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We're already doing that just to get to the wedding.. ... my fiancee lives in santa barbara ca but we're getting married in her home town portland oregon sept 21st!

Sorry to jump into the conversation but you will have the most beautiful drive! My fiancé is in Oregon so I'm moving over in a few weeks (hopefully!) and last time I was there we drove from LA to Portland via coastal roads. It really is an incredible drive in places!

I'm not sure if this will be helpful, but I'd had one entry (before getting engaged) where the POE wasn't very pleasant. Thankfully I got let through and that was the trip my fiance had been planning on proposing as it turned out! Anyway, as I didn't want a repeat of it again I sent a few emails to the cbp and didn't get too much in the way of help, aside from one kind officer who sent me this scan of a letter and a checklist of things they like to see as ties to your home country. When I re-entered as a fiancee I printed it out and made sure I had one of most of the things on the list, or at least anything I could get hold of. As it turns out, I had all the evidence and got waved straight through, but I thought I'd upload it in case it helps anybody else! It's reassuring to see what they are looking for


Intentions_and_Ties.pdf

Thank you for the help, but he's self employed, so no w2's or letter from employer available. I want to get an interview scheduled as soon as possible but obviously I don't want to get there and the 2011 tax return to not be enough

So this is my first time asking a post as a member, but I've spent the past 8 months using this website as a wonderful resource and searching the forums, but this time I can't find the answers I need! I'm going through the London Embassy and had my medical yesterday, my forms are ready to go, all I need to do is mail them, however the snag is that I only have my fiance's 2011, 2010 and 2009 tax returns. If I mail off the DS 2001 form of readiness and get an interview date, is it fine to use the 2011 as the most recent, I know people only finishing filing taxes a couple of months ago and I really do not know enough about the US system to know how it all works or when the cut off date for 2011 being most recent is. My fiance is self employed and has various other assets and shares in different investments, so would taking the 2011 return be accepted, or should I wait until the 2012 return shows up before mailing the DS 2001 and other forms?

Thank you!