multiple entry or not?

[drbilldc 0]

Hi Everybody!!!!

wife and step son just arrived on K-3 visa July 26th. At the Detroit point of entry to passport control officer said "yes" a K-3 is a multiple entry visa, and on the actual visa it is coded "m" under the entries. I am our attorney thought this was a single entry visa. i know i read somewhere on here also but now i cannot find this information.

Thanks,

William and Ekaterina

[Urge To Race 2]

No, K-3 is a 2 year multiple entry visa.

You are thinking most likely of the K-1, which is single entry.

Hi Everybody!!!!

wife and step son just arrived on K-3 visa July 26th. At the Detroit point of entry to passport control officer said "yes" a K-3 is a multiple entry visa, and on the actual visa it is coded "m" under the entries. I am our attorney thought this was a single entry visa. i know i read somewhere on here also but now i cannot find this information.

Thanks,

William and Ekaterina

[pushbrk 12,877]

No, K-3 is a 2 year multiple entry visa.

You are thinking most likely of the K-1, which is single entry.

Hi Everybody!!!!

wife and step son just arrived on K-3 visa July 26th. At the Detroit point of entry to passport control officer said "yes" a K-3 is a multiple entry visa, and on the actual visa it is coded "m" under the entries. I am our attorney thought this was a single entry visa. i know i read somewhere on here also but now i cannot find this information.

Thanks,

William and Ekaterina

Absolutely! K3 is multiple entry for two years from visa issue and you can apply to extend the validity of the visa, if needed.

K1 is single entry.

[MissStacey 1]

I was told by the officer at my AOS interview that I was NOT allowed to travel on my K3. He said that once the AOS is filed the K3 is null and void. I wasn't going to fight with the man- it was my AOS interview after all. At that point I already had a trip to Canada booked for the following month.

I made my trip to Canada and was pulled into secondary on the way back- I was asked about when I was getting my Greencard. I told her I had the AOS interview and was waiting for it to come in the mail. She just said "ok" and off I went.

[pushbrk 12,877]

I was told by the officer at my AOS interview that I was NOT allowed to travel on my K3. He said that once the AOS is filed the K3 is null and void. I wasn't going to fight with the man- it was my AOS interview after all. At that point I already had a trip to Canada booked for the following month.

I made my trip to Canada and was pulled into secondary on the way back- I was asked about when I was getting my Greencard. I told her I had the AOS interview and was waiting for it to come in the mail. She just said "ok" and off I went.

Once AOS is "approved" not "filed" your K3 visa is void. If you need to travel between the time you are approved and you receive the card, you should request an I-551 stamp. They'll give it to you, if you have imminent travel plans and show them the ticket. Sometimes they'll just do it anyway. You were very lucky to get back in without either the card or stamp.

That's a different issue though. K3 visa is multiple entry for as long as it is valid.

[drbilldc 0]

I was told by the officer at my AOS interview that I was NOT allowed to travel on my K3. He said that once the AOS is filed the K3 is null and void. I wasn't going to fight with the man- it was my AOS interview after all. At that point I already had a trip to Canada booked for the following month.

I made my trip to Canada and was pulled into secondary on the way back- I was asked about when I was getting my Greencard. I told her I had the AOS interview and was waiting for it to come in the mail. She just said "ok" and off I went.

Once AOS is "approved" not "filed" your K3 visa is void. If you need to travel between the time you are approved and you receive the card, you should request an I-551 stamp. They'll give it to you, if you have imminent travel plans and show them the ticket. Sometimes they'll just do it anyway. You were very lucky to get back in without either the card or stamp.

That's a different issue though. K3 visa is multiple entry for as long as it is valid.

ok thanks for the info !!! got another question along these lines. let's say we go on a cruise, with multiple ports of call....does she need a visa for each contry.. example: Ukrainian citizen's do not need a visa to travel to Jamaica, however, let's say grand cayman does require it.....since she is under "the shield" of the K-3 could she be denied entrie to those ports of call or does the K-3 U.S. visa in her Ukrainian passport give her a "free pass".....sorry if i worded this wrong, it is early..hope you undertand the question.

William and Ekaterina

[Reba 2]

she will need to get visas for any country that required Unkranian citizens to have visitors visas. Her K3 does not give her any special privledges in that manner.

[pushbrk 12,877]

she will need to get visas for any country that required Unkranian citizens to have visitors visas. Her K3 does not give her any special privledges in that manner.

Right. Now, when she gets the green card (US LPR Status) many countries extend privileges for entry, she wouldn't have otherwise. Here's an excellent website for checking on what is needed for travel to any country. Cayman Islands is one of those countries. She would need a visa without the green card but no visa with it.

http://www.delta.com/planning_reservations...rt_information/

[BrianinAZ 0]

A K3 visa is a multiple entry visa. I verified this for my wife before we got married and were trying to decide between a CR1 and K3.

[filirican 3]

yep! k3 is 2 years multiple entry!! k1 is single entry! good luck!