NOA2 Validity?

[Kidayi 15]

Hello all!

I noticed that the official notice for our case approval, the NOA2 has a time limit. It expires within a few a months of the case being approved. Since the NOA2 notice needs to be taken to the interview is it fair to say or think that the interview will be within the time frame of the NOA2 still being valid? Or it won't make a big deal. I am worried the interview will be after the NOA2....(expires). Will that be an issue? 

 

Any feedback will be great!

 

Thank You! 

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

Embassies and consulates have the ability to extend the validity of the NOA2 up to a year in 4-month blocks.

 

Usually if you haven't had an interview by then due to lack of interview availability, the embassy/consulate will automatically extend it, but it's usually a good idea to contact the embassy/consulate if it's getting close to the expiration date and you don't have an interview date yet.

[Kidayi 15]

So call the US embassy in the country in where the interview will be taken place (in my case Algeria)?

[HTMW 378]

1 hour ago, Kidayi said:

So call the US embassy in the country in where the interview will be taken place (in my case Algeria)?

First step is to wait for the embassy in Algiers to receive your case from NVC.

 

Once that is done, they will send you email instructions on the next steps.

 

If you come to the point  (you're jumping ahead of yourself here and are a few steps behind) where you've scheduled the interview that falls after the expiration of the NOA2, you need to email the Algiers embassy and request an extension BEFORE it expires. In my case through this embassy, they required an updated notice of intent to marry that I scanned to them and they extended the NOA2 validity by 6 months.

 

Please feel free to message me if you have questions.

[Kidayi 15]

1 hour ago, HTMW said:

First step is to wait for the embassy in Algiers to receive your case from NVC.

 

Once that is done, they will send you email instructions on the next steps.

 

If you come to the point  (you're jumping ahead of yourself here and are a few steps behind) where you've scheduled the interview that falls after the expiration of the NOA2, you need to email the Algiers embassy and request an extension BEFORE it expires. In my case through this embassy, they required an updated notice of intent to marry that I scanned to them and they extended the NOA2 validity by 6 months.

 

Please feel free to message me if you have questions.

I'm aware I am thinking ahead, I just like to prepared for these things so I am not in a rushed state or anything. But thank you!

[HTMW 378]

1 minute ago, Kidayi said:

I'm aware I am thinking ahead, I just like to prepared for these things so I am not in a rushed state or anything. But thank you!

You're welcome!

 

*editing typo from my response above - it's 4 months, not 6*