K1 Visa 3 month start timing and travelling with a K1 Visa

[Buraian 0]

Once my fiance gets approved for the K1 Visa, she has 3 months to come to the US and for us to get married. So, does that 3 months start as soon as she is approved or as soon as she arrives in the US. Also, will she be able to travel internationally after coming over on the K1 Visa? She is Japanese and is wondering if she will be able to travel home if a family member gets sick or dies while here on the K1 Visa.

[YuAndDan 153]

When a person gets a K-1 visa they have up to 6 months to enter the USA and then the 90 day clock begins on when they need to marry.

They need to marry with in the 90 days of the I-94 that is issued at the POE.

[sonia_sofia 0]

The 90 days start when she arrives to the US. She may be able to travel abroad after you guys get married but she has to fill a form ( http://www.visajourney.com/forums/index.ph...page=guides#aos )and it has to be aproved first then she could travel.

Good luck!

[Boiler 47,456]

Assume she will not be able to travel for at least 3 months after you get married and file, she will need Advanced Parole to get back in.

[GnG 0]

After your fiancee enters the US (and before she gets her Adjustment of Status), she will need the approved I-131 Advanced Parole (AP) to leave and re-enter the US. (It costs $170.)

Without AP, she *can* leave the US - US officials aren't going to force her to stay in the country.

But! if she leaves the US without AP, she *cannot* re-enter on the same K1 visa. Instead, she would have to stay in Japan and re-apply for a new K1 visa - requiring all the time and repeated form filling that you've already been through.

So the best thing to do is definitely getting AP.

[Boiler 47,456]

AP price could have increased by the time they file.

And if she leaves after they marry it would not be a K1 she would need to apply for.

[Buraian 0]

Thanks for the info everyone. Very helpful as always.