Traveling with the conditional visa?

[Campanita 0]

My husband has his immigrant visa, we have not been married two years yet so it's a conditional visa. What does that mean as it relates to traveling outside of the US and back to his home country? We are going to want to go back a few times a year. Can we do so?

[Yodrak 7]

Campanita,

His immigrant visa a 1-entry visa, once he uses it to enter the USA he cannot use it again.

But then, he won't need to. He'll become an LPR on entry and won't need a visa to request subsequent entries to the USA.

Yodrak

My husband has his immigrant visa, we have not been married two years yet so it's a conditional visa. What does that mean as it relates to traveling outside of the US and back to his home country? We are going to want to go back a few times a year. Can we do so?

[meauxna 15]

My husband has his immigrant visa, we have not been married two years yet so it's a conditional visa. What does that mean as it relates to traveling outside of the US and back to his home country? We are going to want to go back a few times a year. Can we do so?

From the DCF Guide, several important links (the first one, especially):

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...om&page=dcf

5- The foreign spouse enters the US, and at the port of entry will have their MRIV endorsed with a stamp. That is now proof of the immigrant’s new status: Permanent Resident. It is adequate evidence for most purposes and is equal to the I-551card that will be mailed to them, also known as the Green Card.

The foreign spouse receives immediate work and travel authorization from the “green card stamp”, and will only need their social security card before starting to work. You may have already applied for this on the visa application DS-230 II. If you have applied for the Social Security number via the visa application, your SS Card s mailed to you separately within a month. Your Green Card will be mailed to you in the same time frame.If you haven’t received anything within a month, it’s time for follow up.

Note: If you have been married for less than 2 years when you enter the US, your Permanent Resident status has “conditions”. A CR-1 PR is no less a PR than anyone else, but they do have an additional step to take 2 years after they enter the US. Please see the Guides for Removal of Conditions (form I-751).

The visa resulting from a DCF case is the same Immigrant Visa that one would get by filing I-130 in the US: CR-1 or IR-1.

I recommend the following reads to anyone who is becoming a Permanent Resident, so you can better understand your rights and responsibilities.

Now That You Are A Permanent Resident

http://uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/PermRes.htm

How Do I Remove the Conditions on Permanent Residence Based on Marriage?

http://uscis.gov/graphics/howdoi/remcond.htm

Welcome to the United States:

A Guide for New Immigrants

http://uscis.gov/graphics/citizenship/imm_guide.htm