Airlines procedures

[mike79 0]

Does anyone have any problem with an airliner with a k1 visa using a one ticket?

[B & G 200]

Though I haven't been issued a K1 visa, I have seen many travel with the airline I work for. You won't have any problems travelling with a one-way ticket.

Should your check in agent ask for a return ticket, just tell them that your visa is a fiance visa and you don't not require a return ticket. It might delay you at check in for a bit until they verify with their supervisor and such but thats about it.

Just make sure you are at least 2 hours before your flight at the airport to make sure you have time to deal such snugs, should they happen.

Edited February 17, 2014 by B & G

[mike79 0]

Thanks B& G

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Does anyone have any problem with an airliner with a k1 visa using a one ticket?

A K1 visa is affixed inside the passport. It entitles the holder to enter the US at any time for up to one year and from any airline. It's issued by the US State Department who must accept it. A one-way ticket is all that's allowed for a K1 visa. Well, I suppose you could get a round-trip ticket, but in so doing you would violate the visa and lose the K1.

Edited February 17, 2014 by CNTrav

[Dave&Roza 748]

A K1 visa is affixed inside the passport. It entitles the holder to enter the US at any time for up to one year and from any airline. It's issued by the US State Department who must accept it. A one-way ticket is all that's allowed for a K1 visa. Well, I suppose you could get a round-trip ticket, but in so doing you would violate the visa and lose the K1.

Sorry to say this but you are wrong on so many items with your response.

First, a K-1 visa is issued and attached to the passport and is valid for a maximum of 6 months--the actual time period it is valid for is sometimes tied to the medical examine date. Second, a K-1 visa is a non-immigrant, single entry visa for the express purpose to getting married. The foreign spouse has 90 days to get marreid to the petitioner or the K-1 visa is no longer valid for the purposes of adjusting of status (AOS). There is no restriction on the type of airline ticket that can be used. We purchased a RT ticket for my wife to come to the US on her K-1. The return part was 89 days after her arrival. Once we were married I canceled the return portion of her trip and kept the confirmation number.

OP: There are two issue when traveling to the US. 1) is dealing with the arilines and their employees and how well they are trained on unusual situations like a K-1 visa and 2) is dealing with the CBP who typically see this more often than the airlines, plus they have a computer that can look up your file--the airlines do not. Buy which ever ticket is cheaper and plan to explain yourself if you have a one-way ticket and the airline employee is not well trained.

Good luck,

Dave

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Sorry to say this but you are wrong on so many items with your response.

First, a K-1 visa is issued and attached to the passport and is valid for a maximum of 6 months--the actual time period it is valid for is sometimes tied to the medical examine date. Second, a K-1 visa is a non-immigrant, single entry visa for the express purpose to getting married. The foreign spouse has 90 days to get marreid to the petitioner or the K-1 visa is no longer valid for the purposes of adjusting of status (AOS). There is no restriction on the type of airline ticket that can be used. We purchased a RT ticket for my wife to come to the US on her K-1. The return part was 89 days after her arrival. Once we were married I canceled the return portion of her trip and kept the confirmation number.

OP: There are two issue when traveling to the US. 1) is dealing with the arilines and their employees and how well they are trained on unusual situations like a K-1 visa and 2) is dealing with the CBP who typically see this more often than the airlines, plus they have a computer that can look up your file--the airlines do not. Buy which ever ticket is cheaper and plan to explain yourself if you have a one-way ticket and the airline employee is not well trained.

Good luck,

Dave

So many areas I'm wrong. Well, I'll concede the law for the period of validity for the k1 visa has changed to six months. but the rest I am correct. Now, let's first take the the OP posted in how many words? An obscure question wondering whether there was a problem with a round-trip ticket. Why would anyone buy a round-trip ticket when they only have a k1 visa? Doesn't make sense. First you gotta get into the US and get married. So, buy a one way ticket and make it happen.

What I'm wondering is how you get so much out of one sentence from the OP. How's that work? Vulcan mind-meld?

[Vanitas 310]

So many areas I'm wrong. Well, I'll concede the law for the period of validity for the k1 visa has changed to six months. but the rest I am correct. Now, let's first take the the OP posted in how many words? An obscure question wondering whether there was a problem with a round-trip ticket. Why would anyone buy a round-trip ticket when they only have a k1 visa? Doesn't make sense. First you gotta get into the US and get married. So, buy a one way ticket and make it happen.

What I'm wondering is how you get so much out of one sentence from the OP. How's that work? Vulcan mind-meld?

You'll find that for some countries, a RT is cheaper than a OW. It was for me, and in fact when I cancelled my return trip the day after landing I got quite a nice refund - 2/3rds of the original price I paid, in fact. I had no issue whatsoever checking in with a return ticket on the K1 visa, and CBP didn't even give it a second thought when I was in Secondary at Newark Terminal B.

The key thing you have to do if you do get a return is cancel that return segment. You don't want to be having issues at AOS because of an error by the airline saying you left when you didn't.

[agrabs 241]

So many areas I'm wrong. Well, I'll concede the law for the period of validity for the k1 visa has changed to six months. but the rest I am correct. Now, let's first take the the OP posted in how many words? An obscure question wondering whether there was a problem with a round-trip ticket. Why would anyone buy a round-trip ticket when they only have a k1 visa? Doesn't make sense. First you gotta get into the US and get married. So, buy a one way ticket and make it happen.

What I'm wondering is how you get so much out of one sentence from the OP. How's that work? Vulcan mind-meld?

There is no problem with purchasing a round trip ticket with a K1 visa. We purchased a round trip ticket for my husband when he entered with his K1 visa because it was much cheaper than purchasing a one way ticket.

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There is no problem with purchasing a round trip ticket with a K1 visa. We purchased a round trip ticket for my husband when he entered with his K1 visa because it was much cheaper than purchasing a one way ticket.

The cost of the ticket is just a matter of simple economics. You can buy a thousand tickets if it's cheaper, but you can't use them to go back home until after you get married and get approved AOS, or get advance parole.

Edited February 17, 2014 by CNTrav

[Dave&Roza 748]

The cost of the ticket is just a matter of simple economics. You can buy a thousand tickets if it's cheaper, but you can't use them to go back home until after you get married and get approved AOS, or get advance parole.

Yes, it is a simple economic exercise. Do I purchase a round trip ticket for $2100 or do I purchase a one-way ticket for $3300? (I am using actual numbers for when I was going to bring my fiancée to the US). If I purchase the RT, I achieve my goal of getting my fiancée to the US and I spend $2100. Yes, there is the return leg that I do not use because she cannot travel until she receives her GC or EAD/AP. Not to mention that if we did use the return leg, she would be in her home country without a ticket to the US, so we are in the same situation of what to purchase--a RT or one-way again. If I purchase the one-way, I achieve my goal of getting my fiancée into the US and I spend $3300. I do not have to worry about a return leg, but my bank account is $1200 lighter. So call me crazy for buying a RT ticket and "wasting" the return leg just so I can have 12 Franklins in my pocket rather than having given them to the airline.

YMMV,

Dave

[agrabs 241]

The cost of the ticket is just a matter of simple economics. You can buy a thousand tickets if it's cheaper, but you can't use them to go back home until after you get married and get approved AOS, or get advance parole.

[agrabs 241]

? No where did i imply that ticket could be used without AP or greencard. I was only addressing the issue of is it ok to purchase a round trip ticket for entry on a k1 visa, and the answer is yes. As to why someone would do this, the answer is it is cheaper than a round trip ticket in some cases. The airline let us rebook his return ticket for a later date ( we had up to a year after the initial purchase) to use the ticket. We had his AP in plenty of time to use it-we just couldn't due to job circumstances, so we cancelled it and got some money back. Why would I pay more for a one way ticket?

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[Girl from Celebes 588]

Does anyone have any problem with an airliner with a k1 visa using a one ticket?

No, My fiance and I bought one-way tickets through online agencies website, Orbitz. We did not encounter any problem at all.

[Mike-eeh and Odie 193]

You do not need a round trip ticket to enter the USA. However, if she needs to change flights (and depending on the layover times) do make sure she does not need a transit visa while in a connecting airport, some countries require them. That said, my fiancee is from the Philippines and I bought her a one way ticket to New Jersey, USA. She had a stop over in Japan, but did not require a transit visa as her layover was less than 4 hours.