k3 Visa and travel back for urgent reason

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Hi Vj

My Husband MOM is very Sick , can he travel back without Advance Parole because its K 3 Visa ???????

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K-3 is a two year MULTI entry visa... NO AP required if the visa is still valid.

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K-3 is a two year MULTI entry visa... NO AP required if the visa is still valid.

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[cjgator 2]

Ditto on the previous post. My wife is here on K3, we have not filed the AOS yet, and she just treveled to her home (Belarus) and returned this past week. You don't need advance parole. However, you do need to be diligent in making sure the customs agent at your port of entry knows the difference between a K3 and a K1. This is not always a given, so it is possible the agent could ask you for your travel document. If that happens, remind them it's a K3 multiple entry visa, you do not need advance parole, and if you still face problems, ask to speak with another officer to verify your statements. Through our own experiences (and those shared by friends in a similar visa situation who have traveled), a WAG estimate is that 1 out of 4 of the front-line customs agents aren't familiar with the travel priveleges of a K3, and they often assume they are the same as the K1.

For us, even at USCIS, one out of the 3 agents we spoke with, in verifying travel eligibility, mistakenly confused the K3 travel guidelines with the K1. They are not the same.

Good luck.

-C

K-3 is a two year MULTI entry visa... NO AP required if the visa is still valid.

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Thanks