alaskan cruise with EAD and AP... pending AOS

[danilo 0]

hi there! im not sure if this is in the right forum so you can move it if needed and i am sorry in advance.

ok. i recently petitioned my wife on a k1 visa and she arrived around may 16 2012 and we got married july 28 2012. we applied for our AOS around August together with the EAD and Advance Parole. We received our EAD and AP around november. Now this june 22 we are going on a Alasan cruise together with our family but as you can see we dont have green card yet only the AP and the EAD.

1. i am just wondering if will we experience any problem when trying to get back to the US?

2. Do i need other documents to bring so we wont have any problems?

3. is it ok to travel on this cruise with only this documents we have which is EAD and AP?

4. When we dock to alaska or canada can we get off the Cruise Ship or should we just stay on the boat?

5. are there anyone who has done this before or had same experience and went successfully without a hitch?please share your story.

any advice i would greatly appreciate it.. thank you!!!

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Alaska is in the United States, so no immigration controls there off and on. If you enter Canada, the AP card and her passport get her back into the US. If her passport name is different than the AP, take a marriage certificate to show the name change. It all depends on the excursion whether a passport is required. A train from Alaska, crossing the border by land into Canada, for example would be a border crossing. A hop off and back on the boat may not if the Canadian port is not checking documents. Take everything in case.

Edited May 31, 2013 by Nich-Nick

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

she may not be able to enter Canada. Depending on the requirements of her country a visa may be needed as Canada makes special rules for people that hold a green card but your wife doesn't have one.

[Inky 1,111]

As the question is about traveling not so much about AOS - topic moved from AOS to working and traveling during immigration.

[danilo 0]

Alaska is in the United States, so no immigration controls there off and on. If you enter Canada, the AP card and her passport get her back into the US. If her passport name is different than the AP, take a marriage certificate to show the name change. It all depends on the excursion whether a passport is required. A train from Alaska, crossing the border by land into Canada, for example would be a border crossing. A hop off and back on the boat may not if the Canadian port is not checking documents. Take everything in case.

she may not be able to enter Canada. Depending on the requirements of her country a visa may be needed as Canada makes special rules for people that hold a green card but your wife doesn't have one.

yes but the cruise docks into canada a couple of times then to alaska. so basically as long as my wife stay on the boat she is gonna be fine and wont encounter any problems correct?