BritScott

I've have my visa and are ready to travel to the US very soon to get married on 1st December.I will be living there permanently after the wedding.

My fiance would like to go on a cruise around the Hawaiin islands for our honeymoon.I gather that I'm not able to leave the US until my status has been adjusted after the wedding.Does flying to Hawaii from Texas then cruising count as leaving the country?Will I be ok to travel?

Thank you for any advice.

Noorah101

You can travel once you have Advance Parole (AP) in hand. It takes about 60 days to get AP in hand after filing your AOS package.

As long as you have had no prior overstays in the USA, you shouldn't have a problem re-entering the USA using AP after the cruise.

Be aware that you will need to be back in the USA to attend you AOS and EAD biometrics appointments, and of course your AOS interview.

Rene

Noorah101

If you're asking if you can go on the cruise without AP in hand, I don't know, but I wouldn't risk it myself. I don't know if they consider cruising as international travel, and you might have problems re-entering Hawaii after the cruise. Plus, you wouldn't be able to get off the ship anywhere that isn't US soil. Seems risky, to me. I'd wait until you have AP in hand before trying something like that. Heck, even flying to Hawaii would make me think twice...what if something happens on that flight, and it has to land somewhere other than Hawaii (non-USA somewhere)? You'd be in trouble if you left without AP.

I'd find somewhere in the continental USA to have a honeymoon, and save the Hawaii trip for an anniversary. But that's just me being my cautious self.

Rene

Josefsing

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