Can beneficiary travel to another country AFTER their interview, but before coming to the USA ?

[x_driven_x 1,778]

My fiancee wants to plan a sort of last trip with her sister, to Turkey, before she moves to the USA.

 

Given current timelines, we might have our NOA2 and ability to finish the medical exam and interview before the planned date of the trip, but I was curious if she will not be able to use her passport or travel out of her country after the interview, before making the trip with me to the USA.

 

Any experience with that?

 

Do they take her passport at the interview, or any strange rules?

 

Ideally, I would like her to have the interview, wait the 5 days to get the package by courier with the visa, get to enjoy her trip with her sister, and then the following week she'd come to the US, but I will ask her to adjust timelines if necessary.

 

Thanks! 

 

@Naes do you happen to know?

Edited May 8, 2018 by x_driven_x

[Naes 12,205]

4 minutes ago, x_driven_x said:

My fiancee wants to plan a sort of last trip with her sister, to Turkey, before she moves to the USA.

 

Given current timelines, we might have our NOA2 and ability to finish the medical exam and interview before the planned date of the trip, but I was curious if she will not be able to use her passport or travel out of her country after the interview, before making the trip with me to the USA.

 

Any experience with that?

 

Do they take her passport at the interview, or any strange rules?

 

Ideally, I would like her to have the interview, wait the 5 days to get the package by courier with the visa, get to enjoy her trip with her sister, and then the following week she'd come to the US, but I will ask her to adjust timelines if necessary.

 

Thanks! 

 

@Naes do you happen to know?

Well I’m doing exactly the same!

 

they do take passports at the interview so your fiancé can wait to get the passport back and then travel to Turkey (which I’m also going right after my interview for a month or so) 

 

but if she is approved she won’t have her passport right after the interview so she needs to wait till she gets it back.

 

only important note after receiving the passport with the visa on it: do not enter US soil even as transit.

Edited May 8, 2018 by Naes

[x_driven_x 1,778]

2 minutes ago, Naes said:

Well I’m doing exactly the same!

 

they do take passports at the interview so your fiancé can wait to get the passport back and then travel to Turkey (which I’m also going right after my interview for a month or so) 

 

but if she is approved she won’t have her passport right after the interview so she needs to wait till she gets it back.

 

only important note after receiving the passport with the visa on it: do not enter US soil even as transit.

Great thank you!

 

So, interview... wait a few days for her passport + sealed packet to be returned. Don't open the packet. She can then travel from Ukraine to Turkey and back for a week, then I will go visit her and bring her back to the US.

 

Awesome, thank you!

[payxibka 10,047]

19 minutes ago, x_driven_x said:

Great thank you!

 

So, interview... wait a few days for her passport + sealed packet to be returned. Don't open the packet. She can then travel from Ukraine to Turkey and back for a week, then I will go visit her and bring her back to the US.

 

Awesome, thank you!

She only has to present herself at the US border on or before the expiration date of the visa.  What happens between the return of the passport and US entry is of no concern

[x_driven_x 1,778]

11 minutes ago, payxibka said:

She only has to present herself at the US border on or before the expiration date of the visa.  What happens between the return of the passport and US entry is of no concern

Thanks so much!

[TBoneTX 46,300]

It can be perilous to presume the granting of a visa.