Medical expiring soon, but visa just issued

[Vernon & Beth 0]

Hello all, need a little help from the community on a question.

 

My wife's mom is about to be issued her visa finally, but the embassy employee mentioned to her that she will only have till October 10th to use it since her medical expires at that time.  I was just curious if this is true, I thought you had 6 months to be able to use the Visa once it's issued.  She had some complications with her medical which dragged the process longer between her medical and her interview, hence the long gap between the medical and finally receiving her visa.  Any help or insight would really be appreciated, thank you.  

[appleblossom 2,801]

1 minute ago, Vernon & Beth said:

Hello all, need a little help from the community on a question.

 

My wife's mom is about to be issued her visa finally, but the embassy employee mentioned to her that she will only have till October 10th to use it since her medical expires at that time.  I was just curious if this is true, I thought you had 6 months to be able to use the Visa once it's issued.  She had some complications with her medical which dragged the process longer between her medical and her interview, hence the long gap between the medical and finally receiving her visa.  Any help or insight would really be appreciated, thank you.  

 

It's 6 months from the date of the medical. So she'll need to enter the US before the visa expires, but she can just do that and then return on the next flight to wrap things up at home if she wants. 

[Vernon & Beth 0]

14 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

It's 6 months from the date of the medical. So she'll need to enter the US before the visa expires, but she can just do that and then return on the next flight to wrap things up at home if she wants. 

Gotcha, so the visa expiration is tied to her medical, good to know.  She's able to travel back out of the country so quickly once she arrives her in the US?  

[appleblossom 2,801]

6 minutes ago, Vernon & Beth said:

Gotcha, so the visa expiration is tied to her medical, good to know.  She's able to travel back out of the country so quickly once she arrives her in the US?  

 

Yes, she can leave as soon as she's entered on the visa. Just remember the clock starts ticking on her LPR status from as soon as she does that, so she shouldn't be out of the US for too long, but I assume she was planning on moving soon anyway so it would only be a brief trip home to tie up loose ends?

 

 

[Vernon & Beth 0]

6 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

Yes, she can leave as soon as she's entered on the visa. Just remember the clock starts ticking on her LPR status from as soon as she does that, so she shouldn't be out of the US for too long, but I assume she was planning on moving soon anyway so it would only be a brief trip home to tie up loose ends?

 

 

Yes that would be correct, thank you so much, you've been very helpful, truly appreciate it!