COVID Delays - we have to re-apply

[MikeMinusWife 42]

Let me tell you, it’s pretty rough watching 3 perfectly valid CR1/CR2 visas expire while we waited out the worst of the COVID crisis and dealt with some family issues in the UK that delayed our departure to the US.  So now we have to do it all again - second round of medicals this week and then we have to fill out a form which is submitted online referencing “extenuating circumstances” for visa re-issuance.

 

Has anyone else been through this twice ?

[Crazy Cat 42,062]

Spouses of US citizens have never been prohibited from traveling to the US. Good luck in proving that the failure to travel was beyond your control.

Edited May 4, 2021 by Lucky Cat

[MikeMinusWife 42]

40 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Spouses of US citizens have never been prohibited from traveling to the US. Good luck in proving that the failure to travel was beyond your control.

 

I never claimed that such a prohibition existed, our concerns were purely personal.  Not the nicest post I have seen on here, maybe I’m misreading your tone.

[Crazy Cat 42,062]

3 minutes ago, MikeMinusWife said:

 

I never claimed that such a prohibition existed, our concerns were purely personal.  Not the nicest post I have seen on here, maybe I’m misreading your tone.

Just stating a fact......nothing more.  There is no "tone".  You stated/implied that Covid delays have prevented travel.  You realize that the consulate is under no obligation to re-issue visas.

Edited May 4, 2021 by Lucky Cat

[JKLSemicolon 418]

The current version of the FAM is missing this language, but here's a snapshot from March 18:

 

https://web.archive.org/web/20210318051117/https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM050410.html

 

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9 FAM 504.10-5  (U) Issuance of New or Replacement Visas

9 FAM 504.10-5(A)  (U) Issuing Replacement Visas

(CT:VISA-1244;   03-09-2021)

a. (U) Beyond Applicant's Control During Same Fiscal Year of Initial Issuance:  If you are satisfied that an applicant will be or was unable to use an immigrant visa (IV) during its validity period because of reasons beyond the applicant’s control and for which the applicant is not responsible, and the applicant is seeking a replacement visa during the original IV's fiscal year of issuance, then you may issue a replacement visa with the originally allocated visa number within the same fiscal year.  In the case of an immediate relative only, you may issue a replacement visa in the year following the fiscal year in which the original IV was issued.  You must recall and cancel the originally-issued visa and collect once again the appropriate IV application processing fee (including the Diversity Visa Lottery Fee for a DV applicant).  The only circumstance in which a new fee is not needed for a replacement visa is for certain adoptees, described in paragraph c below.

b. (U) Within Applicant's Control or Outside Fiscal Year of Initial Issuance:  An applicant who will be or was unable to use an IV during its validity period because of reasons within the applicant's control, or an applicant seeking a replacement visa outside the original IV's fiscal year of issuance (unless an immediate relative), can reapply by resubmitting the Form DS-260 visa application if the petition has not been revoked and if the basis for immigration still exists (i.e., familial relationship).  You must collect once again the appropriate IV application processing fee (including the Diversity Visa Lottery Fee for a DV applicant.

I searched the forum for "visa reissued" and found a lot of threads where people talked about doing it but not many ever provided any updates.

 

Side note, it would be helpful to others if you completed your VJ timeline.

Edited May 4, 2021 by JKLSemicolon

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