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I really need help understanding something if anybody can weigh in and give advice . My husband is from Iraq and we are in the middle of a IR-1 (spouse)visa process. All we are waiting for is our interview . We have been married a little over 2 years . The embassy in Baghdad has been closed since January of this year due to terrorist attacks so our case was transferred to Ankara Turkey.  The embassy in Ankara Turkey has been closed for some months due to COVID-19 and they reopened in September and started doing limited visas services . In October they suspended services again in Turkey due to terrorist threats. I contacted the embassy about a week ago and now they are saying they are suspended again due to COVID-19 and can only schedule visa interviews for Turkish citizens and residents. My question is what do the people from Iraq that’s interview has been transferred to different embassies do when they have a genuine EMERGENCY? These embassies are not letting anyone that isn’t a citizen or resident of their country schedule an interview . People of Iraq can’t help that their embassy is closed and what are people doing if their is a dying emergency. Do we not have rights? Nobody will not give me any answers . I’m not sure what to do and who to reach out to for answers . There are a lot of people that have concerns and questions and there is nobody that will answer us.

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Iraq
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15 minutes ago, AliciaMahmood said:

I really need help understanding something if anybody can weigh in and give advice . My husband is from Iraq and we are in the middle of a IR-1 (spouse)visa process. All we are waiting for is our interview . We have been married a little over 2 years . The embassy in Baghdad has been closed since January of this year due to terrorist attacks so our case was transferred to Ankara Turkey.  The embassy in Ankara Turkey has been closed for some months due to COVID-19 and they reopened in September and started doing limited visas services . In October they suspended services again in Turkey due to terrorist threats. I contacted the embassy about a week ago and now they are saying they are suspended again due to COVID-19 and can only schedule visa interviews for Turkish citizens and residents. My question is what do the people from Iraq that’s interview has been transferred to different embassies do when they have a genuine EMERGENCY? These embassies are not letting anyone that isn’t a citizen or resident of their country schedule an interview . People of Iraq can’t help that their embassy is closed and what are people doing if their is a dying emergency. Do we not have rights? Nobody will not give me any answers . I’m not sure what to do and who to reach out to for answers . There are a lot of people that have concerns and questions and there is nobody that will answer us.

we have same problem like you also in Ankara from Baghdad, I searched and contact i did everything but NOTHING, nothing helped us and my wife is getting crazy alone in Baghdad they did not even care when I tried to expedite, they said ( Not good reason sorry due to Covid blah blah blah) 

try to expedite hopefully you get something. good luck 😭

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What is the nature of your emergency?

 

Contact your Congressperson?

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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**Duplicate thread removed; please do not start multiple threads with identical content.**

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Iraq
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We have same situation here , but my wife case had been transferred to Doha in Feb 2020 , NVC emailed us on November saying your interview had been scheduled and they gave us 5 days to attend the interview, but Doha wasn’t allowing any visitors to travel so we replied to NVC and explained that situation, they said we will reschedule it as soon as Doha will open for traveling again, so we’re just waiting until everything get back to normal.

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