Change of Embassy

[cleo_pat 0]

Hello all,

I'm hoping someone can help me figure this out.

My husband and I had been waiting for an approval from USCIS for a year and a half (it finally came through this month!). During this time span my husband was accepted to a university in Perth, Australia where he is now residing. However, the original embassy we requested was Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. My question is - does anyone have experience with requesting a change of embassy for the interview or will he have to fly back to Riyadh for the interview? It would be an inconvenience for his studies and a drain on our funds for him to have to fly back to Saudi, then back to Australia, then after his semester back to the USA!

Any suggestions? Experiences? Advice?

~~Thanks

[moonhunt 1]

Hello all,

I'm hoping someone can help me figure this out.

My husband and I had been waiting for an approval from USCIS for a year and a half (it finally came through this month!). During this time span my husband was accepted to a university in Perth, Australia where he is now residing. However, the original embassy we requested was Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. My question is - does anyone have experience with requesting a change of embassy for the interview or will he have to fly back to Riyadh for the interview? It would be an inconvenience for his studies and a drain on our funds for him to have to fly back to Saudi, then back to Australia, then after his semester back to the USA!

Any suggestions? Experiences? Advice?

~~Thanks

Does he have the appointment scheduled from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ?

If I were you, I would like to keep Riyadh, Saudi Arabia because it is easy for them to keep everything in track.

But if you really want to change, you have to contact NVC via mail or email to request the change of Embassy.

But you should be aware that it may delay the process a lot because of paperwork/case transfer, and also cause mail-in-lost, and lack of information for interview because it is not his home country.

Also new Embassy may require a lot more information because they could not get it from local.

So it is up to you, but it may cause a lot of trouble.

If you can bear some trouble for his current residing country, you can contact NVC for the change request.

[cleo_pat 0]

Hello all,

I'm hoping someone can help me figure this out.

My husband and I had been waiting for an approval from USCIS for a year and a half (it finally came through this month!). During this time span my husband was accepted to a university in Perth, Australia where he is now residing. However, the original embassy we requested was Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. My question is - does anyone have experience with requesting a change of embassy for the interview or will he have to fly back to Riyadh for the interview? It would be an inconvenience for his studies and a drain on our funds for him to have to fly back to Saudi, then back to Australia, then after his semester back to the USA!

Any suggestions? Experiences? Advice?

~~Thanks

Does he have the appointment scheduled from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia ?

If I were you, I would like to keep Riyadh, Saudi Arabia because it is easy for them to keep everything in track.

But if you really want to change, you have to contact NVC via mail or email to request the change of Embassy.

But you should be aware that it may delay the process a lot because of paperwork/case transfer, and also cause mail-in-lost, and lack of information for interview because it is not his home country.

Also new Embassy may require a lot more information because they could not get it from local.

So it is up to you, but it may cause a lot of trouble.

If you can bear some trouble for his current residing country, you can contact NVC for the change request.

Hi Thanks for the reply!

We actually had the change of embassy approved, and quite quickly. I sent an email request and followed up with it by sending a hard copy request letter via the snail mail with documentation supporting my husband's legal residence in Australia. It was all very smooth and now he has his interview set for Nov. 10th in Sydney.

Good luck with the rest of your journey!