Received my K1 visa - but why does it say this?

[Rachaelhperry4 1]

Hi guys,

Today I finally received my K1 visa in the mail!!

So happy!

But there is one thing that confuses me - on the printed visa in my passport it says:

'PETITION VALID UNTIL 19-OCT 2015'

'VISA SHORTENED DUE TO MEDICAL VALIDITY'

Does anyone know what this means?

Above this it has the regular issue date of '27 Aug 2015' and the Expiration date of '06 Feb 2016' (6 months after I had my medical) so I'm confused about this 19 oct date and the medical part.

My I-129F petition was approved on June 19, so I'm thinking it's the date my petition expires (this doesn't affect my K1 visa though, right?), but the medical part is confusing me.

Any help would be great!

Thanks

[Unidentified 2,930]

That's really strange, I've never seen it like that before. Did something happen at the medical that could for some weird reason have effected their decision to give you a much shorter date on the visa?

[Rachaelhperry4 1]

Not at all, they told me everything went perfectly at my medical (both the doctor and the person at the embassy said this), which is why it is so confusing!

[AH_Fury 61]

My fiance's visa says:

"PETITION VALID TILL 31 NOV 2015

MEDICAL ENCLOSED IN PACKET"

I renewed the petition in July, making it valid another 4 months, so I think that's what they mean by the petition expiring in November, but as I understand, we no longer care about the petition, right? Visa expiration states Feb. 2016. Interviewer told us we have until end of Jan to enter the US because that's when the medical expires.

If you received your NOA2 on June 19th, then your petition expires Oct. 19.

[Rachaelhperry4 1]

Thanks for the input!

Yes, so I think the PETITION VALID UNTIL XXX means nothing because it's only in reference to when your actually I-129F expires. Which doesn't matter because you have the K1 now.

But I'm wondering what 'VISA SHORTENED DUE TO MEDICAL VALIDITY' means. Maybe they're just saying instead of my visa expiring on February 27, 6 months after the issuing date, it's expiring February 6 because of my medical date?

I really hope this is the case and nothing is wrong.