Delay required arrival in the US after receiving visa

[motoperpetuo 3]

My understanding is that once my wife has her embassy interview and gets her conditional residency visa, she has to actually move to the US within six months. Is there anyway to extend that time period if needed?

[Ryan H 3,813]

She has to enter the US prior to the expiration date printed on the visa which will be less than or equal to a 6 month period.  If for whatever reason that timeframe does not work for your wife, then reschedule the interview to a later date.

[pushbrk 12,977]

11 minutes ago, Ryan H said:

She has to enter the US prior to the expiration date printed on the visa which will be less than or equal to a 6 month period.  If for whatever reason that timeframe does not work for your wife, then reschedule the interview to a later date.

Correct.  On the other hand, she could enter, and then leave and come back later.  How much more time are you expecting to need?  Is the interview date already scheduled?  If not, delay sending the last package to NVC.

[motoperpetuo 3]

Thanks guys. I was pretty sure that was the case. We have all the paperwork in and had an interview date, but we're currently living in Honduras and thought we would be staying here for at least another year, so we recently contacted the embassy to postpone her interview. As luck would have it about a week after doing so, I was notified that my contract with my employer will be ending this month. Unfortunately there are no more interview dates until the date we need to leave to return to the US. I mentioned this within earshot of an obnoxious, know-it-all coworker and he loudly said "Brah, bad move, brah" (that's how he talks) and proceeded to claim that we could have delayed her entry into the US after the interview and getting her visa. I was pretty sure this was made up-on-the-fly BS designed to  make an insecure, little man feel like he was dominating the conversation (that's what this guy does) but I just wanted to verify that.

Fortunately my wife does have a tourist visa, so we'll be able to go back to the US together. She'll just have to come back to Honduras later for the interview. Inconvenient, but not the end of the world.