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Hi everyone!

I ll be entering the U.S. next week through Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW) on a K-1 visa, and I d love to hear from others who ve entered through this POE.

• Will I need to hand over my X-ray CD along with the sealed medical envelope, or should I just carry it with me?

• What was your experience like at Detroit POE as a K-1 visa holder?

• How long did secondary inspection take, if any?

I ll be traveling alone and want to make sure I m fully prepared.

Thanks so much in advance!

After my last two posts on this website, I'm glad to say that I dropped off my passport with my 221g just yesterday, April 28th, 2025. I'm happy, but now there are new concerns. Is there an estimate on how long it usually takes to hear back after that? The waiting game feels really hard to do.

Hi everyone. Has anyone here obtained a police clearance from Thailand while in the Philippines/outside of Thailand? How would we go about doing that? Thank you for answering.

Hello. a few things we are very confused about,

we are about to file for the AOS and getting together all the supporting documents, and I'm really not clear about some of what is being asked of us.

according to some guides and other posts on here, you need your tax transcripts and w2's, which is all well and good. where i get confused is where some suggest that you need "copies of your full tax return" and "all schedules"

pardon my ignorance, but by "full tax return" does it mean only the 1040 (which ranges from 2-5 pages depending on the year) or the full 20+ page packet that was returned to me upon completion of my taxes which include such forms as 540, 3514, 8880 and such?

I'm also not very familiar with what a "schedule" is in regards to taxes.

any information and help is greatly appreciated

thank you

Hi there,

My husband (entered on K-1) was denied license from dmv (alaska) as the I-94 is out of status. The clerk said her manager needs a current I-94. Im confused as obviously you cant get an updated I-94. The reasoning is perhaps they want to ensure he is here legally. But how can I prove this? We are certainly in a lapse as we had to wait for the marriage certificate to be received before filing for AOS and we are still waiting for it to arrive. My question:

will we be able to get the license with the marriage certificate or the receipt from filing AOS? How long does it take to obtain the receipt after sending the AOS?
any other recommendations/ tips are welcome. Thank you!