spoce

Thanks for your support.

The boyfriend is there on a L-1A (intercompany transfer of managers).

I see that there is a L2 visa for spouses.

Could that work or are the previous denial plus the very sudden marriage major obstacles here?

Thanks!

Dear all,

I am not posting for myself but a friend (German citizen) to see if I can help her .

Her boyfriend (NOT husband) recently (yesterday actually) moved to the US as an expat for 2 years.

She wants to spend those two years with him.

So she applied for a B2 visa, quit her job as an high school teacher, they sold their joint apartment, furniture was packed into a 40 ft Container and is on the way to the US.

And now the disaster begins: She went to the embassy in Munich for the interview like 3 weeks before her flight was scheduled.

Firstly, her English is not really good.

She told the officer she'd like come to the US for travelling around two years and taking English classes.

She did not provide a travel route, did not bring Hotel booking confirmations or anything, just a return flight ticket.

While the conversation obviously did not go very well as she did not understand several questions and had to ask for repetitions she also made one major mistake: When asked for an educated guess on how many bucks she would need for two years of travelling she (presumably out of nervousity) answered "2,000 $".

The officer understandably couldnt resist a good laugh and asked her to prove cash assets of 20,000 $ and a detailed travel route. She got a new interview appointment 10 days before her booked flight.

Whole family was mobilized to get those 20,000 bucks together on her check account within a few days and she booked accomodation for 2 years in advance (thank god, cancelable), went back to the embassy and still the visa was declined (not sure if there was Explanation or not).

Ok, so Little Girl is pretty much ruined -> no job, no Apartment, no furniture, no boyfriend and so on :-)

next day (not sure if the officer told her so?!) she tried to apply for the ESTA but it was also denied.

I know that she did many things wrong and didnt use her brain a lot after all, but now the questions are:

- how long after the denial is it worth going for a new attempt (with the same story)?

- could it be helpful if they marry real quick and then she applies for the visa with the motive of following her husband or will the "spontaneous marriage" be considered as a studious act?

- how long after the denial could this work?

- will she ever be able to have ESTA approved in the future?

Thanks for any help! ;-)

spoce