Advice on delaying green card

[khuang 0]

I am a US citizen and my spouse is in the NVC stage of getting the green card, just started (USCIS took ~10 months to finish processing).

But I recently accepted a temporary position in China which will last between 1-2 years, so it delays our plan to live in the US by 1-2 years.

I am worried about if the green card is approved before the 1-2 years then she would have to live in the US before the position finishes.

Reading on the NVC website stated that I have up to 1 year at each stage of the NVC process, such as paying fees. Does this mean I could purposefully not take any action to slow down the NVC process?

Any help/advice is greatly appreciated.

[Stressed Out 81]

Well I did DCF, but everyone has to do the same as us by providing the Immigrant Visa Unit at the embassy/consulate with your priority date. It said on the letter in bold letters something like "if you plan on moving in the US within the next 6 months please provide us with your priority date...if you do not then please contact the IV Unit once you're ready to file". Something like that. I think if you stay in contact with the embassy over the next year then you should be able to work it out.

[khuang 0]

Hmm...I know a friend who recently was given an appointment at the US consulate in China, however there was no letter asking for a priority date. They were just assigned a date.

I will contact the embassy/consulate for assistance. However, since I started the immigration process with the USCIS/NVC, not DCF, will that make the embassy less willing to assist?

[Ryan H 3,812]

Reading on the NVC website stated that I have up to 1 year at each stage of the NVC process, such as paying fees. Does this mean I could purposefully not take any action to slow down the NVC process?

Yes

[Darnell 8,478]

yup - one year per thing. there are 2 things at NVC. AOS and IV.