return flight

[JFMMZZ 0]

Does the date of the return flight matter? My fiancee noticed the visa date is valid until Sept and return flight is December because we all wanted to visit family in December. We assumed his is ok. Is it ok?

[mox 298]

Does the date of the return flight matter? My fiancee noticed the visa date is valid until Sept and return flight is December because we all wanted to visit family in December. We assumed his is ok. Is it ok?

With regards to the K-1 visa, the return date doesn't matter. In fact, immigration at the port of entry isn't even going to look at her plane tickets.

With regards to using the return leg of the ticket to fly back in December...how is she getting back to the US then? Are you booking a 1-way flight back from Russia?

[Satellite 1]

First of all:

"The Expiration Date for the visa should not be confused with the authorized length of your stay in the U.S., given to you by the U.S. immigration inspector at port-of-entry, on the Arrival-Departure Record, Form I-94, or I-94W for the Visa Waiver Program. The visa expiration date has nothing to do with the authorized length of your stay in the U.S. for any given visit."

http://travel.state.gov/visa/temp/info/info_1298.html

In plain English if your fiancée is using a B2 tourist visa to come see you, then all you have to do is enter the US before the visa expires and then typically you get another 6 months of authorized stay stamped on your I-94 which can run beyond the expiration of the originally issued visa.

If you are using the K1 visa to just visit, then what a waste of resources and time on your part; and yes you will have to go through all those hoops again to get her another visa. And her authorized stay will be limited to 90 days.

If you plan on getting married, she plans on staying here permanently and she leaves on her K1 before she either has a green card or Advance Parole in her hand, you will then need to do this all over again under the K3 / CR-1 and if it takes over 2 years IR-1 provisions.