Transfer CR1 Visa documents to different country from Lagos to schedule interview

[MusicLady1988 1]

Hi

my husband and I are DQ as of May 5 2023 and I understand it is 1 year turn around to receive IL from NVC. I’ve heard some people have transferred this case to a different region and have been able to schedule an interview a lot sooner there. What is the process for this? Can anyone advice? Would this be an option for us? I am a native US citizen and he is native Nigerian.

 

any response is helpful

 

thank you 

[powerpuff 6,734]

~~ Topic moved from DCF forum to CR1/IR1 spousal visa forum ~~
 

You need either citizenship or long term residency in a country where you want to transfer to. That would be the basis for your transfer request. You can’t transfer just because you don’t want to wait long at the consulate you’re assigned to. 

[JeanneAdil 6,561]

Nigerian husband will go thru lengthy AP for additional security checks and doing an interview in country makes it harder for embassy to get these done

plus u are dq without saying lived in a foreign country and providing criminal report from there 

[MusicLady1988 1]

Okay - yes it seems we are just in it for the long haul again but at least we are half way through. Thank you for your response. We will bid our time. 

Yes not worth it. We will pray and wait and he will be here in one more year then

[Boiler 45,670]

You have to ask the Consulate in the Country concerned if they will take  the transfer

[MusicLady1988 1]

Update! My husband and I got him transferred for Freetown Sierra Leone embassy. Praise God! Does anyone know how long it is taking for an interview to be scheduled there? We literally got the approval for his transfer today and our portal now says Freetown for his embassy instead of Lagos.

[Nesah 5]

Congratulations! We are interested in transferring as well as there is a long queue at the Nairobi embassy as well. Can we ask what was the reasoning you gave when requesting the transfer that was approved? Did you send the request directly to the embassy? Thanks!

[MusicLady1988 1]

Hey Nesah

 

we didn’t have to give any reasoning. The fact that the embassy is backlogged is enough and NVC will know that. You need to have residency at the state for the embassy you want to transfer to. You need certain documents. Once you have those to prove residency in the state you just go to NVC inquiry form and submit a request to transfer and upload the supporting documents. Lawyers will tell you to also contact the embassy to transfer that but that’s not true. I only submitted the request to NVC and they easily transferred him within 5 days. You will just have to decide where you want to transfer to and then get the proper documentation. Also research an embassy that does not have backlog. I heard Benin also has interviews available sooner

[Nesah 5]

Thank you so much for this information! We will look into it!