Hi all,
My partner (24 M) and I (26 F) are trying to arrange for him to come visit me in the United States this summer. He is from New Zealand, part of the visa waiver program. I am graduating from college in May and moving out, and in NZ, he lives with his parents. I am absolutely wracked with panic right now at the thought of him landing in the US and being denied entry (and I can't visit him right now or for a while). I am concerned because he lives with his parents and recently stopped paying rent to them; he makes money but as a freelancer for digital art and not with a "traditional" job; he is not enrolled in school. He is occasionally part of a volunteer conservation group, so we thought about getting a letter from the organizer. We have decided that he will stay for 2 weeks and already have a return ticket to present if asked. I know there's no absolute guarantee, but I'm just so anxious that he's marking all these red flags. We would be devastated if he was turned around. What else can we possibly pull together to make his chances of entry more likely? 2 weeks, with return ticket, and he'd be staying with me, so no hotel reservations. He's been to the US once in the past--once in 2015 for 5 days with his mom for a convention, and once to Canada in 2017 for 3-4 months, all without issue. This is keeping me awake at night. What else can we do?
