US Immigration from England

Hi all, I saw there was a thread on this but it was from 2017 so I thought I would do a new one as the link from the government in there was bad.

My husband (British) and I (American) are traveling to Asia with my family for the first time since we got the extension letter end of Dec. Right now his letter is for 48 months (from March 2023).

We havent done this before, so a little nervous, so sorry if these questions have been answered or seem easy.

When we leave for Tokyo, my husband can use his normal British passport to exit the US, right, then upon returning, he will need to show his expired GC and the actual letter, correct? Does he need to show the Delta airline person coming back or only at Ohare when we return?

Any other docs we can print (as the airline people in Asia may now know), or even the people at Ohare upon our return? I have heard horror stories of immigration people leaving other countries or even ours, not knowing what the letter is

Thanks,

Caitlin

Does anyone have knowledge of how long document retention should be? We, like all of you, have a giant box of immigration paperwork and am just wondering what everyone is doing with it and when. Thanks :)

Me and my spouse have recently received our I130 approval and have started on getting NVC stage started.

I want to visit the states in a few months before my interview so I can pick up some documents and see my wife and in-laws before what might be the Big Move not long after.

However, my ESTA is about to expire right before those dates. Can I apply for a new ESTA while at this late stage? Thanks!

Hi all, extremely useful thread thanks. When people have recently contacted the Visa Medical company has there been any suggestion of wait time to book the medical date? I am abroad at the moment (open ended) and want to organise my flight back to U.K. to tie in with the medical, interview etc.

I was DQ d on 9th Jan so waiting on the IL any day and expect to be hopping on a flight fairly soon after! Thanks.

Hi,

We have two children and do they need to go to the interview with the parent who is the main beneficiary?

They are both listed on the I-130 and we have submitted al their docs to NVC which have been accepted.

They are both under the age of 11.