Traveling outside US w/ I-131

[Kokomay1870 0]

I am currently a green card holder and I also have an approved, still valid I-131 travel visa.

 

I’m studying outside the US and I usually reside in Southern California, but my family is asking me to visit Hawaii for my mother’s wedding. If I fly to Hawaii in May 2018 will they take my I-131 travel visa although it doesn’t expire til 2019? I would like to go to the wedding but then return abroad without having my visa taken. 

 

Will I have to forfeit my visa if I go to Hawaii and then have to reapply for a travel visa to return abroad for my study? Or am I safe to visit and then leave right after with my visa in hand?

 

Any help is appreciated! Thank you 😊

 

[Kokomay1870 0]

Just now, Dee elle said:

Your green card supersedes the I 131... you enter the US on your GC

If you have been out of the IS hot over 6 months. you may be questioned st incoming immigration to dndire  you have not abandoned you US residency by living overseas. 

Thank you for replying. I understand that I won’t have abandoned my permanent residency (green card). I want to know if they will take my I-131 visa when I enter the US far before it’s expiry date. I have been outside the US for a year and have a year left on my I-131 visa. If I return before my I-131 expires, will they take the I-131 and will I have to re-apply for it? 

[Kokomay1870 0]

15 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

Does it say single or multiple entry on the card? 

It’s a little book, almost like a passport.. and it says “entries - M” does that mean multiple? 

[Kokomay1870 0]

5 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

Yes 

Thank you!! 

[Kokomay1870 0]

The I-131 lets me stay outside the US for up to 2 years. My mother is getting married in hawaii and I would like to be there. My I-131 expires in 2019. My document says “entries - M” does that mean multiple entries to the US?

 

Can I Re-enter the US on this same visa twice?

Can I go back home to the states for a visit then leave to go overseas and then come back again to the US with the same visa before it expires? 

 

Thank you! 😊

[nightingalejules 678]

Yes, a quick google search states that "entries - m" means multiple entries, so yes, you can re-enter the US multiple times for the duration of the visa.

[Crazy Cat 39,257]

Did you get answers in your other thread?  Please don't start multiple threads....

 

 

[Kokomay1870 0]

22 minutes ago, nightingalejules said:

Yes, a quick google search states that "entries - m" means multiple entries, so yes, you can re-enter the US multiple times for the duration of the visa.

Thank you, I did google this but was getting no where so I asked on here. 

[nightingalejules 678]

1 minute ago, Kokomay1870 said:

Thank you, I did google this but was getting no where so I asked on here. 

I just typed "entries - m" into the search bar and it came up immediately.... guess Google knows that I check immigration minutiae all the time! 

[Kokomay1870 0]

15 minutes ago, missileman said:

Did you get answers in your other thread?  Please don't start multiple threads....

 

 

Sorry, yes I did get an answer. Won’t post multiple threads again. Thank you

[Ontarkie 13,917]

~~Duplicate threads merged~~

[Hypnos 6,576]

It's a re-entry permit, not a visa.

 

It will not be taken from you at the airport, and remains valid up until its expiry date.

[SusieQQQ 11,584]

9 hours ago, Kokomay1870 said:

Thank you, I did google this but was getting no where so I asked on here. 

Possibly because you were searching under “visa”. It’s not.

2 hours ago, Hypnos said:

It's a re-entry permit, not a visa.

 

It will not be taken from you at the airport, and remains valid up until its expiry date.

Precisely. The main purpose of the re-entry permit is to show you didn’t intend to abandon residence. 

 

Im totally confused by your first post where you are talking about travel visas. You don’t need any visas if you have a green card.

[LJaKW 1]

Simple google search could have solved this ...

[Almie 0]

My visa cr1 I entered the U.S.  IN FEBRUARY 2 my husband  have plan to  visit the  Mexico in February 20  just for few days and come back to the U.S...now are they gonna let me out of the country with out the green card in case there not  gonna send my green card yet

Edited February 5, 2018 by Almie
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