Traveling Outside of the US with K1 (merged)

[Jmoses 1]

So my fiancé in India has her k1 fiancé visa valid till January 2018.

 

She is still in India and wants to go to Maldives before she comes to the US. Is she allowed to go to Maldives (another country), when she is comeing to the US a week later? 

 

Will it cause any any problems/questioning when she travels to the US or when we file for any of the following paperwork (permenant resident, ssn, work permit etc.). Just want to make sure travel to Maldives won't cause any problems since she is on a K1 fiancé visa on a Indian passport. 

 

Thanks,

Edited November 1, 2017 by Penguin_ie

[inloveVEN 46]

nothing to be worried!

 

now is when she can travel after arriving to US she wont be able to travel anymore until her AP or green card.

[JFH 12,189]

Assuming she meets the entry requirements for the Maldives she can go there before traveling to the USA. She must enter the USA before the expiration date on her visa. Where she goes before that is her business. 

[JFH 12,189]

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[Jmoses 1]

My wife, who came to the US on a fiance Visa recently wants to know if she can travel outside of the US? We are planning on going to the Caribbeans and not sure if she can go. She is a Indian Citizen with the fiance visa. Also, will we be able to travel to other places like Canada and Maldives.

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

She cannot leave the USA until she has received her travel permit (which you can file for when you file for AOS, and takes 6+ weeks to get), or her greencard of course.  Being stuck in the US for several months is one of the drawbacks of the K1.

 

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Edited November 1, 2017 by Penguin_ie

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

Op, your two now merged threads have very different circumstances; in one your fiance and you are not married yt and she is still in India- in that case, she can travel anywhere she wants before using th K1.  In the second you say she is your wif and in the USA, in which case she cannot.

[Jmoses 1]

4 minutes ago, Penguin_ie said:

She cannot leave the USA until she has received her travel permit (which you can file for when you file for AOS, and takes 6+ weeks to get), or her greencard of course.  Being stuck in the US for several months is one of the drawbacks of the K1.

 

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so after she gets the greencard she is free to go to other countries including Maldives and Canada. And I am assuming she will need to apply for visas for some counties. 

[Penguin_ie 5,985]

A greencard is just that- a permanent resident permit for the USA.  For almost all countries, a  greencard holder still needs to go by the rules of their nationality, so needs a visa as if they were directly from India.