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Hi everyone,

We've received our NOA1 and according to the Visa Journey timeline, our visa should be adjudicated sometime between August 9 - 20. I'm trying to maximize the amount of time that I can work here in Canada before moving to the United States so that I'll have experience in my field before moving down.

So my questions are:

1. What does "adjudication" here mean? Is this the actual interview and receiving the visa?

2. After receiving the packet from the consulate, is there a deadline by which time I have to produce all the documentation and medical exam?

Thanks in advance.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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Hi everyone,

We've received our NOA1 and according to the Visa Journey timeline, our visa should be adjudicated sometime between August 9 - 20. I'm trying to maximize the amount of time that I can work here in Canada before moving to the United States so that I'll have experience in my field before moving down.

So my questions are:

1. What does "adjudication" here mean? Is this the actual interview and receiving the visa?

2. After receiving the packet from the consulate, is there a deadline by which time I have to produce all the documentation and medical exam?

Thanks in advance.

Adjudication means they are looking at your petition to approve it or deny it

Once you receive NOA2 your petition moves to nvc then to the embassy it has a time frame of six months or three months i forget .........in the period of time if you dont have anything done as in sent back the next round of documents and had your medical and interview for visa they can send your petition back as expired and you start all over again......

now with all of that being said you can try to ask the embassy to give you sometime and give them a good reason.....it is up to the embassy alone if they will grant that time or not.....

sara

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Thanks Sara!

I've looked it up and it looks like the visa petition is valid for 4 months from the date of approval. And the consulate officer can extend this date longer. So my next questions are:

1. How do you request the extension?

2. Is the extension available for any reason or only under certain circumstances?

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You have 6 months to enter the US once you have the visa, and 3 months to get married. Plus once you have your NOA2 it takes time to schedule a medical and interview anyway.. I would say you have plenty of time..

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Also, if you're going through the Montreal consulate, once you're able to book your interview, there's about 3-4 months until a date becomes available.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Egypt
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Thanks Sara!

I've looked it up and it looks like the visa petition is valid for 4 months from the date of approval. And the consulate officer can extend this date longer. So my next questions are:

1. How do you request the extension?

2. Is the extension available for any reason or only under certain circumstances?

When i asked for extension for my x fiance i sent an email and a registered letter to them......i am not sure what are the grounds for getting an extension but i did it to try to keep them from sending back our petition as expired petition...his interview was so close to the expiration date of the petition it made sense to me at least but they didn't give it....but then again he was from India not Canada so its possible they might be more willing to comply

Good luck and i hope that they allow it for you :)

sara

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
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Most consulates will extend the validity of the petition approval automatically, for up to one year, as long as they're getting some sort of communication from the beneficiary or petitioner. They don't usually return the petition as expired unless they've sent out packet 3 and gotten no response, neither the beneficiary or petitioner have communicated with them, and the petition approval has expired.

It looks like the earliest you could expect an interview would be November or December of this year. You could probably extend this out as far as next summer, as long as you stay in contact with the consulate. Once you get the visa you have a further six months to use it before the visa expires. So, you could potentially go as long as early 2013 before you either had to use the visa and come to the US, or start over.

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At this point, the Embassy probably won't have any record, based on a recent NOA1 date. When you get your file number from NVC, you can call the embassy (if that doesn't create a hardship), or email them about an extension. I think they will let you know if they need other documentation from you.

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