2 yr vs 10 yr GC

[Mrs. Dea 10]

Good Day All

 

I need some advice. Our case is at NVC we recieved email to pay fees and now my DS 260 is unlocked to fill out. We did consular filing; staying in my home country until everything is sent to my consulate for interview. Based on the timeline I suspect this can be as early as December once I submit AOS ans DS 260, correct?

 

Our wedding was in June 2018 and that would mean I would get a 2 year GC. As much as I really want to be next to my husband, I don't want to wait 2 years for conditions to be removed and go through all this paper work again.

Would you advise to delay filling out the AOS and DS 260? And for how long? What implications would this have on my process maybe?

I also read somewhere that after all paperwork is done at consulate and immigrant visa is issued, the applicant has 6 months to leave their home country and join spouse in the US. If this is true, should I go ahead with paperwork now, and lets say I get a January interview date, then can I leave my country June (after wedding date) and hopefully get IR-2 stamped at the point of entry ?

Thank you guys in advance, I really appreciate your help thus far.

[JeanneAdil 6,987]

You can wait as long as a year to pay and do the forms / send NVC a letter or email once a month to keep the case open (got this instruction on some a paper i got from them)

If you think to wait to travel on or after June 2020,  do the forms end of December or in January 

takes a little time to go thru NVC 

so, you would be looking at an interview in 2020  / travel must be taken within 6 months of the medical exam so use that to do your planning

 

[Mrs. Dea 10]

7 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

You can wait as long as a year to pay and do the forms / send NVC a letter or email once a month to keep the case open (got this instruction on some a paper i got from them)

If you think to wait to travel on or after June 2020,  do the forms end of December or in January 

takes a little time to go thru NVC 

so, you would be looking at an interview in 2020  / travel must be taken within 6 months of the medical exam so use that to do your planning

 

Thanks alot and the important tip of emailing NVC once a month to keep case current. Really appreciate it.