Arazia

Thank you for the replies. As I said before, I do know about bringing evidence and such to proove intent to return and I really don't expect problems.

I just wanted to know what the 'risks' were involved in visiting if you were turned back during the K-1 process. In general, people seem to imply in their statements that there is something terrible that will happen if you do happen to get turned back.

It is some comfort to know that it really isn't as big of a deal as people seem to make it out to be (at least from what I've been told thus-far).

Now, I know questions about 'can you visit' come up a lot. This is SPECIFICALLY not that question. I know that it is not against the laws or in any way illegal to have a foreign fiancee' visit during the process. I already know about bringing evidence to proove ties to the home country, and such.

What concerns me is that when I mentioned my fiancee' visiting me this coming holiday, the response I seemed to get was overwhelmingly:

"We didn't risk it because we didn't want to jeopardize things..."

I'm curious as to how exactly being turned back at the border during the K-1 process would effect the process itself or jeopardize things? What exactly could be the consequences? It's just a little ominous to hear people talk about the 'risks' of it, but never specifically saying what those risks are...

I just want to take a moment to thank everyone for the concern.

Since the Netherlands is part of the VWP, it's generally a lot easier for visits then it might be with some other countries. During the last visit to the United States, he was only aske two questions, the purpose of his visit and how long he was staying.

As far as I've been told, border agents have no information as to K-1 applications, or any other applications for that matter. He plans on bringing evidence of his return ticket as well as his school schedule which shows his classes after the Christmas holiday.

What is confusing me is everyone saying 'we didn't want to jeopardize anything'. How can a visit jeopardize the process? Even if he gets turned back (which is highly unlikely) how would that cause any problems whatsoever?

A very confused...

Arazia

Congratulations. I'd be very much interested in hearing about his experiences as some few months from now my fiancee' will have to go through all of that in Amsterdam.

Congrats! Glad to see you finally got that approval you were waiting for.

Don't forget to update your timelnie for our statistics folks.

Umm...

I don't think that's an approval statement. Isn't that just the mail you get when they've recieved your RFE?

Wow, that sounds like a scarey experience. I'd have been sweating bullets if something like that happened to me. I hope your other trips go smoother than that.

I'll keep my fingers crossed for you and hope for the best of luck.

Cross my fingers and pray for your approval to come soon after the RFE like some of the other folks lately. I can't say I understand how it feels to wait that long, but you certainly have my sympathies.

Congratulations!

Really nice to see all these Friday approvals. I wonder who put jolt in the coffee at USCIS today?

Congrats, looks like another Juner with RFEs getting put through.

Good luck!

Congrats!

You can find a list of all the abbreviations here:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=definition

Edit: *snaps her fingers* Mew beat me by about one second! heh.

Well, baring in mind that the question itself is 'questionable'...

Everyone here is in a different situation, and a different point in their lives. There are those who have been together a matter of months, and those together for years. The dynamics in a relationship are different between the two. If you've become used to being appart for years at a time, then you probably are more likely to not view this process as much different. For those who aren't used to it, it's a lot harder. You've been with your beloved and now the US government is what lies in the way of being together again.

I disagree...for instance, I lived with my fiance for 3 years & now have seen him twice in a year. After living a 'married life' with him, I find it awfully disconcerting to be in this position without him, but at the same time, I accept it for what it is.

I don't see how what you said differs from my original response.

You lived with your fiancee' for three years, and now you're appart now that you've started the process. That's different from being appart for three years and then starting the process and -still- being appart. You were used to him being there, and then had to let go.

What I mean is people who have been appart for years and years and are still appart while they do this process. Those people are used to being appart more than together. It's a different dynamic.

Congratulations!

*giggles and passes this on*

My fiancee said: "LOL. That wins the internet!"

Congratulations!

Wow, congratulations. It's nice to see those with RFEs getting their approvals so quickly afterwards.

Awesome news!

Congratulations on your approval and good hopes for things to speed up from here on in.

So far, I've payed for the initial filing. My fiancee' says he will pay part of the medical and visa fees, but as he is still in school he can't pay for all of it. So the majority is payed by me, the female petitioner.

Independant, I usually vote on issues or vote for people I've seen make a difference in the community and made an effort to meet the people who lived there (like talking to us at the train station or at a bank or something).

Congratulations!

Sometimes it's just nice to see a touch just to know you haven't fallen into the abyss behind the third-stall men's toilet at CSC. But as long as they keep approving applications some with no touches, I'll be happy to sit back and not have my application molested.

When you talk about marriage, I assume you're talking about the ceremony infront of your family/friends? The ceremony itself is not what matters to the U.S. Government, what matters is the legal marriage liscence. As far as I'm aware, you can get legally married here, and then have another ceremony anywhere you'd like as long as it is ceremony only (not registering the marriage again).

Of course, I'm sure there are people who know more specifics.

I picked the white cake with chocolate frosting, and it doesn't fit me personality wise at all. I used to be chocolate on chocolate, but it makes me sick now