Can we go out of country on honey moon?

[jean-charles]

Hi,

my fiancee is arriving within the next 2 month in the US on a K1 visa.

 

for ease of the process we are getting married at the city counter, the most simple way then we wan tot go on our honney moon somewhere, ... carreabeens, mexico, ...

 

so here is my question,

by the time we leave on a last minute deal on a cruise somewhere she will have her chinese passport, maybe temp work permit given at the border and barely an AOS filed if we have had time

 

so can I book a cruise or resort in mexico, puerto rico, ... bahamas, ... ??? with her visa status then ?

[Guest Duke]

Hi,

my fiancee is arriving within the next 2 month in the US on a K1 visa.

 

for ease of the process we are getting married at the city counter, the most simple way then we wan tot go on our honney moon somewhere, ... carreabeens, mexico, ...

 

so here is my question,

by the time we leave on a last minute deal on a cruise somewhere she will have her chinese passport, maybe temp work permit given at the border and barely an AOS filed if we have had time

 

so can I book a cruise or resort in mexico, puerto rico, ... bahamas, ... ??? with her visa status then ?

 

Her visa is for entry into the USA, one time. Without advanced parole, your fiance cannot leave the USA and enter again. Even with advanced parole, she will need whatever any other Chinese Citizen would need in order visit another country. Her US visa doesn't change anything with any other country.

 

May I suggest the Florida Keys or Hawaii.

[jean-charles]

Hi,

my fiancee is arriving within the next 2 month in the US on a K1 visa.

 

for ease of the process we are getting married at the city counter, the most simple way then we wan tot go on our honney moon somewhere, ... carreabeens, mexico, ...

 

so here is my question,

by the time we leave on a last minute deal on a cruise somewhere she will have her chinese passport, maybe temp work permit given at the border and barely an AOS filed if we have had time

 

so can I book a cruise or resort in mexico, puerto rico, ... bahamas, ... ??? with her visa status then ?

 

Her visa is for entry into the USA, one time. Without advanced parole, your fiance cannot leave the USA and enter again. Even with advanced parole, she will need whatever any other Chinese Citizen would need in order visit another country. Her US visa doesn't change anything with any other country.

 

May I suggest the Florida Keys or Hawaii.

 

 

 

that's what I thought so until the AOS is complete and she has a temp green card she can't leave the US (I am only looking at the USA side for now but good point on the visa for other countries, ..)

 

Problem with the keys is that cruiselines all stop in cosumel or mexico, ... and you need a visa, ....

 

Hawaii is on my list but darn far and expensive, ....

 

Maybe just renting an hotel in the keys and simply fly miami and rent a car, ....

 

any one know on good last minute deal web sites ?

[Guest Duke]

Hi,

my fiancee is arriving within the next 2 month in the US on a K1 visa.

 

for ease of the process we are getting married at the city counter, the most simple way then we wan tot go on our honney moon somewhere, ... carreabeens, mexico, ...

 

so here is my question,

by the time we leave on a last minute deal on a cruise somewhere she will have her chinese passport, maybe temp work permit given at the border and barely an AOS filed if we have had time

 

so can I book a cruise or resort in mexico, puerto rico, ... bahamas, ... ??? with her visa status then ?

 

Her visa is for entry into the USA, one time. Without advanced parole, your fiance cannot leave the USA and enter again. Even with advanced parole, she will need whatever any other Chinese Citizen would need in order visit another country. Her US visa doesn't change anything with any other country.

 

May I suggest the Florida Keys or Hawaii.

 

 

 

that's what I thought so until the AOS is complete and she has a temp green card she can't leave the US (I am only looking at the USA side for now but good point on the visa for other countries, ..)

 

Problem with the keys is that cruiselines all stop in cosumel or mexico, ... and you need a visa, ....

 

Hawaii is on my list but darn far and expensive, ....

 

Maybe just renting an hotel in the keys and simply fly miami and rent a car, ....

 

any one know on good last minute deal web sites ?

 

The alternative to AOS complete is Advanced Parole. AP allows re-entry to the USA while waiting for AOS to be completed.

[SirLancelot]

The alternative to AOS complete is Advanced Parole. AP allows re-entry to the USA while waiting for AOS to be completed.

 

Make sure you get approval on the AP first before departing the USA. It's not enough to simply apply for the AP and leave. You need to make sure AP is approved, then you can head out.

 

Another idea is Las Vegas. They have some nice hotels/resorts now.

[LeeFisher3]

Mexico and some of the islands in the Caribbean allow LPR to enter their country without a visa, just like USC, but others do not.

 

Very few of them allow Chinese Citizens to enter without a visa, unless they are have LPR status in the US.

 

Unless I am mistaken most of the cruise lines port at islands where a visa may be required even with LPR status, so do your homework before you book that cruise.

[Guest Duke]

Mexico and some of the islands in the Caribbean allow LPR to enter their country without a visa, just like USC, but others do not.

 

Very few of them allow Chinese Citizens to enter without a visa, unless they are have LPR status in the US.

 

Unless I am mistaken most of the cruise lines port at islands where a visa may be required even with LPR status, so do your homework before you book that cruise.

 

Absolutely!

 

This does bring up a question in my mind though. I haven't been on a Caribbian or other International cruise. If you get off the ship to see an Island Nation, do you pass through US Customs to return to your ship? What Country is the ship?

 

For instance, say you take a cruise out of Galveston. When you get on the ship, you haven't actually left the US, so I suppose if you never leave the ship, you never leave the US. If the ship stops in say, Cozumel or Cancun, I suppose you go through some Mexican Customs/Immigration desk but what happens when you depart to return to the ship? You leave a country. Do you also enter another?

 

If you don't leave the ship and so never left the US, do you "enter" the US when the ship returns to Galveston?

Edited February 24, 2007 by Duke (see edit history)

[Randy W]

 

 

This does bring up a question in my mind though. I haven't been on a Caribbian or other International cruise. If you get off the ship to see an Island Nation, do you pass through US Customs to return to your ship? What Country is the ship?

 

For instance, say you take a cruise out of Galveston. When you get on the ship, you haven't actually left the US, so I suppose if you never leave the ship, you never leave the US. If the ship stops in say, Cozumel or Cancun, I suppose you go through some Mexican Customs/Immigration desk but what happens when you depart to return to the ship? You leave a country. Do you also enter another?

 

If you don't leave the ship and so never left the US, do you "enter" the US when the ship returns to Galveston?

 

That's similar to a plane trip, with a stop in a country that you are/are not admitted to.

 

When you finally return to the US, you go through customs, regardless of whether you ever got off the plane/ship.

[Guest Duke]

 

 

This does bring up a question in my mind though. I haven't been on a Caribbian or other International cruise. If you get off the ship to see an Island Nation, do you pass through US Customs to return to your ship? What Country is the ship?

 

For instance, say you take a cruise out of Galveston. When you get on the ship, you haven't actually left the US, so I suppose if you never leave the ship, you never leave the US. If the ship stops in say, Cozumel or Cancun, I suppose you go through some Mexican Customs/Immigration desk but what happens when you depart to return to the ship? You leave a country. Do you also enter another?

 

If you don't leave the ship and so never left the US, do you "enter" the US when the ship returns to Galveston?

 

That's similar to a plane trip, with a stop in a country that you are/are not admitted to.

 

When you finally return to the US, you go through customs, regardless of whether you ever got off the plane/ship.

 

That makes sense but if your wife was say traveling without AP and didn't get off the ship, did she leave the US and therefore need to re-enter?

 

Does anybody know what happens when a USC or LPR or AP gets off the ship in Cancun? Do they just re-enter the US at the ship's port of entry?

[tonado]

Everyone will have to go thru custom when the cruise returns back to the port. Last year, we took a cruise from Miami to the Bahamas for three days. When went back to Miami, everyone must show passports or other travel papers at the port.

[ameriken]

You may want to research some timelines for AP, AOS, and EAD, because sometimes the AP and EAD can take the same time as AOS. In Colorado, AOS can process in about 3 months, which is the same time as EAD.

 

Once she has the green card she doesnt need the AP or EAD, so if the AOS processing for your state is about 3 months, you can probably save the money and hassle for the AP and EAD.

 

AOK?

[Randy W]

You may want to research some timelines for AP, AOS, and EAD, because sometimes the AP and EAD can take the same time as AOS. In Colorado, AOS can process in about 3 months, which is the same time as EAD.

 

Once she has the green card she doesnt need the AP or EAD, so if the AOS processing for your state is about 3 months, you can probably save the money and hassle for the AP and EAD.

 

AOK?

 

 

Yes - take a look at some timelines - you will want to spend the money. There are exceptions, but the posted processing times do not include an FBI background check.

[izus]

man, why chance it....

 

all this time it took you to get her over here...

[tonado]

I am sure there are many places in USA where you can go honeymoon.

 

http://honeymoons.about.com/od/classichone...inationsusa.htm

[TootTaLu]

 

 

This does bring up a question in my mind though. I haven't been on a Caribbian or other International cruise. If you get off the ship to see an Island Nation, do you pass through US Customs to return to your ship? What Country is the ship?

 

For instance, say you take a cruise out of Galveston. When you get on the ship, you haven't actually left the US, so I suppose if you never leave the ship, you never leave the US. If the ship stops in say, Cozumel or Cancun, I suppose you go through some Mexican Customs/Immigration desk but what happens when you depart to return to the ship? You leave a country. Do you also enter another?

 

If you don't leave the ship and so never left the US, do you "enter" the US when the ship returns to Galveston?

 

That's similar to a plane trip, with a stop in a country that you are/are not admitted to.

 

When you finally return to the US, you go through customs, regardless of whether you ever got off the plane/ship.

 

That makes sense but if your wife was say traveling without AP and didn't get off the ship, did she leave the US and therefore need to re-enter?

 

Does anybody know what happens when a USC or LPR or AP gets off the ship in Cancun? Do they just re-enter the US at the ship's port of entry?

 

YES you must take this seriously.

I travel quite often on international ships.

ARRIVING BY SHIP to USA is not the same as by road/plane.

 

EXAMPLE:

Germans do not need a USA Visa to enter the USA,but if a German is a tourist/employee on a ship,then a USA Visa is required.

 

Simply remaining on board the ship does not work.

 

I am American,so my experiences exiting/entering the USA by ship is not the same for foreign passport holders.