Travel rights within US while i-485 is pending

[Steve and Merly 0]

My wife entered the United States on a K-1 fiancee visa. We have since married and have applied for an i-485 Adjustment in Status so she may receive a Green Card as a permanent resident. We also applied for an i-131 Advanced Parole to allow her to travel back to Colombia before the i-485 is approved.

Her i-94 expires on Nov 22, but we have the Notice of Action i-797C for the i-485 which I thought was sufficient to maintain her visitor status.

However, today a clerk at Immigration Services told my wife cannot travel anywhere -- within the Unites States or abroad -- until her Green card status is resolved or she receives an Advance Parole. She stated that as a K-1, "she has no migratory status". I knew that my wife could not travel abroad before then, but not being able to travel within the United States seems wrong. We just want to travel to Minnesota for Thanksgiving.

Please tell me this clerk is crazy.

Thanks,

Steve

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

Clerk is crazy She can travel within the US. TSA employees are not visa inspectors, just identity inspectors. Besides which, your wife is legally here in a period of authorized stay. Have a fun trip!

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Stop talking to those people.

she can travel ANYWHERE within the United states abd its posessions and territories freely. Does this stupid moron telling you this thin they check her passport at STATE borders? The visa and I-797C is a US document good anywhere in the US.

She cannot leave and return to the United States, but she CAN travel within the US.

Jeeezum.

[sciencenerd 56]

She can definitely travel within the US. Our lawyer just said not to travel anywhere where there could even be a remote possibility of crossing borders (like a cruise).

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

The majority of clerks in the USA have the intellectual capacity of bird droppings. If there's one thing you need to learn quickly, it's that the US is populated and run by idiots.

[Steve and Merly 0]

Thanks, everyone! This is what I thought. I can sleep now.

[mama n papa BEAR 1]

My wife entered the United States on a K-1 fiancee visa. We have since married and have applied for an i-485 Adjustment in Status so she may receive a Green Card as a permanent resident. We also applied for an i-131 Advanced Parole to allow her to travel back to Colombia before the i-485 is approved.

Her i-94 expires on Nov 22, but we have the Notice of Action i-797C for the i-485 which I thought was sufficient to maintain her visitor status.

However, today a clerk at Immigration Services told my wife cannot travel anywhere -- within the Unites States or abroad -- until her Green card status is resolved or she receives an Advance Parole. She stated that as a K-1, "she has no migratory status". I knew that my wife could not travel abroad before then, but not being able to travel within the United States seems wrong. We just want to travel to Minnesota for Thanksgiving.

Please tell me this clerk is crazy.

Thanks,

Steve

wow, that clerk must be sleepy or something,,, you and your wife should be able to travel JUST around the country. if you're gonna look at it, apparently, you guys are newly weds, what if, you guys decided to go somewhere like las vegas or somewhere for your honeymoon, they surely cant stop you from doing so. i just sent my AOS last week too. but way before that, i would go back and forth to NJ to visit my sister and her family. Never had problems with such. but just to be on the safe side, ALWAYS bring your passport, a copy of your marriage certificate and a copy of your NOA1. you guys should be fine. My I=94 will expire after tomorrow, the 10th, and i still haven't got the notice of action nor the check cashed. hoping that there won't be any problem.

[TBoneTX 43,250]

Carry the NOA1 with you, just to be safe, si man. You'll probably never need it, but CBP/ICE agents can lurk in places one doesn't expect.

[JoannaV 173]

The only tiny iota bit of truth in what you were told is that if you fly within the US then there is a tiny chance that some official will notice that her I-94 is expired and will cause a big delay.

[Julie y Pat 67]

The majority of clerks in the USA have the intellectual capacity of bird droppings. If there's one thing you need to learn quickly, it's that the US is populated and run by idiots.

Hey Bob, I hope you're not denied at your interview for having excess intellectual capacity. US Idiotship is not a matter to be taken lightly.

[Kang Lang 7]

that clerk is a moron. actually if you spouse has her state issued identification or drivers license she would not even need her passport. 2 weeks after my now husband came back he got his ssn and immediately got his ca id and used that for u.s. travel and never once was bothered and we were late aos filers (1year).