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Hi everyone. We submitted our IR1 almost 3 months ago in Brazil where I reside and am a citizen. Now we’ll be moving to europe as I have a pending residency request which is moving forward. So in the next couple of months I should also hold a Portuguese residency and we’ll be living there until the US visa is approved and issued.

My question is:

 

1) is it possible to change the US embassy interview location once the IR1 has been submitted?

It seems like it is but we’d need to send a written request to rhe embassy. If you have experiences doing this I’d appreciate to hear about it.

 

2) If it is possible, is it easy/attainable or does it add more time to the process? Or possibly less time depending in the embassy/country backlog?

 

Thanks in advance for the answers. We need to know this because this will affect our move and logistics in terms of extra flights and luggage we’d need to take with us.

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1. based on ur post u already submitted i-130 3 months ago. so what does it mean change embassy once IR1 has been submitted? usually u move to another country, hold PR over there, u can send letter to USCIS to request change of venue/embassy location IF by the time you moved, ur -130 hasnt been approved yet. 

2. it depend on the specific country

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2 hours ago, curiousimmigrant3 said:

Hi everyone. We submitted our IR1 almost 3 months ago in Brazil where I reside and am a citizen. Now we’ll be moving to europe as I have a pending residency request which is moving forward. So in the next couple of months I should also hold a Portuguese residency and we’ll be living there until the US visa is approved and issued.

My question is:

 

1) is it possible to change the US embassy interview location once the IR1 has been submitted?

It seems like it is but we’d need to send a written request to rhe embassy. If you have experiences doing this I’d appreciate to hear about it.

 

2) If it is possible, is it easy/attainable or does it add more time to the process? Or possibly less time depending in the embassy/country backlog?

 

Thanks in advance for the answers. We need to know this because this will affect our move and logistics in terms of extra flights and luggage we’d need to take with us.


1.) Are you the petitioner or the beneficiary? And do you live with your spouse/ will you be moving with your spouse?
You don’t have to do anything now. No need to inform USCIS you’ve moved. You will be assigned Brazil once the I130 is approved. Then you can contact NVC and request they change the consulate providing proof you live in Portugal now. If things remain the same you will interview in Paris, as Lisbon no longer processes immigrant visas. 

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4 hours ago, Verrou said:

1. based on ur post u already submitted i-130 3 months ago. so what does it mean change embassy once IR1 has been submitted? usually u move to another country, hold PR over there, u can send letter to USCIS to request change of venue/embassy location IF by the time you moved, ur -130 hasnt been approved yet. 

2. it depend on the specific country

Change of Consulate is not a USCIS issue.  You do it at the NVC stage.

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06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

 
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