PJWhitby

Thank you so much to everyone for the thoughts on this, and apologies for going AWOL - I’ve just landed in the U.K. after having to wait and get a new flight to the UK from Finland. My wife is due to land in the U.K. soon.
 
I’ve tried to just catch up on the above comments: people who flagged ‘scenario 1’ are correct - this was intended to be the first time back into the US for my wife as a relocation from HK (her work trip coincided with the leaving date so decided to go from her destination rather than have three weeks of quarantine if she’d returned to HK). I’ve only been able to communicate with my wife sporadically through text messages while this has been happening (which hasn’t helped, stress-wise) so I might get a bit more info on what happened at her airport once we reconnect. Her last message before her flight to the U.K. suggested her US passport had been invalid (?) or not accepted which caused the problem, rather than the storm in New England. As she has another, EU, passport she was able to get elsewhere, but not the US (IS citizens aren’t eligible for ESTA visas). Hence the panicked messages to me telling me not to go to New York…
 
As I say, I need to get the totally full story myself (though the bare bones of it provide the basic scenario on which people have been - incredibly kindly and thoughtfully - opining). For now, I’ve sorted a hotel in London, along with quickly arranging the necessary Day 2 COVID test and completing the government Passenger Locator Form etc. (I dread to think what might have happened without a mobile phone and the internet). We’ll regroup here and rebook flight to the US for as soon as possible…
 
Again, sorry for being offline, and thank you for the input above.

Thank you so much to everyone for the thoughts on this, and apologies for going AWOL - I’ve just landed in the U.K. after having to wait and get a new flight to the UK from Finland. My wife is due to land in the U.K. soon.
 
I’ve tried to just catch up on the above comments: people who flagged ‘scenario 1’ are correct - this was intended to be the first time back into the US for my wife as a relocation from HK (her work trip coincided with the leaving date so decided to go from her destination rather than have three weeks of quarantine if she’d returned to HK). I’ve only been able to communicate with my wife sporadically through text messages while this has been happening (which hasn’t helped, stress-wise) so I might get a bit more info on what happened at her airport once we reconnect. Her last message before her flight to the U.K. suggested her US passport had been invalid (?) or not accepted which caused the problem, rather than the storm in New England. As she has another, EU, passport she was able to get elsewhere, but not the US (IS citizens aren’t eligible for ESTA visas). Hence the panicked messages to me telling me not to go to New York…
 
As I say, I need to get the totally full story myself (though the bare bones of it provide the basic scenario on which people have been - incredibly kindly and thoughtfully - opining). For now, I’ve sorted a hotel in London, along with quickly arranging the necessary Day 2 COVID test and completing the government Passenger Locator Form etc. (I dread to think what might have happened without a mobile phone and the internet). We’ll regroup here and rebook flight to the US for as soon as possible…
 
Again, sorry for being offline, and thank you for the input above.

Thank you so much to everyone for the thoughts on this, and apologies for going AWOL - I’ve just landed in the U.K. after having to wait and get a new flight to the UK from Finland. My wife is due to land in the U.K. soon.
 
I’ve tried to just catch up on the above comments: people who flagged ‘scenario 1’ are correct - this was intended to be the first time back into the US for my wife as a relocation from HK (her work trip coincided with the leaving date so decided to go from her destination rather than have three weeks of quarantine if she’d returned to HK). I’ve only been able to communicate with my wife sporadically through text messages while this has been happening (which hasn’t helped, stress-wise) so I might get a bit more info on what happened at her airport once we reconnect. Her last message before her flight to the U.K. suggested her US passport had been invalid (?) or not accepted which caused the problem, rather than the storm in New England. As she has another, EU, passport she was able to get elsewhere, but not the US (IS citizens aren’t eligible for ESTA visas). Hence the panicked messages to me telling me not to go to New York…
 
As I say, I need to get the totally full story myself (though the bare bones of it provide the basic scenario on which people have been - incredibly kindly and thoughtfully - opining). For now, I’ve sorted a hotel in London, along with quickly arranging the necessary Day 2 COVID test and completing the government Passenger Locator Form etc. (I dread to think what might have happened without a mobile phone and the internet). We’ll regroup here and rebook flight to the US for as soon as possible…
 
Again, sorry for being offline, and thank you for the input above.

Apologies all - I’m so grateful for he responses. I now need to rush as I’m actually flying to the UK (no quarantine issues) where my wife can get to, indirectly, but sooner than to the States. Will need to refresh our COVID stuff there. Thank you so much for the responses - and the sanity check on my initial plan to just go to the US and, I guess, knowingly commit immigration fraud. Thank you so much. You can probably tell but I’m extremely tired and worn out and drained at the moment so apologies if my replies have been a bit disjointed. Thanks again.

Thank you so much to everyone for the thoughts on this, and apologies for going AWOL - I’ve just landed in the U.K. after having to wait and get a new flight to the UK from Finland. My wife is due to land in the U.K. soon.
 
I’ve tried to just catch up on the above comments: people who flagged ‘scenario 1’ are correct - this was intended to be the first time back into the US for my wife as a relocation from HK (her work trip coincided with the leaving date so decided to go from her destination rather than have three weeks of quarantine if she’d returned to HK). I’ve only been able to communicate with my wife sporadically through text messages while this has been happening (which hasn’t helped, stress-wise) so I might get a bit more info on what happened at her airport once we reconnect. Her last message before her flight to the U.K. suggested her US passport had been invalid (?) or not accepted which caused the problem, rather than the storm in New England. As she has another, EU, passport she was able to get elsewhere, but not the US (IS citizens aren’t eligible for ESTA visas). Hence the panicked messages to me telling me not to go to New York…
 
As I say, I need to get the totally full story myself (though the bare bones of it provide the basic scenario on which people have been - incredibly kindly and thoughtfully - opining). For now, I’ve sorted a hotel in London, along with quickly arranging the necessary Day 2 COVID test and completing the government Passenger Locator Form etc. (I dread to think what might have happened without a mobile phone and the internet). We’ll regroup here and rebook flight to the US for as soon as possible…
 
Again, sorry for being offline, and thank you for the input above.

Thank you so much to everyone for the thoughts on this, and apologies for going AWOL - I’ve just landed in the U.K. after having to wait and get a new flight to the UK from Finland. My wife is due to land in the U.K. soon.
 
I’ve tried to just catch up on the above comments: people who flagged ‘scenario 1’ are correct - this was intended to be the first time back into the US for my wife as a relocation from HK (her work trip coincided with the leaving date so decided to go from her destination rather than have three weeks of quarantine if she’d returned to HK). I’ve only been able to communicate with my wife sporadically through text messages while this has been happening (which hasn’t helped, stress-wise) so I might get a bit more info on what happened at her airport once we reconnect. Her last message before her flight to the U.K. suggested her US passport had been invalid (?) or not accepted which caused the problem, rather than the storm in New England. As she has another, EU, passport she was able to get elsewhere, but not the US (IS citizens aren’t eligible for ESTA visas). Hence the panicked messages to me telling me not to go to New York…
 
As I say, I need to get the totally full story myself (though the bare bones of it provide the basic scenario on which people have been - incredibly kindly and thoughtfully - opining). For now, I’ve sorted a hotel in London, along with quickly arranging the necessary Day 2 COVID test and completing the government Passenger Locator Form etc. (I dread to think what might have happened without a mobile phone and the internet). We’ll regroup here and rebook flight to the US for as soon as possible…
 
Again, sorry for being offline, and thank you for the input above.

Apologies all - I’m so grateful for he responses. I now need to rush as I’m actually flying to the UK (no quarantine issues) where my wife can get to, indirectly, but sooner than to the States. Will need to refresh our COVID stuff there. Thank you so much for the responses - and the sanity check on my initial plan to just go to the US and, I guess, knowingly commit immigration fraud. Thank you so much. You can probably tell but I’m extremely tired and worn out and drained at the moment so apologies if my replies have been a bit disjointed. Thanks again.

Thank you so much to everyone for the thoughts on this, and apologies for going AWOL - I’ve just landed in the U.K. after having to wait and get a new flight to the UK from Finland. My wife is due to land in the U.K. soon.
 
I’ve tried to just catch up on the above comments: people who flagged ‘scenario 1’ are correct - this was intended to be the first time back into the US for my wife as a relocation from HK (her work trip coincided with the leaving date so decided to go from her destination rather than have three weeks of quarantine if she’d returned to HK). I’ve only been able to communicate with my wife sporadically through text messages while this has been happening (which hasn’t helped, stress-wise) so I might get a bit more info on what happened at her airport once we reconnect. Her last message before her flight to the U.K. suggested her US passport had been invalid (?) or not accepted which caused the problem, rather than the storm in New England. As she has another, EU, passport she was able to get elsewhere, but not the US (IS citizens aren’t eligible for ESTA visas). Hence the panicked messages to me telling me not to go to New York…
 
As I say, I need to get the totally full story myself (though the bare bones of it provide the basic scenario on which people have been - incredibly kindly and thoughtfully - opining). For now, I’ve sorted a hotel in London, along with quickly arranging the necessary Day 2 COVID test and completing the government Passenger Locator Form etc. (I dread to think what might have happened without a mobile phone and the internet). We’ll regroup here and rebook flight to the US for as soon as possible…
 
Again, sorry for being offline, and thank you for the input above.

Thank you so much to everyone for the thoughts on this, and apologies for going AWOL - I’ve just landed in the U.K. after having to wait and get a new flight to the UK from Finland. My wife is due to land in the U.K. soon.
 
I’ve tried to just catch up on the above comments: people who flagged ‘scenario 1’ are correct - this was intended to be the first time back into the US for my wife as a relocation from HK (her work trip coincided with the leaving date so decided to go from her destination rather than have three weeks of quarantine if she’d returned to HK). I’ve only been able to communicate with my wife sporadically through text messages while this has been happening (which hasn’t helped, stress-wise) so I might get a bit more info on what happened at her airport once we reconnect. Her last message before her flight to the U.K. suggested her US passport had been invalid (?) or not accepted which caused the problem, rather than the storm in New England. As she has another, EU, passport she was able to get elsewhere, but not the US (IS citizens aren’t eligible for ESTA visas). Hence the panicked messages to me telling me not to go to New York…
 
As I say, I need to get the totally full story myself (though the bare bones of it provide the basic scenario on which people have been - incredibly kindly and thoughtfully - opining). For now, I’ve sorted a hotel in London, along with quickly arranging the necessary Day 2 COVID test and completing the government Passenger Locator Form etc. (I dread to think what might have happened without a mobile phone and the internet). We’ll regroup here and rebook flight to the US for as soon as possible…
 
Again, sorry for being offline, and thank you for the input above.

Thank you so much to everyone for the thoughts on this, and apologies for going AWOL - I’ve just landed in the U.K. after having to wait and get a new flight to the UK from Finland. My wife is due to land in the U.K. soon.
 
I’ve tried to just catch up on the above comments: people who flagged ‘scenario 1’ are correct - this was intended to be the first time back into the US for my wife as a relocation from HK (her work trip coincided with the leaving date so decided to go from her destination rather than have three weeks of quarantine if she’d returned to HK). I’ve only been able to communicate with my wife sporadically through text messages while this has been happening (which hasn’t helped, stress-wise) so I might get a bit more info on what happened at her airport once we reconnect. Her last message before her flight to the U.K. suggested her US passport had been invalid (?) or not accepted which caused the problem, rather than the storm in New England. As she has another, EU, passport she was able to get elsewhere, but not the US (IS citizens aren’t eligible for ESTA visas). Hence the panicked messages to me telling me not to go to New York…
 
As I say, I need to get the totally full story myself (though the bare bones of it provide the basic scenario on which people have been - incredibly kindly and thoughtfully - opining). For now, I’ve sorted a hotel in London, along with quickly arranging the necessary Day 2 COVID test and completing the government Passenger Locator Form etc. (I dread to think what might have happened without a mobile phone and the internet). We’ll regroup here and rebook flight to the US for as soon as possible…
 
Again, sorry for being offline, and thank you for the input above.

Apologies all - I’m so grateful for he responses. I now need to rush as I’m actually flying to the UK (no quarantine issues) where my wife can get to, indirectly, but sooner than to the States. Will need to refresh our COVID stuff there. Thank you so much for the responses - and the sanity check on my initial plan to just go to the US and, I guess, knowingly commit immigration fraud. Thank you so much. You can probably tell but I’m extremely tired and worn out and drained at the moment so apologies if my replies have been a bit disjointed. Thanks again.

Apologies all - I’m so grateful for he responses. I now need to rush as I’m actually flying to the UK (no quarantine issues) where my wife can get to, indirectly, but sooner than to the States. Will need to refresh our COVID stuff there. Thank you so much for the responses - and the sanity check on my initial plan to just go to the US and, I guess, knowingly commit immigration fraud. Thank you so much. You can probably tell but I’m extremely tired and worn out and drained at the moment so apologies if my replies have been a bit disjointed. Thanks again.

Apologies all - I’m so grateful for he responses. I now need to rush as I’m actually flying to the UK (no quarantine issues) where my wife can get to, indirectly, but sooner than to the States. Will need to refresh our COVID stuff there. Thank you so much for the responses - and the sanity check on my initial plan to just go to the US and, I guess, knowingly commit immigration fraud. Thank you so much. You can probably tell but I’m extremely tired and worn out and drained at the moment so apologies if my replies have been a bit disjointed. Thanks again.

Thank you. My IR1 expires in three weeks. That is my own fault (well, not wholly, but same-same). I’m utterly devastated. 

Apologies all - I’m so grateful for he responses. I now need to rush as I’m actually flying to the UK (no quarantine issues) where my wife can get to, indirectly, but sooner than to the States. Will need to refresh our COVID stuff there. Thank you so much for the responses - and the sanity check on my initial plan to just go to the US and, I guess, knowingly commit immigration fraud. Thank you so much. You can probably tell but I’m extremely tired and worn out and drained at the moment so apologies if my replies have been a bit disjointed. Thanks again.

Apologies all - I’m so grateful for he responses. I now need to rush as I’m actually flying to the UK (no quarantine issues) where my wife can get to, indirectly, but sooner than to the States. Will need to refresh our COVID stuff there. Thank you so much for the responses - and the sanity check on my initial plan to just go to the US and, I guess, knowingly commit immigration fraud. Thank you so much. You can probably tell but I’m extremely tired and worn out and drained at the moment so apologies if my replies have been a bit disjointed. Thanks again.

Apologies all - I’m so grateful for he responses. I now need to rush as I’m actually flying to the UK (no quarantine issues) where my wife can get to, indirectly, but sooner than to the States. Will need to refresh our COVID stuff there. Thank you so much for the responses - and the sanity check on my initial plan to just go to the US and, I guess, knowingly commit immigration fraud. Thank you so much. You can probably tell but I’m extremely tired and worn out and drained at the moment so apologies if my replies have been a bit disjointed. Thanks again.

Apologies all - I’m so grateful for he responses. I now need to rush as I’m actually flying to the UK (no quarantine issues) where my wife can get to, indirectly, but sooner than to the States. Will need to refresh our COVID stuff there. Thank you so much for the responses - and the sanity check on my initial plan to just go to the US and, I guess, knowingly commit immigration fraud. Thank you so much. You can probably tell but I’m extremely tired and worn out and drained at the moment so apologies if my replies have been a bit disjointed. Thanks again.

Many couples over at the DCF sub-forum have successfully gone through the process -- https://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/82-direct-consular-filing-dcf-general-discussion/