TanyaF

13 hours ago, fezlopez said:

Ok, here's how this works.

1. You don't ask your consulate, you ask the OTHER consulate first for the courtesy to take your case. They contact the other consulate, and then u sign a 

2. Everyone here is giving you correct & technical answer: you must hold residency/citizenship within that consulate's jurisdiction to get their access. They are correct, HOWEVER,

 

3. You can always ask the consulate. You simply briefly explain the situation, and see what they say. It makes sense. That's it. However, it's up to them, and they DO NOT have to grant you courtesy. 

4. Even if granted the courtesy, it doesn't mean you'll get the appointment right away or in the near future. So take caution.

 

WIsh you the best.

Thank you, this is really helpful and matches advice received from Dept of State.

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Indirectly sounds like you had your answer.

They seem to have referred it to Australia for their consideration of the request rather than processing, but yeah I suspect you may be right.

2 minutes ago, Boiler said:

Indirectly sounds like you had your answer.

Thanks. I have, but they seem to be quite confused about what I'm requesting and we're going around in circles. They sent my request to Australia who replied that it's up to El Salvador. El Salvador then re-sent to Australia 🤦‍♀️

Thanks. I have, but they seem to be quite confused about what I'm requesting and we're going around in circles. They sent my request to Australia who replied that it's up to El Salvador. El Salvador then re-sent to Australia 🤦‍♀️

Visitor, for the purposes of attending US visa interview.

I am an Aussie, currently in the US on a B2 visa visiting my fiancé. Our I-129F petition was finally approved, and I know I need to leave the US to be interviewed for my K1 visa. I have two dependent children,  currently in Australia, who will need to be interviewed for their K2 visas. Is it possible for us to be interviewed in different countries (i.e. for me to be interviewed in El Salvador and for my children to be interviewed in Australia)? Reason: it is difficult to get a flight back to Australia with current COVID-19 travel caps and we want our family to be reunited ASAP. 

I am so frustrated by this process! NOA1 received on 22 June 2020. We submitted a request to expedite I-129F in early September. Clear cut case. They were supposed to respond within 1 week. In mid-November we were finally informed in writing that our request to expedite had been approved and our case would be decided within 45 days (by the end of December). When this didn't happen, and we weren't receiving any useful information from the USCIS, we reached out to my fiance's Senator. Found out through the Senator that they'd lost our file/hadn't progressed it. We then promptly received a RFE...for evidence already provided!! We provided the evidence again, together with a Colorado court-certified statutory declaration that the evidence of previous divorce that we had originally provided is the only document the State of Colorado issues, and confirming its validity. It's been 2 weeks since they received our reply. Still no progress, although cases with NOA1s with August dates are already receiving their NOA2s. I get we need to have patience, but this really stinks. Our family continues to be separated due to what feels like bureaucratic incompetence! QUESTION: do you think it would make a difference to engage an immigration lawyer?

5 hours ago, waiting489 said:

9 Weeks is a very very long time. Have you called USCIS directly to ask?

It really is!

Yes, my fiance has called and emailed multiple times. He keeps being told he'll receive a response within 7 days, but the 'response' he receives is a call back 7 days later asking why he left a message, being advised the call centre operator can't see the case, and letting him know they've escalated it to a tier 2 operator. Then we enter another 7 day cycle. It would require a lot less effort on their behalf to simply decide the request.

It would be almost funny if it wasn't so important to us. Just wondering if anyone else has had this experience, and how they managed to break the cycle?

20 hours ago, Boiler said:

K1's are not currently being processed. 

 

I am intrigued as to how a K1 could be a compelling UK Government interest but that is not really relevant to the question, well often if you do not hear anything they do not consider it a valid reason.

I thought they were still being processed, albeit very slowly? Reports suggest 18 K1s were processed through Sydney in September. Has there been a formal announcement that K1s are not being processed?

My US fiance requested expedited processing based on compelling US government interests (supported by US Army) 9 weeks ago. We have not yet received any response. He has called the military help line a couple of times to follow up, and they keep advising they escalated the request and he'll hear within 7 days, but still nothing. Is there anything productive he can do to follow up? Based on what we've researched online this timeframe for an expedited request seems excessive, but would value advice please.