Checking on an extension request

[Darkmoonfaerie 19]

Hi all,

There's a lot going on with our petition right now and we've had to go to family court to seek permission to move my fiance's boys. Our original court date was last week. As per the norm with the UK, things didn't happen on schedule and we're less than half way through the hearing. Next available date is April. Problem is that my I-129 petition expires on Feb 1. At the end of December, I wrote to London to ask for an extension using the form on here and sent along documentation of the court date in Jan. We still haven't gotten paperwork on the next court date, but can send that along as well. I just need to know if there is a way to check on the extension, and does it mean calling the $20 hotline? Also, does anyone have a possible time frame that I should be looking at for this kind of thing? The solicitors want paperwork ASAP, so I keep having to explain that I cannot move faster than the government.

Thanks!

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Hi all,

There's a lot going on with our petition right now and we've had to go to family court to seek permission to move my fiance's boys. Our original court date was last week. As per the norm with the UK, things didn't happen on schedule and we're less than half way through the hearing. Next available date is April. Problem is that my I-129 petition expires on Feb 1. At the end of December, I wrote to London to ask for an extension using the form on here and sent along documentation of the court date in Jan. We still haven't gotten paperwork on the next court date, but can send that along as well. I just need to know if there is a way to check on the extension, and does it mean calling the $20 hotline? Also, does anyone have a possible time frame that I should be looking at for this kind of thing? The solicitors want paperwork ASAP, so I keep having to explain that I cannot move faster than the government.

Thanks!

I don't think calling will get you the answer since they don't have those kind of details at the call center. You could call the free DOS number and ask them what they might know. You could mail another request for extension if you're worried the first one wasn't sufficient. Mainly, you are going to have to provide a new letter of intent for him to take to the interview saying you are still free to marry and intend to marry because his interview is going to be well after the petition expiration. The instruction letter says to notarized it. Read that letter again in Dan's post here http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/350185-london-2012-k1s-from-noa2-to-interview-thread/page__view__findpost__p__5180175

To me that reads...just show up at the interview with a new notarized letter from you and all is well.

[Darkmoonfaerie 19]

Thanks Nich-Nick, I don't really have anything to update them with until we get the new solicitor's letter with the April dates. What they have is the most up to date info we have. When we knew this was going to court last Feb, we immediately called the embassy and then followed up with an email once we had the code from them. I sent all the information they said to send in the email and used the extension request template found in the templates section of this site, plus added an explanation of the circumstances and copies of our NOA2 and the letter from the solicitor requesting my attendance at the hearing in Jan. I assumed we'd get some kind of reply to my request for an extension. At this point, I'm paranoid that the extension will be granted and that will also run out because the UK takes forever to get anything done and the hearing won't be completed in April.