IR5 Expiration and Travel

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Stressedd

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Hello,

My mother and father in law just received their IR5 visa :cool: unfortunately it expires in about 2 months :(. I thought they would expire in 6 months so after they passed the interview I purchased tickets for my family and I to go there and visit extended family and then escort them to the US, they have never traveled before.

I know the fault is my own for assuming 6 month expiration (though I did read that on the State.gov website) and that I am out of luck, no extension possible. I saw some advice to someone in a similar situation that mentions the possibility that they could fly to Guam and enter there, then would it be permissible for them to immediately go back home and wait for us to come a month later as originally planned so we could all travel to the US together? Do we have any other options?

Thank you so much for any advice.

Rob and Maricel
 
They are supposed to get 6 months. Go back to the consulate, they should restamp them for 6 months.

But if that fails, yes they could go to Guam for their initial entry.
 
Thank you Jacko,

We are so stressed, the courier delivered their passports last night and basically we only have one month if we want them to fly together. Father expires Jul 6th and Mother expires Aug 1st.

I can't understand where they started the six month clock. They had their medical in March, father had to go back in April for results from a sputum test. Then they interviewed May 4th where they were approved but told to get another form for a name discrepancy.

I guess our only hope is to have to have a stressed out weekend and call the embassy Monday morning.

Thank you for your help...

Rob and Maricel
 
Even when the immigrant visa has expired without being used, the consulates are usually willing to issue another visa if the first one hasn't expired too long ago. Of course, it's better to ask for the 6-month one now before it expires, so they'd still have the option to go Guam if they can't get the 6 months.
 
DOS usually will only limit a visa based on either an "age-out" for a child about to turn 21 (obviously not this case) or a soon to expire passport. For a family unit, they may sometimes issue all the same expiration based on the same restricted condition of the endangered member.
 
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