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Thank you. I was thinking that we would show that she had room and board provided for her so our 20000 USD would be enough for her not to be a financial burden on the US. Does that make sense?

Our money is in separate bank accounts and kept in the US. But we are legally married. Will that be a problem if I have my financial information and a lot more money than her account?

We don't have any property as we live on her families property. We don't pay rent or utilities. Her job is a yearly job that gets renewed every summer. She has two cars in her name. Insurance, our son is registered in a local school.... A bank account. What is some other information that we could use to prove ties? Photos of our home?

Sam

Hello. Thank you in advance for your help with this question.

Myself, my wife, and my kids are travelling to the US for 2 months. We have about 20,000 dollars in our bank account, but we want to be thorough. Can my parents fill out an I-134 that we then present to the CBP agent upon entry into the USA? They are providing us room and board while we are in the US. 

What documentation should they provide? 

Thanks you so much. You all have been much better help than the actual government. Once again....

Thanks.  I didn't sign my wife up. The kids are us citizens. I'm just worried about how it will look to a border guard. But I also want my son to have access to quality healthcare.... that's why I did it but now I see that it creates a bad impression for the border guard. She has a long history of legally entering and leaving the US. We don't want to screw that up. 

Thank you for your respectful response. I see now I made a mistake signing them up for Medicaid. I should have gotten them a private insurance.

She comes with them in a few days so I think i will buy the private insurance and try to cancel the Medicaid.... that way she can present it to the border authorities.  

Do you have any suggestions for a next move?

We aren't planning on immigrating to the US. We would like to just spend a few months a year in the states so my kids can meet and spend time w my family. And I work here whole they stay w family. 

Hello. My wife is a Spanish National. I am US. I am planning on declaring dual residency for tax purposes. My wife and kids are visiting the states this summer for 8 weeks. 

I signed up myself and the kids for Medicaid. Now I'm worried that customs will say that Medicaid is a sign of intemt to immigrate on my wife's part. Is there any sense to my worry?

Thanks, Cathi. We have always followed the law and gone to lengths to communicate those attempts with CBP. I have a summer job in the States that we are hoping will allow our children to grow up knowing my grandparents better and also where I come from. We are small business owners in Spain and have enrolled my son in school. It's a little complicated because my wife is planning on taking a sabbatical next year to study for some exams, so she doesn't have a current contract, but we have no intentions of living in the US. 

She applied for an esta and was approved! Question answered! Thanks everyone!

Boiler. Is that because we abandoned the process once it arrived at USCIS (the second step of the process)?

Hello. We are filling out our ESTA for my wife to come to the US. I am a US citizen and resident in Spain. She is a Spanish citizen ex resident of the US.

We applied for a family resident visa with the 530 back when we were planning on living in the us and were accepted. Then we didn't move on with the process once it was referred to USCIS in 2019. We checked in using the website several times a year to keep it current, but eventually we must have started doing it wrong because we got a notice that over a year had passed since we had contacted them in October 2021. In April I sent a message formally withdrawing our petition but I have yet to hear back from them (backlog). 

I feel like my wife should be eligible for the ESTA because she hasn't been denied a visa since the case is still open and our withdrawal hasn't been processed. am I missing something? 

Hello, my wife and I are living in Spain with our two kids. We are planning on moving to the US. We have completed the I130 and are well on our way to getting the visa. I have a job lined up, and my wife can easily work as a teacher. She is concerned that maybe after 6 months or a year she will miss home and want to move back to Spain. We would like to attempt to raise our kids in both countries if possible. Will she lose her visa if we leave for several years? Will we have to start everything all over again if we want to move back to the US again in later years? 

Thank you for your advice everyone. If I understand correctly, since I have the NOA2 the NVC has received the I130 Application. If we stop at this step does it prejudice my wife for any potential future visa applications? We don't want to live in the US as of now, but my son is a US citizen and I am too. I don't want there to be any problems in the future. I'm assuming that it is my ignorance that is why I don't understand what to do, but I also don't want to continue with the NVC process and pay $$$$ only to not continue. I very much appreciate the advice and am looking for the best option as to how to move forward. 

It is the I130. We finished up to NOA2. I was under the impression that in order to extend we need to call someone or submit some paperwork....

Hello, I was under the impression that after establishing residency in Spain with my wife for over 2 years my wife can apply for residency through the Spanish embassy....

But that's not really my question. I would like to know how to stop the visa process that is now in motion without prejudicing a future visa application.

Hello. We received our NOA2 almost a year ago. A lot changed in the 250 days we were waiting, and we moved to Spain to have a baby.

We figured we would wait a year to see if we could make a successful life in Spain, and we did. We are now interested in canceling the visa process in a way that wouldn't prejudice my wife against doing Direct Consular Filing in the future. Any help would be great. Her NOA2 is one year old at the end of November.

Hello, we recently got the NOA2, now we are not sure what to do. Do we just wait for the NVC to contact us? Do we have to fill out any paperwork now? The NOA2 paper wasn't very helpful.

I bet there is a great resource for this here, sorry that I didn't find it.

Sam

Hello all,

My wife and I have decided to abandon the process of applying for her visa in the US and instead I have decided to go for Spanish and EU Citizenship. 

I am curious about how to cancel the visa without negatively impacting her ability to apply for Consular Processing or a B1 visa in the future.

We have received our NOA1 and are waiting for the NOA2.

Thank you in advance,

Sam and Marta

Hello everyone. I have an update on my wifes travel to and from the states while we wait for our NOA2.

After staying 85 days in the States in Utah she spent 7weeks in Spain. She returned to the States August 18th to stay for another 6 weeks before we head together back to Spain for the winter.

She flew direct from London Gatwick to Denver. Upon arrival at Customs in Denver she was sent to secondary inspections. When they asked her why she was traveling for a second time she explained that she was coming to visit me but was planning on leaving the country with me in mid October. She had all her paperwork for her finances,  the job that she does (substitute teacher) while coming and going from Spain, our NOA1, a car title and insurance in her name in Spain, even her dogs ownership identification from Spain. 

After a 10-15 minute conversation they let her through.

All these things were an attempt to provide enough evidence to overcome natural suspicions of the officer. In the end my wife said that the guy doing secondary inspections was more polite, professional, and understanding than the woman officer who initially sent her to secondary inspections. So don't give up hope just because you get sent to secondary. 

This whole process of visiting is a giant catch 22. You have to show enough documentation to prove that while YES you do plan on moving to the US, you have documents showing that you are an intending immigrant, NO you are not attempting to immigrate to the US on THIS visa. Having a translated work document was immensely helpful. Also my wife speaks English well, so that helped her interact with the officer. 

Also, we had an official bank statement, not a copy off the internet. That probably didn't hurt.

Good luck everyone! This system is bonkers, but visiting is possible.

1 hour ago, SusieQQQ said:

Hawaii is part of the US, makes no difference if she spends those 2 weeks there or at a hotel at the airport! 

As above she needs to be back inside the US and have departed for Spain before j visa has expired.  If she just wants to “visit” Canada as a way to extend her stay for a few weeks past her visa expiry that won’t work.

Thank you, this was my understanding as well. I was just looking for further support.

Just now, SusieQQQ said:

She will presumably have an outbound ticket to leave the US again (not to an adjacent country) within 90 days?

yes. she will go to hawaii for 2 weeks then fly home to spain.

Hello,

My friend has been teaching for 2 years on a J1 visa. She is planning on visiting Vancouver Canada when the DS2019 expires and then re-entering on the Visa Waiver 1 week later. 

This seems to me like a bad idea. Seems like she will be denied re-entry at the border. Anyone have more experience with this?

Thank you. I am aware of how long it is going to take. I'm more asking what to have ready or what to do once the NOA2 arrives.

Hello, 

We received our NOA1 on March 20th. What should I do while I wait for the NOA2 to come through. We got sent to Nebraska Service Center, so we believe that we have lots of time, but we want to be ready whenever we need to be.

Thank you.

When she approached the Officer they asked her "Are you on vacation?" She said "yes",  and then he asked "until when" then stamped her passport.

Hey, I just want to update everyone and let you know that she got in. In the end we went for 85 days and they didn't even bat an eyelash or ask her any questions about being married.

Just wanted to report that my wife, from Spain, entered into the US yesterday for 85 days without any problem. She came prepared with all the documents and they didn't ask her even a single question. POE was Denver International.