K1 Visa expiration length

[durden2128 4]

My fiancé was just approved last week and receives her K1 fiancé visa in the mail next week. We are maybe needing to delay her coming to the USA for a number of reasons. Im not sure if its 4 or 6 months that she has to come to the US. My question is- is it possible to get an extension from the embassy or is that deadline unbreakable in regards to requesting an extension ? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks,

 

Marko

[usmsbow 795]

As Dee elle said, it is 6 months from that date it was issued. If I were you, I'd e-mail the embassy and ask. Don't know what country your fiancee is from, so can't tell you how responsive the embassy is, but some actually do reply relatively quickly... 

 

 

[EG&XY 144]

26 minutes ago, Dee elle said:

It is 6 months from date of issue.. I am not 100% sure, but I do not think extensions are easily obtained.  

 

12 minutes ago, usmsbow said:

As Dee elle said, it is 6 months from that date it was issued. If I were you, I'd e-mail the embassy and ask. Don't know what country your fiancee is from, so can't tell you how responsive the embassy is, but some actually do reply relatively quickly... 

 

 

This is incorrect. It is 6 months from the medical or interview, whichever was earlier. Based on how things typically go it is often 6 months from the medical.

 

@durden2128 On what basis you you want to delay things? I think you would have to have a VERY VERY strong reason to delay. I doubt that they would allow an extension once the visa is issued, but feel free to give us some more information on the circumstances and we can give you our thoughts.

[usmsbow 795]

47 minutes ago, EG&XY said:

 

This is incorrect. It is 6 months from the medical or interview, whichever was earlier. Based on how things typically go it is often 6 months from the medical.

 

@durden2128 On what basis you you want to delay things? I think you would have to have a VERY VERY strong reason to delay. I doubt that they would allow an extension once the visa is issued, but feel free to give us some more information on the circumstances and we can give you our thoughts.

 

You're right, thanks for the correction. 

[durden2128 4]

Thanks for all the responses everyone. She interviewed August 30th and was approved verbally same day. So im assuming the expiration is 6 months from that day, or 10 days later when she received her physical visa in the mail. Now regarding the possible extension- she has a daughter who started 9th grade, and she is unsure if she wants to pull  her out during the school year. The visa interview got pushed back from July to end of August because of all this US vs. Russia ####### and closing embassies and etc which messed up me getting them here before the beginning of school as originally planned. So if its 6 months then she has until March 1st essentially when it expires. If she was granted  4 month extension which the website said they can do under certain circumstances then that would extend to July and her kids school ends on May 31st. Hmm..opinions ?

[EG&XY 144]

2 hours ago, durden2128 said:

Thanks for all the responses everyone. She interviewed August 30th and was approved verbally same day. So im assuming the expiration is 6 months from that day, or 10 days later when she received her physical visa in the mail. Now regarding the possible extension- she has a daughter who started 9th grade, and she is unsure if she wants to pull  her out during the school year. The visa interview got pushed back from July to end of August because of all this US vs. Russia ####### and closing embassies and etc which messed up me getting them here before the beginning of school as originally planned. So if its 6 months then she has until March 1st essentially when it expires. If she was granted  4 month extension which the website said they can do under certain circumstances then that would extend to July and her kids school ends on May 31st. Hmm..opinions ?

As I stated before, it is typically 6 months from the medical or interview, whichever is earlier. When did they have their medical exams? I am guessing that since they were originally supposed to interview in July that their medicals were done in June or July. If that is the case then they may only have until Dec/Jan to enter. Also, be aware that someone else here on VJ recently reported that when they got their visa they actually only had a matter of days to enter the us (expiration was only 8 days from when the visa was issued). Now that was a different country and visa (spousal visa), but they generally follow the same procedures with regards to expiration dates.

 

No as far as the potential for an extension goes, while I understand the desire to not disrupt a child's education by making a move in the middle of a school term, I really don't think the embassy will care. Given all of the issues that have been going on recently between the US and Russia I really don't think I would bother even requesting it. In fact, I would suggest to have them make the move as soon as they can to make sure that any further issues that come up don't complicate matters for you.