After K1 visa approval how soon must my Fiancee enter USA?
Today's topic is: After the K1 Fiance Visa is approved, how
soon must my Fiance get on that aircraft to join me in the USA?
The exact answer is important to know, because it's too easy to
misunderstand the visa, and either to rush sometimes ending in
losing money on non refundable plane tickets, or getting your
frazzled Fiancee on the aircraft before she's had time to say
goodbye to family and friends, or to delay and find out at the
airport that the visa is expired.
I want to help you do your planning better.
And at the end of this video will give you three tips on what
to do to avoid last minute surprises and problems with your
Fiance Visa.
I am Fred Wahl the VisaCoach and I help you get through a confusing and frustrating Immigration
process so you can have a happy life together in the USA
with your foreign partner.
Now, let's talk about "How long does your Fiance have, after
K1 Visa approval to travel to the USA?".
After a lengthy and complicated process your fiancé has finally
been given the opportunity to interview at the US consulate.
The interview has gone well, all smiles at the end.
And about two weeks later the package arrives via courier
to your partner's home with her or his passport
inside and the visa allowing travel to the USA printed on one
of the pages.
The visa is stamped into your Fiancee's passport.
Look for the Expiration Date.
The Expiration date is the very last day that your partner
can board an and start travel to the USA.
This means your partner could wait until 11:59 on that date,
to pass through immigration at her or his country to board
the aircraft.
As long as the travel began before midnight, even if arrival
in USA is a day or so after the expiration, it still counts.
She or he will be allowed to enter the USA.
Of course I would never recommend waiting till that last minute.
Too many things might go wrong, like the aircraft being
delayed.
When making your travel plans, it's important to look at and
be sure you know the EXACT expiration date.
You should check because you might be surprised that the time
available is not the 6 months that is expected.
The visa should be valid for 6 months.
However when the 6 months starts is not the day of the interview and visa approval,
instead the clock started ticking before the interview.
Before the interview your fiancee went to a medical clinic that
was appointed by the consulate and underwent a full medical,
health check up, and had all vaccinations verified.
US immigration wants to make sure that your partner is
relatively healthy on the day of arrival.
And the CDC considers a medical exam to be accurate for only 6 months.
So instead of the visa being valid for six months from the
interview, instead it is for six months from the medical
examination.
Usually this does not make any material difference when
the medical was taken a few days or weeks preceding the
consular interview.
But some fiancee's are so eager that they organize their medical examinations months
early.
And if this is what you've done, Double check the expiration
date because instead of a leisurely approximate six months
after the interview you may only have two or three or
four months remaining before the visa expires.
Here are my tips for today.
#1.
Schedule the medical close to the time of the consular interview.
Between one and three weeks prior to the interview is the sweet spot,
that gives ample time to get the medical accomplished despite,
possible weather problem, such as rain and floods, and
power outages, but still allows plenty of time for the validity period
for the visa.
#2.
Check for typos.
The first thing to do once the visa arrives is to closely examine
it for any typos.
If your fiancee's name has been spelled wrong,
you will need to return the visa to the consulate for reprinting.
This does happen, and if you don't catch it, your fiance will be
turned away at the airport when attempting to board.
#3.
Don't book flights, chapels, honeymoons until AFTER Visa
arrives and has been checked.
Regardless of how many visas arrive on time within 2 business weeks of the interview
without any typos, there all always the exceptions.
Sometimes a delay at the consulate, or courier, or anything.
As excited as you are to bring your fiance home, as attractive as the bargain,
limited time offer plane tickets are, you will be best served
to wait until the visa is safely in the hands of your fiancee before
making non-refundable commitments.
This was Fred Wahl, The VisaCoach
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