Previously denied entry to US on ESTA applying for B2. Advice?

[JD2 217]

There's a service called Argo Visa if you have money to burn.  They are former consular officers do consults.  They may be able to help him prepare.  But, now he has a previous denied entry and he's married to a US citizen.  What is your plan for his green card?

[SweetKuri 2]

On 11/29/2025 at 1:15 PM, JD2 said:

There's a service called Argo Visa if you have money to burn.  They are former consular officers do consults.  They may be able to help him prepare.  But, now he has a previous denied entry and he's married to a US citizen.  What is your plan for his green card?

We aren't married? We would like to get married but we wanted him to visit here to see if he would like it here before that. 

[SweetKuri 2]

On 11/29/2025 at 12:11 PM, JeanneAdil said:

With a USC gf and no job to prove for the ESTA,  it would have been assumed by immigration u would AOS in US and remain here

 

For Tourist visa, u can still be denied (or refused entry at POE) as with USC gf , ties are strong to remain here

Yeah, it was unfortunate timing. We are aware that he could still get denied either for the b2 application or at POE. The point of the post was to ask if there was anything we could prepare to make our case stronger such as utility bills, lease agreement for his tenature, letter of employment etc. We thought about him getting a b2 to visit before marriage but I wonder if we should just skip the b2 and attempt the k1. 

[JeanneAdil 7,356]

On 11/30/2025 at 10:09 PM, SweetKuri said:

Yeah, it was unfortunate timing. We are aware that he could still get denied either for the b2 application or at POE. The point of the post was to ask if there was anything we could prepare to make our case stronger such as utility bills, lease agreement for his tenature, letter of employment etc. We thought about him getting a b2 to visit before marriage but I wonder if we should just skip the b2 and attempt the k1. 

if he is native born UKC , i would carefully consider going the K1 

[OldUser 11,030]

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

if he is native born UKC , i would carefully consider going the K1 

Why K-1 and not CR-1?