Delay Visa Issue for IR1/IR2

[Stein 276]

Vietnam is currently processing DQ from late May for October interviews.  My DQ is June1 so an anticipate my wife and daughter will have thier interviews in November as long as everything holds true to form.

 

We are not going to move to the US until after the school year is finished so around June 1.  I want to delay the visa issuance until January or even February.  I was wondering if an option other than asking to reschedule the interview for a later date would be to go to the interview whenever it is scheduled and intentionally not do the medical exams for both of them.  That way they can clear the interview but get 221g forms for both for the missing medical.  As long as there isn't a time limit to reply to the 221g like 30 or 60 days we could wait to January, get the medicals done and then submit them on the 221g.  Side benefit is the date of the medical would be very close to the visa issue date.

 

Is there any risk at all do doing it this way or should I just postpone the interview?  According to what I read online all it says is to reschedule only if you have to because "rescheduling could result in a significant delay".  I'd have basically seven months to reschedule before our planned travel date.  I'm wondering if that is a safe amount of time to reschedule?

 

If the 221g doesn't have a time limit to exipre it appears to me that it would be safer since the interview has been conducted and all we would need to do is send in the medical reports.  Anyone have any experience with this?  The travel.state.gov webpage for AP isn't clear on this.  I saw a reference to 30 - 60 days to reply on another site but it isn't a definitve statement.

[Chancy 6,241]

2 hours ago, Stein said:

I was wondering if an option other than asking to reschedule the interview for a later date would be to go to the interview whenever it is scheduled and intentionally not do the medical exams for both of them.

 

Would HCMC even let your beneficiaries interview without going through medical exam first?  Instead of delaying the medical and interview if they're not ready to move yet, I suggest completing the whole visa process, activating their visas with a short US trip, then returning to Vietnam.  Might I suggest a quick weekend trip to Guam?

 

Edited September 23, 2020 by Chancy
clarification

[Chancy 6,241]

15 minutes ago, Chancy said:

Might I suggest a quick weekend trip to Guam?

 

But maybe not while there's a 14-day quarantine requirement for all arrivals in Guam...

 

[Stein 276]

Regardless of Guam, if I leave Vietnam I can't get back in as a foriegner.  They have been blocked from entry since March 22.  I'm OK because I have been here since January.

[craig5977 58]

I am by no means an expert on your situation but my  thinking is just go with a delay and tell them the truth, the virus thing caused delays and now you dont want to move until your daughter is done with school, ask for a delay until mid-January, just my thinking, good luck with your decision