Do I need to overnight my renewal letter?

[Keherzler 0]

Hello everyone,

I'm writing this to gain your opinions of what I should do given our situation. My fiance and I received a, I-797 NOA in October of 2013 and we wish to renew our visa. Our deadline is the 2nd of February 2014 and we mailed a renewal statement via usps standard-mail to the Frankfurt office today. My fiance is in Germany right now and with the fast approaching deadline I am wondering if I should print a second renewal statement, sign it, and then overnight-ship it to make sure that the document arrives before the deadline. Would it be worth it?

[dwheels76 5,488]

Hello everyone,

I'm writing this to gain your opinions of what I should do given our situation. My fiance and I received a, I-797 NOA in October of 2013 and we wish to renew our visa. Our deadline is the 2nd of February 2014 and we mailed a renewal statement via usps standard-mail to the Frankfurt office today. My fiance is in Germany right now and with the fast approaching deadline I am wondering if I should print a second renewal statement, sign it, and then overnight-ship it to make sure that the document arrives before the deadline. Would it be worth it?

There’s nothing you have to renew. Your petition is processing it automatically gets extended wherever it is in the system while processing.

So no need to send a letter to anyone.

[Tillikum 0]

I wrote them an email asking the same question. Here is what I got back:

As you have stated below, an approved K1 visa petition is valid for a period of 4 months from the date of approval.
Since your petition was approved almost 4 months ago, it will be expiring soon.
It may be revalidated for an additional 4 months provided the Consular Officer concludes that the petitioner's
and the beneficiary's intentions are still to get married. Please ask your fiancée to send us a statement explaining
why you have not pursued the fiancé visa earlier, and stating that both of you remain legally free to marry and that
you continue to intend to marry each other within 90 days after your admission into the United States.
Please note that we require the original signature on this letter of intent from your fiancée.
Also inform us when you plan to travel to the United States. If you do not contact us within 6 months your petition will be destroyed.

Does that mean it doesn't matter if the letter arrives a few days after the deadline?

Edited January 29, 2014 by Tillikum