Does the country you live in matter for IR-1 process/timeline??

[SimonB86 0]

Hello, 

 

I have filed an online IR-1 petition whilst my wife and I live in Canada, however, we will shortly be leaving Canada, and actually we have a few choices of where we could live, and I would like to know if this would make any difference to the process, or timeline for the petition. I understood it is a simple process to amend the address and we have the choice to live in either the UK, The Netherlands or we may move to Malaysia. Would there be any difference in these three countries? 

 

Any advice is much appreciated!

[Boiler 47,969]

As residents?

[ultrasoul 58]

3 hours ago, SimonB86 said:

Hello, 

 

I have filed an online IR-1 petition whilst my wife and I live in Canada, however, we will shortly be leaving Canada, and actually we have a few choices of where we could live, and I would like to know if this would make any difference to the process, or timeline for the petition. I understood it is a simple process to amend the address and we have the choice to live in either the UK, The Netherlands or we may move to Malaysia. Would there be any difference in these three countries? 

 

Any advice is much appreciated!

@SimonB86 If you are referring to the I-130 process, being in either of those 3 countries has no impact on the I-130 approval timeline. What does have an impact is which USCIS service center your case is assigned to adjudicate the I-130 petition. 

After I-130 approval by the USCIS  and after getting DQ'ed from the NVC process, yes there is an impact on the timelines of the specific embassy. For that you can take a look at the country specific forums to understand datapoints on how quickly each of those 3 posts have been prioritizing/ working IR-1 IV and whether they still have an large backlog to work through. Another metric- DOS also publishes statistics on how many IV's each post has approved by visa category.

Edited November 16, 2021 by ultrasoul

[pushbrk 13,802]

Note the immigrant visa interviews can only be conducted in the applicant/beneficiary's country of citizenship or country of legal residence.  Applicants cannot interview in countries where they are only "visitors".

[Redro 4,633]

23 hours ago, SimonB86 said:

Hello, 

 

I have filed an online IR-1 petition whilst my wife and I live in Canada, however, we will shortly be leaving Canada, and actually we have a few choices of where we could live, and I would like to know if this would make any difference to the process, or timeline for the petition. I understood it is a simple process to amend the address and we have the choice to live in either the UK, The Netherlands or we may move to Malaysia. Would there be any difference in these three countries? 

 

Any advice is much appreciated!

a.) you should see if the embassy you interview has strict domicile requirements (some embassies - like Canada- want the USC to move back to the States before the interview) 

b.) the beneficiary should have legal residency in the country they're moving to.. . if they don't the beneficiary will have to get their medical and interview in their country of citizenship/ primary residency

c.) make sure you are a legal resident in the country you're moving to and the residency is not dependent on the USC- it would be a pain if the USC loses residency and the beneficiary has to move to a third country

d.) check the backlog for each of the countries... I'm of the opinion you should just move back to your country of citizenship/the country where the majority of your family resides. You're about to move to America... say goodbye to everything and everyone you love. Eat all the food you love at home and in your favorite restaurants. 

[Ryan H 3,925]

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