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Old Jan 5th 2013, 7:03 pm
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So once our visa is complete (currently in progress in London) we were thinking about taking a ship from Southampton to New York.

From what I can find technically you are able to activate your visa at any port of entry, be it land, sea, or airport. However there is some vague warning that if the port of entry is too obscure that it might cause problems (or they might simply be unable to unprocess you).

Has anyone tried to activate their visa via a port from ship entry? Did it cause any problems? And if you did can you tell me which port you arrived at?

PS - If you think this is a bad plan, please say so. I am interested in general feedback too.

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Old Jan 5th 2013, 8:47 pm
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Quite a few members have taken a ship to the US with their visa and have had no problems at the POE.

Where were you planning on disembarking? A small island off of South Carolina perhaps?
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Default Re: IR-1 activation via ship/port entry?

Originally Posted by CrazyCatCollective
From what I can find technically you are able to activate your visa at any port of entry, be it land, sea, or airport.
Not "technically"... "actually".


However there is some vague warning that if the port of entry is too obscure that it might cause problems (or they might simply be unable to unprocess you).
If you're disembarking in New York, you won't have any problems.

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Old Jan 6th 2013, 9:23 am
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Default Re: IR-1 activation via ship/port entry?

Originally Posted by ian-mstm
If you're disembarking in New York, you won't have any problems.

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Originally Posted by CrazyCatCollective
Thanks.
Welcome to BE.

What a nice way to cross the Atlantic...QM2?
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Default Re: IR-1 activation via ship/port entry?

Originally Posted by Jerseygirl
Welcome to BE.

What a nice way to cross the Atlantic...QM2?
Thank you.

Yes, it would have to be QM2. Seems not many people operate that transatlantic voyage any more (or at least if we wanted to do UK<->US directly).
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Originally Posted by CrazyCatCollective
Thank you.

Yes, it would have to be QM2. Seems not many people operate that transatlantic voyage any more (or at least if we wanted to do UK<->US directly).
Quite a few BE people have sailed US to UK on the QM2. It was mostly people with dogs...but they all enjoyed the journey. A few threads in The Moving Back To The UK Forum about it. It also has the added advantage of no luggage restrictions...handy if you are not flying once you arrive in NYC.
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Default Re: IR-1 activation via ship/port entry?

Nothing "technical" about it - what you're doing is deactivating your visa and activating PR status.

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Originally Posted by CrazyCatCollective
From what I can find technically you are able to activate your visa at any port of entry, be it land, sea, or airport.
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Old Jan 7th 2013, 5:55 am
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Default Re: IR-1 activation via ship/port entry?

Sounds like a wonderful way to enter the US. The QM2 wouldn't dock at a small and obscure port so you'll be fine doing this.

If you planned to row over, or be on a small vessel going to a random port then that's when you might encounter a little more issue.
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