Fiance being denied onto flight from Madrid to NYC USA

[Mezyan 149]

He has a k1 visa. They said that he needs permission from the embassy. That he can’t travel. Please someone help me. I don’t know what to tell the people I need help

[Boiler 43,436]

He would need to quarantine for 2 weeks, Mexico is popular.

[Crazy Cat 39,249]

@JeanneAdil is a Morocco expert.

[Mezyan 149]

1 minute ago, Boiler said:

He would need to quarantine for 2 weeks, Mexico is popular.

What? Why would he need to quarantine. It’s a layover flight. He left Morocco. Now is in Madrid and they are telling him his visa isn’t good enough. He needs permission from embassy. No other Moroccan person that I know of had this problem 

2 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

@JeanneAdil is a Morocco expert.

All due respect, She won’t know anything about the current situation. 

[Crazy Cat 39,249]

Just now, Mezyan said:

What? Why would he need to quarantine. It’s a layover flight. He left Morocco. Now is in Madrid and they are telling him his visa isn’t good enough. He needs permission from embassy. No other Moroccan person that I know of had this problem 

He is subject to the travel ban.  He now must fly to a non-banned country for 14 days.....then he can enter the US.

[Crazy Cat 39,249]

Even transits through banned countries are not allowed.  Yes, even people leaving Morocco cannot enter or transit through the Schengen area.  Your fiance will have to spend 14 days in a non-banned country before he is allowed to enter the US.  @Boiler is correct.

Edited December 14, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[Boiler 43,436]

2 minutes ago, Mezyan said:

What? Why would he need to quarantine. It’s a layover flight. He left Morocco. Now is in Madrid and they are telling him his visa isn’t good enough. He needs permission from embassy. No other Moroccan person that I know of had this problem 

All due respect, She won’t know anything about the current situation. 

Spain is subject to the travel ban. K1 is not an exception.

[Adventine 3,187]

I am sorry for the problems you are going through.

 

Ideally, when the staff at the check in counter in Morocco saw that he was transiting through a Schengen state and his final destination was the US, they should have also realized the problems your fiancé would have. 

 

At this point, the only feasible options are quarantine in a country like Mexico or a return to Morocco, to rebook a flight at a later stage, that does not transit through a country affected by the ban.

Edited December 14, 2020 by Adventine

[Crazy Cat 39,249]

3 minutes ago, Adventine said:

Ideally, when the staff at the check in counter in Morocco saw that he was transiting through a Schengen state and his final destination was the US, they should have also realized the problems your fiancé would have. 

I am also sorry for the OP's issues.  ^^ This is absolutely true.  I am surprised he was allowed to board the flight to Madrid.  

Edited December 14, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[Mezyan 149]

Thanks everyone. Just gonna go cry now. 

[Mezyan 149]

Why would Madrid have flights to jfk? For us citizens only? 

[Crazy Cat 39,249]

3 minutes ago, Mezyan said:

Why would Madrid have flights to jfk? For us citizens only? 

Yes...as well as spouses and others who are exempt from the travel ban.  I am sorry for this situation..

Edited December 14, 2020 by Lucky Cat

[Mezyan 149]

2 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Yes...as well as spouses and others who are exempt from the travel ban.  I am sorry for this situation..

Thanks lucky. Morocco should have caught this, you are right. I’m not surprised they didn’t though. 😭

[HRQX 4,145]

1 hour ago, Mezyan said:

Why would he need to quarantine. It’s a layover flight. He left Morocco. Now is in Madrid and they are telling him his visa isn’t good enough.

"Transiting a country covered by the proclamation (including the UK), even without exiting the airport, counts as physical presence within that country and triggers the application of the proclamation." https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/u-s-visa-and-travel-faqs/

[JeanneAdil 6,200]

Ordinarily he could transit through Canada with a valid US visa but at this time  that is not even so

If he is still at the airport in Spain,  is it possible to buy a ticket to Mexico?

If not,  he'll need to return to Morocco

and rebook for later date or Mexico

so sorry as he only has 24 hours to transit from the airport