My company is transferring me to a new country! Should I apply in my home country or where I'll be living?

[FabtheFab 67]

I'm Brazilian and currently living in Brazil, but the company I work for is transferring me to work in Turkey next month. We plan to apply for the IR-1/CR-1 visa in the next few weeks. My husband is currently back to work in the United States.

I have a very good job, so my plan is to save and wait for my green card to be issued before moving to the US to be with him.

Do you know if it would be risky to apply in a third country like Turkey? It wouldn't be a big deal to fly back to Brazil to have my interview there, if that meant I had more chances of being approved without any hassle.

Does any one have experience with applying in a third country? Is it risky?

Thank you a lot for your help!

[Ryan H 3,812]

No risk at all.

[Gosia & Tito 199]

I'm Brazilian and currently living in Brazil, but the company I work for is transferring me to work in Turkey next month. We plan to apply for the IR-1/CR-1 visa in the next few weeks. My husband is currently back to work in the United States.

I have a very good job, so my plan is to save and wait for my green card to be issued before moving to the US to be with him.

Do you know if it would be risky to apply in a third country like Turkey? It wouldn't be a big deal to fly back to Brazil to have my interview there, if that meant I had more chances of being approved without any hassle.

Does any one have experience with applying in a third country? Is it risky?

Thank you a lot for your help!

As per your question, no issues since you would be residing in Turkey

Wouldn't it not make sense to seek a transfer to the US instead? (if there are offices of course)

A transfer like that, unless it is meant for a short assignment, is costly and profesionally, I wouldn't accept knowing I'll be leaving soon; unless of cours it's all within a plan and known to all.

Outside of the organization costs, profesionally, depending on the industry, it might black ball you for other like positions.

Ensure you follow up and double check the petition is routed to the right country and also, there might be additional delyas just from the processing. As well, notice that most documentation you need to present will need to be translated (tipycalloy it can be in English or i nteh language of the country you are fromm, but given it's Turkey, all would need to be translated into ENglish.

[shippingforecast 126]

No risk whatsoever.

From what I understand, if you were born in or a citizen of Turkey it might trigger a few weeks of administrative processing as it's on a list of countries that would trigger a "Condor" type SAO. The list is comprised of 26 predominantly Muslim countries and IMHO, racist BS.

[FabtheFab 67]

As per your question, no issues since you would be residing in Turkey

Wouldn't it not make sense to seek a transfer to the US instead? (if there are offices of course)

A transfer like that, unless it is meant for a short assignment, is costly and profesionally, I wouldn't accept knowing I'll be leaving soon; unless of cours it's all within a plan and known to all.

Outside of the organization costs, profesionally, depending on the industry, it might black ball you for other like positions.

Ensure you follow up and double check the petition is routed to the right country and also, there might be additional delyas just from the processing. As well, notice that most documentation you need to present will need to be translated (tipycalloy it can be in English or i nteh language of the country you are fromm, but given it's Turkey, all would need to be translated into ENglish.

Hi, thank you for your answer.

Firstly, the company I work for currently does not operate in the United States unfortunately.

This is not my first international move with them either. I understand that the whole visa process might take more than one year, and my plan is to quit after my green card is issued because I won't be able to work for them from the US.

I feel I've been a very good professional and worked very hard for them throughout the years, so I'm not very afraid of the consequences - I don't think I will be the first person to quit a job because they're following their spouse. I also believe it's a lot cheaper for them to transfer me to do this job there than to recruit someone locally or abroad - I work in a very technical and specific field.

I agree about the translations - that's another reason why I think it would be a lot better to just apply from Brazil.

Thank you again for your help

[Gosia & Tito 199]

Hi, thank you for your answer.

Firstly, the company I work for currently does not operate in the United States unfortunately.

This is not my first international move with them either. I understand that the whole visa process might take more than one year, and my plan is to quit after my green card is issued because I won't be able to work for them from the US.

I feel I've been a very good professional and worked very hard for them throughout the years, so I'm not very afraid of the consequences - I don't think I will be the first person to quit a job because they're following their spouse. I also believe it's a lot cheaper for them to transfer me to do this job there than to recruit someone locally or abroad - I work in a very technical and specific field.

I agree about the translations - that's another reason why I think it would be a lot better to just apply from Brazil.

Thank you again for your help

No prob.

Good luck in your journey.