AP and final steps

[April M 28]

We got the email to redo medical and then they would finish the visa. My questions are:

What happens after you receive the visa? 

Do you have time to make plans for travel?

What plans should be made in regards flights and what flight should we do? 

And what should expect with layovers and then getting to the US? 

We need any info you can give please?🙏

[PaulaCJohnny 713]

2 hours ago, April M said:

We got the email to redo medical and then they would finish the visa. My questions are:

What happens after you receive the visa? 

You will be happy haha this is what will happen!

 

Do you have time to make plans for travel?

This is on you. You have 6 months for the date of your medical to travel.

 

What plans should be made in regards flights and what flight should we do? 

I recommend you to check all the bans and everything about COVID to avoid flights to pass to any ban country. 

 

And what should expect with layovers and then getting to the US?

 

Like I told before, check this information before book the flight. 

Getting here will be like: you will arrive,  go to the lines, a Officer will make you some questions (or not) and guide you to a room. You will wait and then other person will call you. And ask whatever they want (in my case they just asked me my marriage date and he explained to me about my SSN)

Depending of your POE (city you will arrive) check the local instructions about COVID.

 

We need any info you can give please?🙏

 

[Mike E 11,739]

4 hours ago, April M said:

We got the email to redo medical and then they would finish the visa. My questions are:

What happens after you receive the visa? 
 

You usually have 6 months to use it.  
 

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Do you have time to make plans for travel?

without a pandemic, of course.  
 

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What plans should be made in regards flights and what flight should we do? 
 

nothing yet.  
 

After the visa is in hand ...
 

If there are non stop flights between Uganda and Abu Dhabi, then I would connect  through Abu Dhabi which had non stop flights to the USA.  US passport control and immigration is handled in Abu Dhabi and so the benefit is that your spouse will become an LPR before landing in the US.  
 

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And what should expect with layovers and then getting to the US? 

We need any info you can give please?🙏

At each layover you can expect airline personnel at the gate to take a long time processing your spouse for boarding.  It is a good idea to have  slips of paper that clearly list the address in the US where your spouse will live.  It is a good idea to have 2 hours per layover.  

Edited October 30, 2020 by Mike E

[April M 28]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

You usually have 6 months to use it.  
 

without a pandemic, of course.  
 

nothing yet.  
 

After the visa is in hand ...
 

If there are non stop flights between Uganda and Abu Dhabi, then I would connect  through Abu Dhabi which had non stop flights to the USA.  US passport control and immigration is handled in Abu Dhabi and so the benefit is that your spouse will become an LPR before landing in the US.  
 

At each layover you can expect airline personnel at the gate to take a long time processing your spouse for boarding.  It is a good idea to have  slips of paper that clearly list the address in the US where your spouse will live.  It is a good idea to have 2 hours per layover.  

What is an LPR?

[April M 28]

1 hour ago, Mike E said:

You usually have 6 months to use it.  
 

without a pandemic, of course.  
 

nothing yet.  
 

After the visa is in hand ...
 

If there are non stop flights between Uganda and Abu Dhabi, then I would connect  through Abu Dhabi which had non stop flights to the USA.  US passport control and immigration is handled in Abu Dhabi and so the benefit is that your spouse will become an LPR before landing in the US.  
 

At each layover you can expect airline personnel at the gate to take a long time processing your spouse for boarding.  It is a good idea to have  slips of paper that clearly list the address in the US where your spouse will live.  It is a good idea to have 2 hours per layover.  

Also, does the address he will stay in the US have to be the same address on the visa application? 

[Mike E 11,739]

7 hours ago, April M said:

What is an LPR?

Lawful Permanent Resident. That's the whole point of this process. 

 

7 hours ago, April M said:

Also, does the address he will stay in the US have to be the same address on the visa application? 

No, but if it isn't put yourself in the shoes of the US-CBP officer processing your entry.  The officer will wonder why is the address different. This will be an initial indicator of immigration / visa fraud, so have a good reason (e.g. "my spouse's home burned to the ground and we moved" works). Or,  the address is different because <insert reason>:

 

* the rent went up at the old place

 

* the land lord didn't renew

 

* the new place is more convenient for us (job, family, school, etc.)

 

* we are taking a vacation before we start our lives in the US

 

When we landed (K-1 + me), the officer was perplexed as to why we listed address X and the paperwork he was looking at said address Y. Turned out that address Y was that of the USCIS field office that would be handling out adjustment of status later, and the address the airline sent to CBP, the address on our customs declaration, and the address listed in the petition were the same.

 

If the answer is: "I plan to live apart from my spouse", then be prepared for a one-way trip to Uganda and a night in detention.

 

Try to keep it simple. The adage in the sales business is: "when you are explaining you are losing" and it is even more true with CBP.

Edited October 30, 2020 by Mike E

[April M 28]

10 minutes ago, Mike E said:

Lawful Permanent Resident. That's the whole point of this process. 

 

No, but if it isn't put yourself in the shoes of the US-CBP officer processing your entry.  The officer will wonder why is the address different. This will be an initial indicator of immigration / visa fraud, so have a good reason (e.g. "my spouse's home burned to the ground and we moved" works). Or,  the address is different because <insert reason>:

 

* the rent went up at the old place

 

* the land lord didn't renew

 

* the new place is more convenient for us (job, family, school, etc.)

 

* we are taking a vacation before we start our lives in the US

 

When we landed (K-1 + me), the officer was perplexed as to why we listed address X and the paperwork he was looking at said address Y. Turned out that address Y was that of the USCIS field office that would be handling out adjustment of status later, and the address the airline sent to CBP, the address on our customs declaration, and the address listed in the petition were the same.

 

If the answer is: "I plan to live apart from my spouse", then be prepared for a one-way trip to Uganda and a night in detention.

 

Try to keep it simple. The adage in the sales business is: "when you are explaining you are losing" and it is even more true with CBP.

Ok we will keep it the same for now

[April M 28]

3 minutes ago, April M said:

Ok we will keep it the same for now

We will always be together , that's what this is all about. We got married to live together as husband and wife. Being apart was not our plan and then this mess. I can't wait for this to be behind us. 

[Babu Frik 1,162]

Not sure if it was just the acronym that threw you off,  but If you're not up to speed on what a Legal Permanent Resident is,  I suggest you do some research on that. 

[April M 28]

7 hours ago, Babu Frik said:

Not sure if it was just the acronym that threw you off,  but If you're not up to speed on what a Legal Permanent Resident is,  I suggest you do some research on that. 

Why would you say that?

[April M 28]

3 minutes ago, April M said:

Why would you say that?

Oh....ok I am thinking way another way , Im not p partial to acronyms.  Ok you I know what you mean now . And yes I have read all about it. It's the little things that no one writes down that I am interested in. When people have experiences they can tell you information that was not given. That's what I'm asking for.

[April M 28]

After my husband gets his passport, visa and packet can anyone in detail tell me the next steps from country of visa to country of destination? Such as payment of green card, getting a flight, getting to customs and so forth?

[SalishSea 17,829]

54 minutes ago, April M said:

After my husband gets his passport, visa and packet can anyone in detail tell me the next steps from country of visa to country of destination? Such as payment of green card, getting a flight, getting to customs and so forth?

This was answered in your previous thread:  you book the flight from wherever he is departing from, to wherever he is flying to, making sure not to transit via the Schengen region or other banned countries.  

 

Not sure what you mean by 'getting to customs'?  If you have never flown internationally:  when you arrive in a foreign country, you really have no choice but to go through customs, as you are routed through right after disembarking from the plane.

 

I did a K-1, so didn't have to pay for the GC, but I'm sure others will chime in.  I know that there is a way to pay for it online, and I would assume it will be contained in either an email or printed info for your husband from the embassy.

 

Does he have his visa in hand?  If not, it is not recommended to book the flight.

[April M 28]

7 hours ago, Jorgedig said:

This was answered in your previous thread:  you book the flight from wherever he is departing from, to wherever he is flying to, making sure not to transit via the Schengen region or other banned countries.  

 

Not sure what you mean by 'getting to customs'?  If you have never flown internationally:  when you arrive in a foreign country, you really have no choice but to go through customs, as you are routed through right after disembarking from the plane.

 

I did a K-1, so didn't have to pay for the GC, but I'm sure others will chime in.  I know that there is a way to pay for it online, and I would assume it will be contained in either an email or printed info for your husband from the embassy.

 

Does he have his visa in hand?  If not, it is not recommended to book the flight.

Thanks, not yet we are waiting for it now. Looking for more info because we have time hence the conversation. 

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

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