Dear Amy, for the moment the change of law does not apply to you. But, the case of your husband is still waiting in line to be processed.

Hope you find this information helpful.

Thank you,
Immigrant Visa Unit
U.S. Embassy Tirana, Albania

And I forwarded this email to Vienna. This is their response:

Dear Amy,

Please be advised that all I-130s that were approved in Tirana but for which
no
immigrant visa has been issued will be sent to DHS/CIS Vienna. Our officer
in
charge had a telecon this morning with the headquarters in Rome and
following
this she has advised all of the Consul Generals in our jurisdiction (which
includes Albania!) to let their staff know that they should begin boxing up
the
cases to send to us. Unfortunately I cannot say how long this will take as
we do
not know how many cases are involved, but our office will be moving as
quickly
as possible on the cases once they arrive.

I wish you all the best and you are always welcome to drop a line and ask
about
your case.

Kind regards,

Meredith Petrnousek, Immigration Assistant








-----Original Message-----
From: Moonshadow73@aol.com [mailto:Moonshadow73@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:42 PM
To: Tirana US Consulate
Subject: Is this true? How does this affect my case? Do we have to re file? PLEASE help.


My name is Amy Voci. My husband's name is Altin Voci. We sent in packet 3 in the beginning of November and are waiting for an interview.

I just read this information on the internet. Please help me and tell me if this is true. If this is true, what do we do?

This was just posted today on the US Embassy website in Kiev.

I-130 Petitions No Longer Accepted by U.S. Embassies

January 23, 2007

Per Department of State instructions, effective immediately, U.S. embassies worldwide are no longer authorized to accept or adjudicate I-130 petitions. American Citizens must file petitions for their relatives with the appropriate United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) office in the U.S. Petitioners can check http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-130.pdf to find the appropriate office. Please visit www.uscis.gov for more general information about filing the petition.

Petitions that have already been approved at U.S. Embassy but have not yet undergone visa adjudication must be forwarded to the USCIS office. Embassy staff will forward all of these in the coming week.

We will post more information on this matter as soon as it becomes available to us.

It just sounds like the case is waiting to be sent to Vienna for processing. Chances are, processing in Vienna will still be a lot quicker than the USCIS service centres in the U.S.

Dear Amy, for the moment the change of law does not apply to you. But, the case of your husband is still waiting in line to be processed.

Hope you find this information helpful.

Thank you,
Immigrant Visa Unit
U.S. Embassy Tirana, Albania








-----Original Message-----
From: Moonshadow73@aol.com [mailto:Moonshadow73@aol.com]
Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2007 11:42 PM
To: Tirana US Consulate
Subject: Is this true? How does this affect my case? Do we have to re file? PLEASE help.


My name is Amy Voci. My husband's name is Altin Voci. We sent in packet 3 in the beginning of November and are waiting for an interview.

I just read this information on the internet. Please help me and tell me if this is true. If this is true, what do we do?

This was just posted today on the US Embassy website in Kiev.

I-130 Petitions No Longer Accepted by U.S. Embassies

January 23, 2007

Per Department of State instructions, effective immediately, U.S. embassies worldwide are no longer authorized to accept or adjudicate I-130 petitions. American Citizens must file petitions for their relatives with the appropriate United States Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) office in the U.S. Petitioners can check http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/I-130.pdf to find the appropriate office. Please visit www.uscis.gov for more general information about filing the petition.

Petitions that have already been approved at U.S. Embassy but have not yet undergone visa adjudication must be forwarded to the USCIS office. Embassy staff will forward all of these in the coming week.

We will post more information on this matter as soon as it becomes available to us.

If the law does not apply to you then your visa should be in line to be processed by the consulate in Albania. I would e-mail them immediately for clarification. Simply ask when and by whom it will be processed.