k1 visa, where can he fly?

[Azura 0]

My fiancee booked a plane ticket to come here and marry me on a K1 visa today. His flight itinerary had him flying from morocco to madrid to barcelona to chicago. They called him back a couple hours later and said that they had canceled his ticket because the visa allows him to travel to America, and he's making 2 stops in spain.

Now we're baffled. Does his plane ticket have to be directly to new york, then chicago? Can he make a layover in another country? The cheapest tickets have at least 1 layover in another country. Anyone have experience with this?

[payxibka 10,045]

My fiancee booked a plane ticket to come here and marry me on a K1 visa today. His flight itinerary had him flying from morocco to madrid to barcelona to chicago. They called him back a couple hours later and said that they had canceled his ticket because the visa allows him to travel to America, and he's making 2 stops in spain.

Now we're baffled. Does his plane ticket have to be directly to new york, then chicago? Can he make a layover in another country? The cheapest tickets have at least 1 layover in another country. Anyone have experience with this?

The problem is the two stops in Spain... The Madrid to Barcelona would most likely be a domestic flight, and he does not have a visa to enter. The same would be true if you booked a double stop inside the Schengen travel area (which BTW, Spain is)...

A single stop anywhere as long as he does not have to leave the international arrival area and does not need a transit visa, would be OK

Edited May 6, 2010 by payxibka

[Bernie C 24]

His POE in the US can be at any international terminal. Maybe try broadening your search and not limiting yourself to a particular POE in the US.

[zaytoona 8]

Hi there,

Your fiance can stop in any country as long as he is just "passing through". In other words, he has to book one direct flight that will make up of 1 or more layovers. You will not be able to book separate flights or ones that are domestic.

I booked an Air France flight for my fiance which had him fly from Casablanca to Paris and from Paris to Los Angeles. I booked it as one ticket and not separately.

I hope this helps!

Zatoona

[Miss smarty pants 84]

My fiancee booked a plane ticket to come here and marry me on a K1 visa today. His flight itinerary had him flying from morocco to madrid to barcelona to chicago. They called him back a couple hours later and said that they had canceled his ticket because the visa allows him to travel to America, and he's making 2 stops in spain.

Now we're baffled. Does his plane ticket have to be directly to new york, then chicago? Can he make a layover in another country? The cheapest tickets have at least 1 layover in another country. Anyone have experience with this?

My advice is to use Royal Air Maroc and fly directly from Casa to Ny. Then you can choose another airline (I like JetBlue) to go from Ny to your city. This is the least hassle and it is also cheaper in most cases than even the discount airlines if u book yourself. It is what I do.

[Azura 0]

We did purchase the ticket as 1 flight with 2 layovers. It wasn't done separately. I guess the problem is the 2 layovers.

For the person suggesting to buy the ticket from royal air maroc and to buy a second ticket, thats almost always more expensive. A ticket to new york from casa on royal air maroc costs about 800 right now. We can get a ticket from casa, to rome, to chicago for 689$ and it gets us to his final destination.

My fiancee will go back to the travel agency tomorrow and get a clearer answer.

[Berber Mama 5]

My husband didn't fly directly in. He stopped in Frankfurt Germany. It's not a problem as long as you're only passing through as someone else stated.

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

If a direct ticket is too expensive, look into transit visas for whichever country he'd stop over. Many European countries give transit visas (valid 24 or 48 hours) easily for US visa holders with a connecting flight.

[Vanessa1 7]

We did purchase the ticket as 1 flight with 2 layovers. It wasn't done separately. I guess the problem is the 2 layovers.

For the person suggesting to buy the ticket from royal air maroc and to buy a second ticket, thats almost always more expensive. A ticket to new york from casa on royal air maroc costs about 800 right now. We can get a ticket from casa, to rome, to chicago for 689$ and it gets us to his final destination.

My fiancee will go back to the travel agency tomorrow and get a clearer answer.

Normally that is true and I would agree however the last couple of weeks that has been different. I've been looking for flights to Casablanca and the ones that are booked together going from Phoenix to JFK and then JFK to Casablanca are around $2200 right now (and going up)...YIKES! But I looked for them separately and chose the exact same flights with the exact same airlines and the same flight numbers at the same time (Delta to JFK and Royal Air Maroc to Casa)and it was over $500 cheaper. I've never seen it like this so my advice would be to check both ways and see which one is less expensive from your particular destination. Also, I want to know where you saw the NY to Casa on Royal Air Maroc for $800 because I just priced it today for $1375 and would love to save another $575!

[sachinky 465]

Those 2 layovers in Spain would require a transit visa since he'd be flying domestically.

[Miss smarty pants 84]

[For the person suggesting to buy the ticket from royal air maroc and to buy a second ticket, thats almost always more expensive. A ticket to new york from casa on royal air maroc costs about 800 right now. We can get a ticket from casa, to rome, to chicago for 689$ and it gets us to his final destination. ]

I just bought my ticket on Tuesday. I had searched expedia, cheaptickets, priceline...most of the online sites. Finally, I got my Ny to Casa roundtrip for $1081 Royal Air Maroc and Jet Blue to Ny round trip for $178. It really was the cheapest I could find right now. It seems the last few weeks they are just going up, up, up.

Edited May 7, 2010 by i luv my fiance

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Even though you have gotten your ticket already I have found that Kayak and vayama slightly better pricing tools for tickets than the normal ones like expedia. It seems the normal ones are focused on the US. But yes there is an increase recently. It is getting into summer travel season and the prices will stay high until fall.

[True Love at Last 15]

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[Tanya and Barry 59]

The problem is indeed the internal domestic flight between cities in Spain. We flew from Kiev to Warsaw to Chicago. We never left the international section of the airport in Warsaw. One stop in Spain would have been OK for your fiance.