Visa Expiry Date vs Petition Ends Date of K1

[jyaku 138]

The K1 visa I saw is confusing with 2 different dates.

What is more important and what do they mean on a K1?

Say something like Petition Ends: March 30, 2014

Visa Expiration Date: August 15, 2014

Which one is more important?

Would it be a problem if the K-1 visa holder entered in July?

[Anonymous885 44]

Visa expiration date is more important because you need to enter to US before this date. I think you have no problem entering on July. The petition end date is your NOA2 expiration date.

I thought your petition end date will be Feb. 15,2014 or maybe the Embassy extends the timeframe.

Edited March 14, 2014 by Anonymous885

[ThaitoUSA 15]

Someone correct me if wrong, but petition end date has to do with the initial I-129f petition and its movement from adjudication through to the emabassy interview and visa issuance. If it were coming close to expiring, one could write the embassy requesting an extension, which is often granted.

Your primary concern is the visa expiration date. Another consideration is that one would want to enter, get married and file for Adjustment of Status by the visa expiration. If not, one has no legal status once the visa were expired and filing for AOS has not occurred. Anecdotally, many have had a lapse of time between the expiration of the visa and the actual filing of AOS with no penalty. However, one must get married in the specified time frame for the visa (90 days, is it?) or risk deportation.

[Zedayn 485]

Ignore the petition expiration date on the visa. You only need to concern yourself with the petition expiration date until the visa is issued. Once the visa is issued, you need to make sure you enter the US by the VISA EXPIRATION.