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Denied Fiance Visa, apply for Marriage Visa?

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hobokenworkingman   4

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What is direct consulate filing (DCF)? Can someone please explain and/or give me a link to read about it?

Its for US citizens who live abroad and get married to a non-USC. if they are going to be there a while (I think 6 months or more), then the USC can file for their spouse's visa directly at their local US consulate. that way they bypass the USCIS and NVC and just deal with the consulate. presumably its faster, but obviously you'd have to be living in India to do that. Anyway, you should look into it for the specifics. you can find info here about it on VJ - http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/82-direct-consular-filing-dcf-general-discussion/

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Penguin_ie   5,986

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You ncannot file for the spousal visa until you have the marriage cert, so the visit to India and wedding need to come first.

Direct Consular Filing is submitting your paperwork directly to the embassy rather than via the USA; this is usually much faster- for example, it took us 6 weeks from filing to visa approval. You can do this if you are legally resident in the foreign country for at least 6 months. It used to be 3 months in Deli, but I *think* they have now been made to come into line with the rest of the US consulates and apply 6 months.

Bye: Penguin

Me: Irish/ Swiss citizen, and now naturalised US citizen. Husband: USC; twin babies born Feb 08 in Ireland and a daughter in Feb 2010 in Arkansas who are all joint Irish/ USC. Did DCF (IR1) in 6 weeks via the Dublin, Ireland embassy and now living in Arkansas.

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