Planning on extending my IR-1 visa

[catcako 1]

Hi VJ's how are you all doing?

I live in the Phls. An IR-1 visa holder.

I already have my visa it's good for 5 more months and now we are trying to sell some things including our car. Even though we price our car aggressively it is not a cheap car and they don't always sell quickly. If by chance we want to extend our visa how long can we typically get the visa extended without adding additional requirements such as updating the medical or NBI etc?

Thanks and God bless us all :-)

[apple21 953]

Your medical expiry is tied up with your visa so most likely you'll have to do it again & pay a new fee. Call the embassy for more info.

[Darnell 8,478]

IMO, it's better to use an agent for the car selling, or put it on a consignment lot.

[Dave&Roza 748]

Hi VJ's how are you all doing?

I live in the Phls. An IR-1 visa holder.

I already have my visa it's good for 5 more months and now we are trying to sell some things including our car. Even though we price our car aggressively it is not a cheap car and they don't always sell quickly. If by chance we want to extend our visa how long can we typically get the visa extended without adding additional requirements such as updating the medical or NBI etc?

Thanks and God bless us all :-)

Ask the Embassy if an extension is possible. You can always wait until just before the visa expires and come to the US and if you still need to sell things go back to the PI to finish up with selling everything. As a GC holder, your passport will be stamped and that acts like a GC until the actual card arrives in the mail, you can exit the US for less than 6 months without any problems. More than 6 months and you can run into issues with re-entry.

Good luck,

Dave