Case Sent to Wrong Consulate - Need Advice

[Pansh 0]

After waiting for 21 days, NVC finally informed me that my case has been sent the US consulate in Rio de Janeiro. The problem is that my fiancee lives in Sao Paulo and I request in the I-129 form that we want to process the visa in Sao Paulo. Thus, I am stating that the case is being sent to the wrong consulate.

Will the US consulate in Rio send my case to Sao Paulo automatically (because we requested Sao Paulo)? Or do we have to request a change in consulate? Can someone who lives in Sao Paulo be interviewed in Rio since there is a consulate in Sao Paulo?

I will appreciate any advice or suggestion. Thanks.

Side bar - Why are there very few brazilian VJ members processing their K-1 visa through the Sao Paulo consulate?

[Ryan H 3,790]

K1 interviews only take place at Immigrant Visa units. For Brazil, the only Consulate that has an IV unit is Rio de Janeiro. Your fiancee will have to interview in Rio, there are no exceptions.

[Pansh 0]

K1 interviews only take place at Immigrant Visa units. For Brazil, the only Consulate that has an IV unit is Rio de Janeiro. Your fiancee will have to interview in Rio, there are no exceptions.

Thanks. But, some VJ members from Brazil processed their visa at the Sao Paulo and Brasilia consulates. What gives?

[menina 50]

That is correct. All K1 interviews are done in Rio.

[GrayL 47]

That is correct. All K1 interviews are done in Rio.

Similar story for me, I live in Perth, Western Australia, although there is a local consulate, they do not deal with K visas.

I had to fly to Sydney for my interview, as it was the only consulate in Australia that deals with these VISAs.

Good luck to you

Gray

[Tricia599 2]

You can file your I-129 and/or I-130 at any of the consulates in Brasil, so maybe that is what is causing the confusion. However, all the interviews for immigration are done in Rio. That's just how they roll.

[Ryan H 3,790]

You can file your I-129 and/or I-130 at any of the consulates

That's not quite correct, I-129F's cannot be filed overseas, they can only be filed stateside (TX lockbox). I-130's can be filed overseas, furthermore, as of next Monday (8/15), overseas filing of the I-130 will only be possible in countries that have a USCIS field office.

Edited August 9, 2011 by Ryan H

[T&R 3]

I am from São Paulo too, but for imigrant visas, they interviews are only handled in RIO DE JANEIRO!!

Your fiancée will have to fly to Rio for her interview!! I went there for mine!!

Good luck!!!!!

[MatthewNCarolina 73]

You shouldn't take serious what people state on their profiles, some doesn't state the correct service center, others doesnt update the timelines, etc...

Immigrant visas are handled in Rio de Janeiro, it doesn't matter where you/her lives in Brazil, if it was different in the past, it isn't anymore; USCIS sent it to the right consulate. Your fiance(e) has to go to Rio to have the interview.

Edited August 10, 2011 by MatthewNCarolina

[bigdog 376]

After waiting for 21 days, NVC finally informed me that my case has been sent the US consulate in Rio de Janeiro. The problem is that my fiancee lives in Sao Paulo and I request in the I-129 form that we want to process the visa in Sao Paulo. Thus, I am stating that the case is being sent to the wrong consulate.

Will the US consulate in Rio send my case to Sao Paulo automatically (because we requested Sao Paulo)? Or do we have to request a change in consulate? Can someone who lives in Sao Paulo be interviewed in Rio since there is a consulate in Sao Paulo?

I will appreciate any advice or suggestion. Thanks.

Side bar - Why are there very few brazilian VJ members processing their K-1 visa through the Sao Paulo consulate?

Have fun in Rio.

[newlyweds2010 208]

I would have loved to be interviewed in Rio

[Pansh 0]

Hi Everyone,

Thanks for the comments. Indeed, we have to go to Rio for the interview. We may make a little vacation of it. Again, thanks to all.

Pansh