Passport Expires 7 Months After Interview Date

[animax 33]

Hi everyone,

 

My fianceé and I are just about ready for our interview, but I had a question regarding the required passport validity for being approved for our K1 visa. According to the invitation letter we received from Armenia, my fianceé's passport needs to be valid for at least 8 months after the date the visa is issued.

 

Unfortunately, my fianceé's interview is in about 10 days, at which time her passport will only be valid for 7 months. I just realized this last night. 😟

 

Does anyone have experience or knowledge to know the consequences of this? Would we be rejected? Would we be better off to reschedule everything? In searching online, I got the impression that this might not be a strict requirement, but a rule-of-thumb. We are both traveling from different countries, so rescheduling is something we would really like to do as last resort only.

 

I emailed the embassy, and have not received a response yet, but I'm hoping one of you might know more on this issue before I hear back.

 

Thanks!

[OldUser 5,855]

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Edited April 10, 2023 by OldUser

[animax 33]

2 minutes ago, OldUser said:

Usually 6 months passport validity is needed for travel to many places.

Can you give a link to to where you get this information about 8 months from?

 

Hi OldUser! This is what I thought I had read elsewhere. The source is the invitation letter we received from the Embassy via email:

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REQUIRED DOCUMENTS

 

1. Application form: DS-160 must be filled out online at https://ceac.state.gov/genniv/

 

2. Child’s DS-160:  If your child is immigrating with you, Form DS-160 must be completed for the child.  

 

3. Travel passport: Full photocopy of passport must be provided. The beneficiary’s passport must be valid for travel to the United States and must have at least eight months validity beyond the issuance date of the visa. Children may be included in a parent's passport, but, if over the age of 16, they must have their photograph attached to the passport. Please do not send your original passport. You must present your passport at the interview date.

 

4. Petitioner Identification Document: Please provide a valid, government issued identification document for the petitioner. 

 

5. Birth certificate of Beneficiary: Original and photocopy must be provided. Applicants born in a country other than their country of citizenship must present a birth-certificate from the country in which they were born. If the birth registration took place in a country other than Armenia or US, an English notarized translation of the foreign document is also required. 

There are other things in this invitation letter that are clearly incorrect (request police certificate from Iranian applicant when US State Dept. does not require this, as well as incorrect phone number and email address for embassy which are now inactive.) I am really hoping this is not a strict requirement, but it makes me so nervous to notice this at the last minute without time to renew her passport. 😟

[animax 33]

For anyone else who encounters a question about this, it was no problem at all. Visa was approved and we entered the US together with no problem. Thank God!

[OldUser 5,855]

23 hours ago, animax said:

For anyone else who encounters a question about this, it was no problem at all. Visa was approved and we entered the US together with no problem. Thank God!

Great to hear everything went well. Time to renew passport now, I guess?

Make sure to make physical and digital copies in case if old passport has to be returned to your countrie's consulate. Sometimes they allow to keep old passport if you ask for it / fill the forms