guptarahul

Same as what I found. The only issue is that my parents will need to travel from Lucknow and without an appointment it is difficult to be sure when this can be done and if they can accommodate all the people showing up without appointments. They will likely send them back and ask them to come again. Hopefully they can give out appointments or maybe we can ask them if they allow people to get this done in Delhi consulate given that it is closer for you as well as them.

On 3/13/2020 at 5:40 AM, gsb1953 said:

My own situation is like them .My IR5 visa expires on 29th March but being senior citizen my children in US do not want me to be exposed to this virus.

Tried to reach out to US consulate but no tangible and clear response as what to do.

Please do guide .

You can send them an email and ask what to do. I did get a response but they were not clear in what should be done. Mostly that they can look at extending case by case but wait till immigrant visa handling office reopens. Let me know what you find out.

Hi,

My parents who are elderly recently got approved for their Green Card through consular processing and received an Immigrant Visa to travel to the US. That visa expires on April 8th and they were planning to travel March end. However due to the Coronavirus scare, we are rethinking if they should travel now given the situation. I am trying to figure out what happens in the case they decide to not travel now and their immigrant visa expires. Will they need to schedule another visa appointment and go through some part of the process again or is there a way to reach out to the US Embassy in India and request an extension to the expiry of the visa given the extreme situation/pandemic we have?

Any suggestions will be much appreciated.

thanks,
Rahul