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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Argentina
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Hi everyone!just got my visa and I have a question! what does it mean the date where it says: PET. VALID. THROUGH?

Thank you!

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K1 Visa

Service Center :Vermont Service Center

Consulate : Argentina

Decided to start the process on 10-2011

I-129F Sent : 2011-10-21

I-129F NOA1 : 2011-10-27

Official proposal: 2011-10-31

I-129F RFE(s) : N/A

RFE Reply(s) : N/A

I-129F NOA2 : 2012-04-30

NVC Received : 2012-05-04

NVC Left : 2012-05-11

Packet 3 Received : 2012-05-18

Packet 3 Sent : 2012-05-30

Packet 4 Received : 2012-05-31

Interview Date : 2012-06-19

Results: Approved

Passport with visa delivered to DHL: 2012-06-22

Passport received: 2012-06-26

Posted (edited)

So, the beneficiary must enter the country before the I-129F expires? I don't think so... the visa expiry date is set 6 months after visa issuance, and that's long after the I-129F will have expired, I believe.

Cheers!

The OP said they received their visa.

The expiration date on the visa is when you must enter the US by.

Edited by Evylin
Filed: Country: Poland
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The OP said they received their visa.

The expiration date on the visa is when you must enter the US by.

Yes, the OP also stated they have the PET. VALID. THROUGH annotation on their visa. I'm not sure for what reason is that put there, I don't have it on my K-1...

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Agree, our K1 doesn't say that. It says Issue Date and Expiration Date.

Also, it should be noted, a K1 visa is NOT good for six months from issuance. It is good from 6 months from the date of the MEDICAL. Our medical was two months before the visa was issued, so our K1 actually expires four months after issuance.

Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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Sounds like folks are getting caught up in semantics.

Refer to the DoS Nonimmigrant K-1 visa FAQs for more information.

Happy trails to all.

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Posted (edited)

Agree, our K1 doesn't say that. It says Issue Date and Expiration Date.

Also, it should be noted, a K1 visa is NOT good for six months from issuance. It is good from 6 months from the date of the MEDICAL. Our medical was two months before the visa was issued, so our K1 actually expires four months after issuance.

Well, I did say *usually* ... mine was valid 6 months from issuance, not my medical.

My statement stands that the expiration date on the visa is the date you must enter the US by.

Yes, the OP also stated they have the PET. VALID. THROUGH annotation on their visa. I'm not sure for what reason is that put there, I don't have it on my K-1...

I have seen K1s that do have a PET. VALID THROUGH annotation. Google image search K1 visas, I'm sure you'll find some.

Edited by Evylin
Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
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My wife's K1 visa had the following notation in the "Annotation" section - "EXPIRATION DATE OF PETITION: 21APR2010". However, under "Issue Date" it said 18DEC2009, and under "Expiration Date" it said 08JUN2010, so the date in the annotation section had nothing to do with the expiration date of the visa. On the original NOA2 for the I-129F it said "Valid from 08/21/2009 to 12/20/2009", so obviously the consulate had to add one 4-month extension to the validity of the petition approval. My wife was delayed in responding to packet 3 because Typhoon Ketsana flooded her city. She ended up having her interview just a few days before the petition would have expired.

I'm presuming the consulate added the notation about the petition expiration because they had to extend the validity of the petition.

12/15/2009 - K1 Visa Interview - APPROVED!

12/29/2009 - Married in Oakland, CA!

08/18/2010 - AOS Interview - APPROVED!

05/01/2013 - Removal of Conditions - APPROVED!

Filed: Country: Poland
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Well, I did say *usually* ... mine was valid 6 months from issuance, not my medical.

My statement stands that the expiration date on the visa is the date you must enter the US by.

I have seen K1s that do have a PET. VALID THROUGH annotation. Google image search K1 visas, I'm sure you'll find some.

So have I. I never said they don't do that. I'm just wondering WHY do the consulates do that.

My wife's K1 visa had the following notation in the "Annotation" section - "EXPIRATION DATE OF PETITION: 21APR2010". However, under "Issue Date" it said 18DEC2009, and under "Expiration Date" it said 08JUN2010, so the date in the annotation section had nothing to do with the expiration date of the visa. On the original NOA2 for the I-129F it said "Valid from 08/21/2009 to 12/20/2009", so obviously the consulate had to add one 4-month extension to the validity of the petition approval. My wife was delayed in responding to packet 3 because Typhoon Ketsana flooded her city. She ended up having her interview just a few days before the petition would have expired.

I'm presuming the consulate added the notation about the petition expiration because they had to extend the validity of the petition.

That would be my guess too.

Cheers!

  • 2 years later...
Posted

Guys I'm really confused.

My visa issued yesterday august 13. I ll receive my visa on Monday aug 18.

Noa2 expires on September 7. But i ll flight on September 14.

Is that a problem? Will they deny my entry cause of noa2 will be expired?

When you receive your visa on Monday, look at the expiration date written on the K1 visa.

The expiration date on the visa is when you must enter the US by.

Done with K1, AOS and ROC

 
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