Visa expiration after 6 months

[DenisBlack 0]

I know that visa automatically expires if the intending immigrant doesn't enter the US within 6 months of issuance. But could anyone provide a link to an official government site where this is stated. I couldn't find anything on sites such as travel.state.gov or embassy in Rio. I'm trying to get the permission for my step-daughter to exit Brazil through Brazilian court and I think I might be able to speed this extremely slow process up if I could provide some proof of this regulation. I figured I'd ask the knowledgeable people of visajourney before I contact the embassy.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[Zee Bee 61]

http://travel.state.gov/visa/frvi/reciproc...ocity_3521.html

[malego77 2]

I know that visa automatically expires if the intending immigrant doesn't enter the US within 6 months of issuance. But could anyone provide a link to an official government site where this is stated. I couldn't find anything on sites such as travel.state.gov or embassy in Rio. I'm trying to get the permission for my step-daughter to exit Brazil through Brazilian court and I think I might be able to speed this extremely slow process up if I could provide some proof of this regulation. I figured I'd ask the knowledgeable people of visajourney before I contact the embassy.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I got that information in the consulate the day of my interview. Also, you can see that the visa is valid until 6 months after. It has a date printed on it.

[DenisBlack 0]

Thank you both for your help.

Let me clarify a bit what I'm asking and why. We are going for the CR-1 visa and we are ready to send the DS-230 packet out. So potentially, we are looking at an interview date in roughly 3 months. I understand that the visa expiration will be printed on the visa itself. However, I would like to add this to my case now in hopes of speeding up the procedure. Meaning, if I present to the judge the fact that according to US law, the intending immigrant must enter the US within 6 months of issuance of visa, this might be encouraging to get the case moving along quicker. I want the judge to know this now and to know that we are getting close, so when we do get the visa, that would (hopefully) speed things up even more. I see this information on VisaJourney and just about any commercial Visa Service site, and it seems to be known as a common knowledge, but I can't find anything official about this anywhere.

[pushbrk 12,276]

Thank you both for your help.

Let me clarify a bit what I'm asking and why. We are going for the CR-1 visa and we are ready to send the DS-230 packet out. So potentially, we are looking at an interview date in roughly 3 months. I understand that the visa expiration will be printed on the visa itself. However, I would like to add this to my case now in hopes of speeding up the procedure. Meaning, if I present to the judge the fact that according to US law, the intending immigrant must enter the US within 6 months of issuance of visa, this might be encouraging to get the case moving along quicker. I want the judge to know this now and to know that we are getting close, so when we do get the visa, that would (hopefully) speed things up even more. I see this information on VisaJourney and just about any commercial Visa Service site, and it seems to be known as a common knowledge, but I can't find anything official about this anywhere.

What you're looking for is contained in the FAM.

http://www.state.gov/m/a/ips/c22793.htm

[DenisBlack 0]

What you're looking for is contained in the FAM.

http://www.state.gov/m/a/ips/c22793.htm

Thank you. This is definitely getting warmer. I remember seeing this a long time ago but couldn't remember what it was called and how I found it. It seems like it should be buried somewhere there. Although a thorough look through

Consular Affairs > Acquisition And Retention Of U.S. Citizenship And Nationality

which sounded like the most logical place to find this information didn't yield any results. I'll keep digging.

Thanks again.

[Sanjiv Patel 13]

Here is a recent document from DoS for immigrant visa from Mumbai Consulate: http://travel.state.gov/pdf/supplements/BM...L-0001-0804.pdf

It has a section on Visa Validity.

If your consulate is listed on http://travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_3742.html with consulate-specific information in similar fashion, you then found a more relevant information. Otherwise, you can show Mumbai specific information. This duration does not change with conutry or consulate.

Hope this helps.

Sanjiv Patel

[DenisBlack 0]

Sanjiv, that's exactly what I'm looking for, only for the embassy in Rio. Unfortunately, there are no equivalent document for Rio (in fact, there are no special instructions at all). Thanks.

[DenisBlack 0]

Found it on the general Interview Preparation page. In case anyone else is interested:

Interview Notices

Thank you all for your help.

[simple_male 1]

I know that visa automatically expires if the intending immigrant doesn't enter the US within 6 months of issuance. But could anyone provide a link to an official government site where this is stated. I couldn't find anything on sites such as travel.state.gov or embassy in Rio. I'm trying to get the permission for my step-daughter to exit Brazil through Brazilian court and I think I might be able to speed this extremely slow process up if I could provide some proof of this regulation. I figured I'd ask the knowledgeable people of visajourney before I contact the embassy.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Visa expiration date should be mentioned in your visa stamp glued to your passport.