traveling abroad before AOS

[horst+brunnhilda 0]

Dear all,

We just got our NOA2, and so we're expecting to finally get married sometime this spring (march-may). The problem is that we would like to travel abroad this summer, both for work and pleasure. Our idea is for my fiancee to come here and for us to get married on the K1 visa. Then, we could go abroad for the summer and come back within the 90 day window you need to apply for AOS. Since my fiancee is German, she could enter the second time as a tourist at the end of the summer visa-free. Since I can only really travel this summer, this way we would like to avoid the problem of applying for AOS and waiting a long time to receive advance parole.

Has anyone done this before, is this feasible? I know you can't travel abroad after you apply for AOS, but can you travel abroad between getting married and applying for AOS?

Many thanks in advance, and good luck to everyone!

[Kez/JWolf 6]

Dear all,

We just got our NOA2, and so we're expecting to finally get married sometime this spring (march-may). The problem is that we would like to travel abroad this summer, both for work and pleasure. Our idea is for my fiancee to come here and for us to get married on the K1 visa. Then, we could go abroad for the summer and come back within the 90 day window you need to apply for AOS. Since my fiancee is German, she could enter the second time as a tourist at the end of the summer visa-free. Since I can only really travel this summer, this way we would like to avoid the problem of applying for AOS and waiting a long time to receive advance parole.

Has anyone done this before, is this feasible? I know you can't travel abroad after you apply for AOS, but can you travel abroad between getting married and applying for AOS?

Many thanks in advance, and good luck to everyone!

Once your wife to be enters on her K1 visa and you get married you need the AP to be able to leave the US and re-enter..... if you do not have AP then she will be denied entry and you would need to start all over again with a spousal visa.....

She can not use the VWP to enter the US with the intent of remaining and filling for AOS..... that would be visa fraud and will get her banned from the US for a very long time....

Kez

[Nina+Matt 0]

i agree! once she entered (and you are married) you need the AP to get back to the states. she will be able to leave but she will have problems at the poe when she wants to come back cause they will know that she entered with a k1 visa. that is because they take her fingerprints and scan her passport, so she will be in their system.....

when you do this you abandon her status and you would have to file for a k3 and start all over again!

do us a favor and fill in your timeline so we know where and in which process you are!

[Converse34 1]

DO NOT LEAVE! You'll be very sorry later on. If you want to travel this summer, I suggest they come over as soon as your visa is issued and adjust immediately. Hopefully your AP and/or GC will come through before then, but be prepared it doesn't.

[msu17 0]

OR you can travel before and then enter the US, marry and file AOS. You have 6 months from issuance of the K1 to use it. But no, you can't enter on the K1 leave and come back before you have AP.