waiting period after i recieved my visa

[CalaWaheb 11]

as soon as i get my passport returned with my visa on it . am i allowed to travel the next day to USA ? or is there a waiting period ?

[Shiran 1,134]

1 minute ago, CalaWaheb said:

as soon as i get my passport returned with my visa on it . am i allowed to travel the next day to USA ? or is there a waiting period ?

There is no waiting period. There is expiration date on K-1 that is based on the time of your medical. 

[Mike E 11,739]

Due to the international date line there can be waiting period. 

 

It is possible to leave Asia on a nonstop to the USA in the morning and arrive in the USA the night the date before the flight departs.  

 

 

[CalaWaheb 11]

ok the reason i asking cause i heard i have to wait 10 days after i have my visa in hand so it will be in system supposely 

i refuse  to wait and wait  another 10 days 

[SalishSea 17,828]

11 minutes ago, CalaWaheb said:

ok the reason i asking cause i heard i have to wait 10 days after i have my visa in hand so it will be in system supposely 

i refuse  to wait and wait  another 10 days 

I have never heard this.  My husband flew 8 days after he received his passport back with the visa, and had no problems.

[VNN 147]

11 minutes ago, CalaWaheb said:

ok the reason i asking cause i heard i have to wait 10 days after i have my visa in hand so it will be in system supposely 

i refuse  to wait and wait  another 10 days 

If it were true, how would you refuse to wait?  j/k

 

Anyway, as long as you have visa, you can book your flight and travel.  My wife and I travelled just after few days she got her visa.

 

 

[payxibka 10,045]

32 minutes ago, CalaWaheb said:

ok the reason i asking cause i heard i have to wait 10 days after i have my visa in hand so it will be in system supposely 

i refuse  to wait and wait  another 10 days 

Some people travel same day 

[nastra30 2,284]

The only waiting period is joining the queue to board the plane. 

[MagdalenaB 8]

Hi!

I had visa approved July 24th 2017, Passport in hand on July 26th (on my bday actually, haha) and flew the very next day to Dallas, from Bucharest Romania. So literally no waiting period. I actually got the passport at around 4pm July 26th and bought a ticket right then and there for 2 am July 27th. That is like a few hours in between. All was safe and sound at the customs booth. 

[Mike E 11,739]

18 minutes ago, CalaWaheb said:

ok the reason i asking cause i heard i have to wait 10 days after i have my visa in hand so it will be in system supposely 

i refuse  to wait and wait  another 10 days 

The great thing about paper passports and paper visas is that if the electronic systems are down or the visa not in the database, CBP has to have a good reason to refuse a visa that appears to be valid.   

[Jorge V 195]

13 hours ago, payxibka said:

Some people travel same day 

Yea many applicants at the Juarez embassy, which is only a few miles from the US border, enter the US the same day.

[Limey 551]

If there was a waiting period they'd print a start date ("valid from") on the visa, as well as an expiry date.

[Mike E 11,739]

5 hours ago, Limey said:

If there was a waiting period they'd print a start date ("valid from") on the visa, as well as an expiry date.

My wife's K-1 had an Issued Date. Which was 2 days after her interview. But 11 days before it was available to pick up.

 

So point taken. It is probable the visa will be in a database the CBP accesses at POE.