F2 India - DS160 - intended arrival date after visa appointment date

Hi everyone,

We applied for my wife’s F2 visa in February 2024 and in the DS 160 we put 1 August 2024 as the intended arrival date.

We only recently got a slot for visa VAC and interview for Aug 4-5, 2024. This means the intended date of arrival is before the visa interview

Also, my OPT ends in June 2025, so intended length of stay of 1 year would also not be correct.

I would like to know if we have to file a new DS-160 or would this still be okay?

If we have to file a new DS-160, will we lose the current apppointment?

Or can we go ahead with the current DS 160 and tell in the interview that we did not have specific plans and we only got the appointment for August. So, our plans have changed and will travel later and stay until the end of OPT?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Hi everyone,

We applied for my wife’s F2 visa in February 2024 and in the DS 160 we put 1 August 2024 as the intended arrival date.

We only recently got a slot for visa VAC and interview for Aug 4-5, 2024. This means the intended date of arrival is before the visa interview

Also, my OPT ends in June 2025, so intended length of stay of 1 year would also not be correct.

I would like to know if we have to file a new DS-160 or would this still be okay?

If we have to file a new DS-160, will we lose the current apppointment?

Or can we go ahead with the current DS 160 and tell in the interview that we did not have specific plans and we only got the appointment for August. So, our plans have changed and will travel later and stay until the end of OPT?

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!