1- has your husband asked for the visitor applications so he can send them to you? (you can ask him in a letter)
2- are the forma available online to download, print, fill out, and mail?
3 there's really no harm in calling the visitation office and asking about getting the forms.

You can't visit without being an approved visitor. Don't even bother trying. lol...it just don't work like that. Where my fianc is, I can't even send him money without being an approved visitor- so I wish you luck on getting more money to him for his phone account to get more minutes. You're going to learn really quick about budgeting. Phone minutes, stamps, emails....we have to pay the price to communicate with our guys, and it's all about budgeting. Best of luck to you!

I just visited my daughter for the first time in federal. She got the forms from the counselor and mailed them to me herself. Then the counselor let her know we had been approved. I think I read online it's the inmates responsibility to get you the form. Writing him would probably be your best option. Email is a lot less expensive than calling and you can write back and forth all day. Have you had a chance to setup an account yet?

don't be afraid to call and ask the prison about anything. then you can let him know if he needs to send them to you or if they will.

You can call and ask. I do agree with riverstar you do have to be approved to go see them or they will tell you to go away. Ask him in a letter to send you the forms for it he should be albe to get them.

Depending on where your husband is at, it may take a few weeks for you to get approved.

So I emailed the prison because they never answered the phone the twenty times I called them over the span of three days....

Anyhoo I get the answer to not visit until i return the form and my husband gets the ok from them. Well I talk to my husband finally and he said that he gave a list of people to them up there and then two days later he was told we are approved to visit. But I've still never received any forms or anything. So I made him ask them since I was told no. And they told him that yes, me and his family are approved.

Since he's only 3 hours away, i'm going to make the trip in next week to see. Either I'm approved somehow without filling out any paperwork on my own, or I'm not and there's been some miscommunication. I guess I'll find out. Worst case is I'm not and I can consider it a random road trip to OKC. My fingers are crossed.

I hope. It will be ok for you to see him if they tell you no when you get there ask them for the forms that you have do......I didn't have to do any forms my love just had to tell them my full name and dob. I hope you get to see him.

They love to make this impossible for us. That's what you have to know right away. They will never make it easy on you. It is like the staff at the prison's mission to make us more miserable than we already are.

I am surprised you didn't have to fill out anything, but if they say you are approved, go, but you have a good attitude if this don't work out. I hope you are not disappointed.

Lesson number one... expect them to be jerks, and you will not be surprised. Expect the worst, and you probably will get in. I try to use reverse psychology on myself. To ease my tensions. Every time I think something is going to go worse than possible, then it doesn't. Make sense???

There is a great deal of paper work that follows him from court so if you are identified as his wife often they will add you to his visitation without you needing to fill out the forms. If say he wanted his cousin to visit and he is not mentioned in his paper work then he would need to send forms. Please let him know to send them to all who may visit him in the future as it can take a LONG time to get approval.

Somechica, my daughter told me she completed a visitor list which is in the PSI. Families or anyone mentioned in the PSI does not have to submit a form according to her counselor. After reading on this site I decided to submit one just to be on the safe side since we had a long way to travel. I think you are going to be okay as your husband has been told. There is another brief form you need to fill out when you arrive at the visitor office. It basically just ask if you are carrying firearms, tobacco, etc. You need to complete this form before standing in line to submit your drivers license. I didn't know this so I had to stand in line twice. When is your visit?

I'm planing on going this coming weekend. I may get a hotel friday night so I don't have to leave at an ungodly hour in the morning saturday. But I'm making this my trial run. I've told my husband that I'm planning on visiting but that it may not happen if I need to fill out any paperwork and whatnot. At least I'll get everything done this time around and hopefully visits in the future will run smooth (well as smooth as can be expected).

Thanks for all the info everyone!

Good luck with your first visit!

One more question, had anyone every visited with an infant. We have a 4 month old and it says that you can bring in 3 premixed bottles. But formula once mixed goes bad after an hour or so right? So if you have visited with a child, how has that worked for you. I don't plan on bringing her along the first time, but I may not be able to find someone who can watch her. And eventually I'll want her to see her Daddy so she'll be along for the ride at some point.

Well I looked online and it says that you can leave it room temperature for 2 hrs, also you might call and ask what else you might be able to do. As far as a clear bag I have seen them at Walmart but what about a gallon zip loc bag that's less convenient but may work. Hopefully you can get it all figured out and visit!