one-way or roundtrip for K-1

[symbiosis 0]

Since K-1 is only for 90 days, will immigration require that beneficiary has a roundtrip ticket with return shorter than 90 days or is a one-way ticket OK?

[payxibka 10,045]

Since K-1 is only for 90 days, will immigration require that beneficiary has a roundtrip ticket with return shorter than 90 days or is a one-way ticket OK?

Do the cheapest... US immigration will not care or even ask.

Edited June 17, 2008 by fwaguy

[rin and john 71]

Since K-1 is only for 90 days, will immigration require that beneficiary has a roundtrip ticket with return shorter than 90 days or is a one-way ticket OK?

Do the cheapest... US immigration will not care or even ask.

Agreed. But the airline may try to insist she buy a roundtrip ticket as her visa will be a non-immigrant visa. When Rin and I went to the Thai Airways ticket office in Bangkok to get tickets for the children (last Sept), the lady at the counter insisted that we have to buy roundtrip tickets. I told her no, they are moving to the US, and will not return. Additionally, Rin had received a one-way ticket six months earlier without any problem. She took their passports to the back; spoke to a supervisor for about 10 minutes; then came back and issued one-way tickets (saved about $500/ticket).

[payxibka 10,045]

Since K-1 is only for 90 days, will immigration require that beneficiary has a roundtrip ticket with return shorter than 90 days or is a one-way ticket OK?

Do the cheapest... US immigration will not care or even ask.

Agreed. But the airline may try to insist she buy a roundtrip ticket as her visa will be a non-immigrant visa. When Rin and I went to the Thai Airways ticket office in Bangkok to get tickets for the children (last Sept), the lady at the counter insisted that we have to buy roundtrip tickets. I told her no, they are moving to the US, and will not return. Additionally, Rin had received a one-way ticket six months earlier without any problem. She took their passports to the back; spoke to a supervisor for about 10 minutes; then came back and issued one-way tickets (saved about $500/ticket).

Good point, airline personnel may have to be educamated

[YuAndDan 153]

Which ever is cheaper.

My wife entered the USA on a one-way.

Note: K-Visas have IMMIGRANT intent, the POE officer knows this and does not require or even asks to see a return ticket. Why would someone entering the USA with the intent to marry and adjust need a return ticket?

[FaithfulandTrue 6]

Since K-1 is only for 90 days, will immigration require that beneficiary has a roundtrip ticket with return shorter than 90 days or is a one-way ticket OK?

egypt air MADE my fiance get a roundtrip ticket.. go figure

[payxibka 10,045]

Since K-1 is only for 90 days, will immigration require that beneficiary has a roundtrip ticket with return shorter than 90 days or is a one-way ticket OK?

egypt air MADE my fiance get a roundtrip ticket.. go figure

Egypt air is not US immigration. As previously mentioned, airline employees may need som education or maybe some countries have exit requirements for there citizens...

[william_wallace 8]

Which ever is cheaper.

My wife entered the USA on a one-way.

Note: K-Visas have IMMIGRANT intent, the POE officer knows this and does not require or even asks to see a return ticket. Why would someone entering the USA with the intent to marry and adjust need a return ticket?

I have heard through the grapevine that some people have sold there return ticket. Not sure if that's correct or not.

[YuAndDan 153]

Which ever is cheaper.

My wife entered the USA on a one-way.

Note: K-Visas have IMMIGRANT intent, the POE officer knows this and does not require or even asks to see a return ticket. Why would someone entering the USA with the intent to marry and adjust need a return ticket?

I have heard through the grapevine that some people have sold there return ticket. Not sure if that's correct or not.

How can they do that? The TSA checks the ticket against ID and if they dont match there is no getting through security.

Perhaps could be done if the ticket were transferable is some way, and the airline were to re-issue the ticket to the person who was sold the return ticket.

[taufik hidayat 0]

Hi,

My fiancee's petition is approved and now I am in process of buying my tickets. The other day a travel agent told me that since she is coming with a K-1 she needs a direct flight. My finacee lives in Afghanistan. Here is the flight route:

Kabul -----> Dubai

Dubai -----> (England) or (France) or (Germany) or (Holland)

(England) or (France) or (Germany) or (Holland) ---------> San Francisco

Is it possible for a K-1 visa holder to go through indirect flights. Please help.

Thanks

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Which ever is cheaper.

My wife entered the USA on a one-way.

Note: K-Visas have IMMIGRANT intent, the POE officer knows this and does not require or even asks to see a return ticket. Why would someone entering the USA with the intent to marry and adjust need a return ticket?

I have heard through the grapevine that some people have sold there return ticket. Not sure if that's correct or not.

How can they do that? The TSA checks the ticket against ID and if they dont match there is no getting through security.

Perhaps could be done if the ticket were transferable is some way, and the airline were to re-issue the ticket to the person who was sold the return ticket.

There is some truth in ww's statement; such transactions were known as late as the 1980's (TSA wasn't set up until 2001), but airlines have been asking for ID since at least 1991 to prevent such--their motivation was revenue rather than security.

[Bassi and Zainab 1]

Hi,

My fiancee's petition is approved and now I am in process of buying my tickets. The other day a travel agent told me that since she is coming with a K-1 she needs a direct flight. My finacee lives in Afghanistan. Here is the flight route:

Kabul -----> Dubai

Dubai -----> (England) or (France) or (Germany) or (Holland)

(England) or (France) or (Germany) or (Holland) ---------> San Francisco

Is it possible for a K-1 visa holder to go through indirect flights. Please help.

Thanks

They can take an indirect flight but some require transit visas. It usually doesn't take very long to get a transit visa once your US visa is issued. The website has a list of which countries require transit visas.

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Hi,

My fiancee's petition is approved and now I am in process of buying my tickets. The other day a travel agent told me that since she is coming with a K-1 she needs a direct flight. My finacee lives in Afghanistan. Here is the flight route:

Kabul -----> Dubai

Dubai -----> (England) or (France) or (Germany) or (Holland)

(England) or (France) or (Germany) or (Holland) ---------> San Francisco

Is it possible for a K-1 visa holder to go through indirect flights. Please help.

Thanks

A solution may be if you can ask her to travel to one of Islamabad, Iqbal or Jinnah airports by land; then take a flight through Singapore to SFO.

[YuAndDan 153]

Hi,

My fiancee's petition is approved and now I am in process of buying my tickets. The other day a travel agent told me that since she is coming with a K-1 she needs a direct flight. My finacee lives in Afghanistan. Here is the flight route:

Kabul -----> Dubai

Dubai -----> (England) or (France) or (Germany) or (Holland)

(England) or (France) or (Germany) or (Holland) ---------> San Francisco

Is it possible for a K-1 visa holder to go through indirect flights. Please help.

Thanks

You can determine if a transit visa will be required to connect through one of those countries here: http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations...rt_information/

[Saddle Bronc 124]

Hi,

My fiancee's petition is approved and now I am in process of buying my tickets. The other day a travel agent told me that since she is coming with a K-1 she needs a direct flight. My finacee lives in Afghanistan. Here is the flight route:

Kabul -----> Dubai

Dubai -----> (England) or (France) or (Germany) or (Holland)

(England) or (France) or (Germany) or (Holland) ---------> San Francisco

Is it possible for a K-1 visa holder to go through indirect flights. Please help.

Thanks

I can also give you one other approach.

Get a visa for India (Delhi), then have her take a flight to IGI, connecting to a flight from IGI to EWR (Newark).