Re-entry on L2
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Re-entry on L2
I just booked a very last minute trip to Mexico from NYC.
I am on an L2, and my wife holds the L1. I would normally travel with my wife, but this time I am heading out on my own.
What documents other than my passport and visa do I need to reenter the US correctly.
Do I need a copy of my wife's I-129, or my last I-94, or something else, or nothing?
I am on an L2, and my wife holds the L1. I would normally travel with my wife, but this time I am heading out on my own.
What documents other than my passport and visa do I need to reenter the US correctly.
Do I need a copy of my wife's I-129, or my last I-94, or something else, or nothing?
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Re: Re-entry on L2
I was on a derivative for a while and never needed anything. Always handy to have a photocopy of the approval doc - I-797 just in case.
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Re: Re-entry on L2
I just booked a very last minute trip to Mexico from NYC.
I am on an L2, and my wife holds the L1. I would normally travel with my wife, but this time I am heading out on my own.
What documents other than my passport and visa do I need to reenter the US correctly.
Do I need a copy of my wife's I-129, or my last I-94, or something else, or nothing?
I am on an L2, and my wife holds the L1. I would normally travel with my wife, but this time I am heading out on my own.
What documents other than my passport and visa do I need to reenter the US correctly.
Do I need a copy of my wife's I-129, or my last I-94, or something else, or nothing?
What does your visa say on it? My L1 says 'Must present I-797C at POE' (or words to that effect).
Last edited by hungryhorace; Mar 27th 2015 at 1:18 pm.
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Re: Re-entry on L2
When we came back from my holiday in the UK last year without my hubby (my kids and I were on an L2), we just showed our passports with our visas in but i had a copy of the petition just in case.
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Re: Re-entry on L2
If you hae an EAD make sure you bring that with you
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Re: Re-entry on L2
To work hungryhorace. If you are on an L2 you can;t work without an EAD. My wife is on L2 and on re-enrty was asked if she had a job. WHen she said she did they asked to see her EAD, which she produced.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/us-im...ut-ead-796456/
http://britishexpats.com/forum/us-im...ut-ead-796456/
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Re: Re-entry on L2
I entered via ORD on an L2 as a solo traveller in Feb of this year. It didn't occur to me (naively or not) to have anything with me except my passport. No issues at all with the officers at POE.
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Re: Re-entry on L2
To work hungryhorace. If you are on an L2 you can;t work without an EAD. My wife is on L2 and on re-enrty was asked if she had a job. WHen she said she did they asked to see her EAD, which she produced.
http://britishexpats.com/forum/us-im...ut-ead-796456/
http://britishexpats.com/forum/us-im...ut-ead-796456/
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Re: Re-entry on L2
Well my wife has one and was asked to present it. Not sure how much more there is to say about it - it happened!
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Re: Re-entry on L2
I'm sure it did. But just know you were under absolutely no obligation to present one for entry. Nor should it have been expected that you would have carried it with you at the POE.
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Re: Re-entry on L2
True, but the length of time that it will take you to be admitted is, as a purely practical matter, largely a function of what kind of mood the CBP officer that you are standing in front of happens to be in. If you don't have a document that he wants to see and if he decides that he thinks that there is anything remotely suspicious about you then you could well find yourself waiting in secondary for anything up to a few hours before finally being seen by someone else who will then most likely send you on your way immediately.
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Re: Re-entry on L2
True, but the length of time that it will take you to be admitted is, as a purely practical matter, largely a function of what kind of mood the CBP officer that you are standing in front of happens to be in. If you don't have a document that he wants to see and if he decides that he thinks that there is anything remotely suspicious about you then you could well find yourself waiting in secondary for anything up to a few hours before finally being seen by someone else who will then most likely send you on your way immediately.
I stood my ground and asked to talk to his boss but it wasn't much fun.