Extending a K-1 petition

[Badgerella 5]

Our interview is finally scheduled for when it works best for us. It'll be on April 8th.

Our NOA2 says our petition is valid through April 10th 2009.

Does anyone know what's involved in extending a K-1 petition? Is it an Embassy-only thing, or does anything need to go back to the NVC or someplace else in the US? Can it be done IN JUST TWO DAYS if the visa is denied, or the case goes into AP, or if it's just delayed for whatever reason (missing documents, needing more of them, all consular officers getting sick...)?

We're just worried that, if something goes wrong, we won't have time to correct it, or react to the circumstances, at all, because our petition expires just two days after the interview.

Thank you for your help!

[payxibka 10,044]

Our interview is finally scheduled for when it works best for us. It'll be on April 8th.

Our NOA2 says our petition is valid through April 10th 2009.

Does anyone know what's involved in extending a K-1 petition? Is it an Embassy-only thing, or does anything need to go back to the NVC or someplace else in the US? Can it be done IN JUST TWO DAYS if the visa is denied, or the case goes into AP, or if it's just delayed for whatever reason (missing documents, needing more of them, all consular officers getting sick...)?

We're just worried that, if something goes wrong, we won't have time to correct it, or react to the circumstances, at all, because our petition expires just two days after the interview.

Thank you for your help!

Consulates have the ability to extend the petition approval validity period in 4 month increments... no need to go back to NVC

[Badgerella 5]

Our interview is finally scheduled for when it works best for us. It'll be on April 8th.

Our NOA2 says our petition is valid through April 10th 2009.

Does anyone know what's involved in extending a K-1 petition? Is it an Embassy-only thing, or does anything need to go back to the NVC or someplace else in the US? Can it be done IN JUST TWO DAYS if the visa is denied, or the case goes into AP, or if it's just delayed for whatever reason (missing documents, needing more of them, all consular officers getting sick...)?

We're just worried that, if something goes wrong, we won't have time to correct it, or react to the circumstances, at all, because our petition expires just two days after the interview.

Thank you for your help!

Consulates have the ability to extend the petition approval validity period in 4 month increments... no need to go back to NVC

Thanks for your help.

However, does that mean that they'd extend it, in case of problems? I assume they would, if they asked for more documentation or anything of the sort, but one can never be sure... If we get denied, would they still keep it at the embassy and give us some time to react to that, too?

[Jesse and Hema 2]

Thanks for your help.

However, does that mean that they'd extend it, in case of problems? I assume they would, if they asked for more documentation or anything of the sort, but one can never be sure... If we get denied, would they still keep it at the embassy and give us some time to react to that, too?

Yes. They will extend it to allow for a reasonable amount of time to take care of all actions to be performed at the embassy.

[Badgerella 5]

That sounds great, thank you!