Possible to extend 6 month deadline to enter country?

[steadydee 0]

Hello. I successfully used direct consular filing with the U.S embassy in Colombia to obtain immigrant visas for my wife and daughter. My wife has entered the U.S. and has just received her green card. However, we are having trouble trying to get her daughter into the country due to the father who doesn't want to sign the permission. As a result we are in a court process and it doesn't look like we will finish before her 6 month visa expires. Is there a way to renew it? Or do we have to go through the entire process again?

THANKS,

Dennis

[john_and_marlene 162]

Hello. I successfully used direct consular filing with the U.S embassy in Colombia to obtain immigrant visas for my wife and daughter. My wife has entered the U.S. and has just received her green card. However, we are having trouble trying to get her daughter into the country due to the father who doesn't want to sign the permission. As a result we are in a court process and it doesn't look like we will finish before her 6 month visa expires. Is there a way to renew it? Or do we have to go through the entire process again?

THANKS,

Dennis

The consulate made a mistake in issuing the visa without the father's permission. I would contact the consulate and ask them what the options are and how to proceed.

[steadydee 0]

Hello. I successfully used direct consular filing with the U.S embassy in Colombia to obtain immigrant visas for my wife and daughter. My wife has entered the U.S. and has just received her green card. However, we are having trouble trying to get her daughter into the country due to the father who doesn't want to sign the permission. As a result we are in a court process and it doesn't look like we will finish before her 6 month visa expires. Is there a way to renew it? Or do we have to go through the entire process again?

THANKS,

Dennis

The consulate made a mistake in issuing the visa without the father's permission. I would contact the consulate and ask them what the options are and how to proceed.

By bringing light to the issue of the father not wanting to sign the permission, would there be a risk of not getting the visa the second time?

Dennis

[john_and_marlene 162]

Hello. I successfully used direct consular filing with the U.S embassy in Colombia to obtain immigrant visas for my wife and daughter. My wife has entered the U.S. and has just received her green card. However, we are having trouble trying to get her daughter into the country due to the father who doesn't want to sign the permission. As a result we are in a court process and it doesn't look like we will finish before her 6 month visa expires. Is there a way to renew it? Or do we have to go through the entire process again?

THANKS,

Dennis

The consulate made a mistake in issuing the visa without the father's permission. I would contact the consulate and ask them what the options are and how to proceed.

By bringing light to the issue of the father not wanting to sign the permission, would there be a risk of not getting the visa the second time?

Dennis

Regardless, you need to have it completely resolved. There are international laws against removing the child from the country without either court order or the father's permission. You don't want to be in violation. If you ultimately resolve the custody and have either the court's permission or the father's, the visa should not be a problem.

[steadydee 0]

Hello. I successfully used direct consular filing with the U.S embassy in Colombia to obtain immigrant visas for my wife and daughter. My wife has entered the U.S. and has just received her green card. However, we are having trouble trying to get her daughter into the country due to the father who doesn't want to sign the permission. As a result we are in a court process and it doesn't look like we will finish before her 6 month visa expires. Is there a way to renew it? Or do we have to go through the entire process again?

THANKS,

Dennis

The consulate made a mistake in issuing the visa without the father's permission. I would contact the consulate and ask them what the options are and how to proceed.

By bringing light to the issue of the father not wanting to sign the permission, would there be a risk of not getting the visa the second time?

Dennis

Regardless, you need to have it completely resolved. There are international laws against removing the child from the country without either court order or the father's permission. You don't want to be in violation. If you ultimately resolve the custody and have either the court's permission or the father's, the visa should not be a problem.

Yes, of course we are going to resolve it legally. I have a feeling we are going to win the case for court approved permission to take her out of the country. But the court date is April and the visa expires in March. It would be nice to be able to start the process now to renew the visa rather than having to wait until April or May when the court process is over.

What a headache this has been. We are in three separate court cases. One was started by my wife before we got married and it is to make the father pay child support. The second is a demand that he put against her saying she wasn't letting him visit his daughter (even though he only shows up once a year so that he will have proof for court cases). The third is the permission case.

Dennis

[john_and_marlene 162]

Hello. I successfully used direct consular filing with the U.S embassy in Colombia to obtain immigrant visas for my wife and daughter. My wife has entered the U.S. and has just received her green card. However, we are having trouble trying to get her daughter into the country due to the father who doesn't want to sign the permission. As a result we are in a court process and it doesn't look like we will finish before her 6 month visa expires. Is there a way to renew it? Or do we have to go through the entire process again?

THANKS,

Dennis

The consulate made a mistake in issuing the visa without the father's permission. I would contact the consulate and ask them what the options are and how to proceed.

By bringing light to the issue of the father not wanting to sign the permission, would there be a risk of not getting the visa the second time?

Dennis

Regardless, you need to have it completely resolved. There are international laws against removing the child from the country without either court order or the father's permission. You don't want to be in violation. If you ultimately resolve the custody and have either the court's permission or the father's, the visa should not be a problem.

Yes, of course we are going to resolve it legally. I have a feeling we are going to win the case for court approved permission to take her out of the country. But the court date is April and the visa expires in March. It would be nice to be able to start the process now to renew the visa rather than having to wait until April or May when the court process is over.

What a headache this has been. We are in three separate court cases. One was started by my wife before we got married and it is to make the father pay child support. The second is a demand that he put against her saying she wasn't letting him visit his daughter (even though he only shows up once a year so that he will have proof for court cases). The third is the permission case.

Dennis

I was just thinking that the consulate may be more willing to work on a new visa if they realize it couldn't be used by it's expiration in part due to thier mistake of issuing it before the permission was obtained.