Can Fiance move to another country after filing 129F?-NOA1

[ErinM 0]

My Fiance and I are currently living in Greece, and had hoped to have the visa process completed by this fall, however due to the fee increases and the enormous influx of applications, I think it will take more like 6 or 8 months to receive the visa (if it's approved!). We don't want to live in Greece any longer , though we had listed Athens as his interview location on the I-129F petition.

We wanted to look into moving to Canada some time around October to work and wait out the rest of the visa process. How plausible is this? We wouldn't know for sure that we were moving for another month or so, and wouldn't really have a mailing address there until we/he actually moved.

Is it possible to change the consulate and country where the fiance is awaiting his interview? Does this slow the process or raise red flags in any way?

My fiance is Australian (greek australian) and has lived in greece for several years now, and doesn't want to stay and be conscripted into the army.

Has anyone got experience with this?

Thanks heaps!

[Michaelshultz 0]

I would advise against it for now. I talked about this with my lawuer and she said that i would have to start again their is no way to change it. Im not sure if she was just trying to get more money from me but she said she would have to do it again and for me not to let my love move it would slow everything down alot. I hope this helps

[KarenCee 3]

My Fiance and I are currently living in Greece, and had hoped to have the visa process completed by this fall, however due to the fee increases and the enormous influx of applications, I think it will take more like 6 or 8 months to receive the visa (if it's approved!). We don't want to live in Greece any longer , though we had listed Athens as his interview location on the I-129F petition.

We wanted to look into moving to Canada some time around October to work and wait out the rest of the visa process. How plausible is this? We wouldn't know for sure that we were moving for another month or so, and wouldn't really have a mailing address there until we/he actually moved.

Is it possible to change the consulate and country where the fiance is awaiting his interview? Does this slow the process or raise red flags in any way?

My fiance is Australian (greek australian) and has lived in greece for several years now, and doesn't want to stay and be conscripted into the army.

Has anyone got experience with this?

Thanks heaps!

IMHO I feel that this is a good question for a competent immigration attorney. Hopefully someone else on here has been in this same situation and can advise you as to what they did. Best wishes.

[ErinM 0]

Spoke to USCIS and got a few different responses... basically one lady told me I needed to file I 824 (? I think) which is an adjustment of the petition after approval. But we have just filed.. so it seemed silly to have to wait until it's approved to change a minor thing like the address / consulate to interview at.

My Dad gave them a call and was told that all I have to do is send a "certified letter" to the Vermont filing center referencing my receipt number, and question 20, notifying them of the new mailing address and filing consulate.

Wonder which is real..

But no one said it would jeapordize his visa status at all, so that's good news. Just thought I'd update.

[pushbrk 14,063]

Spoke to USCIS and got a few different responses... basically one lady told me I needed to file I 824 (? I think) which is an adjustment of the petition after approval. But we have just filed.. so it seemed silly to have to wait until it's approved to change a minor thing like the address / consulate to interview at.

My Dad gave them a call and was told that all I have to do is send a "certified letter" to the Vermont filing center referencing my receipt number, and question 20, notifying them of the new mailing address and filing consulate.

Wonder which is real..

But no one said it would jeapordize his visa status at all, so that's good news. Just thought I'd update.

A lot of things about the process are going to sound silly but I think the certified letter thing might work if it gets there before approval. Catch 22 is that USCIS is notorious for not connecting such correspondence to cases. I see the prospect as risky but worth a try. If they don't end up changing the Consulate, he just goes back to Greece for the interview. In any event, you'll want to maintain the ability for mail to be delivered in his behalf to some address in Greece at least until you know the request has been honored.