French fiancé has his K1 Visa, but the travel bans

[Vida P 0]

My fiancé has his K1 visa, but can’t come from France due to travel ban. Has anyone tried going to another country first that is not under the ban then going to US? I’m wondering if Mexico City would be a good option and how this would work 

[Crazy Cat 42,141]

It has been done.

[Vida P 0]

4 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

It has been done.

Do you have any information on it? Do they check if you’ve been to a banned country in the past 14 days at a US airport?

[JacobP 186]

Pretty big thread (80 pages and counting) but you'll see numerous accounts of people using Mexico here. It sounds like you'll generally want to keep any records that show you've been out of the area for 14 days like boarding passes and hotel receipts.

[joshg2020 0]

Hey I just come back from Norway seeing my son and my fiancee. I am a USA citizen but I was allowed to travel to see my family. Delta, SAS, and a few other airlines are flying everyday out of Copenhagen and Amsterdam to the USA. The prices are high, but they will fly you if you have the correct paperwork to enter the USA. Once inside the USA I had no trouble finding planes back to my city. Hope it helps 

[Jas&Skip 16]

She has to be in a non Schengen zone country for example  Croatia, Serbia or Turkey for 14 days. And fly without a stop in the Schengen zone.  That means Norway or the Netherlands doesn't work! 

[JFH 12,191]

On 7/1/2020 at 9:00 PM, joshg2020 said:

Hey I just come back from Norway seeing my son and my fiancee. I am a USA citizen but I was allowed to travel to see my family. Delta, SAS, and a few other airlines are flying everyday out of Copenhagen and Amsterdam to the USA. The prices are high, but they will fly you if you have the correct paperwork to enter the USA. Once inside the USA I had no trouble finding planes back to my city. Hope it helps 

The difference is that you are a USC so you have no issues returning to the US. You cannot be denied entry. A K-1 fiancé visa holder from a Schengen country falls under the travel ban. The cost of the flight and availability of tickets is not the issue here. The issue is the EO banning non-citizens and non-residents from entering the country if they have been in a Schengen country at any point in the previous 14 days.

Edited July 4, 2020 by JFH