Travel concerns prior to green card/travel auth?

[Destin 6]

Hi,

We are still pending green card status updates, and filed the travel authorization too. Biometrics done.

The concern is we have a cruise planned to Alaska, but it has one day spent in Canada. Should we work to get a visa for her (from Vietnam) to Canada? Or should we stay on the boat that day as this could cause issues with the green card status/travel authorization later on? Or worse yet is the whole cruise a potential problem?

Thanks!

 

[Crazy Cat 41,888]

Do not exit the US without APPROVED advance Parole....period.....You will abandon the adjustment of status....and you will be stuck outside the US.  No one should EVER plan a trip before advance parole is approved.....PERIOD!!!!

Edited April 22, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[Crazy Cat 41,888]

A visa for Canada is the least of your concerns.....Why do people plan these things with no consideration of the impact????

Edited April 22, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[aaron2020 11,651]

7 minutes ago, Destin said:

Hi,

We are still pending green card status updates, and filed the travel authorization too. Biometrics done.

The concern is we have a cruise planned to Alaska, but it has one day spent in Canada. Should we work to get a visa for her (from Vietnam) to Canada? Or should we stay on the boat that day as this could cause issues with the green card status/travel authorization later on? Or worse yet is the whole cruise a potential problem?

Thanks!

 

Doesn't matter if you stay on the boat.  The boat is not US territory.  She would be leaving the US.  That's automatic abandonment of her AOS.  Even if she gets back into the US, the AOS would be toast.  Doesn't matter if she has a Canadian visa because that has nothing to do with leaving the US and abandoning the AOS.  

 

DO NOT LET HER GO ON THIS CRUISE.   SHE NEEDS AP.  NO AP.  NO GO.  

[Crazy Cat 41,888]

Just now, aaron2020 said:

Doesn't matter if you stay on the boat.  The boat is not US territory.  She would be leaving the US.  That's automatic abandonment of her AOS.  Even if she gets back into the US, the AOS would be toast.  Doesn't matter if she has a Canadian visa because that has nothing to do with leaving the US and abandoning the AOS.  

 

DO NOT LET HER GO ON THIS CRUISE.   SHE NEEDS AP.  NO AP.  NO GO.  

Agree 100000000000%.

[arken 4,197]

My understanding is the same: You need to pass through CBP to get admitted to the US after disembarking from the cruise. It doesn't matter whether the cruise stops at a port or just sails by it or doesn't move an inch due to malfunction. You step on the cruise, you left the US.

 

[powerpuff 6,707]

~~ Topic moved from AOS K1 to Working & Traveling during US immigration ~~
 

Cancel the cruise. You risk having to start the process all over again with a spousal visa while your wife will have to wait abroad (~2 years roughly). No cruise or trip is worth that.

 

Even if it didn’t stop in Canada…… why take the risk?? Emergencies happen, cruise ships and planes get diverted to neighboring countries (e.g. If you’re traveling to Alaska, Hawaii or PR)…. I really think trips should be left for contiguous US only until proper travel authorizations have been obtained. 

Edited April 22, 2022 by powerpuff

[Family 3,988]

See one Cruisers policy on boarding non-us citizens…denied boarding…and her previous Visitor status has changed ( from visitor to immigrant)  when you filed  Adjustment of Status

, trying to use it to board while it may get you on the boat , it will get her Adjustment a guaranteed denial .

 

https://help.carnival.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/1405/~/travel-documentation%3A-non-u.s.-citizens

[Chancy 6,241]

38 minutes ago, Destin said:

The concern is we have a cruise planned to Alaska, but it has one day spent in Canada. Should we work to get a visa for her (from Vietnam) to Canada? Or should we stay on the boat that day as this could cause issues with the green card status/travel authorization later on? Or worse yet is the whole cruise a potential problem?

 

As others mentioned above, your biggest concern should be whether she can even be admitted back into the US, if she goes on that Alaska cruise without having AP.  Here's what CBP says -- https://help.cbp.gov/s/article/Article-74?language=en_US

 

"If you are not a U.S. citizen or an LPR, you will need a passport and/or the appropriate documentation based on the status you are seeking in the United States for any type of cruise, closed loop or not. If you are traveling under the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), your I-94W (immigration stamp) that you were issued when you first entered the United States can be used for reentering the United States at the end of your cruise - as long as the cruise ends before your 90 day admission period has expired and you did not travel beyond adjacent islands or contiguous territory, and you were not outside the United States for more than 30 days.  If the cruise takes you beyond that 90-day admission period, you will have to apply for a new admission, and you will have to convince the CBP Officer that you were not taking the cruise to circumvent the 90-day limit for VWP travelers."

 

[nastra30 2,287]

1 hour ago, Destin said:

Or worse yet is the whole cruise a potential problem?

Yup. Don't go on the cruise. It could have major implications.

[Destin 6]

Ok first, some of you are plain rude. Good advice, but come on...

Next, thanks for letting me know before we leave so I can get this corrected and avoid any issues. Obviously now we won't go if we can't get permission first.

So now... Permission. If we get approved parole, would it be good for two trips, or only one? (i.e. cruise and Vietnam). We'd only do VN obviously if we need a 2nd.
Also when do we get the approved trip? Shouldn't it come before the green card? Once we get the green card it's not a big deal to travel as much right?

Thanks for the help. Despite the attitude, I don't really care as long as I get the right answers and know what to do.

[Timona 4,207]

11 minutes ago, Destin said:

Ok first, some of you are plain rude. Good advice, but come on...

Next, thanks for letting me know before we leave so I can get this corrected and avoid any issues. Obviously now we won't go if we can't get permission first.

So now... Permission. If we get approved parole, would it be good for two trips, or only one? (i.e. cruise and Vietnam). We'd only do VN obviously if we need a 2nd.
Also when do we get the approved trip? Shouldn't it come before the green card? Once we get the green card it's not a big deal to travel as much right?

Thanks for the help. Despite the attitude, I don't really care as long as I get the right answers and know what to do.

 

Once you get AP, you can freely travel in and out. You can use it multiple times. Doesn't have a limit 

[SalishSea 17,836]

15 minutes ago, Destin said:

Ok first, some of you are plain rude. Good advice, but come on...

Next, thanks for letting me know before we leave so I can get this corrected and avoid any issues. Obviously now we won't go if we can't get permission first.

So now... Permission. If we get approved parole, would it be good for two trips, or only one? (i.e. cruise and Vietnam). We'd only do VN obviously if we need a 2nd.
Also when do we get the approved trip? Shouldn't it come before the green card? Once we get the green card it's not a big deal to travel as much right?

Thanks for the help. Despite the attitude, I don't really care as long as I get the right answers and know what to do.

No one is being rude, you are just staggeringly naive about the process.

 

AP is not "per trip."  It is currently taking 8-10 months to receive AP, so any foreign travel you've booked prior to that will need to be changed if you don't want her to have abandoned her AOS process.

[Destin 6]

There are circumstances involving this cruise beyond my control. But think what you will. 

Either way, ty for the info.

[Family 3,988]

9 minutes ago, Destin said:

There are circumstances involving this cruise beyond my control. But think what you will. 

Either way, ty for the

You can try calling USCIS or Using interactive online to Schedule an Info Pass appointment to your local Field Office to request an EXPEDITE of the I-131 Advance Parole…MAKE your case and if they approve it you will have in hand .