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Port of Entry (POE): SFO (San Francisco Int'l) specifically. What types of questions are asked of the Fiancé/Fiancée?

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
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I am Vietnamese-American and my Fiancée is Vietnamese National. We both speak Vietnamese to one another (which is pretty uncommon for this site I guess?). 
Has anyone had trouble at Port of Entry (SFO, SF Int'l specifically) for their Fiancée at a POE and required secondary inspection? Will they have translators there at POE (SF)? 

Thank you so much! 

K-1 Journey:
 

Service Center: California Service Center

Transferred: No
U.S. Consulate: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

I-129F Sent: December 04, 2023 

I-129F Received: December 07, 2023 

I-129F NOA1: December 11, 2023
I-129F RFE(s): None

I-129F NOA2: April 18, 2024
Case Sent to NVC: April 19, 2024 

NVC Case #, IIN, and BIN Assigned: May 7, 2024

Case Left NVC: May 21, 2024 

Consulate Received: May 23, 2024 

Packet 3 Received: June 2, 2024 

Packet 3 Sent: June 3, 2024 

Interview Date: September 30, 2024

Interview Result: Approved! 

Visa Received: October 5, 2024

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
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Our experience was at Dulles, not San Francisco.  I was asked the normal entry questions about food and where I had traveled.  There were no K-1/K-2 specific questions.  I don't recall my wife saying anything except "thank you" when the officer welcomed her to the U.S.  There was no secondary inspection upon entry for my wife or her son when he arrived later in the year.  She won't have to speak much, if at all.  If you are not with her, just tell her to have documents ready and hand them to the officer when called to the counter.  He will review the passport/visa, stamp it, and welcome her to the U.S.  It took maybe 5 minutes for the officer to stamp and review my passport, K1 fiance, and K2 daughter.  So, assuming your fiance isn't carrying anything that flags her luggage, port of entry is pretty easy.  Worry about her missing a flight, not being denied entry.😄

 

Best of luck - Jason

 
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