CR1 visa arrival at port of entry after 2nd marriage anniversary

[Verender 3]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

That is incorrect.  Many people enter the US with a "CR-1" printed on their visa after the 2 year anniversary.  As I said, it is advantageous for her to enter on or after March 11th.

Yes it makes sense 

[Verender 3]

2 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

That is incorrect.  There is no need to "go to USCIS" at all.  If she receives the incorrect card, she will submit an I-90 to receive a corrected card.  Arriving after the 2 year anniversary with "CR-1" on the visa is a very common situation.  Most people receive the correct green card.

Yes and going to USCIS is something very unusual. She should either get the correct GC or submit an I-90. Thank you so much for clarifying this. 

[mam521 2,062]

I entered the day after my 2nd wedding anniversary.  My visa in my passport said CR-1.  My greencard arrived as IR-1 with the 10 year expiration.  Travel on the 12th, as planned.  It will work out fine.  

[iwannaplay54 985]

4 hours ago, Verender said:

She had her initial medical in Oct’21 but the clinic found something in her chest X-ray and she had to take sputum culture test which finally came clear by end of Dec’21. The expiry date on her medical is March 15 and so is on her CR1 visa. 
 

She heard the officer saying that her visa category is CR1 and the 2nd marriage is on March 11, so she must arrive in the US before March 11 or else it will be IR1 category and she might have problem at the port of entry. She then tried to clarify if she must enter before March 11 and the officer said yes. 

She mis-heard.  There is no such rule and it is very advantageous to wait and enter after your second anniversary which eliminates the need to lift conditions in two years and results in a ten-year instead of two-year card

The rule is:  Enter before the visa expires and the visa expires 6 months after medical.

Edited March 1, 2022 by iwannaplay54

[Verender 3]

5 hours ago, mam521 said:

I entered the day after my 2nd wedding anniversary.  My visa in my passport said CR-1.  My greencard arrived as IR-1 with the 10 year expiration.  Travel on the 12th, as planned.  It will work out fine.  

Thanks for the suggestion. We will travel on the 12th. 

4 hours ago, iwannaplay54 said:

She mis-heard.  There is no such rule and it is very advantageous to wait and enter after your second anniversary which eliminates the need to lift conditions in two years and results in a ten-year instead of two-year card

The rule is:  Enter before the visa expires and the visa expires 6 months after medical.

Yes absolutely. Thanks for the advice. 

[top_secret 2,421]

Not that it changes the stated visa expiration date.  Travel on the 12th is wise.  But to clarify the timeline, the medical of applicants that get flagged for sputum testing in the Philippines expires 3 months from the results date of the sputum culture which explains the shortened timeline for interview and visa expiration after the medical.

[Verender 3]

2 hours ago, top_secret said:

Not that it changes the stated visa expiration date.  Travel on the 12th is wise.  But to clarify the timeline, the medical of applicants that get flagged for sputum testing in the Philippines expires 3 months from the results date of the sputum culture which explains the shortened timeline for interview and visa expiration after the medical.

Yes luckily she had her interview a month before the medical expiry. There are other applicants who are still waiting for interview and their medical expired. They will have to redo the medical and then wait. 

[Chancy 6,241]

On 3/1/2022 at 7:43 AM, Verender said:

The interview officer advised her to arrive in the US before 2nd anniversary of our marriage which is on March 11 but the visa expiry date is on March 15. I’m not sure if she understood it clearly and it does not make sense why she would need to land before 2nd marriage anniversary when the visa expires on March 15.

 

Either your wife misheard or the interviewing officer misread her medical expiry date.  I was also tagged for sputum testing so my interview was only around a month before my medical expiry.  The consul officer explained that because of my medical results my visa will have a shortened validity and asked me explicitly if I can travel to the US before the expiry date (he got mine right).