MEGATHREAD- All USA Flights from EU banned for next 30 days

[AndrewUK 0]

28 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

You should only need the AP card.  If the name on your AP card does not match your passport, then you should also have the marriage certificate.

 

Good Luck!

Thank you!!

[Ela G. 389]

I’m from Spain and was gonna enter the US on a K-1 on April 23rd... If Trump extends the travel ban then I won’t be able to fly 😔

[Dashinka 24,649]

15 minutes ago, Ela S. said:

I’m from Spain and was gonna enter the US on a K-1 on April 23rd... If Trump extends the travel ban then I won’t be able to fly 😔

Possibly not unfortunately.  I would plan on coming later.

[Ela G. 389]

27 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Possibly not unfortunately.  I would plan on coming later.

My visa expires June... I refuse to go through this again. I’m completely fed up and will probably end up telling my fiancé to move to Europe at all costs

[Sego 31]

Just now, Ela S. said:

My visa expires June... I refuse to go through this again. I’m completely fed up and will probably end up telling my fiancé to move to Europe at all costs

I totally share your feelings. It is already a very long and difficult process and yes a pandemic crisis going through the world is not something we could have anticipated. But I just hope there will be flexibility on visa extension or such so we don't have to go through all of this again. Finger crossed. I am still surprised K1 are not included in the travel exceptions because it is an immigrant visa, but it is what it is!

[Dashinka 24,649]

Just now, Sego said:

I totally share your feelings. It is already a very long and difficult process and yes a pandemic crisis going through the world is not something we could have anticipated. But I just hope there will be flexibility on visa extension or such so we don't have to go through all of this again. Finger crossed. I am still surprised K1 are not included in the travel exceptions because it is an immigrant visa, but it is what it is!

I am surprised that K1s are not included, but technically a K1 is a non-immigrant visa with dual intent which allows for legal AOS.  Hopefully this will blow over soon.  There is encouraging news out of Korea where the new cases have slowed to a trickle in a little over four weeks.

[ch3john 308]

3 minutes ago, Sego said:

because it is an immigrant visa, but it is what it is!

For what it's worth, K-1 is technically a nonimmigrant visa

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

4 minutes ago, Sego said:

I am still surprised K1 are not included in the travel exceptions because it is an immigrant visa,

No, it is not an immigrant visa.  In addition, a fiance is not an immediate relative.

[Sego 31]

Just now, ch3john said:

For what it's worth, K-1 is technically a nonimmigrant visa

I thought so too but for my process with my embassy, from searching information on-line to filling the DS-160 the K1 was always considered an immigrant visa. A little bit confusing. I guess it is a little in between situation. Moving with the intention to immigrate but not confirmed until marriage and filling for AOS.

[Crazy Cat 41,985]

Just now, Sego said:

I thought so too but for my process with my embassy, from searching information on-line to filling the DS-160 the K1 was always considered an immigrant visa. A little bit confusing. I guess it is a little in between situation. Moving with the intention to immigrate but not confirmed until marriage and filling for AOS.

Agree.  K-1s are non-immigrant visas....but they are processed by the immigrant visa sections of consulates.......

[LaraAndEric 32]

I wish K1 visa holders would be allowed to enter. I’m sitting here without a job, without a place to live and without anything basically, because I already gave up everything to move to the US. 
Although it’s a non-immigrant visa it should be treated as an immigrant visa. On the Frankfurt embassy’s Website you can even find it under immigrant visas. So I guess it’s more of an in-between-thing, but what counts is the official category, so we can’t do anything 😕 

 

[makhan27 2]

Due to fly (from UK) in two weeks with my US wife and son. Not sure what to do as my visa expires 14 May but so much can happen in two weeks and I cant fly before then. any advice?

[Sego 31]

7 minutes ago, LaraAndEric said:

I wish K1 visa holders would be allowed to enter. I’m sitting here without a job, without a place to live and without anything basically, because I already gave up everything to move to the US. 
Although it’s a non-immigrant visa it should be treated as an immigrant visa. On the Frankfurt embassy’s Website you can even find it under immigrant visas. So I guess it’s more of an in-between-thing, but what counts is the official category, so we can’t do anything 😕 

 

That's my understanding too. But as you said, there is nothing we can do. I am in a similar situation, I was supposed to leave 10 days from the day the ban was announced and get my visa today so now I am just home, unemployed, living in a place that is not mine and that I can stay at until mid April only while being pregnant... Visa interview rescheduled to may 20th but i honestly don't know how I will handle it until then. Very stressfull times but we are all in this together and ultimately things will get better. 🤞

Edited March 17, 2020 by Sego

[Booders 2]

Hi everyone, 

 

Can anyone tell me if a CR-1 will be considered as a travel exception? Looking to get to my wife who is a USC and living in the states.

 

Thanks very much,

B.

[igoyougoduke 1,662]

2 minutes ago, Booders said:

Hi everyone, 

 

Can anyone tell me if a CR-1 will be considered as a travel exception? Looking to get to my wife who is a USC and living in the states.

 

Thanks very much,

B.

yes spouses of us citizen are exempted.