Jean Desses

Well when they start asking questions, you gotta answer so that's all you could do. I never called my UK "friend" my fiance ...as in never referred to him by that term to him or friends or famiily. (Maybe on VJ I did) He never proposed and I didn't get an engagement ring. But when we went back to England married, he breezed through the UK line and I got in visitors. (Didn't know I could go through with him.) I said I was visiting my husband's family. Then the questions flew at me. What are their names? Where do they live? Is your husband a UK citizen? Where does he live? Where is he now?...right behind you waiting for me to get through this queue. I guess husband, like fiance was the magic word.

It would be so nice to be able to go through customs with my fiance, but I imagine I can only do that once we're married?

Thanks for the replies so far. I'll definitely be sure to have a copy of the NOA1 on me (as well as all of the information I have to bring anyway for my fiance' to have to take to the interview with him) and a full itinerary of when I plan to return home. I can also bring a copy of my lease, but unfortunately, I don't own property and I will also be unemployed when I go. (I'm beginning graduate school in May.) Should I bring my acceptance letter or something else proving that I'll be starting school in May? Hmm, now I'm starting to get a bit nervous about it! I'd be devastated if they sent me back.

Heathrow's border security always gives me concern. I've never had real problems with them, I just hate the intense scrutiny during questioning. I'm going to visit my fiance' for 7 weeks at the beginning of April, and we'll probably be leaving the country and returning at least 3 times on mini-trips, so I'm just wondering how I should prepare myself. Should I tell them I'll be staying with my fiance, and if so, should I mention that we've applied for a K1 in the US? Do I need to bring documentation that I will be beginning classes at the end of May to demonstrate ties? Or should I expect it just to be treated like every other tourist?

OP, I have done a lot of research regarding the legal economy in the US and the best route to become a lawyer. The Massachusetts Bar is pretty opaque about how they deal with this situation, but since Indian law is based on the Commonwealth Code, that is a good place to start. I would look into this with the Bar Association. The suggestion to work as a paralegal is very strong: you will hopefully be able to build up a network within the legal community for once you pass the bar. And if you do end up needing an LLM, Boston is home to three very good law schools for such a task: Harvard, Boston University, and Boston College. The biggest problem is if you will qualify for loans (very possible you'll need a USC to co-sign them) and law schools themselves rarely offer scholarships at the LLM level. However, if you do decide you want to be a lawyer in the US, there are ways to figure out all of these daunting tasks, just as we jump the hurdles to get visas in the first place.

You have to report current income so what you made previously won't count toward proving financial support by the time you get to London interview or Adjustment of Status, which follows shortly. The AOS is the harder one. Pick one joint sponsor who makes enough on their own.

Just wondering why the two-is-better-than-one mentality isn't accurate here. They both make enough on their own.

Hello everyone! Just checking in. NOA1 was February 13 so I probably won't need this for a few more months but it's a great resource. Thanks in advance, and it's lovely to see all these couples in the same situation as my wonderful SO and me!

I also have a question re: financial resources. For 2011, I had a job (not incredibly well paying but definitely above the threshold) but I'm quitting on April 1 of this year to start graduate school in a different state. We plan on living off of my student loans until he is eligible for work and getting affidavits of support from my mother and his aunt (a naturalized citizen). Is this going to delay us or how should we handle it?

Hello everyone! I'm sure my question has been asked numerous times, but I guess I'm just looking for reassurance. I submitted the 129f for my fiance visa and got the first NOA on February 14 (how romantic!). We're planning a pretty large family wedding (including about 15 members of his family/friends from the UK, all of whom will be getting plane tickets/hotel reservations/etc.) for December 28. The venue is expecting us to put down a deposit soon, so I was just wondering if it's utterly nuts to plan all this/put ourselves at risk to lose tons of money with our visa status in limbo (and also in early stages!).