Can scheduling an interview months after Validity expired Affect your K1 visa approval chance?

[realjojo 1]

 Our case was ready for interview since November 2018, but our Validity ends January 2019, still no interview date, but was able to get an interview date in April 22,  please can  this affect our chance of been granted K1 fiancee visa? Its was very very tough getting an interview date since last year November but finally got a date for April 22, but my main concern is if our petition already expired in January 23rd, can this affect out chance of securing a Visa? 

1. Can scheduling an interview months after Validity expired Affect your K1 visa approval chance?

2. Fiancee had prior been divorced and has a child , we are not including the child for now until later , does these make our case complicated or attract more scrunity ??

please advice needed

thank you

Realjojo

[Greenbaum 12,259]

4 hours ago, realjojo said:

 Our case was ready for interview since November 2018, but our Validity ends January 2019, still no interview date, but was able to get an interview date in April 22,  please can  this affect our chance of been granted K1 fiancee visa? Its was very very tough getting an interview date since last year November but finally got a date for April 22, but my main concern is if our petition already expired in January 23rd, can this affect out chance of securing a Visa? 

1. Can scheduling an interview months after Validity expired Affect your K1 visa approval chance?

2. Fiancee had prior been divorced and has a child , we are not including the child for now until later , does these make our case complicated or attract more scrunity ??

please advice needed

thank you

Realjojo

The validity of the NOA2 is for four months. They want you to complete your visa processing at the consulate during that window. The reason is that they have thousands of approved applicants and they need to keep things moving along or they will back up if everyone decides they want to process in a particular month then the other months there are relatively few interviews. So to keep thing moving along the put  date on the NOA2. If for some reason, illness, death in the family or some other valid reason, your consulate can extend the visa at their discretion.

 

Q1. No unless you go beyond one year from the NOA2 approval date.

Q2. K-2's to follow are never a problem. I hope you had included them in the I-129f with Mom. This does not make your case any more complicated.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[Phawzy 1]

I have the same problem of my petition expiring before my interview. I made several calls to the embassy and I was told that I need to inform the consular on the day of interview about my expiry. 

 

I will advice you also call the consulate and inform them of this development.

Edited March 19, 2019 by Phawzy

[MeghanK 629]

Have you been delayed because there were no interviews available or were there available dates and you just waited to book? If the former you'll be fine since it's been out of your hands, if the latter it will likely be up to the officer at the interview. Officer standards probably vary by consulate, so it's worth checking your regional forum. 

[dwheels76 5,468]

No it doesn't effect anything. I have scheduled two people that Validity expired in December and we finally got interviews in March and one in April. Embassy can see you are filing out forms and progress they know the schedule for embassy is clogged.
Just go to the interview with confidence and know it is fine.