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As the subject title explains, I am on a 12 week work notice period in the UK, so once I have had my US embassy interview and I get approval (fingers crossed), rather than wait the 12 week notice period before I enter the US with my new green card, am I able to enter the US and go through the green card formalities whilst I am still working, only to return to the UK a week later to continue my work notice period? I have read in some quarters that this is very much frowned upon and that US border control would find this very odd, but I have also read that this is absolutely fine as long as you're not out of the country for any longer than 12 months. At the point that I was intending to visit the US I would only have circa 8 weeks left to work in the UK, and I would be able to prove that through an e-mail from my employer, but what is the general consensus on this?

Debated posting this (kind of want to keep it secret ). Anyway, using the global entry app literally allowed myself and my work colleague to pass through CBP in minutes at Washington Dulles. For anyone familiar with Dulles, while riding on the arrival shuttle from a British Airways flight, we downloaded the app, signed up, and set our arrival information. When we reached the CBP arrival hall, it was packed, but we made our way to the GE App line which was empty, talked to an officer, and passed through. Now in our case we did not check any luggage (it was a quick trip), so we did not have to wait at the carousel, but the App is worth it especially at PoE's that tend to be busy.

I m hoping to get some advice regarding my upcoming trip to the U.S. on ESTA.

I m a graduate student in South Korea conducting research in the pharmaceutical sciences. I ve been invited to visit an university in US for approximately 85 days this summer to collaborate on a research project.

This is not a paid position there will be absolutely no income generated in the U.S., and I will be financially supported by my home university in Korea throughout the stay.

I already have a round-trip ticket booked (arrival: July 3rd), and I ve arranged to sublet housing from a friend for the duration of my stay.

This will be my first time entering the US on ESTA, and my only prior US travel history is a stay of about 1.5 years back in 2005 as a child when my parents were on a work assignment.

I would deeply appreciate any advice on how to best prepare for the entry interview or whether others have had similar experiences traveling under ESTA for academic, non-paid purposes.

Thank you very much in advance for your help!

OCT2018 My dad got hired by his employer into the united states, so he had me and my little brother as his derivative beneficiary coming with him into the US. JUNE2019, Dad s I-140 of my dad got approved by the uscis.DEC2020, Case was documentarily qualified but me as an derivative beneficiary of my dad.Got myself a newborn child born on NOV2021 which is my father grandchild. Due to lack of knowledge or being illitirate we dont know how to update my case for me to include my son at the application cause the ds260 was locked. But then We ve got our interview and JAN2024 and at the time of interview consular asked me if im married i said no which is true. But i told him that ive fathered a child back on NOV2021. He said thats fine you can add your dependent when you entered the united states. MAY2024 got my 10 years LPR. Didnt have to fill up information to input my child. We just paid the $235 fee. Im wondering where would i update it???

We are trying to reach out to the consulate to delay our interview. Has anyone successfully got in contact with the consulate for such matters? It s been 4 days and they haven t got back to us. The website they gave us has also been impossible to get onto (https://www.usvisascheduling.com), we tried every internet and device possible.