K-1 Fiance Visa----- Cruise

[Costa Atlantica 0]

I was wondering if anyone knew if me and my soon to be wife would be allowed to marry on a cruise ship ? We both understand that a K-1 Fiance Visa is a single entry visa but we would love to marry on a cruise ship that does a cruise to "nowhere". In other words there are NO ports of call. The ship would leave Tampa, Florida on a Friday night and return back to Tampa, Florida on Sunday morning. Again there are NO ports of call. I have called and asked many people abd even a travel agent but no one knows if this allowed. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. ( we would marry BEFORE the ship left Tampa, Florida )

[UK-USA-K1 128]

I was wondering if anyone knew if me and my soon to be wife would be allowed to marry on a cruise ship ? We both understand that a K-1 Fiance Visa is a single entry visa but we would love to marry on a cruise ship that does a cruise to "nowhere". In other words there are NO ports of call. The ship would leave Tampa, Florida on a Friday night and return back to Tampa, Florida on Sunday morning. Again there are NO ports of call. I have called and asked many people abd even a travel agent but no one knows if this allowed. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. ( we would marry BEFORE the ship left Tampa, Florida )

I would check with the cruise company. They would know if their passengers have to pass through customs upon re-entry. If so, then it's likely going to be a problem, but if you can disembark freely, without any customs/border control checks, then you should be fine.

Of course, this is just my opinion. Be sure to double and triple check everything. We don't want anyone getting stuck and not able to enter the country

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Ask is you go through immigration inspection on return If the answer is yes then you can't go . There is a distance from shore ( 12 miles ?) where you enter international waters ( leave the US ) if you cross it they should inspect you coming in and your wife would have issues.

[Dustin and Janen 86]

I don't know the answer, but I'm suspecting you can't do this.

I would suggest you consider doing a civil wedding in the US and waiting until green card to do a ceremony on the cruise ship. We are doing a similar thing for our wedding in the Philippines. We are doing a Civil wedding here then after she gets green card we are going to have a ceremony in the Philippines.

I you do find out the correct answer please update us. I am curious about this.

[Hank_ 9,173]

I was wondering if anyone knew if me and my soon to be wife would be allowed to marry on a cruise ship ? We both understand that a K-1 Fiance Visa is a single entry visa but we would love to marry on a cruise ship that does a cruise to "nowhere". In other words there are NO ports of call. The ship would leave Tampa, Florida on a Friday night and return back to Tampa, Florida on Sunday morning. Again there are NO ports of call. I have called and asked many people abd even a travel agent but no one knows if this allowed. Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated. ( we would marry BEFORE the ship left Tampa, Florida )

Basic requirement for K-1 is = you must marry IN the United States within 90 days of entry. If the ship just putts about and does not leave U.S. waters it may not be an issue, if a passport is not required to do the cruise would be the key.

Even if you get married before the ship left Tampa, the key question still is whether a passport is required for the cruise, if so YOU can't go as you have no legal way to re-enter the USA until after you start the AOS process and receive your AP card at a minimum.