POE!!!

We said that we had a I-130 in process and they sent us back to our country.

I don't like people who give wrong informations!!!!!!

I hope you will ask sorry for that

have a nice day

would like to chip in and add I visited my husband while our immigrant visa was (and still is) in progress. I even had a friendly chat with the border officer about my petition and how I would be moving over once all the processing is done.

Your assumption that you can't legally visit with an I-130 in progress was a lie told to you by the officer who denied your wife because they are allowed to deny entry on gut instinct alone and make up an excuse as to why.

Technically they could take one look at your shoes, balk in disgust and decide right there they're not about to let you in then make up it was because your papers aren't right when in fact they are. All legal on their side.

[Gosia & Tito 199]

No offense at all.

My mistake to say 60 instead 90

The chief of the officer at the Boston POE told me that trying to entry with an ESTA when you have a I-130 in progress is considered a lie and that is a federal crime.

If you pass the border telling that you are just visiting, if you are lucky and they trust you you can go in.

In our case we were honest and the chief send back us to our country telling us was not possible to do that.

My wife went in USA 1 year ago for the first time in her life.

The second time was in march, when we already started with the I-130 request.

Anyway, I trust that officer.

You trust I don't know who.

Different point of view.

No problem... you keep yours, I keep mine.

If you trust that officer, I have bridge to sell you.

People here is trying to correct information that is wrong -no one here is trying to prove you wrong-; yours is (about the denial of entry when on a I-130; as you can see for several people who have entered the country while processing it); there is no shame in that.

You are taking this much to personally and I can understand that, but that is not conducive to any good outcome. At the end of the day, only when you have correct information is that you can be empowered.

It is well known that officers at the border have discretion as to who they let in and who they don't. They might have told the story on the i-130 out of ignorance (which very much exists in those ranks) or to appease you with a 'legal" reason; I don't know, I was not there. Oftern there is not much you can do in that situation, and that is a shame.

What we all here know for sure is that individual cases do not constitute proof of anything other than your case.

No one is accusing you guys of lying or advising to not being honest.

Good luck on your journey.

[jerod_gavel 16]

Every letter I have gotten from NVC, USCIS, and CBP says boldly that a visa does not gurantee entry. It also usually says it is up to the CBP officer based on his evaluation. That being said, even embassies will tell you that it is ok to put in for an I-130 and also travel after it is put in. The one case versus anyone else is not the same. I am sure that the CBP had feelings that something was going on. They don't just turn you away because of a bad day. What that was caused by is usually mailed to you in a letter from the CBP, and you have to note it in future communications with NVC and USCIS. (Hence why they ask have you been turned down for a visa or entry in the last year.) My wife was turned down for a tourist visa because they specifically said I needed to file the I-130 first. We had been married for too long. They outright told me she was too high of risk for doing an adjustment on arrival, and they wouldn't take a chance. (Even though they knew I had worked overseas for 13.5 years and would be coming back overseas.) We didn't let it bother us, and they have been kind to us with all communications since then.

[seth2013 39]

Every letter I have gotten from NVC, USCIS, and CBP says boldly that a visa does not gurantee entry. It also usually says it is up to the CBP officer based on his evaluation. That being said, even embassies will tell you that it is ok to put in for an I-130 and also travel after it is put in. The one case versus anyone else is not the same. I am sure that the CBP had feelings that something was going on. They don't just turn you away because of a bad day. What that was caused by is usually mailed to you in a letter from the CBP, and you have to note it in future communications with NVC and USCIS. (Hence why they ask have you been turned down for a visa or entry in the last year.) My wife was turned down for a tourist visa because they specifically said I needed to file the I-130 first. We had been married for too long. They outright told me she was too high of risk for doing an adjustment on arrival, and they wouldn't take a chance. (Even though they knew I had worked overseas for 13.5 years and would be coming back overseas.) We didn't let it bother us, and they have been kind to us with all communications since then.

I have no doubt that what you are saying is true, but that seems so ludicrous for them to require an I-130 for a simple visit when you (presumably) had evidence supporting your return to employment overseas...

Anyways, I echo what others have said that it's alright to visit on a tourist visa while I-130 is pending. Plenty of people on here have done it.

[S_R 148]

Please help, i called moroccan cansulate and USCIS and both said that they dont see any problem in this !!

If you called the consulate and Uscis and got the all clear why would you believe your friend? Anyways, the CBP officer has the final say at POE.

[Jawaree 717]

People visit all the time wile being processed for LPR

It depends on the CBP, do they visit annually & go back

home, amount of luggage they are toting, its best to visit

for a mth or less not more, tell the truth & family members

accepting U should know intended time of stay if they are

called for confirmation...They wont issue a visa while a petition

have started, they should travel with stuff showing continued ties to

their country,a sensible CBP knows if they wanted to run off

they could a long time ago...Your pal is not correct

[MUXAGIRL 69]

Not true, I was granted a tourist visa when I was in the NVC stage of my immigration process, the interviewing officer knew fully well I was going through consular processing of IV and still granted me tourist visa. Furthermore, my tourist visa was not even cancelled during my immigrant visa interview and was left as it was!

I asked the embassy specifically about using tourist visa during immigration process and their answer was " As long as your purpose of visit matches the visa you are using you can go ahead with it. If your visa is valid, unmarked and not damaged, you are okay to use it. However, we can not guarantee what will happen at the point of entry as it depends upon the discretion of the CBP officer.

[sarausara 0]

Helloo

I just give you all an update

My parents are here they arrive safe with no questions at all )))))

Thanks for your help

[Ian H. 207]

That's great.

[sachin1 42]

I am with "Camelott"

It can be deny trust me it happen with one of my friend. He was little lucky he had I130 pending and his tourist visa was expire and so he file for another one. Which was deny.

Means he didn't have to go through trouble like Camelott has to go.

[Ian H. 207]

I am following another post of a woman who was also concerned that her parents's tourist visas would be voided. Their process is already at the NVC and they were allowed entry with no questions asked. This is a case by case basis because the CBPO has complete discretion. They do not void your tourist visa or deny you entry simply by having a pending petition.

I am with "Camelott"

It can be deny trust me it happen with one of my friend. He was little lucky he had I130 pending and his tourist visa was expire and so he file for another one. Which was deny.

Means he didn't have to go through trouble like Camelott has to go.

[Pitchounette 6]

You can't go to USA with an ESTA or B1 or B2 visa if you have a I-130 in progress.

I am sorry but you are wrong.

I have a B2 visa and went 4 times while my I-130 app was in progress. Never had a problem.