Air travel within US with expired I94 K1 visa

[CPAV 1]

Hi, I came to US with a K1 visa, I am now in the process of filing my AOS. Can I travel via air within the US with an expired I94?

Thanks!

[K1visaHopeful 2,817]

1 minute ago, CPAV said:

Hi, I came to US with a K1 visa, I am now in the process of filing my AOS. Can I travel via air within the US with an expired I94?

Thanks!

You can! Although as a precautionary measure most bring their marriage certificate and the AOS Noa1 receipt notice just in case.

[CPAV 1]

I haven't filed my AOS yet

[Lil bear 4,218]

2 minutes ago, CPAV said:

Hi, I came to US with a K1 visa, I am now in the process of filing my AOS. Can I travel via air within the US with an expired I94?

Thanks!

Use your national passport as ID at checkin and TSA and bring your NOA1 and marriage  certificate as evidence of lawful status 

[Crazy Cat 41,886]

1 minute ago, Lil bear said:

Use your national passport as ID at checkin and TSA and bring your NOA1 and marriage  certificate as evidence of lawful status 

Expired I-94.......has not filed I-485.........OP is not in lawful status.....

[Crazy Cat 41,886]

Personally, I would file the I-485 as soon as possible.........and I wouldn't travel before....just my opinion....Filing the I-485 will give you "authorized stay" while the I-485 is pending....

[aaron2020 11,651]

8 minutes ago, CPAV said:

Hi, I came to US with a K1 visa, I am now in the process of filing my AOS. Can I travel via air within the US with an expired I94?

Thanks!

Yes.  There's no internal immigration control on domestic flights.

 

You are out of status, so you are never 100% safe.  File AOS ASAP.  

[Lil bear 4,218]

9 minutes ago, missileman said:

Expired I-94.......has not filed I-485.........OP is not in lawful status.....

My wrong assumption that AOS had already been filed. Totally agree with you .. file ASAP as currently not in legal status. ☹️

Edited April 17, 2019 by Lil bear

[Crazy Cat 41,886]

OP, you might take a look at these attoeny opinions:

https://www.avvo.com/legal-answers/can-i-fly-domestically-in-the-us-with-an-expired-i-3153125.html

[CPAV 1]

Thank you all for your time

[Mike E 11,739]

On 4/17/2019 at 2:58 PM, CPAV said:

Hi, I came to US with a K1 visa, I am now in the process of filing my AOS. Can I travel via air within the US with an expired I94?

Thanks!

Hopefully you have a state ID by now, and you can leave you passport at home.

 

My wife's K1 expired while we were on our honeymoon, and I didn't want an exuberant TSA clerk calling in CBP to see her expired visa. See also:

 

 

http://thepinoy.net/?p=1055

 

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She was going through security on this domestic flight when a TSA officer asked her for her photo id and boarding pass. She showed her current, unexpired Philippine passport, and the TSA officer started going through the pages of the passport and then asked, “Where’s your visa?” She replied that it was in her old passport, which she had left at home. The TSA officer then proceeded to tell her that he would call Customs and Border Protection (CBP) because he needed to verify her immigration status. 

About 40 minutes later, CBP officers arrived, began questioning her, and determined that she was out of status (TNT). They handcuffed her, and took her over to “secondary” for further questioning. Ultimately, she was issued a Notice to Appear (NTA), placing her in removal/deportation for having overstayed her “visit” by several years.

 

 

If you don't have state ID, then bring your I-797 NOA1 from your AOS. Since you don't appear to have either, then do not fly, and stay away from the borders.

 

You need to focus on filing your AOS, and staying indoors.

Edited April 19, 2019 by Mike E