@Brandon ***********

I believe in order to start that process though she will need to apply for the CR1 visa first.

@Paul ******

renew it before and save yourself the trouble.

"There is no limit on how early you can renew your passport, but the U.S. Department of State suggests renewing it nine months before the expiration date."

@Joe ********

not once did you say the agent accompanied you at the border. That is a completely different story and quite and important part you left out. Interesting that after all this back and forth you finally decide to mention that. If you had then I would have actually agreed with you.

Please also quote my exact words on which comment I have backtracked on. My stance all along has been using an agent to GET the visa does not help you at the border. Now you're changing the story to include the agent accompanying you.

@Joe ********

dude, you need to learn some reading comprehension. Not once have I stated that using an agent may make things easier to GET the visa. An agent can even help make things go easier if you are doing a border bounce. I am not disagreeing with either of those points.

What I have said repeatedly is using an agent to get the visa does absolutely nothing to help you when you are standing in front of the IO at the border. Which was the point you were trying to make in your original comment. The officer has no clue whether or not you used an agent to get the visa, nor do they care. The issue you had at the border was because education visas are an automatic red flag, especially when returning on a tourist visa. Seriously, get a clue you clown.🤡

@Joe ********

what the hell are you arguing about then? You're initial comment recommends getting an agent to prevent issues with authorities and then you go on to give an example of issues that an agent can do absolutely nothing about. No agent could solve the issues you had so why even mention them as if it applied?

@Joe ********

I'm not denying it helps to get the visa. Your initial comment only mentions the difficulty you had entering the country with the immigration officer. Your issue was also due to previously having the education visa. An agent can't help anyone with either of those.

@Joe ********

you're talking about something completely different. One, you say you had a pre-approved tourist visa from Phnom Penh so the "difficulties" you are talking about must be at the border with the immigration officer. Two, you had difficulties because of the previous education visa. Getting an agent to help obtain the visa does not help with any potential difficulties upon entry with the immigration officers.

You signed it, but its not your signature? Doesn't quite make sense they way you have it written.

I've used wise for years and don't need to verify transfers with an sms code. If you go into 2-step verification settings you can set it up to verify using the app (actually the default setting). It even says that's more secure.

You don't have to go before your visa expires, if you actually have a visa and not a visa exempt entry stamp. You DO need to go before your entry stamp expires though. Visa expiration and entry stamp expiration are two separate things.