cr1 invalidated?

[mawhitecar 0]

My wife says that once a cr1 visa is granted, she has a 6 month window to actually arrive in the US, otherwise the visa will be invalidated. is this correct? the reason i ask is my employment contract may extend past that deadline.

[SalishSea 17,928]

28 minutes ago, mawhitecar said:

My wife says that once a cr1 visa is granted, she has a 6 month window to actually arrive in the US, otherwise the visa will be invalidated. is this correct? the reason i ask is my employment contract may extend past that deadline.

It’s 6 months from the medical.   So- if the medical was 3 months before the visa was issued, you’d have only 3 months to use it before expiration.

 

And FYI, you have to be already in the U.S., or accompanying your spouse when she arrives on that visa.

Edited June 3 by SalishSea

[mawhitecar 0]

Got it. Thanks.

[top_secret 2,446]

11 hours ago, mawhitecar said:

the reason i ask is my employment contract may extend past that deadline.

 

 

Where in the process is her case at now?  If it has not completed NVC yet you can delay it there until you are ready to proceed.

[mawhitecar 0]

We submitted the I 130 in October '23. Still being processed.

[top_secret 2,446]

On 6/3/2024 at 6:01 PM, mawhitecar said:

We submitted the I 130 in October '23. Still being processed.

 

 

So whenever it gets approved and sent to NVC you can just not pay the fees for up to a year, if you need longer than that, once you do pay the fees you have another year to start submitting documents.  Theoretically you could delay it indefinitely as long as you remain in touch with NVC.  When you are ready to proceed just complete the NVC process.

Edited June 5 by top_secret

[mam521 2,103]

@mawhitecar please fill out your timeline: https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=471507

 

It helps people more accurately answer questions and assists with the statistics across the VJ community.  

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[pushbrk 12,969]

You are probably at least a year from a visa.  When does your employment contract end?  Visas have expiration dates.  They are valid up through the end of that date, meaning must enter by no  later than the expiration date.  That's enter the USA, not exit the home country.