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Hi,
Just married and want to honeymoon in the US Virgin Islands after we submit the application for my wifes Green Card (but before we receive her provisional travel permit).

Technically, the islands are US territory, but there is a border check in Puerto Rico and/or Miami. Is she safe? Her current B1B2 visa is still valid. Our lawyer said best to wait a week till after she gets her receipt, but that she "should" be OK.

There is a big difference between "should be " and "will be". Is this safe? Is Puerto
Rico any safer? Should we stick to Hawaii (which is much further from NYC)?

Thanks for your suggestions....

In my opinion VI Is a No, No for her until she gets her Green card. If you want to keep your wife in the US with you while waiting for her Green card, stick to the 50 states of the US and its territories where you avoid immigration checkpoint. VI is not one of them. Hawaii is definitely safe, I think Puerto Rico is safe. But check on that one.

If her B1B2 is still valid, what is the worry?

Because, when they will be coming back to the US, in best scenario they will be lying to the CBP officer about her "non immigrant" intend. She should not be reentering the US on tourist visa when she is married to the USC and intending to emigrate. It can backfire on them at the interview. In worse case when they admit to the CBP officer that they are married and going to file for adjustment of status after he lets them into the US on her B2, she will be denied entry to the USA.