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CR1 marriage based visa to USC. I am currently at the stage where I have my medical and interview date in February 2026.

 

I was born in Nigeria and came to the UK when I was 3yrs old. I have been living in the UK ever since and also have UK citizenship and British passport which I have used with an ESTA to travel to the states to visit my Husband a few times a year since mid 2022. We also applied for the marriage based green card via my British Passport.

 

With this new Travel ban Nigeria has been put on the partial ban list.

 

Would being born there and having dual UK and Nigerian citizenship stop them from issuing my visa? Me and my Husband are extremely worried

 

From what I can see it says Dual citizens where one of the citizenship is not on the ban list are fine to enter USA as long as you travel with the passport from unbanned country. But what about being issued a green card? Does being a UK citizen and having British passport save me?

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Thread is shifted from the CR-1 Case Progress subforum to the CR-1 Process forum.

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01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.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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20 minutes ago, S2N said:

I know in the Latin American context I have Venezuelan friends with passports from other countries that have no problem entering on those passports.

 

Thats a CBP question over a USCIS question, but ideally DHS would be aligned internally on that. Who knows though.

Yes I feel if I was to visit the US with my British passport it would be fine and I’d be allowed in. But my worry is that’s a different situation to this pause on immigrant visas USCIS has decided on for those born/citizen of a banned country. It’s all so worrying 

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What's giving you the impression your birth country would matter in this context?  Is it just a fear, or is there some basis for it.  I'm not aware of a reason for concern.

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2 hours ago, pushbrk said:

What's giving you the impression your birth country would matter in this context?  Is it just a fear, or is there some basis for it.  I'm not aware of a reason for concern.

Thanks for responding. It’s due to this USCIS policy memorandum 

 

https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-alerts/PM-602-0192-PendingApplicationsHighRiskCountries-20251202.pdf

 

I am a British citizen and passport holder but was also born in Nigeria and have Nigerian passport and citizenship, so I am unsure how this pause affects me and my USC Husbands CR1/IR1 application. 
 

We have our medical and interview date in Feb 2026 and are unsure if we will be approved due to this pause. Very worried 

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4 hours ago, pushbrk said:

What's giving you the impression your birth country would matter in this context?  Is it just a fear, or is there some basis for it.  I'm not aware of a reason for concern.


The most recent executive action tightened the family-based exemption. I haven’t had time to read through it to see full impact, but the slip sheet the White House put out on it called out tightening restrictions there since family-based visas can be fraud prone.

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4 hours ago, pushbrk said:

What's giving you the impression your birth country would matter in this context?  Is it just a fear, or is there some basis for it.  I'm not aware of a reason for concern.

pushbrk   I think this is why he is concerned Page 1 in footnote 3

 

This applies to aliens who list one of the 19 high-risk countries as their Country of Birth or Country of Citizenship

 

OP it says each case will be considered on case-by-case review 

u have been in UK since age 3 and you are not trying to bypass the system by getting dual citizenship 

You are not one of the ones that got citizenship by investment (Dec 16 white house statement) to conceal identity and bypass the vetting 

u are truly a UK citizen

you have the ESTA and that is also in your favor

 

the very best to you and spouse 

 
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