My husband and I were DQ'd at the NVC in Dec. 2021 and our case is still "At NVC". He currently resides in Peru, and for some reason the Peruvian embassy is backlogged for the CR1/IR1 visa by more than a year. We were comfortable with waiting the time, but his family in Peru have all moved back to Portugal.
He is now alone in Peru, and is considering moving to Portugal to at least be with his family while we wait for the interview date.
If we request an embassy transfer, we will be moved to the "back of the line", or is the interview timeline based on the DQ date?
If he moves to Portugal, does he need to provide an updated police certificate, judicial certificate, etc. from Peru (in addition to Portugal), or would the older ones provided to the NVC suffice? Asking because if he is living in Portugal, it would be difficult to obtain all of the necessary Peruvian certificates as he would have to obtain them in person.
Is there a way to obtain official data on the CR1/IR1 backlog in both the Peru and Portugal embassies? We are not embassy shopping, we are mainly trying to get a better estimate to make an informed decision on his move.
Would this be grounds to potentially expedite the case if he remains in Peru, since all of his immediate family has left?
Thank you all so much for your help! This is a really difficult time and we are just trying to make the best decision we can for our family.