Entry on K-1 from Budapest?

[LizBogdan 4]

My fiance's K1 visa was approved this week in Romania, a non-Schengen country. We usually travel back and forth from Romania through Budapest to Chicago because there's a non-spot cheap flight with LOT. HOWEVER, because Hungary is a Schengen country, he routed through Turkey this past Christmas when visiting (because of travel "ban" from Schengen). 

 

My question is: If I'm reading this right, does this new proclamation allow for K1 visa holders to enter from any country now without restrictions? Has anyone done this? Is any additional paperwork needed? I feel like airline and airport employees are always the last to know about these new proclamations and allowances. I don't want to risk him being turned away at boarding, or on arrival. 

 

"The Secretary has determined that the travel of immigrants, fiancé(e) visa holders, certain exchange visitors, and pilots and aircrew traveling to the United States for training or aircraft pickup, delivery, or maintenance is in the national interest for purposes of approving exceptions under the geographic COVID Presidential Proclamations (9984, 9992, and 10143)."

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/updates-to-national-interest-exceptions-for-regional-covid-proclamations.html

 

 

[payxibka 10,047]

Just now, LizBogdan said:

My fiance's K1 visa was approved this week in Romania, a non-Schengen country. We usually travel back and forth from Romania through Budapest to Chicago because there's a non-spot cheap flight with LOT. HOWEVER, because Hungary is a Schengen country, he routed through Turkey this past Christmas when visiting (because of travel "ban" from Schengen). 

 

My question is: If I'm reading this right, does this new proclamation allow for K1 visa holders to enter from any country now without restrictions? Has anyone done this? Is any additional paperwork needed? I feel like airline and airport employees are always the last to know about these new proclamations and allowances. I don't want to risk him being turned away at boarding, or on arrival. 

 

"The Secretary has determined that the travel of immigrants, fiancé(e) visa holders, certain exchange visitors, and pilots and aircrew traveling to the United States for training or aircraft pickup, delivery, or maintenance is in the national interest for purposes of approving exceptions under the geographic COVID Presidential Proclamations (9984, 9992, and 10143)."

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/News/visas-news/updates-to-national-interest-exceptions-for-regional-covid-proclamations.html

 

 

Yes, no advance quarantine needed