Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Dec 21st 2003, 1:21 pm
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Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Well, finally got to come here again. Haven't taken the risk and tried to come in since the original I-130 went off, so it's a year since I was last here.
After the application and interview went so well, I was expecting the entry to be plain sailing, just time consuming. I was wrong.
When I got to the immigration booth the guy was obviously having a bad day and he just snarled at me. He looked at my K-3 visa and told me he was giving me 90 days' admission.
I told him that London had told me it was a 2-year multiple entry visa, and his answer was 'the problem is that the embassies know nothing about immigration. This is a 90-day visa, good for one entry, and that's what I'm putting on the stamp.'
Anyway, I got to speak to a supervisor after a little arguement (the supervisor came over to see what was going on) and the supervisor told me that the stamp could not be changed, and the 90 day limit was on the I-94 stub anyway (not my passport page), but this would be no problem as I had multiple entries and the next one would show the right limit.
Eventually I managed to persuade him that the way forward was to use a new I-94 with the right date, and all ended well, but I really needed to stick to my guns on this one. After all the work getting the visa, I wasn't going to have it wrecked now.
The basic question is whether the agent had the right to override the conditions of the K-3 visa? If so this makes the POE as much of a crapshoot as trying to enter while the processing is in progress.
Anyway, it's great now I'm here, even if it's only for 2 weeks before I can move over permanently in a couple of months.
Dave
After the application and interview went so well, I was expecting the entry to be plain sailing, just time consuming. I was wrong.
When I got to the immigration booth the guy was obviously having a bad day and he just snarled at me. He looked at my K-3 visa and told me he was giving me 90 days' admission.
I told him that London had told me it was a 2-year multiple entry visa, and his answer was 'the problem is that the embassies know nothing about immigration. This is a 90-day visa, good for one entry, and that's what I'm putting on the stamp.'
Anyway, I got to speak to a supervisor after a little arguement (the supervisor came over to see what was going on) and the supervisor told me that the stamp could not be changed, and the 90 day limit was on the I-94 stub anyway (not my passport page), but this would be no problem as I had multiple entries and the next one would show the right limit.
Eventually I managed to persuade him that the way forward was to use a new I-94 with the right date, and all ended well, but I really needed to stick to my guns on this one. After all the work getting the visa, I wasn't going to have it wrecked now.
The basic question is whether the agent had the right to override the conditions of the K-3 visa? If so this makes the POE as much of a crapshoot as trying to enter while the processing is in progress.
Anyway, it's great now I'm here, even if it's only for 2 weeks before I can move over permanently in a couple of months.
Dave
Dec 21st 2003, 3:45 pm
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Re: Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Originally posted by davewilliams
Well, finally got to come here again. Haven't taken the risk and tried to come in since the original I-130 went off, so it's a year since I was last here.
After the application and interview went so well, I was expecting the entry to be plain sailing, just time consuming. I was wrong.
When I got to the immigration booth the guy was obviously having a bad day and he just snarled at me. He looked at my K-3 visa and told me he was giving me 90 days' admission.
I told him that London had told me it was a 2-year multiple entry visa, and his answer was 'the problem is that the embassies know nothing about immigration. This is a 90-day visa, good for one entry, and that's what I'm putting on the stamp.'
Anyway, I got to speak to a supervisor after a little arguement (the supervisor came over to see what was going on) and the supervisor told me that the stamp could not be changed, and the 90 day limit was on the I-94 stub anyway (not my passport page), but this would be no problem as I had multiple entries and the next one would show the right limit.
Eventually I managed to persuade him that the way forward was to use a new I-94 with the right date, and all ended well, but I really needed to stick to my guns on this one. After all the work getting the visa, I wasn't going to have it wrecked now.
The basic question is whether the agent had the right to override the conditions of the K-3 visa? If so this makes the POE as much of a crapshoot as trying to enter while the processing is in progress.
Anyway, it's great now I'm here, even if it's only for 2 weeks before I can move over permanently in a couple of months.
Dave
Well, finally got to come here again. Haven't taken the risk and tried to come in since the original I-130 went off, so it's a year since I was last here.
After the application and interview went so well, I was expecting the entry to be plain sailing, just time consuming. I was wrong.
When I got to the immigration booth the guy was obviously having a bad day and he just snarled at me. He looked at my K-3 visa and told me he was giving me 90 days' admission.
I told him that London had told me it was a 2-year multiple entry visa, and his answer was 'the problem is that the embassies know nothing about immigration. This is a 90-day visa, good for one entry, and that's what I'm putting on the stamp.'
Anyway, I got to speak to a supervisor after a little arguement (the supervisor came over to see what was going on) and the supervisor told me that the stamp could not be changed, and the 90 day limit was on the I-94 stub anyway (not my passport page), but this would be no problem as I had multiple entries and the next one would show the right limit.
Eventually I managed to persuade him that the way forward was to use a new I-94 with the right date, and all ended well, but I really needed to stick to my guns on this one. After all the work getting the visa, I wasn't going to have it wrecked now.
The basic question is whether the agent had the right to override the conditions of the K-3 visa? If so this makes the POE as much of a crapshoot as trying to enter while the processing is in progress.
Anyway, it's great now I'm here, even if it's only for 2 weeks before I can move over permanently in a couple of months.
Dave
Obviously the guy at the POE thinks a K3 is the same as the K1 since what he said would indeed be correct for the K1. We had a bit of a fright when my husband realized that they had dated his K3 when he went through Newark to expire June 3, 2003 NOT June 3, 2005. Overide or not, misdated or whatever attention to detail is something lacking.
As to what he thinks that the Consulates do or do not know about immigration, the same places are the ones that issue the visas for heaven's sake.
Jeesh!!
Anyway, welcome to the US Dave-have a good holiday!
Dec 21st 2003, 10:09 pm
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Re: Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Nothing's ever easy it is Dave! I've found Immigration officers at POE are spilt into two distinct camps. Really nice, or really not very nice at all. Sorry you got the latter, but congrats on finally making it.
Dec 22nd 2003, 7:33 am
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Re: Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Yikes Cindy!! How did you overcome that? This whole thread is pretty scary. What if Dave hadn't been able to get them to correct it there? How could he have fixed it?
Leslie
Leslie
Originally posted by cindyabs
Obviously the guy at the POE thinks a K3 is the same as the K1 since what he said would indeed be correct for the K1. We had a bit of a fright when my husband realized that they had dated his K3 when he went through Newark to expire June 3, 2003 NOT June 3, 2005. Overide or not, misdated or whatever attention to detail is something lacking.
As to what he thinks that the Consulates do or do not know about immigration, the same places are the ones that issue the visas for heaven's sake.
Jeesh!!
Anyway, welcome to the US Dave-have a good holiday!
Obviously the guy at the POE thinks a K3 is the same as the K1 since what he said would indeed be correct for the K1. We had a bit of a fright when my husband realized that they had dated his K3 when he went through Newark to expire June 3, 2003 NOT June 3, 2005. Overide or not, misdated or whatever attention to detail is something lacking.
As to what he thinks that the Consulates do or do not know about immigration, the same places are the ones that issue the visas for heaven's sake.
Jeesh!!
Anyway, welcome to the US Dave-have a good holiday!
Dec 22nd 2003, 9:39 am
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Re: Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Originally posted by Leslie66
Yikes Cindy!! How did you overcome that? This whole thread is pretty scary. What if Dave hadn't been able to get them to correct it there? How could he have fixed it?
Leslie
Yikes Cindy!! How did you overcome that? This whole thread is pretty scary. What if Dave hadn't been able to get them to correct it there? How could he have fixed it?
Leslie
My husband got his corrected by hand. What saves us is that there is no way that my husband could have had a K3 that expires June 3, 2003 since the K3 visas weren't even in play until August 2001..............
Dec 22nd 2003, 9:45 am
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Re: Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Originally posted by cindyabs
My husband got his corrected by hand. What saves us is that there is no way that my husband could have had a K3 that expires June 3, 2003 since the K3 visas weren't even in play until August 2001..............
My husband got his corrected by hand. What saves us is that there is no way that my husband could have had a K3 that expires June 3, 2003 since the K3 visas weren't even in play until August 2001..............
Where did he take it to have it corrected?
Dec 22nd 2003, 9:47 am
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Re: Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Originally posted by Leslie66
Where did he take it to have it corrected?
Where did he take it to have it corrected?
Dec 22nd 2003, 9:52 am
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Re: Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Originally posted by davewilliams
Well, finally got to come here again. Haven't taken the risk and tried to come in since the original I-130 went off, so it's a year since I was last here.
After the application and interview went so well, I was expecting the entry to be plain sailing, just time consuming. I was wrong.
When I got to the immigration booth the guy was obviously having a bad day and he just snarled at me. He looked at my K-3 visa and told me he was giving me 90 days' admission.
I told him that London had told me it was a 2-year multiple entry visa, and his answer was 'the problem is that the embassies know nothing about immigration. This is a 90-day visa, good for one entry, and that's what I'm putting on the stamp.'
Anyway, I got to speak to a supervisor after a little arguement (the supervisor came over to see what was going on) and the supervisor told me that the stamp could not be changed, and the 90 day limit was on the I-94 stub anyway (not my passport page), but this would be no problem as I had multiple entries and the next one would show the right limit.
Eventually I managed to persuade him that the way forward was to use a new I-94 with the right date, and all ended well, but I really needed to stick to my guns on this one. After all the work getting the visa, I wasn't going to have it wrecked now.
The basic question is whether the agent had the right to override the conditions of the K-3 visa? If so this makes the POE as much of a crapshoot as trying to enter while the processing is in progress.
Anyway, it's great now I'm here, even if it's only for 2 weeks before I can move over permanently in a couple of months.
Dave
Well, finally got to come here again. Haven't taken the risk and tried to come in since the original I-130 went off, so it's a year since I was last here.
After the application and interview went so well, I was expecting the entry to be plain sailing, just time consuming. I was wrong.
When I got to the immigration booth the guy was obviously having a bad day and he just snarled at me. He looked at my K-3 visa and told me he was giving me 90 days' admission.
I told him that London had told me it was a 2-year multiple entry visa, and his answer was 'the problem is that the embassies know nothing about immigration. This is a 90-day visa, good for one entry, and that's what I'm putting on the stamp.'
Anyway, I got to speak to a supervisor after a little arguement (the supervisor came over to see what was going on) and the supervisor told me that the stamp could not be changed, and the 90 day limit was on the I-94 stub anyway (not my passport page), but this would be no problem as I had multiple entries and the next one would show the right limit.
Eventually I managed to persuade him that the way forward was to use a new I-94 with the right date, and all ended well, but I really needed to stick to my guns on this one. After all the work getting the visa, I wasn't going to have it wrecked now.
The basic question is whether the agent had the right to override the conditions of the K-3 visa? If so this makes the POE as much of a crapshoot as trying to enter while the processing is in progress.
Anyway, it's great now I'm here, even if it's only for 2 weeks before I can move over permanently in a couple of months.
Dave
Hey CONGRATS!!!! woooooohhhhhh !!!
I am sorry the POE officer was rude
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!
Dec 22nd 2003, 9:52 am
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Re: Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Originally posted by cindyabs
Right there at the POE in Newark.
Right there at the POE in Newark.
Dec 22nd 2003, 2:05 pm
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Re: Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Dave, sorry about the rude welcome at POE, but hey, WELCOME BACK & CONGRATS on finally making it. 
Dec 22nd 2003, 3:18 pm
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Re: Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Originally posted by Hypertweeky
What if you dont notice??
What if you dont notice??
Well exactly....but it just underscores the need to check and recheck all of those ducks are in a row for however long it takes
Dec 22nd 2003, 9:56 pm
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Re: Hi from Ohio - here at last!!!
Congrats !! 
Dec 23rd 2003, 2:20 am
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Congratulations!
My husband was run through a mini-interview at POE when entering on a K-1, questions similar to his consular interview like how did we meet, where did I work, where he was going to be living. My impression is that yes, they can deny entry despite the visa.
My husband was run through a mini-interview at POE when entering on a K-1, questions similar to his consular interview like how did we meet, where did I work, where he was going to be living. My impression is that yes, they can deny entry despite the visa.
