Getting married, but fiancees F1 visa expires in 17 days??We are in the process of getting all of the paperwork done (i-130, i-485 etc.) and we are getting married on Friday. My fiancees f1 student visa expires on the 6th of August..today is July 20th. We are worried it will take a week to get the marriage certificate, and that there will be another week or 2 before we receive a receipt notice from the office we send the forms to. What happens if we do not have a receipt notice before August 6th? We will hopefully be overnighting all of the forms by July 30-31.
her visa doesnt matter, it the date on her I-20
The visa expiration date is not important. The visa expiration represents the latest date to enter the US, not the date when it is necessary to leave the US. If she continues to study according to the rules of the visa, has a valid I-20 and has not done unauthorized off-campus work, she would still have F1 status despite the visa expiration. In addition, there is a 60-day grace period after studies have ended. Didnt you say in another thread that she has a year of school left?
Has she done the I-693 medical or at least made an appointment for it? Probably not, based on your other thread. That takes some time ... it requires 2 appointments a few days apart plus another week or so to get the results.
The visa expiration date is not important. The visa expiration represents the latest date to enter the US, not the date when it is necessary to leave the US. If she continues to study according to the rules of the visa, has a valid I-20 and has not done unauthorized off-campus work, she would still have F1 status despite the visa expiration. In addition, there is a 60-day grace period after studies have ended. Didnt you say in another thread that she has a year of school left?
Has she done the I-693 medical or at least made an appointment for it? Probably not, based on your other thread. That takes some time ... it requires 2 appointments a few days apart plus another week or so to get the results.
She technically has another year of school left but her parents are not going to give her the money in order to go full time, so she is not going to be taking classes this semester, therefore ending her visa on august 6th (6 months after the last visa was renewed i think is how it works). So she hasnt "completed" her studies. Everything I have read online says that as long as she entered lawfully and she is marrying a US citizen (me), that her status wont matter. But I have no idea...
She has an appointment for the medical exam on Friday.