Me and my SO are currently in the process of filing for the K1 Visa. she's the USC. we've been together 2 years, 3 in August and I've made several visits to the US without any problems. the great thing about Dublin airport, it has the US border preclearance. on previous visits, I've always flown from Dublin to the US. but on my recent trip last month, I had to fly from Dublin > Amsterdam > Detroit > Cleveland. which meant I had to go through the US border preclearance in Detroit. while it wasn't a bad experience, it was certainly nerve wrecking.
once I arrive in Detroit, I was asked the standard questions on why I'm visiting. as always, I was honest and told him I was visiting my SO. he took my passport and went to talk to another officer. after 5 minutes of standing at the booth, he came back and I was taken into the "interview room" and my nerves started to kick in. this was my first time taken back into the room for questioning. at this point I've been traveling for 12+ hours and once I was taken into the room, I was thinking to myself "I've been traveling 12+ hours, 9 hours of which were in the air and if I'm turned away, I'm going to be devastated." 30 minutes go by and my name was called. it was a different officer and he was friendly. once again, he asked me why I'm visiting, how long, how I met my SO etc. he also asked if I intend to move the US to be with my SO and I told him, after this trip is when we start the K1 Visa. he tells me "It's good you're doing it the legal way. we take our job very seriously here and there's a lot of people who try and slip through the cracks." he also sees I've made several trips and I've returned home on the dates I was suppose to. he asked me to give him my SO's phone number, so he can ring her just to confirm everything I've told him is correct. I did, but she didn't answer. he then asked to see my Itinerary and phone. I'm not going to say no and potentially have it be an issue. so I give it to him and he starts reading my messages between me and my SO for a good few minutes. he's happy with everything, hands me back my phone and tells me before I can go, they have to search my luggage, which is fine.
after checking my luggage, he stamps my passport and tells me to enjoy my time with my SO and sends me on my way. I spent maybe 1 hour there and just made my connecting flight. like I said, it wasn't a bad experience, but I've never been so nervous. I can't imagine how it must feel for those who have been denied, while you're literally on the same soil and just hours away from your SO.
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Me and my SO are currently in the process of filing for the K1 Visa. she's the USC. we've been together 2 years, 3 in August and I've made several visits to the US without any problems. the great thing about Dublin airport, it has the US border preclearance. on previous visits, I've always flown from Dublin to the US. but on my recent trip last month, I had to fly from Dublin > Amsterdam > Detroit > Cleveland. which meant I had to go through the US border preclearance in Detroit. while it wasn't a bad experience, it was certainly nerve wrecking.
once I arrive in Detroit, I was asked the standard questions on why I'm visiting. as always, I was honest and told him I was visiting my SO. he took my passport and went to talk to another officer. after 5 minutes of standing at the booth, he came back and I was taken into the "interview room" and my nerves started to kick in. this was my first time taken back into the room for questioning. at this point I've been traveling for 12+ hours and once I was taken into the room, I was thinking to myself "I've been traveling 12+ hours, 9 hours of which were in the air and if I'm turned away, I'm going to be devastated." 30 minutes go by and my name was called. it was a different officer and he was friendly. once again, he asked me why I'm visiting, how long, how I met my SO etc. he also asked if I intend to move the US to be with my SO and I told him, after this trip is when we start the K1 Visa. he tells me "It's good you're doing it the legal way. we take our job very seriously here and there's a lot of people who try and slip through the cracks." he also sees I've made several trips and I've returned home on the dates I was suppose to. he asked me to give him my SO's phone number, so he can ring her just to confirm everything I've told him is correct. I did, but she didn't answer. he then asked to see my Itinerary and phone. I'm not going to say no and potentially have it be an issue. so I give it to him and he starts reading my messages between me and my SO for a good few minutes. he's happy with everything, hands me back my phone and tells me before I can go, they have to search my luggage, which is fine.
after checking my luggage, he stamps my passport and tells me to enjoy my time with my SO and sends me on my way. I spent maybe 1 hour there and just made my connecting flight. like I said, it wasn't a bad experience, but I've never been so nervous. I can't imagine how it must feel for those who have been denied, while you're literally on the same soil and just hours away from your SO.