Jump to content
NDP22

Traveling Outside of the US soon - What do you think?

 Share

19 posts in this topic

Recommended Posts

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Norway
Timeline

Hi all,

 

I am currently in a bit of a predicament. My wife and I have scheduled to travel back to her home country (Norway) at the end of the month. We bought tickets over a month ago before this was as large of an issue. Last night, our president said the US is banning all travel from the Schengen area for the next 30 days beginning Friday. With that math, all travel would be banned until April 13th. We have planned to come back on the 14th.

 

What I'm wondering is what is your all's opinions on this? I am very much up in the air on it. We have been informed that we can change our flight for free. However, with me working, this timing works out great for me. 

 

I am asking for opinions here as well. I would just like to hear some other viewpoints to get a better perspective on things.

 

Thanks in advanced!

 

 

Also, I am not sure if this is the correct location to put my post, so if not, I'm sorry!

Edited by NDP22
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: Italy
Timeline

you are lucky that you can change your flight for free.  British airways refuse to let me change a flight to Italy unless we pay 275.00 per ticket.  we are scheduled to leave NYC on April 8th and return April 20th.  Of course we are not going but we have not officially cancelled the ticket to see what will happen.  As of this morning, they were only offering me 366.00 total on 3 tickets that cost 3500.00.  If I were you...I would cancel...the unknown is too stressful...for me at least

Joyce

2/10/04 - interview date!!!!!!!Got Visa!!!!

3/11/04 - Massimo arrived in USA...Hurray!!!

4/25/04 - Happily Married in New Jersey

5/12/04 - starting AOS papers

5/17/04 - Mailed I-485, 131, (certified mail) to Newark

7/12/04 - Biometrics for AOS done in NYC

2/1/05 - received interview letter for May 16, 2005

5/16/05 - Successful (and fast) AOS interview in Cherry Hill!!!

I751

3/1/07 - mailed I751 package to VSC - regular mail

3/7/07 - cashed 205.00 check

3/9/07 - cashed 70.00 biometrics check

3/16/07 - received blue receipt notice for biometrics fee

3/24/07 - received NOA extending GC for another year

3/24/07 - received Biometrics appointment letter

4/6/07 - Biometrics appointment in Newark at 9am

4/7/07 - touched

4/11/07 - touched

9/28/07 - email received...Card production ordered!

10/4/07 - received congratulations letter in the mail

10/09/07 - 10 year green card received

Link to comment
Share on other sites

The way I read it this morning, not all travel is really banned. U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents (green card holders) will be allowed back in and out of the country, with screening for illness and temperature, etc. The problem might be that the number of flights will be much less going back and forth.

"Wherever you go, you take yourself with you." --Neil Gaiman

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
Timeline

Personally I feel the hype on this is all overblown.  That being said, you do have to take into account the potential disruption to your trip if you decide to go and in fact you can even go.  We have not heard how the EU is going to respond yet, so will they require a quarantine period if you go now.  I was in a similar situation two weeks ago.  I was scheduled to meet up with my wife in Russia (she left two weeks earlier) flying through Korea.  Russia banned almost all flights from Korea, so I started thinking of alternate routes, then Russia said anyone coming from certain countries including the US would have to self quarantine for 14 days.  I had planned on being there only 8 days, so in the end I decided to cancel and save my ticket for later in the year.  Of course we also had to find a new route for my wife to come home, and right now I am glad we booked her direct from Moscow to Washington DC in a few days, but I am watching events closely.

 

My recommendation would be to delay your trip unless you don’t mind major out of your control disruptions.

 

Good Luck!

Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

POE: Detroit

Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

N400 Biometrics:  2018-02-22

N400 Interview:  2018-04-10

N400 Approved:  2018-04-10

Oath Ceremony:  2018-06-11 - DONE!!!!!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Norway
Timeline
35 minutes ago, JT4/25 said:

you are lucky that you can change your flight for free.  British airways refuse to let me change a flight to Italy unless we pay 275.00 per ticket.  we are scheduled to leave NYC on April 8th and return April 20th.  Of course we are not going but we have not officially cancelled the ticket to see what will happen.  As of this morning, they were only offering me 366.00 total on 3 tickets that cost 3500.00.  If I were you...I would cancel...the unknown is too stressful...for me at least

Yeah, I was honestly starting to get nervous about not being able to get a refund or change the dates of the tickets. Delta sent out a notice saying any change within a few dates can be done for free so that's a major relief. I appreciate your input though! The unknown is definitely stressful... Hard decision to make here for sure.

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Norway
Timeline
43 minutes ago, Ortolan said:

The way I read it this morning, not all travel is really banned. U.S. citizens and legal permanent residents (green card holders) will be allowed back in and out of the country, with screening for illness and temperature, etc. The problem might be that the number of flights will be much less going back and forth.

Ahh, I gotcha. I am going to continue to monitor my flights and go from there. Thanks for the info!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Norway
Timeline
41 minutes ago, Dashinka said:

Personally I feel the hype on this is all overblown.  That being said, you do have to take into account the potential disruption to your trip if you decide to go and in fact you can even go.  We have not heard how the EU is going to respond yet, so will they require a quarantine period if you go now.  I was in a similar situation two weeks ago.  I was scheduled to meet up with my wife in Russia (she left two weeks earlier) flying through Korea.  Russia banned almost all flights from Korea, so I started thinking of alternate routes, then Russia said anyone coming from certain countries including the US would have to self quarantine for 14 days.  I had planned on being there only 8 days, so in the end I decided to cancel and save my ticket for later in the year.  Of course we also had to find a new route for my wife to come home, and right now I am glad we booked her direct from Moscow to Washington DC in a few days, but I am watching events closely.

 

My recommendation would be to delay your trip unless you don’t mind major out of your control disruptions.

 

Good Luck!

I agree with that as well. It definitely seems to be overblown. I understand that precautionary measures need to be taken, but I feel like some are bit extreme. 

 

And I see... Hmm, that is definitely something to take into consideration. It wouldn't be worth being in quarantine the whole trip. I believe I'm going to wait this out a few more days and go from there.

 

Thanks for the input!

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Norway
Timeline
36 minutes ago, JFH said:

I work for an airline. Travel is banned for non-US citizens and residents only. USCs and LPRs can still travel but will face fever scanning/heath screening upon return and may he quarantined. 
As someone else has mentioned, this will affect flight capacity. Not as many planes will be needed between Europe and the US if only USCs and LPRs are allowed to fly. So you may find that your flights are re-scheduled by the airline and your, for example, 10 am flight on Thursday becomes a 4.00 pm flight on Tuesday.

Okay, I see. I wasn't sure what exactly the stipulations were. I saw that it said all travel FROM Europe was banned but didn't know what the other way around was.

 

I will definitely keep an eye on my flights.

 

Thanks for the info!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Russia
Timeline
4 minutes ago, NDP22 said:

Okay, I see. I wasn't sure what exactly the stipulations were. I saw that it said all travel FROM Europe was banned but didn't know what the other way around was.

 

I will definitely keep an eye on my flights.

 

Thanks for the info!

Yes, you need to look deeper as it seems to only apply to Shengen foreign nationals.  I was a little worried as well since technically Russia and Moscow is part of Europe.

Visa Received : 2014-04-04 (K1 - see timeline for details)

US Entry : 2014-09-12

POE: Detroit

Marriage : 2014-09-27

I-765 Approved: 2015-01-09

I-485 Interview: 2015-03-11

I-485 Approved: 2015-03-13

Green Card Received: 2015-03-24 Yeah!!!

I-751 ROC Submitted: 2016-12-20

I-751 NOA Received:  2016-12-29

I-751 Biometrics Appt.:  2017-01-26

I-751 Interview:  2018-04-10

I-751 Approved:  2018-05-04

N400 Filed:  2018-01-13

N400 Biometrics:  2018-02-22

N400 Interview:  2018-04-10

N400 Approved:  2018-04-10

Oath Ceremony:  2018-06-11 - DONE!!!!!!!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

4 hours ago, NDP22 said:

My wife and I have scheduled to travel back to her home country (Norway)

What's your wife's status? It's not entirely clear from the sidebar/timeline. Spouses of USC are exempted, but perhaps @JFH can indicate how, if at all, airlines are expected to establish marital ties to USC. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Norway
Timeline
18 minutes ago, Poseidon1212 said:

What's your wife's status? It's not entirely clear from the sidebar/timeline. Spouses of USC are exempted, but perhaps @JFH can indicate how, if at all, airlines are expected to establish marital ties to USC. 

She just received her GC and is now is a "permanent resident".

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Just now, NDP22 said:

She just received her GC and is now is a "permanent resident".

Then you guys should be fine. The ban doesn't apply to USC and LPRs. The only concern would be the availability of flights. If you're flying Delta you should be set during unforeseen circumstances, at least that's my experience with them. Especially when dealing with intercontinental flights. 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

11 minutes ago, NDP22 said:

She just received her GC and is now is a "permanent resident".

Then you will be fine but check your flight booking regularly. Capacity is going to be reduced. 

Timeline in brief:

Married: September 27, 2014

I-130 filed: February 5, 2016

NOA1: February 8, 2016 Nebraska

NOA2: July 21, 2016

Interview: December 6, 2016 London

POE: December 19, 2016 Las Vegas

N-400 filed: September 30, 2019

Interview: March 22, 2021 Seattle

Oath: March 22, 2021 COVID-style same-day oath

 

Now a US citizen!

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ghana
Timeline

To me it is a no brainer however we are all different and have different circumstances. My simple advice is postpone it. Ending up in a forced 14 day quarantine (either when you get there or when you return) will take literally all the joys out of your trip.

 

Yes I also think this whole thing although very serious is overblown, but it is what it is and you have to work with what you have and the situation as perceived.

 

Your call.

Edited by Ray.Bonaquist

Just another random guy from the internet with an opinion, although usually backed by data!


ᴀ ᴄɪᴛɪᴢᴇɴ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴏʀʟᴅ 

 

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

 
Didn't find the answer you were looking for? Ask our VJ Immigration Lawyers.

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
- Back to Top -

Important Disclaimer: Please read carefully the Visajourney.com Terms of Service. If you do not agree to the Terms of Service you should not access or view any page (including this page) on VisaJourney.com. Answers and comments provided on Visajourney.com Forums are general information, and are not intended to substitute for informed professional medical, psychiatric, psychological, tax, legal, investment, accounting, or other professional advice. Visajourney.com does not endorse, and expressly disclaims liability for any product, manufacturer, distributor, service or service provider mentioned or any opinion expressed in answers or comments. VisaJourney.com does not condone immigration fraud in any way, shape or manner. VisaJourney.com recommends that if any member or user knows directly of someone involved in fraudulent or illegal activity, that they report such activity directly to the Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement. You can contact ICE via email at Immigration.Reply@dhs.gov or you can telephone ICE at 1-866-347-2423. All reported threads/posts containing reference to immigration fraud or illegal activities will be removed from this board. If you feel that you have found inappropriate content, please let us know by contacting us here with a url link to that content. Thank you.
×
×
  • Create New...