Delay on Leaving for the US

[Lonelywithouthim 5]

You should make certain you check the expiration date on the visa when you receive it. It is up to the Embassy as to whether you will need another medical in Kenya should the first one expire and you are still in AP. If 12 months has elapsed since the medical, you will need to do a new one in the US when you do the AOS. I am just not sure if you will need a new one in Kenya if it goes beyond 12 months since the first one and you are still in AP .

Good luck and may you find yourself out of AP soon,

Dave

Thanks for your prompt response Dave!

I do hope we get out of AP soon too.

[Moomin 292]

This is news to me....so our initial interview was in January of 2012, second interview in March of 2012 and we have been in AP since. Will we hear something before the expiration date of January 2013?? I am sooo confused right now.

Before finishing AP, you'll most likely be asked to provide another medical(and police record) if it's been more than 12 months since submitting the documents.

There is no way to tell how long it'll take in AP which I know is the most frustrating part about it. Hope you'll get out of AP soon though!

[Tahoma 2,292]

The visa is valid for 6 months. You have to enter the US before the six months is up.Good luck.

^^^ In Manila, a K-1 fiancé(e) visa is valid for six months from the date of the medical.

if its a fiancé visa (k1) for you to get married. then only 90 days to get to port of entry.

if its a spousal visa ( i 130 / k3 ) you have 6 months to make it to port of entry.

goodluck

^^^ In Manila, a K-1 fiancé(e) visa is valid for six months from the date of the medical.

You have 6 months for port of entry then 90 days Marry.

^^^ In Manila, a K-1 fiancé(e) visa is valid for six months from the date of the medical.

The validity of the visa will be the shorter of the period of 6 months from the date of the interview and visa issuance OR to the one year expiration of the medical. SInce MOST people have the medical done and then the interview the validity of the visa is 6 months from the issue date after the interview. So you could post-pone the interview to give you additional time if your medical is recent. Once you receive the visa it is a good idea to see when it expires so you enter the US before that date. For us the wife had her interview and picked up the visa two days later, the expiration date was 6 months after the interview date when they approved her visa as she did her medical 2 weeks before the interview. So unless you did a very early medical or are placed in a long period of AP, your visa should be good for 6 months after the interview which would mean you could wait until February to enter the US. If you should post-pone the interview and arrive in teh US and then when you do the AOS the medical is more than 1 year ago, you will be required to do another medical with a US Civil Surgeon in the US, but I would not let that determine your course of action now. Do whatever is required to meet the family obligation and then get yourself to the US and deal with the immigration issues as they come up.

Good luck,

Dave

^^^ In Manila, a K-1 fiancé(e) visa is valid for six months from the date of the medical.

[Xanax 349]

That is what I was initially going to say but someone said something else first and I didn't want to be wrong.

[djricky4 67]

yup, the visa is good for 6 months. so you should be just fine. Im wishing you all the best

yup, the visa is good for 6 months. so you should be just fine. Im wishing you all the best

[Dave&Roza 748]

^^^ In Manila, a K-1 fiancé(e) visa is valid for six months from the date of the medical.

^^^ In Manila, a K-1 fiancé(e) visa is valid for six months from the date of the medical.

^^^ In Manila, a K-1 fiancé(e) visa is valid for six months from the date of the medical.

^^^ In Manila, a K-1 fiancé(e) visa is valid for six months from the date of the medical.

Well then the OP has a very good idea of when to get to the US as it will be 6 months from when they did the medical. Wonder why Manila is so different from the rest of the Embassies?

OP take your medcal date and add 6 months and see if that is long enough for you to resolve your family problems.

I wish you well,

Dave

[InHisTime 110]

Thank you for your well wishes for my family and for your helpful comments on my inquiry.

Thanks for the suggestion. I dont think I need a whole year to get this resolved. I wanted to keep the August interview date because I'm not sure how this "situation" I have now will turn out. It could be resolved tomorrow or it could be resolved in a month or more. If it does get resolved, I will leave right away to be with my fiance.

It you are very sure of it, then go with your August interview as you have six months to leave for US. Good luck !