Originally Posted by TropicalFlyer

Have you also checked that your wife will be allowed back into the U.S. when you return? I gather from what you wrote, she is a on a work visa, you got married, and you are applying for her green card, but won't have it before you leave.

From personal experience, the U.S. immigration officers have varying attitudes towards return to the U.S. after marriage without green card status. The officer told me that re-entry with my work visa was invalid because my personal situation and name had changed (I got married) and I should not have left the country (on our honeymoon) before I had my green card. He made us sweat at the airport for awhile before finally relenting and letting me enter.

TF