Travelling after I-129 marriage

[Lisa-O 8]

Hey Everyone,

Currently awaiting my NOA2, should be any day now, and putting together plans for the wedding. What we are doing is getting married in the USA, and the following week have a party in the UK for family who couldnt make it to the wedding. I havent really thought about my change in status or the next stage after this tbh, but my question is this - will there be a problem travelling back to the UK after we've been married? Im aware we'll need to prove that we've been married, but I don't want to be denied back to the USA?

Any advice would be fantastic, thanks

[LeftCoastLady 441]

Hey Everyone,

Currently awaiting my NOA2, should be any day now, and putting together plans for the wedding. What we are doing is getting married in the USA, and the following week have a party in the UK for family who couldnt make it to the wedding. I havent really thought about my change in status or the next stage after this tbh, but my question is this - will there be a problem travelling back to the UK after we've been married? Im aware we'll need to prove that we've been married, but I don't want to be denied back to the USA?

Any advice would be fantastic, thanks

You will not be able to re-enter the U.S. if you leave before receiving Advanced Parole or your green card. The AP can take about three months or so to receive. If you leave without either document, your then-spouse would need to file the spousal petition for you.

[Anh map 2,098]

Hey Everyone,

Currently awaiting my NOA2, should be any day now, and putting together plans for the wedding. What we are doing is getting married in the USA, and the following week have a party in the UK for family who couldnt make it to the wedding. I havent really thought about my change in status or the next stage after this tbh, but my question is this - will there be a problem travelling back to the UK after we've been married? Im aware we'll need to prove that we've been married, but I don't want to be denied back to the USA?

Any advice would be fantastic, thanks

Your plans will have to change.

K1 is a single use visa. It expires upon entry. Without (AP)advance parole, you will not be able to enter the US. It's very unlikely that you can obtain the AP in a week's time.

[KLS2010 30]

Umm... sorry...but yes, you will have a problem trying to travel back to the UK a week after your wedding in the US. Travelling to the UK isn't the problem, but getting back into the US afterwards will be.

If you come in on a K1 visa, and then get married, you can't leave the country until you have been given either AP (Advanced Parole) or you have completed AOS (Adjustment of Status) and been given your green card.

If you leave the US before either of those things happen, you will be deemed to have abandoned your residency application and would have to start all over again with a CR1 (as you would now be married, so the K1 is out).

Edited July 18, 2012 by KLS2010

[Lisa-O 8]

Umm... sorry...but yes, you will have a problem trying to travel back to the UK a week after your wedding in the US. Travelling to the UK isn't the problem, but getting back into the US afterwards will be.

If you come in on a K1 visa, and then get married, you can't leave the country until you have been given either AP (Advanced Parole) or you have completed AOS (Adjustment of Status) and been given your green card.

If you leave the US before either of those things happen, you will be deemed to have abandoned your residency application and would have to start all over again with a CR1 (as you would now be married, so the K1 is out).

Thanks Everyone...thinking about it makes sense, but I hadn't thought about what happens after I get married, I've just been fixating on the stages of the Visa being granted etc...Im glad I havent put deposits down for arrangements for anything in the UK, just a bit disapointed I cant travel home for Christmas.

Thanks again