About K1 Expiration Date

[VisaJourneyDude 0]

When a K1 expiration date says "April 9" Does that mean it is the last day to use the Visa? or does it mean that it is no longer valid on April 9?

[Scott and Mhay 57]

That is the day it expires. Need 2 travel before that date 2 the US

[Aztec&Taino 144]

When a K1 expiration date says "April 9" Does that mean it is the last day to use the Visa? or does it mean that it is no longer valid on April 9?

I would take it to mean that April 9 would be the last day the visa holder could enter the USA and use the K1 visa. However, I would not advise anyone to cut it that close to the expiration date! Probably best to come at least a week before the visa expires.

[VisaJourneyDude 0]

OK thanks...

[pushbrk 12,106]

When a K1 expiration date says "April 9" Does that mean it is the last day to use the Visa? or does it mean that it is no longer valid on April 9?

April 8 would be the last day to travel. April 9 the visa is no good. Bear in mind that once used to enter the USA, the expiration date on the visa is meaningless. The legal stay is then governed by the expiration date on the I-94.

[VisaJourneyDude 0]

April 8 would be the last day to travel. April 9 the visa is no good. Bear in mind that once used to enter the USA, the expiration date on the visa is meaningless. The legal stay is then governed by the expiration date on the I-94.

So you're saying that the expiration date is only determined at the departure point and not the destination?

[pushbrk 12,106]

So you're saying that the expiration date is only determined at the departure point and not the destination?

Not at all. I'm saying that the K1 is a single entry visa that "dies" once it's used. Upon entering the USA it cannot be used again so it's expiration date is meaningless. The user will have an I-94 (departure card) stapled into their passport indicating when their allowed 90 day stay ends. They are to marry the petitioner in the USA before the 90 days ends. That's how the K1 visa works.

Think of it like a $50 gift card with an expiration date. Once you've spent the fifty bucks (entered the USA once) the expiration date of the gift card is meaningless as is the expiration date of the visa.

[James and Cynthia 70]

So you're saying that the expiration date is only determined at the departure point and not the destination?

I think it would be at the POE. Isn't that when the visa is used?

-James

[pushbrk 12,106]

I think it would be at the POE. Isn't that when the visa is used?

-James

A "visa" is used to enter a country, yes. However, when flying, the airline will verify that the traveler has a valid visa to enter the countries they'll transit and/or their destination. The visa must be valid for the date of entry. From most nearly all countries, people will enter the USA the same day they depart the country they depart from. Exceptions tend to be when crossing the dateline, where they could arrive a day before they leave. Another exception would be a late night departure from Western Canada arriving after midnight the next day in the Eastern USA.

Don't cut it close. I've spent more than one extra night in another country due to flight delays.