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Are new immigrants allowed to enter the US? My mother was granted her visa in February and it expires in August.  If she is not allowed to enter, what is the process to get the visa re-issued?  

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She has a valid visa so she can enter the US.  Find a flight and make sure that she doesn't enter a country where she would be ban from flying to the US.

 

There is no guarantee that she can get the visa reissued.  
 

 

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Thread is moved from Off Topic to General Immigration Discussion.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Harman kaur   0

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2 hours ago, aaron2020 said:

She has a valid visa so she can enter the US.  Find a flight and make sure that she doesn't enter a country where she would be ban from flying to the US.

 

There is no guarantee that she can get the visa reissued.  
 

 

I was told by an airline that IR5 are not Allowed to enter.  

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If she can board a flight, that's most of the battle.  People with valid visas have been let in upon arrival here.

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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2 minutes ago, aaron2020 said:

The ban is on issuing new IR5 visas.  It's not a ban on people with IR5 visas entering the US.  The airline is wrong.

Ok. Thanks alot. I am going to go ahead and buy the ticket.  

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14 hours ago, Harman kaur said:

Ok. Thanks alot. I am going to go ahead and buy the ticket.  

Just make sure like others stated, that she does NOT transfer through Schengen or any other banned area. Parents with valid visa have been sent back home at the transfer airport, because they're not allowed to enter 14 days from being at those countries, even if it's only airport transfer.

 

Make sure to get them to the US before the visa expires, since the category is currently banned and it's likely no visa will be re-issued until the ban expires or gets lifted.

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5 hours ago, Quarknase said:

Just make sure like others stated, that she does NOT transfer through Schengen or any other banned area. Parents with valid visa have been sent back home at the transfer airport, because they're not allowed to enter 14 days from being at those countries, even if it's only airport transfer.

 

Make sure to get them to the US before the visa expires, since the category is currently banned and it's likely no visa will be re-issued until the ban expires or gets lifted.

Thank you so much!  Im still trying to find a flight.  

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Quarknase   1,072

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5 hours ago, Harman kaur said:

Thank you so much!  Im still trying to find a flight.  

It’s not easy, many flights from India connect through Europe. You might have to find two separate flights - one to a country that isn’t banning you from entering the US, and a separate connecting flight from there. I think Emirates and Qatar airways are flying regularly from non-banned countries, or Turkish Airlines from Istanbul

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