Us embassy Buenos Aires Spouse Visa Process

[gringa23 0]

Hi I am so thankful to have found this website as I am in the process with my spouse now. We have a bit of a different situation and would like some advice. We are married in Mexico however he is a resident of Argentina and I the United States. We were going to apply here in Mexico, but they are telling us we have to go to ciudad jarez for the interviews and medical exams in which I would rather not. So now we plan to head to Buenos Aires where he is from but I have never been before and wait the process there. If I send the I-130 paperwork to the the Chicago Lockbox and then followed by the I-129f for the K3 visa I was hoping the interviews for the visa would then be directed to the us embassy of Buenos Aires. Is this possible? If so do you know the processing times of this embassy

 

thank you for your help in advance!

 

 

 

 

[Coco8 1,039]

K3 is obsolete. Nobody is doing those anymore. Everyone is doing CR1-IR1. They take the same time and the CR1/IR1 is cheaper, plus if you've been married for more than 2 years at the time he gets his visa stamp, he will get a permanent green card.

 

Here are some stats, you can check Argentina: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/irstats.php

 

The consulate seems to be among the fastest ones. 

 

There is also a forum just for Argentina on VJ, and you can check with other people going through the visa process there. 

 

 

[sharkfin07 16]

9 minutes ago, gringa23 said:

Hi I am so thankful to have found this website as I am in the process with my spouse now. We have a bit of a different situation and would like some advice. We are married in Mexico however he is a resident of Argentina and I the United States. We were going to apply here in Mexico, but they are telling us we have to go to ciudad jarez for the interviews and medical exams in which I would rather not. So now we plan to head to Buenos Aires where he is from but I have never been before and wait the process there. If I send the I-130 paperwork to the the Chicago Lockbox and then followed by the I-129f for the K3 visa I was hoping the interviews for the visa would then be directed to the us embassy of Buenos Aires. Is this possible? If so do you know the processing times of this embassy

 

thank you for your help in advance!

 

 

 

 

You will file the I-130, not the I-129f anymore as USCIS will no longer pay attention to it. Like my I-130 then I-129F. 

When USCIS approved my I-130, it , also , stated that the 1-129f is no longer necessary.

Your spouse will be interviewed in the country she is from, not where you wed. Ex: my case, I am the USC, spouse is from Brazil, we wed in Buenos Aires. This 7/14., my spouse will have her interview in the US Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

So contrary to what my lawyer stated, that interview will be where the couple married ( in our case, Buenos Aires, AR), the interview will be where bene resides/ comes from.

Visa Journey folks know this better than the lawyer, which is why I fired him, even before NOA2.

So you are in the right forum to ask your questions, ok?

I hope this helps you.

misty

[gringa23 0]

2 hours ago, sharkfin07 said:

You will file the I-130, not the I-129f anymore as USCIS will no longer pay attention to it. Like my I-130 then I-129F. 

When USCIS approved my I-130, it , also , stated that the 1-129f is no longer necessary.

Your spouse will be interviewed in the country she is from, not where you wed. Ex: my case, I am the USC, spouse is from Brazil, we wed in Buenos Aires. This 7/14., my spouse will have her interview in the US Consulate in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

So contrary to what my lawyer stated, that interview will be where the couple married ( in our case, Buenos Aires, AR), the interview will be where bene resides/ comes from.

Visa Journey folks know this better than the lawyer, which is why I fired him, even before NOA2.

So you are in the right forum to ask your questions, ok?

I hope this helps you.

misty

Great, this is really helpful thank you. Good thing we decided to go to his orginal country before applying here in Mexico. and good thing you got rid of that guy haha

 

Have you already sent in your forms? We are wondering if we should send in the papers when we are in buenos aires or we can do it now while we are in mexico but put where we will be living while in buenos aires. seems like you had to do the same thing?

Also with the payment did you have your US bank account checks with you or used a differnt method?

 

thanks again!

 

 

 

 

[millefleur 5,035]

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[sharkfin07 16]

6 hours ago, gringa23 said:

Great, this is really helpful thank you. Good thing we decided to go to his orginal country before applying here in Mexico. and good thing you got rid of that guy haha

 

Have you already sent in your forms? We are wondering if we should send in the papers when we are in buenos aires or we can do it now while we are in mexico but put where we will be living while in buenos aires. seems like you had to do the same thing?

Also with the payment did you have your US bank account checks with you or used a differnt method?

 

thanks again!

 

 

 

 

hi, gringa

if you have read my timeline, you will see that some of your questions are off. what i told you is history. in fact  the july 14, 2017 interview date in rio de janeiro, is exactly 365 days ago from our noa1. yes, took us a year to finally get the interview date.

 

do both of you live abroad? if yes, then you should file dcf, or filing at the consulate of your residence. It is much faster.

 

i live in the US. Met my spouse the 2nd time around and stayed with her in their home, for 3 mos. in Brazil. We decided to marry in Buenos Aires, after which I came home to file the paperwork.

 

If you live in Argentina, then file it in the US Embassy of your country, so you don't have to go back and forth from wherever you are, for the interview.

 

Re the fees, I paid the initial fee with my US bank check, the rest with my US debit card.

 

I am still in the US but flying next week to meet her in Rio for her interview. If approved , will bring her back with me.

 

This is our situation. Am not sure what yours is, so I am not very confident how to make you proceed.

 

I hope this helps.

misty 

[gringa23 0]

On 6/24/2017 at 1:23 AM, sharkfin07 said:

hi, gringa

if you have read my timeline, you will see that some of your questions are off. what i told you is history. in fact  the july 14, 2017 interview date in rio de janeiro, is exactly 365 days ago from our noa1. yes, took us a year to finally get the interview date.

 

do both of you live abroad? if yes, then you should file dcf, or filing at the consulate of your residence. It is much faster.

 

i live in the US. Met my spouse the 2nd time around and stayed with her in their home, for 3 mos. in Brazil. We decided to marry in Buenos Aires, after which I came home to file the paperwork.

 

If you live in Argentina, then file it in the US Embassy of your country, so you don't have to go back and forth from wherever you are, for the interview.

 

Re the fees, I paid the initial fee with my US bank check, the rest with my US debit card.

 

I am still in the US but flying next week to meet her in Rio for her interview. If approved , will bring her back with me.

 

This is our situation. Am not sure what yours is, so I am not very confident how to make you proceed.

 

I hope this helps.

misty 

Sorry on my part, I had misread a few things now I understand yoyr situation.

 

My question still stands with asking if you can file at the buenos Aires embassy and even pay with debit? and all the forms?

 

that would be great for me. Originally I wanted to put my mailing address in the Us but then I suppose they with send me to do my things in the US. so Ill put our address in Buenos Aires?

 

Im hoping the process is alittle faster this way but im prepared to wait sometime with all of this.

 

thanks again

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Ryan H 3,790]

It will not be possible to file an I-130 in Buenos Aires because there is no USCIS field office there.

[gringa23 0]

On 6/26/2017 at 6:25 PM, Ryan H said:

It will not be possible to file an I-130 in Buenos Aires because there is no USCIS field office there.

but it is possible to send to the chicago lockbox and then they will direct the interview to the embassy in buenos aires?

this is what I understand.

[sharkfin07 16]

1 hour ago, gringa23 said:

but it is possible to send to the chicago lockbox and then they will direct the interview to the embassy in buenos aires?

this is what I understand.

if you are inside the US, then you will do that, but if you are both outside the US, why not DCF, in the country of your residency? it is the faster route as i have observed here. 

[Ryan H 3,790]

12 hours ago, sharkfin07 said:

if you are inside the US, then you will do that, but if you are both outside the US, why not DCF, in the country of your residency? it is the faster route as i have observed here. 

 

DCF is only available in countries that have a USCIS field office, Argentina is not one of those countries.

14 hours ago, gringa23 said:

but it is possible to send to the chicago lockbox and then they will direct the interview to the embassy in buenos aires?

this is what I understand.

 

That is correct.

[gringa23 0]

7 hours ago, Ryan H said:

 

DCF is only available in countries that have a USCIS field office, Argentina is not one of those countries.

 

That is correct.

Okay yes I understand that. It was my plan after knowing there is no uscis office there. Thank you for your help!

[gringa23 0]

On 6/30/2017 at 8:20 AM, Ryan H said:

 

DCF is only available in countries that have a USCIS field office, Argentina is not one of those countries.

 

That is correct.

one other question. Since we are in mexico now, but plan to do the interview in Buenos Aires. do you know if we can send it from here with or planned argentina address and prefered embassy. Anyways its going to chicago lockbox anyways. 

[Ryan H 3,790]

13 hours ago, gringa23 said:

one other question. Since we are in mexico now, but plan to do the interview in Buenos Aires. do you know if we can send it from here with or planned argentina address and prefered embassy. Anyways its going to chicago lockbox anyways. 

 

You can send the package from Mexico; just use an Argentina address on all applicable forms.