Petition expiration related to visa approval date

[djacob7 0]

Our K1 visa is to be approved as soon as we provide one missing document (Israeli police clearance).

My petition may expire before the missing document will get to the embassy. The visa interview occurred before the petition expiration date.

The question is: Can the visa approval process continue after the petition expiration date?

Thanks for any answers.

DJ

[agrahamandanora 0]

Hi,

From what I've seen the petition expiration date gets extended while you're actually in the process of getting the visa. Our expiration date was a week ago (14th) and they sent the pack telling us the interview date after that (date on letter was 18th). I was worried about that too as I knew we were getting close but from a couple of other comments on here it seems that they automatically extend it, so I don't think you have to worry.

Good luck.

G

[marriedtomrg 141]

The expiration of your petition is within 4 months from the time the approval was issued. Within that 4 month period, you must have proceeded to the next step in the process, which is to schedule the Embassy interview and complete the requirements before the interview takes place.

You already did that. They just need that one document to complete the visa process so your visa could be issued. So your petition "expiring" has no impact on that.

If you had waited past the 4 months initially allotted to you to proceed with the interview scheduling, etc., the US Embassy would have automatically extended the life of the petition for another 4 months, and they would have contacted the petitioner to verify that both of you were still interested in pursuing the K1.

Our K1 visa is to be approved as soon as we provide one missing document (Israeli police clearance).

My petition may expire before the missing document will get to the embassy. The visa interview occurred before the petition expiration date.

The question is: Can the visa approval process continue after the petition expiration date?

Thanks for any answers.

DJ

[annajunndbem 0]

Hi there we have the same worry the expiration date before i could be able to pass all the documents. My fiance and I called the USEM about that matter and

and they told us that it will be automatically re validated after the interview for one year. BUT let me ask you did you also given a 221g? that you will submit in window 17

together with the documents they required you?

[djacob7 0]

Thank you all for your very helpful comments. This is a great forum!

DJ