Blanca

Hello!
Do you think it's a good idea to travel to see my hubby (US citizen) for a few weeks now while waiting for things here to go back to normal? I still have my ESTA valid for a few months and I understand that as a spouse of US citizen I am allowed to travel from UK to US? We are waiting for our application to be checked and for the interview&medical to be scheduled etc.(in London) Has anyone married to US citizen travelled to any of the states during the last few weeks?

Pulaski

No. There are going to be a number of steps in such a journey where SD is going to be difficult or impossible, and a number of people, through ignorance or contrariness are going to break/ not comply with the rules, which in any case are bare minimum requirements and "more is better" (6ft SD might be advised, but 20ft would be better, and just staying home would be the ideal anyway), so the less you travel the less risk you put yourself in.

Ann257

whilst your application is in, it is advised that you do not travel to the USA. Must be really hard I know but not worth risking all the time it’s taken to get this far. Am sure things will move quickly once everything reopens

petitefrancaise

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019...ecautions.html

2 weeks of quarantine?
NO... just because you are allowed to travel, doesn't mean you should. Do you think it is safer to travel now than it was in Mid-March when there were actually fewer coronavirus cases? There's no way I'd get on a plane with a whole load of people from one of the most infected places on the planet. Never mind, all these infected people going into the same 13 airports from all over the world .

"The restrictions are being eased up because there's room for you in the ICU".

Pulaski

Pre covid-19 that would not have been a problem at all - is that what you're saying, that (you think) it wasn't previously OK?
That is obvious to me, but unfortunately that message is not getting through at all!

stuwoolf

Isnt there a 60 Day Travel Ban on anyone except USC entering USA. Or doesnt that matter if coming from UK? Is this ban lifted?

petitefrancaise

spouses/kids of USC are allowed to enter.

ddsrph

That’s the perfect way to put it about the room in the ICU. I don’t think our politicians and most of our citizens are thinking of it in those terms, but they should.

stuwoolf

Apologies I did not read your OP correctly.

Good luck.

Charsam30

Yes you can travel, but like others have noted you might want to reconsider due to Covid 19.

Stetub

Keeping an eye on this post as I am still in my K1 Visa process and its been going on since Sept 2019 and still in US. Was planning to do early honeymoon in April then moved it to November and not sure if I can travel yet, but will be on ESTA whilst still waiting on K1 process.

Pulaski

Same for "visiting a restaurant", which inevitably means being maskless, or for that matter "being 7, or even 8 feet, from somone else". It annoys the he11 out of me that people seem to be treating 6ft as a goal, not a minimum - 6ft reduces the risk, but 8ft would be better, and 10ft better still.

In short, SD and masks are to help mitigate risk, they don't eliminate the risk, and if you do one, it doesn't mean the other is unnecessary - doing both (SD and a mask) is better, but "staying home" is much better still!

petitefrancaise

I read last week that the majority of the new explosion of cases in Austin had been traced back to 7/8 bars/restaurants in the downtown area on the first weekend they opened.
Now, bars in Texas are having their licenses revoked for a month if the owners don't enforce social distancing/numbers in group/mask wearing.

civilservant

I'm going to refrain from commenting on this one since the last time I did I was told that I was being 'mean'

Blanca

Hello everyone,

I am still here in the UK and my husband is in Arizona. I still haven't travelled to see him on my ESTA (it was me who started this thread). We are still waiting to have our documents reviewed by NVC and waiting for our interview here in London. It's very frustrating I must admit because the last time I saw my hubby was on Jan 8th. It's difficult and yesterday we had quite an emotional conversation on Skype... we are desperate to see each other and have no clue what to do because we have no idea how long it's going to take for the interview to happen finally. Do you think all what's going on now in the US (with visas etc) will slow down the process for us (because they will have less funds and less staff?) or actually speed it up (because they will not have to process those other types of visas and will have more time to focus on marriage visas instead?)
Another question is does my husband need to stay in his current job (because that's the job that's stated on I864) or can he switch jobs? and if he switches jobs are we going to need new i864?
We also used his 2018 tax return as the most recent one for our application but now he already has his 2019 tax return ready (which is below the poverty line but he has got more that 3 times the missing amount in savings) do you think they will ask for his 2019 tax return at the time of interview and evidence of funds (to cover the difference)? I have no idea now what to expect and whether maybe they will be more strict during the interview (whenever that will actually be! This year??) It all just makes us so sad that we can't see each other and have no clue when we are actually going to be together 😪