Can you postpone an approved IR1 petition for a year or two?

[J / A 0]

As the topic suggests, can you postpone an approved IR1 petition and pick up where you left off in a year or two? Our visa interview has not been booked yet though our I-130 has been approved via DCF. We originally planned to go ahead with the visa process, but with a baby due a month after our planned move to the States, we decided it was best for the baby to stay in the UK for another year or two before moving overseas.

Thanks in advance for guidance in this situation.

Edited April 25, 2016 by J / A

[Lhanz0729 52]

Based on the email I received from the immigrant section, I suppose you can delay the process for a year.

NOTE: FOR IMMIGRANT VISA CASES, YOUR FAILURE TO APPLY FOR IMMIGRANT VISA WITHIN ONE YEAR FROM THE ABOVE DATE MAY RESULT IN THE POSSIBLE TERMINATION OF YOUR APPLICATION UNDER SECTION 203(g) OF THE IMMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY ACT.

As the topic suggests, can you postpone an approved IR1 petition and pick up where you left off in a year or two? Our visa interview has not been booked yet though our I-130 has been approved via DCF. We originally planned to go ahead with the visa process, but with a baby due a month after our planned move to the States, we decided it was best for the baby to stay in the UK for another year or two before moving overseas.

Thanks in advance for guidance in this situation.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Withdraw this petition and file a new one when you are ready. You can not postpone it for a year or two.