Hello to everyone. I am just new in the forum. I am happy for having signed up as there are a lot of useful informations for my upcoming AoS process.
I would like to have advice about my personal experience and see therefore if I can avoid to spend other money on lawyers.
Three years ago I met my husband in LA while I was working at university. After my J-1 expired I travelled back and forth from France, both to visit friends and professors I worked with and keep traveling and to meet, at the time, my boyfriend. We got married last summer in France after he proposed to me. After the wedding, I crossed the border couple of times with an ESTA and every time I went back to France before ESTA expired. Purpose of the trip was every time visiting my husband and keeping collaborating with professors of my university in LA.
However, the mistake I made was to not say I had my husband in US. I always told that my purpose was traveling and visiting, which was true. I was just afraid that they would have turned me down to France. At the time our plans were not so clear that is why we did not ask for a spouse/fianceè visa and kept crossing the border with an ESTA.
In December, anyway, I decided to visit again for the same reasons of the previous trips for 2 months, for the 3th time. We also had planned to consult a lawyer to see what was a legal way to stay in US or have my daughter come living to France. This time, though, I was held at the border for further information and....I kept saying I was visiting for other reasons(which was still true) but not my husband. We eventually filed for AoS since our lawyer told me that I legally crossed the border without the intention to overstay. But I am really scared that what I said at CBP will come out during the interview. I might even prove that I had no intention to stay but only after our consult we decided for AoS.
If someone can tell me how to best act in this way, I would be really grateful
Also, I got the ESTA last year before the wedding. Did I have to change any info on my ESTA after the wedding? Because I did not and if so, I really did not know I had to. I communicated it to US embassy though.
Thank you!
I would like to have advice about my personal experience and see therefore if I can avoid to spend other money on lawyers.
Three years ago I met my husband in LA while I was working at university. After my J-1 expired I travelled back and forth from France, both to visit friends and professors I worked with and keep traveling and to meet, at the time, my boyfriend. We got married last summer in France after he proposed to me. After the wedding, I crossed the border couple of times with an ESTA and every time I went back to France before ESTA expired. Purpose of the trip was every time visiting my husband and keeping collaborating with professors of my university in LA.
However, the mistake I made was to not say I had my husband in US. I always told that my purpose was traveling and visiting, which was true. I was just afraid that they would have turned me down to France. At the time our plans were not so clear that is why we did not ask for a spouse/fianceè visa and kept crossing the border with an ESTA.
In December, anyway, I decided to visit again for the same reasons of the previous trips for 2 months, for the 3th time. We also had planned to consult a lawyer to see what was a legal way to stay in US or have my daughter come living to France. This time, though, I was held at the border for further information and....I kept saying I was visiting for other reasons(which was still true) but not my husband. We eventually filed for AoS since our lawyer told me that I legally crossed the border without the intention to overstay. But I am really scared that what I said at CBP will come out during the interview. I might even prove that I had no intention to stay but only after our consult we decided for AoS.
If someone can tell me how to best act in this way, I would be really grateful
Also, I got the ESTA last year before the wedding. Did I have to change any info on my ESTA after the wedding? Because I did not and if so, I really did not know I had to. I communicated it to US embassy though.
Thank you!
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