Hi everyone, does anyone have any insight/experience when it comes to extended stay for a tourist visa?
As a background, our K1 Visa is at NVC until PH USEM reopens. We filed our K1 in Feb 2020 and our NOA2 arrived in Jul 2020.
I'm fortunate for having a tourist visa so I was able to spend Christmas with my fiance and his family.
My return flight was in Jan 1st week but JAL cancelled my flight due to the new Covid strain. We decided to wait a while until it was safer to travel.
We were going to rebook my flight to Apr 1st week until PH announced a no-entry restriction to include non-OFWs (thanks to @Adventine for sharing this!). Although they retracted it, who knows what could happen next.
I don't intend on overstaying in the U.S. at the risk of having my tourist visa/K1 visa revoked. But we would like to be prepared for any other surprise events.
What are your thoughts on the extended stay for tourist visa? We have a little over 60 days before my visa expires so we are considering it.
https://www.uscis.gov/forms/explore-my-options/extend-my-nonimmigrant-stay
- How long does the approval process take? Is it worth doing? What is the success rate?
- What are the pros and cons especially as it relates to our K1 visa?
- Any other alternatives/recommmendations?