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My wife has come to US on K1 visa . We hired immigration lawyer and all went smooth. I want to take her to Turks & Caicos with me . I've bee 10 times. Can she use her Philippines passport or will she have problems going or coming back

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The K-1 visa is a single entry visa. It's not clear where you are in the process but:

- if you have not yet filed the application for adjustment of status (I-485), she will not be allowed to return once she leaves, as she will have no valid visa or status to do so. She will have to return to the Philippines and you will have to file for a spousal visa in order for her to return to the US.

- if you have filed the I-485 but it has not been approved, and she does NOT have an approved I-131 (travel document), her I-485 will be considered abandoned. She will not be allowed to return. She will have to return to the Philippines and you will have to file for a spousal visa in order for her to return to the US.

- if her adjustment of status has been approved and she is a permanent resident, or if her I-485 is pending and she has an approved travel document, she can come and go as she pleases.

If you want to travel internationally with your wife, you need to file for her adjustment of status and for an advance parole/travel document so that she can leave the US while the I-485 is pending without abandoning it. It should take around 90 days or less from the date of filing for her to receive a travel document.

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K1 only allow her to get into USA to get marry and start a process with you if she left the country she wont be able to apply for AOS with this k1.

When do you file for AOS you can also file I-765 & I-131 that allow her to travel and work while waiting for the AOS.( No additional fees) it takes like 3 months.

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Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the Working & Traveling forum.

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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