portalfan

What have you done so far? What's your background?

When my L visa expired I crossed the border and came back on a B visa, I was open with CBP on why i'm leaving and returning and had no issue. YMMV

If you just want to adjust your status you can do so using USCIS ELIS or mail in form i-539

USCIS ELIS

Guess you were a little wiser to bring documentation with you showing ties to your home country, that you would return to it. She didn't bring anything, such as her apartment lease, work contract, something saying that she was going to school at the time, that she obviously has family, etc. Me being insecure about sharing private details has passed, I'm not really sure why you're bringing it back up. Like I said, I've explained everything now to the best of my knowledge and memory. I simply said I didn't know why she was refused (if I did say that, not that I don't believe you, and please don't quote it in a post, I'm taking your word for it) just because I didn't know that it was necessary information at the time. Sorry it seems fishy. Feel free to read another thread. You know exactly everything that I know at this point. If it still feels fishy to you, welcome to my life for the past 3 years. The whole thing seemed fishy to me. I ran around the airport trying to find somebody that knew what was going on, that could explain...and it was like they knew but didn't want to tell me. Maybe you were more aware of international travel (or at least to the US, specifically) and what it entails before you went, and kudos to you for that. I guess we were a little naive about it. That would be our one and only mistake. There's nothing else that I've left out, there was no wedding dress in her luggage that I've failed to mention, we weren't honestly planning on getting married when she came (not that it matters either way, as it turns out), and we weren't deceitful or evasive or dishonest in any way.

I don't understand why you're trying to argue with me, especially based on the wrong assumption that I brought supporting documents. (I didn't, nor did I imply I did.)

I'm also not trying to quote and nitpick everything you said in this thread, I told you this is how people will approach it based on your responses, this one included.

I know you're frustrated with the situation, and if it wasn't bad enough to get doubts cast from CBP, now you have people doubting you here where you expect support. The thing is, people have to play devil's advocate to understand what's going on. By putting yourself on the aggressive side to any post that doubts the incident your SO had you lose credibility.

At the end you still ignore the helpful advice I and others have given you. You need to contact the consulate, make sure your SO isn't on a do not admit list for her incident (whatever it may be) and just come again under the VWP if possible or another visa if needed.

Good luck!

Don't hold your breath for the online status, all 3 numbers I got last month don't work.

As for walkins it really depends on the office, how many people are there now, you reason for the walkin, the mood of the manager. Some people get in right then, I personally tried a walk in and had my appointment rescheduled 2 weeks earlier. Good luck!

Meatloaf n Taters:

I was in a similar position as your now wife. I came to visit my girlfriend in the US, and openly admitted to it.

I had no issue going in, it was the basic "how long are you going to stay here, where will you be staying" questions every immigrant goes through.

In your case there's two options:

1. 1 Something fishy went on such as conflicting answers, or maybe your gf didn't have a job/lease/school at home that implies her return.
   
2. 2 Your gf got unlucky and hit a CBP officer having a bad day/not very nice to begin with.
   

As others have mentioned and not to push the issue further, you came here asking for the help of the community. If people are going to help you and give their advice and experiences they need to know details about what happened. No one is trying to be nosy about your private business, as you already opened it for discussion. There's absolutely no need to be passive-aggressive towards people in the thread.

Subjectively, just reading this the whole affair "stinks". Saying you don't know why she was refused, then saying you do know. Using vague excuses such as "she was tired, etc etc" don't really add anything to the discussion. I've personally went through CBP groggy eyed and hungover without issues.

Yes, CBP can be scary and hard to understand for us inexperienced travelers. In this case it just seems fishy and you have yourself to blame. No one is going to read through this thread and come up with a sympathetic point of you and give you the benefit of the doubt.

My best suggestion is to contact the consulate and start the process with them, your wife should have no issues coming to the US on her VWP unless she has a ban for whatever reason she got denied entry. If you have some information that could be helpful and you don't want to bring it out to the open, you can also ask to PM the members who tried to help you, me included, and discuss in private. However this means your experiences will not help the next person looking for help on a similar issue, in the same way it would've helped you if you searched for it.

Eventually somebody will sign for it but be prepared to wait a few days

Thanks,

I hope you're right

Totally normal. I did exactly the same thing (express post to lockbox, forgot to check signature waiver). I got the same notification. It showed as delivered a couple of hours later.

This is a relief but as of the end of the day, it still hasn't been picked up. (The attempted delivery was over the weekend).

We just sent our AOS package to the Chicago lockbox via USPS express but we didn't check the the Wavier of Signature box. The tracking status currently shows: "Notice Left (No Authorized Recipient Available)".

Will it get picked up or should we expect our package back in a few days?

Thanks!

I guess we are at the same spot, this is very reassuring news for us. Thank you!

We did this, but by the time of the interview, those assets were in either joint names (a house in the USA) or transfered into my USC husband's bank account in the USA. They don't like assets being foreign based, and if they are purely "your" assets, ie not shared, then they will wonder if it is a bonafide marriage if you are not willing to co-mingle resources.

Money does not have to be in an account for a year but if it has not been there for a year, they may ask where it comes from- to show it's not just a case of a relative "lending" you the money for a few weeks to get the visa approved and then you are giving it back to them.

Penguin,

Did you both have no income at the time filing for AOS?

We're moving the money to our joint savings account in the US so that shouldn't be an issue. Right now it looks like we have to count on ourselves to do this but we might consider getting a joint sponsor just in case.

Thanks!

Update:

It seems like it's just going to be easier to transfer the money to my bank account in the US.

I've read somewhere that the money needs to be here for at least a year, but nothing official. Does anyone have any information on this?

Hi,

We are filing AOS i-864 but we both have no income and want to use the immigrant (my) assets instead.

We have a couple of questions about the conditions:

Can the immigrant visa applicant count assets that he or she owns that are outside the United States, such as real estate or personal property?

Yes, under the following conditions:

• The assets must be convertible to cash within 12 months
  
  • The assets is a bank account with stocks and bonds, easily converted to cash. Do I need to provide any document to show this other than a summary of the account?
    

  [*]The applicant must show that the assets can be removed from the country where they are located. Many countries have limits on cash or liquid assets that can removed from the country

  • There's no restrictions between the two countries and both have a free trade agreement and tax treaty, how would this be shown?
    

  [*]The net value of assets is at least five times the difference between the sponsor's income and 125 percent of the poverty guideline for the household size.

  • This is the only clear and easy item, the bank is able to provide me with a letter stating the value of the assets in the account and the surpass this requirement.
    

I have a few other questions:

• Do you also expect an issue if there's currently no income? (We are both moving so another state soon and I'm currently a student)
  
• I previously worked under an L visa, should I present my tax documents to show previous income?
  
• Does my wife still needs to provide her previous year tax info?
  

Thanks!

Thank you, this clears up a little more information!

Hi,

I'm currently in F status expiring in December (which I can easily extend)

However, I am ready to file my i-485 and i-130 package and seen information that I don't need to renew my visa once my i-485 was received.

I don't want to overstay my visa illegally so I'm looking for exact details and confirmation on this, with hopefully a link to this on USCIS.

Thanks!