Post NVC DQ - Changing Assigned Embassy

[AR & SA 2]

Hello Everyone, 

 

PLEASE HELP me to determine whether I should contact NVC to chance the assigned embassy for my wife's CR1 Interview. 

 

I am a USC and she is from Iran and residing there. Her case was DQ'd in March of 2022 and NVC has assigned the case to the Abu Dhabi US Embassy (by default).  For Iranian residents, the three choices for US embassies are, Ankara, Yerevan and Abu Dhabi.

 

Ankara is severely backlogged and they do not process non Turkish residents at the moment and Abu Dhabi seems to be the default choice when NVC assigns cases for Iranians.  Based on feedback I heard from others waiting for an appointment, Abu Dhabi is discriminating when it comes to assigning interview dates for non UAE residents. Some Iranians, Iraqi, and Kurdish nationalities are waiting without any update on an interview letter for 12-18 months already. However, if you are a UAE resident the waiting time is about 6 months. 

 

Yerevan (Armenia) is the last option and it seems they are not as backlogged. 

 

Question that I have:

 

• If I call NVC and ask them to assign my wife's case to Yerevan, would that set me back again and I start from day zero for Yerevan? I already waited 4 months past DQ in the Abu Dhabi queue

 

I would appreciate any other advise you can share with me regarding changing embassies. 

 

Thanks you! 

Edited July 5, 2022 by AR & SA

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[Roya.R 0]

On 7/5/2022 at 11:33 AM, AR & SA said:

Hello Everyone, 

 

PLEASE HELP me to determine whether I should contact NVC to chance the assigned embassy for my wife's CR1 Interview. 

 

I am a USC and she is from Iran and residing there. Her case was DQ'd in March of 2022 and NVC has assigned the case to the Abu Dhabi US Embassy (by default).  For Iranian residents, the three choices for US embassies are, Ankara, Yerevan and Abu Dhabi.

 

Ankara is severely backlogged and they do not process non Turkish residents at the moment and Abu Dhabi seems to be the default choice when NVC assigns cases for Iranians.  Based on feedback I heard from others waiting for an appointment, Abu Dhabi is discriminating when it comes to assigning interview dates for non UAE residents. Some Iranians, Iraqi, and Kurdish nationalities are waiting without any update on an interview letter for 12-18 months already. However, if you are a UAE resident the waiting time is about 6 months. 

 

Yerevan (Armenia) is the last option and it seems they are not as backlogged. 

 

Question that I have:

 

• If I call NVC and ask them to assign my wife's case to Yerevan, would that set me back again and I start from day zero for Yerevan? I already waited 4 months past DQ in the Abu Dhabi queue

 

I would appreciate any other advise you can share with me regarding changing embassies. 

 

Thanks you! 

Hi, could you transfer your case, and did you get any updates?

[Nikki2023 0]

Hi, did you end up transferring and did your wife keep her place in line or was it moved to the end of backlog?