How bad is removal of conditions?

[Stein 276]

On 2/10/2023 at 10:13 PM, Crazy Cat said:

Want to hear something wild?  My wife entered the US via her Cr-1 visa 30 days short of our 2 year anniversary.  We made a BIG mistake!!

 

The CBP officer even mentioned it at POE. 

We were 33 days from the two year anniversary.  Actually the last date of travel by the visa expiration date would have been 9 days.  If I would have known what it meant I would have found a way to delay it.  As it was ours was during COVID after the consulate was closed for the better part of six months.  So once the appointment was made I didn't risk cancelling the appointment.  Someone had mentioned after the fact to have just gone to the interview without the medical done and just delay that for a bit after the RFE for medical.  I figured that they would just turn us away from the interview without it and I really sweated getting another interview date with the huge backlog from the shutdown so I went for it.  At that time I didn't even know what ROC entailed and how long they took and to be honest, after being in Vietnam for 15 months without my normal "culture break" trips back to the US every three months I really wanted to get home.

[Scandi 4,112]

6 hours ago, Stein said:

We were 33 days from the two year anniversary.  Actually the last date of travel by the visa expiration date would have been 9 days.  If I would have known what it meant I would have found a way to delay it.  As it was ours was during COVID after the consulate was closed for the better part of six months.  So once the appointment was made I didn't risk cancelling the appointment.  Someone had mentioned after the fact to have just gone to the interview without the medical done and just delay that for a bit after the RFE for medical.  I figured that they would just turn us away from the interview without it and I really sweated getting another interview date with the huge backlog from the shutdown so I went for it.  At that time I didn't even know what ROC entailed and how long they took and to be honest, after being in Vietnam for 15 months without my normal "culture break" trips back to the US every three months I really wanted to get home.

Believe it or not, but many people actually have their medical after the interview. In my case I had my medical on a Thursday and the interview the following Monday, and since it takes two weeks for the medical to reach the embassy they just interviewed me and then put my case into AP until they received the medical. No biggie. The other K-1 applicant at the time (there was only two of us that day) hadn't even scheduled his medical at the time of his interview, much less actually had the medical done.

So yes, if it's a close call one can usually delay the medical for a bit. 👍

[Stein 276]

On 2/13/2023 at 11:54 PM, Scandi said:

Believe it or not, but many people actually have their medical after the interview. In my case I had my medical on a Thursday and the interview the following Monday, and since it takes two weeks for the medical to reach the embassy they just interviewed me and then put my case into AP until they received the medical. No biggie. The other K-1 applicant at the time (there was only two of us that day) hadn't even scheduled his medical at the time of his interview, much less actually had the medical done.

So yes, if it's a close call one can usually delay the medical for a bit. 👍

Yeah, wish I would have done that.  Would have only needed a month.  Oh, well.  Wife is now pregnant so I don't see us moving back to Vietnam any time soon so whenever it comes, it comes.  That was my original reason for pushing the citizenship/ROC.  Now it doesn't matter much other than my wife's daughter will probably age out of citizenship under my wife's N-400 as she may turn 19 before we get the interview and then I understand she will have to make her own filing under the 5 year rule.

[Deejee 5]

@jackiegringa & @Crazy Cat Do we automatically receive the 48 months extension letter after filing I-751? Thank you.

[Crazy Cat 41,352]

28 minutes ago, Deejee said:

@jackiegringa & @Crazy Cat Do we automatically receive the 48 months extension letter after filing I-751? Thank you.

Yes.

[Deejee 5]

Thank you @Crazy Cat

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