Visa expiration date

[guitarjam 5]

My wife's Visa has the 6 month expiration date, with a stamp on the Immigration Data Sheet stating the expiration date is limited to the 1st day of medical, but my Stepson's Visa actually expires on the medical date, which I think is wrong.

If we did get delayed past the medical date, he is suppose to still have a valid 6 month Visa, and would have to just get another medical done within the 6 months...

Don't know why the Embassy made my Stepson's Visa valid only from the medical date in Sept, when the Visa was issued in Dec...Making the Visa expire in March

Edited January 3, 2016 by guitarjam

[Unshakable Faith 493]

My wife's Visa has the 6 month expiration date, with a stamp on the Immigration Data Sheet stating the expiration date is limited to the 1st day of medical, but my Stepson's Visa actually expires on the medical date, which I think is wrong.

If we did get delayed past the medical date, he is suppose to still have a valid 6 month Visa, and would have to just get another medical done within the 6 months...

Don't know why the Embassy made my Stepson's Visa valid only from the medical date in Sept, when the Visa was issued in Dec...Making the Visa expire in March

Visa expiration dates are 6 months from the medical.

[guitarjam 5]

Visa expiration dates are 6 months from the medical.

Not according to my Wife's Visa, it shows 6 months from issue, but the Immigrant Data sheets states its limited to the medical start date.

Visa was issued in Dec, expires dates shows Jun.

Medical was in Sept, that's why my Stepson's shows March

[Unshakable Faith 493]

Not according to my Wife's Visa, it shows 6 months from issue, but the Immigrant Data sheets states its limited to the medical start date.

Visa was issued in Dec, expires dates shows Jun.

Medical was in Sept, that's why my Stepson's shows March

They probably made a mistake on your wife's. You might want to contact the embassy and make sure that the date in the system and the date on the visa coincide with one another. You wouldn't want to travel after March and realize it was just a clerical error and be unable to enter.

Did they have the medical done at the same time?

Edited January 3, 2016 by FN&KO

[guitarjam 5]

We plan to leave 9 days before the medical expire date, thought it was a 6 month visa from issue, just got the Visa's in Dec, medical was started in Sep.

Is 9 days too close to leave?

Yes they both started & completed their medical the same dates...

Edited January 3, 2016 by guitarjam

[mallafri76 1,012]

Like guitarjam says, the visa expires six months after the medical. So if you had the medicals in Sept, the visa will be valid six months from that date regardless of when the interview was.

[guitarjam 5]

If the Visa expires by the medical, and we would of received the Visa a month later, it would be a 2 month Visa!

That doesn't sound right.

We couldn't use it before we receive it.

[mallafri76 1,012]

If the Visa expires by the medical, and we would of received the Visa a month later, it would be a 2 month Visa!

That doesn't sound right.

We couldn't use it before we receive it.

Yes, then it would have been a two month visa. This is why some people need to re-do their medical, if it's done too early compared to the interview. Because the processing of our visa dragged out, I had to re-do my medical.

It's the same with the police cert. For the country of residence, it's valid for a year and most embassies require it to be valid for at least another three months after the interview date, otherwise you need to get a new police cert.

[guitarjam 5]

Yes, then it would have been a two month visa. This is why some people need to re-do their medical, if it's done too early compared to the interview. Because the processing of our visa dragged out, I had to re-do my medical.

It's the same with the police cert. For the country of residence, it's valid for a year and most embassies require it to be valid for at least another three months after the interview date, otherwise you need to get a new police cert.

If your visa is based on your medical, and go past the date of the medical, your visa expires, so it would seem you would have to redo everything, not just the medical

Edited January 3, 2016 by guitarjam

[Brassballs 47]

As long as you depart even 1 day before the expiration date everything is good. I don't know the date line affects all this so I would plan ticketing at least 2 or 3 days before 6 months after the earliest medical, if that makes sense.

Sounds like the latest date you should plan to leave is sometime in March.

[Greenbaum 12,258]

guitarjam, on 03 Jan 2016 - 03:00 AM, said:

We plan to leave 9 days before the medical expire date, thought it was a 6 month visa from issue, just got the Visa's in Dec, medical was started in Sep.

Is 9 days too close to leave?

Yes they both started & completed their medical the same dates...

Nine days is fine. The requirement is that you are on US Soil before it expires so plan on being here a day before at the latest. The expirations time is calculated when you land in the US not when you leave your country. If your flight is delayed and you land after the expiration date, your visa has officially expired and they don't care if your flight was delayed. So plan accordingly.

[guitarjam 5]

Nine days is fine. The requirement is that you are on US Soil before it expires so plan on being here a day before at the latest. The expirations time is calculated when you land in the US not when you leave your country. If your flight is delayed and you land after the expiration date, your visa has officially expired and they don't care if your flight was delayed. So plan accordingly.

Thank you for your reply and info, more at ease now...