Vacation During I-130 Processing

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Good afternoon/morning all,

My wife and I (currently living in Korea and submitting I-130 next week) made plans to go on our honeymoon in Philippines. This trip will take place about one week after we submit our I-130. We are NOT visiting the US or any US territories. We will leave from Korea and re-enter Korea. She is worried about if leaving the country will cause any problems with our case, but my impression is that it's only problematic if you attempt to enter the US on a different visa type while simultaneously applying for another.

Will we have any troubles (related to our I-130 petition) getting in and out of Korea? I suspect that we will be back before they even assign us a case number, so I can't imagine anything. But it's always safe to ask and certainly safe to put her mind at ease!

Thanks again and as always! I'm looking forward to the day that I can give back to this community!

[mallafri76 1,012]

You can travel anywhere you want during the visa process, including to the US, as long as you have the required paperwork, i.e. tourist visa, ESTA etc. We are many on here living abroad and continuing to visit our loved one in the US during the visa process. So go enjoy your honeymoon in the Philippines without worry.

Edited July 16, 2015 by mallafri76

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Thanks so much for the reply! I suspected as much, but's nice to get some degree of confirmation. My wife has a (Korean) friend who is currently undergoing whatever the parellel immigration process is for establishing her husband in Korea and they were told that they couldn't leave until it was done. Obviously Korea handles their immigration stuff differently than the US but we just wanted to make sure.

Thanks again!