Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Employer won't provide Employment Letter, HELP!	We submitted 2 years of tax transcripts and 6 months of pay stubs (for an CR-1 visa) and it was fine.	ghepardo lento	Male	Italy	2011-10-23 10:19:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can my fiancé travel to US for holidays while waiting for the K1 visa?	They lied to you. Entering with a pending visa is usually a good sign that you're doing things the legal way and you're rarely given issues. This nonsense about "officially" not allowing it?.. weird. In the event you ARE denied entry it will have NO impact on your pending visa as you're denied for immigrant intent and that's the point of the K1/CR-1 etc. Not sure why the DOS would "lie to me", rather I think they are telling us what is stated on the books. Whether someone chooses to heed that advice is another issue. As I indicated in my posting, many people pull it off without a hitch, but as can be found throughout this forum over the years you can also be turned around, and many people have posted such stories. Why do you say it's "nonsense" because others have done it and go through. As I indicated, the best way is to ask the embassy, and if that's nonsense, then I guess you could say the "official" visa process is as you say "nonsense". What I said was that you need to know what is officially permitted and what the possible repercussions are.	ghepardo lento	Male	Italy	2011-10-08 17:08:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	Can my fiancé travel to US for holidays while waiting for the K1 visa?	Just because Italy is a visa waiver country does not necessarily mean that a POE officer will allow you into the country. I think there is some confusion by some (especially non-VWP countries) that somehow that the VWP is carte blanc to come and go when you like. In principle this is generally true, but as some on this forum have experienced, in reality it all depends on the POE officer. We sought to have the Italian spouse come into the States while awaiting the CR-1 USCIS/NVC paper work to process. We contacted the embassy in Rome, and they explicitly told us that spouse should not travel to the States on a VWP, and that the proper visa would be Tourist visa, and they quite clearly said that because of our pending CR-1 visa status that unless we already had tourist visa, that the chances of being approved for a tourist visa was almost no good. Further the US embassy in Rome told us while they know some people travel to the States on VWP with a pending visa, they officially do not permit it, and highly recommended that you do not attempt it as a POE has all of your pending visa status on the computer terminal. Of course people often do, and many times people have no problems. Be prepared to prove you have strong ties with returning to Italy in XX days (clear proof of employment etc). After reading several success stories of people from other VWP countries, we considered it, but the Italian spouse did not want to take a chance and later explain it in an interview down the road, and besides it's a looooong flight home if you get turned around. Remember that a POE officer has no problem turning you around, and as we all know some of these officers seem to relish acting like jerks (not all, but most of them seem to be). I'm not trying to sound pessimistic, but I think you should be fully aware of the stakes. Some people may just tell you to go for it, but I think you should contact the embassy and ask them. Call whichever consulate is closest, just email them or call (we've done both over this very question). Getting turned around at a POE because the suspicious officer thinks you will overstay is not a major offense, but I can imagine it is not only wasted money for a flight, but disheartening (as I've read by others on this forum-just search a little bit you will find those stories from VWP countries). If you have strong proof of family ties and make a short trip of it, you may be fine, but just be aware of the otherside of the coin. The other option is to have the US citizen travel to Italy, and Italy in the time of the year as you know is cheaper to travel and very festive. whatever you decide good luck! The time will go by before you know it.	ghepardo lento	Male	Italy	2011-10-08 08:33:00