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My fiance is visiting his family before coming to the US. He wanted to send me money to buy his plan ticket to the US. He had problems sending money to me to buy his ticket. HELP!!!! Also what do we do about the money he plans to bring to the US when he comes. Finally we also have found that RT tickets are less expensive than one way is that a problem with POE etc?

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1. You can simply buy his ticket. Just put his name and information on the plane ticket. Then all he needs to do is print out the boarding pass from the airline site. I did this for my wife for her ticket to the US and when we visited Singapore for the first time.

If you cannot afford to buy it (which is why I gather you stated he tried to send you money to buy the ticket), you can use a wire service like Western Union to move money to one bank account to another. It takes about 2-3 days for the wire to transfer to the account but you can use any type of money and it is converted to the proper currency during the wired transfer.

2. He can either convert his foreign currency at the airport upon arrival (expensive), or you can convert it at your local bank (the better choice).

3. It makes no difference what kind of ticket he has, however, if you buy a round trip ticket, and he plans to stay in the US, you must cancel the second leg of the RT ticket or the USCIS will think he moved back to his home country and abandoned his visa/status.

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1. You can simply buy his ticket. Just put his name and information on the plane ticket. Then all he needs to do is print out the boarding pass from the airline site. I did this for my wife for her ticket to the US and when we visited Singapore for the first time.

If you cannot afford to buy it (which is why I gather you stated he tried to send you money to buy the ticket), you can use a wire service like Western Union to move money to one bank account to another. It takes about 2-3 days for the wire to transfer to the account but you can use any type of money and it is converted to the proper currency during the wired transfer.

2. He can either convert his foreign currency at the airport upon arrival (expensive), or you can convert it at your local bank (the better choice).

3. It makes no difference what kind of ticket he has, however, if you buy a round trip ticket, and he plans to stay in the US, you must cancel the second leg of the RT ticket or the USCIS will think he moved back to his home country and abandoned his visa/status.

Just a small FYI, some countries do not allow you to buy tickets on behalf of another person if you do not share the same name. Also, I recall that Morocco has some restrictions when it comes to sending money...Cannot quite recall what they are, but I am guessing that is where the OP is getting hung up.

Your husband should be able to go to the ticketing office in his country to buy his ticket.

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If your fiance living in UAE then no issues to buy a ticket why can't he buy a ticket online why he needs to send money to you i did not get it. I buy my wife tickets from online

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Thanks everyone, I was hopeing that some Moroccan folks could give me some specific help since Morocco is different. I could buy the ticket but he is a man and he should buy his ticket but apparently there have been issues with transit visas and all sorts of things that I just don't understand as a person not from the area. I am really looking for advice/guidance.

So I really hope some Moroccan's on-line can direct us to the right places we need to go without to many twists or turns. Thanks.

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The problem that you face is that it is not legal to remove Moroccan dirhams from Morocco. He can't transfer the money to you. So you can buy his ticket, and he can pay you back. Or he can buy the ticket though a travel agent within Morocco.

In general, Moroccans also can't convert MAD to USD without a valid reason. His visa in his passport will be a valid reason. He may lose money on conversion rates, but in order to take money out of Morocco he needs to go to a bank and convert MAD to USD. Then he can carry the USD with him on the plane.

I'm not sure what the rules are where he currently lives, but it may be easier to convert the money or transfer it to you from there.

No problems with a round trip ticket. Buy whatever is cheapest. If you are concerned about transfer visas, then get the Royal Air Maroc flight from Casa to JFK, and have him transfer within the USA. Best of luck!

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