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I have been issued with a K1 Visa on 7th October 2011 which I am ecstatic about. I have booked my flight to the USA for 11th Dec 2011. We were planning to marry on 3rd March 2012.
Due to uncertainty about timings and advance planning I had to do, I am faced with a challenge.
We have booked a 7-day trip to Mexico for 5th Feb 2012. The flight is from the US. This is to attend a wedding of a family friend of my fiancé. I have discovered that I will not be able to leave the US on my K1 visa. Only after I marry, apply for AOS and advance parole. My question is :- Can I enter on a visitors visa if I already have been issued with a K1 visa ? I have a passport from a member country of the VWP and have a unexpired ESTA. If I can, then when I re-enter, do I enter on my K1 Visa or still on the visitors visa because Mexico is a neighboring country and short visits are permitted under the VWP. I understand that I will then have to exit again to another country ( not Canada or Mexico ) and enter on my K1 visa.
My preference would be to marry as soon as possible after 11th Dec, apply for AOS, EAD and advance parole and then just hope the AP is approved before 5th Feb. My fiancé is uncomfortable with marrying so soon and would like to live together as an engaged couple for a few months. She has asked me to explore all alternatives.
Please can you offer some advice for my situation?
Due to uncertainty about timings and advance planning I had to do, I am faced with a challenge.
We have booked a 7-day trip to Mexico for 5th Feb 2012. The flight is from the US. This is to attend a wedding of a family friend of my fiancé. I have discovered that I will not be able to leave the US on my K1 visa. Only after I marry, apply for AOS and advance parole. My question is :- Can I enter on a visitors visa if I already have been issued with a K1 visa ? I have a passport from a member country of the VWP and have a unexpired ESTA. If I can, then when I re-enter, do I enter on my K1 Visa or still on the visitors visa because Mexico is a neighboring country and short visits are permitted under the VWP. I understand that I will then have to exit again to another country ( not Canada or Mexico ) and enter on my K1 visa.
My preference would be to marry as soon as possible after 11th Dec, apply for AOS, EAD and advance parole and then just hope the AP is approved before 5th Feb. My fiancé is uncomfortable with marrying so soon and would like to live together as an engaged couple for a few months. She has asked me to explore all alternatives.
Please can you offer some advice for my situation?
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