ScottUK1990

Hi all,

I'm currently just starting the UK side of the K1 visa process (submitted DS-160) and before I do the rest I'm visiting my fiancee in the US (on Saturday).

I've seen a few threads regarding travelling whilst mid-visa process and it sounds like there shouldn't be any problems, I just wanted to check if anyone had any advice or things to avoid saying.

Obviously I'm going to say I'm there visiting my fiancee (if asked) and I'll inform them that I'm mid-way through the visa process. I've also got official headed letters from my employer and place of study (both are the same institution), and details of my return flight (in a months time) as proof of intent to return. I've also got a history of three years worth of short visits (<3 weeks).
Do you think there's any reason for them to throw a wobbly about this?

Cheers!

Noorah101

Nope!

Rene

scrubbedexpat099

Agree with Rene

ScottUK1990

Thanks Rene and Boiler. Just wanted to check I'd covered my bases.

Pulaski

As per the others, it looks like you have the bases covered.

ScottUK1990

Arrived in the USA - no problems whatsoever at immigration.

CBP Officer: What brings you to America?
Me: Visiting my fiancee
CBP Officer: But what BRINGS you to America?
Me: Erm...my fiancee...
CBP Officer: No, an aeroplane bought you to America, 'stamp', off you go.

He was obviously bored...

Pulaski

As Ian usually advises, "answer the question asked, nothing more nothing less."

ian-mstm

Perhaps, but neither time did you actually answer the question as asked. You assumed he meant something other than what he plainly said.

Ian

lansbury

But the question was asked in the wrong tense. He was already in America so the word brings was wrong, it should have been brought.

Pulaski

I suspect that questioning the CBP officer's grammar would be even worse than making a smart ärse reply.

Overall, handling CBP officers is most definitely an art, not a science.

lansbury

I agree, but the use of the word brings implies to me the reason is still to happen, it's present or future tense. So in that case he did answer the question asked, he didn't answer the question the CBP officer thought he was asking.