Petition Expiration?

[James&Edlie 2]

My fiancee went for her medical and interview in the same week. At the medical they found something in her xray that stopped the medical process and they said they would cancel her interview. How long is her petition valid for before it expires or will they extended it once the medical process is done?

[roseann01 2]

No worries, your petition can be extended up to a year by the US embassy.

[James&Edlie 2]

Thank you

[chazbow 0]

Will they extend the petition automatically or do you have to call and talk to somebody?

Thanks

[James&Edlie 2]

St Luke's told her they would make her appointment for her

[roseann01 2]

@ chazbow as long as ur interview is scheduled, no need to call the embassy, they will extend petition automatically.

@jamesandeddie yup, st lukes will be the one to schedule her interview

[chazbow 0]

My fiancee iwaiting for the sputum culture so we have not scheduled the interview yet.

The culture test is not complete until Feb 19 and if the petition is only good for 4 months it will be up in about 2 weeks

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

It's good for 4 months at a time, but USEM will automatically extend it as long as the case is active for up to a year. If you go over a year without doing something with them (such as having the 3-month treatment, never scheduling appt, etc.), THEN they would consider the case abandoned. As stated, you are good for up to a year. More, if need be and you request it. They KNOW the process often takes more than 4 months, they do this every day.

[Jettechfsr 5]

Interesting my wife went in for her medical at SLEC and she failed her X-ray they prescribed two meds 3 times a day for a week said come back and retake so I'm glad she went in early

[James&Edlie 2]

Will we have to repay the embassy fees since she wasn't able to go to the interview?

[Tahoma 2,292]

Will we have to repay the embassy fees since she wasn't able to go to the interview?

Nope.

[James&Edlie 2]

Thats great as well, now I can calm her down a little more.