POINT OF ENTRY FOR K1 VISA HOLDERS

[qrk 104]

I'm an Italian fiancee and I have family in Canada. I plan on going to Canada to see my family there . After my Canada visit, I'll be flying to the USA from Montreal airport and entering the USA on my K 1 visa. On previous visits to the USA we were pre-cleared @ Montreal airport, meaning there is a U.S. Border & Custom control agent at Montreal airport who stamped, checked my passport, etc.  https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/ports-entry/operations/preclearance . When we arrived to the US, it was like a domestic US flight with no further immigration or custom inspections. We just got our bags and went on our way. My question to Canadians or those who flew through pre-cleared airports, will entering the USA this way be a problem for K1 visa holders? Has anyone with a K1 visa done this before? and if so, what was your experience? anything special I need to be prepared for? 

[payxibka 10,045]

1 minute ago, qrk said:

I'm an Italian fiancee and I have family in Canada. I plan on going to Canada to see my family there . After my Canada visit, I'll be flying to the USA from Montreal airport and entering the USA on my K 1 visa. On previous visits to the USA we were pre-cleared @ Montreal airport, meaning there is a U.S. Border & Custom control agent at Montreal airport who stamped, checked my passport, etc.  https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/ports-entry/operations/preclearance . When we arrived to the US, it was like a domestic US flight with no further immigration or custom inspections. We just got our bags and went on our way. My question to Canadians or those who flew through pre-cleared airports, will entering the USA this way be a problem for K1 visa holders? Has anyone with a K1 visa done this before? and if so, what was your experience? anything special I need to be prepared for? 

Normal entry process just that it happens before the flight.   Pre-clearance stations it every day 

[USS_Voyager 1,972]

15 minutes ago, qrk said:

My question to Canadians or those who flew through pre-cleared airports, will entering the USA this way be a problem for K1 visa holders?

No problem at all. It's just like any other point of entry. 

 

15 minutes ago, qrk said:

Has anyone with a K1 visa done this before?

Yes, I'm sure a lot of K1 people have done this. K1 people also have crossed land border to the US from Canada as well. There is no difference. The procedure is the same everywhere. 

[patrick33 19]

I went through Toronto with an IR-1 visa, it was pretty easy. They pull you off to a secondary area, you wait a bit, they asked a few simple questions and I was on my way. 

[Pitaya 2,577]

10 hours ago, qrk said:

I'm an Italian fiancee and I have family in Canada. I plan on going to Canada to see my family there . After my Canada visit, I'll be flying to the USA from Montreal airport and entering the USA on my K 1 visa. On previous visits to the USA we were pre-cleared @ Montreal airport, meaning there is a U.S. Border & Custom control agent at Montreal airport who stamped, checked my passport, etc.  https://www.cbp.gov/border-security/ports-entry/operations/preclearance . When we arrived to the US, it was like a domestic US flight with no further immigration or custom inspections. We just got our bags and went on our way. My question to Canadians or those who flew through pre-cleared airports, will entering the USA this way be a problem for K1 visa holders? Has anyone with a K1 visa done this before? and if so, what was your experience? anything special I need to be prepared for? 

Very likely a non-issue.