my daughter seemingly has no fear of US Immigration

[wally 0]

so my daughter is activating her Visa today. In fact, will be getting on a plane in Detroit right now.

I thought I'd pass on an interesting tidbit for those that wonder if they MUST activate their Visa's if crossing the border. Apparently not. My daughter took a quick trip across the Windsor/Michigan border yesterday. At customs, they looked at her passport and asked if she was activating the Visa and she said 'no, I'm only in Detroit for 2 hours'. And they let her in.

[payxibka 10,045]

so my daughter is activating her Visa today. In fact, will be getting on a plane in Detroit right now.

I thought I'd pass on an interesting tidbit for those that wonder if they MUST activate their Visa's if crossing the border. Apparently not. My daughter took a quick trip across the Windsor/Michigan border yesterday. At customs, they looked at her passport and asked if she was activating the Visa and she said 'no, I'm only in Detroit for 2 hours'. And they let her in.

seems to be a Canadian only phenomena

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Good for her - gave a straight forward answer and was confident...that's what they're looking for!

[lilacvioletiris 11]

That is good information. My fiance' will likely get his passport back with his K-1 visa before he wants to move in July but he wants to come for the Victoria Day holiday in May. Thanks for the heads up.

[SapphireDreams 71]

That is good information. My fiance' will likely get his passport back with his K-1 visa before he wants to move in July but he wants to come for the Victoria Day holiday in May. Thanks for the heads up.

K1s are a bit different than CR1 so keep that in mind. K1 visas are one time use, whereas CR1 are not, so that may be why they were more lenient with her. I asked about this at my interview and the Officer told me that I should try to cross if I didn't want to activate and should hold on to my passport and then send it back to have the visa issued when I was ready to move. Some people have visited and not activated, but I haven't seen that happen recently and personally I wouldn't risk it.

[trailmix 77]

I think the only way you can take that approach is if you are willing to turn around and go back - if they decide you cannot enter without using the visa. I know krikit crossed the border several times with her K1 and had no problem not using it until she wanted to. I just think it, again, is up to the border guard on the day.

[Dan and Ali 3]

I went through the Sweet Grass, Montana border crossing this past weekend with my K-1 visa in my passport and was let through without activating it. As we were driving and had some miscellaneous wedding stuff in the car, they did want to see some proof I was coming home but they let me through no problem after showing them. Just be prepared in case they do ask!

[Deputy Purple 1,294]

K1s are a bit different than CR1 so keep that in mind. K1 visas are one time use, whereas CR1 are not

Actually you're both wrong & right in this reply.

CR-1 & K-1 Visas are both single entry.

The difference is that upon activating a CR-1 you get a stamp in your passport that serves at your temporary Greencard, valid for 1 year. The beneficiary is a LPR from that point. K-1 Visa holders must adjust status.