Interview in foreign country

[dustyrah 13]

Does anyone know of anyone who has taken the interview in a country besides their own home country? My spouse has interview in Paris, France since she was a resident there for past 3 years. Now she has completed her studies and her French residency expired on Nov 30. 2014 The case at NVC was completed on Nov 21st. She has interview on Jan 6th 2015 and she can go do her medical and interview in Paris on a tourist visa.

Do the people at US consulate check for residency and do you know of any people who have attended the interview in a country besides their own?

More details: What is ridiculous is that NVC refused to change her consulate to her home country until she actually left France first. Then they want 60 days to review the request for consulate change. Now the US embassy in her home country is saying that it will take many months to transfer the case over to the US consulate there and recommend her to go do the interview in France. The US embassy in France has not responded to phone calls or email as of yet.

[Stressed Out 81]

By default they assign your interview to the embassy/consulate of the country you live in, not necessarily where you come from. There was a guy on here from Jordan who had even asked beforehand to be interviewed in Jordan, but they still assigned his case to Frankfurt since he was in Germany.

[Frips 166]

I am in similar situations as you are. I've recently moved to my home country and yesterday NVC rep told me to send an email request for embassy change.

I've done it as she told me. I am at the beginning of NVC process and hoping that this won't delay my process

I am in similar situations as you are. I've recently moved to my home country and yesterday NVC rep told me to send an email request for embassy change.

I've done it as she told me. I am at the beginning of NVC process and hoping that this won't delay my process

[dustyrah 13]

I am in similar situations as you are. I've recently moved to my home country and yesterday NVC rep told me to send an email request for embassy change.

I've done it as she told me. I am at the beginning of NVC process and hoping that this won't delay my process

I am in similar situations as you are. I've recently moved to my home country and yesterday NVC rep told me to send an email request for embassy change.

I've done it as she told me. I am at the beginning of NVC process and hoping that this won't delay my process

You should be fine because they will review that email in about 4 to 6 weeks and change the case number and send your file out to your home country.

Now my wife is just going to go to Paris and her medical, biometrics and go to the interview on Jan 6th 2015 and see what happens. It would be total BS if they don't allow her to interview given they are the ones who scheduled the interview in the first place in Paris.

Edited December 5, 2014 by dustyrah

[Frips 166]

Hoping for the best. Good luck!

[Ryan H 3,790]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to US Embassy & Consulate Discussion; topic is about this phase of the process.

[Darnell 8,478]

casefile (paper) movement from Paris to Guangzhou can take upwards of 6 months, due to treaty with China. Consular packets sit in a bonded warehouse in Guangzhou.

Since you did NOT do Electronic Processing for Guangzhou IV, I suggest you two handle the stuff in Paris in January.

EP stuff is cool, for Guangzhou IV, there's no waiting for casefile movement from NVC to Guangzhou, at all.

Paper casefiles must wait, per treaty, and it's a PITA.

If you're certain the casefile is already in Paris, you can talk with NVC about getting an expedite (start with a supervisor at NVC, telephone call, nowish, before they close for the day)

Edited December 6, 2014 by Darnell

[dustyrah 13]

Thanks for the feedback!

My spouse is going to just go to the interview in Paris, France on January 6th, 2015. I will post back here how things go...

[Darnell 8,478]

after writing, and thinking after,

I suddenly realized that there might be some issue with the TYPE of visa she holds, on interview day, that allows for her legal presence in France.

Prior, she had a student visa, and that's allowed.

With a tourist visa, I am unsure about it. But is possible the Vice-Consul will waive that, as she had legal presence 3 years prior. Hard to say, hard to be certain about it - I just mention it here 'cause it may be a sticky point on interview day. Or not ! I've read of other folk with the same issues here, for London Interviews (not Paris) where they had this same issue, and I don't recall the outcomes on them for interview day.

[dustyrah 13]

after writing, and thinking after,

I suddenly realized that there might be some issue with the TYPE of visa she holds, on interview day, that allows for her legal presence in France.

Prior, she had a student visa, and that's allowed.

With a tourist visa, I am unsure about it. But is possible the Vice-Consul will waive that, as she had legal presence 3 years prior. Hard to say, hard to be certain about it - I just mention it here 'cause it may be a sticky point on interview day. Or not ! I've read of other folk with the same issues here, for London Interviews (not Paris) where they had this same issue, and I don't recall the outcomes on them for interview day.

Thanks for your feedback! Yes, it certainly is an uncertainly at this time. She will be bring along her resident card, student ID as well as letter of successful completion of the degree(the actual coronation ceremony is in May of 2015) etc to show that she has been residing in France for several years and hopefully they will waive any particular requirements regarding the TYPE of visa she holds. She will do her best to convince them that she has more than enough time allowed to be in France to attend the interview and follow up on any further proceedings to obtain the immigrant VISA.

I will be sure to post the outcome because it seems to be very hard to find any clear outcomes on the internet about such a situation.

[dustyrah 13]

This is a follow up about my wife taking the interview in France while on a tourist visa. They did not check any residency requirements and the interview was successful.

So the bottom line being, the US embassy does not care if you are a resident or what visa you are on when you go to take your interview. So if you do move to another country, it may be actually better to just fly back to the country of interview rather than try to change the case file over to the new country which may take months.