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I'm hoping between the new job situation combined with my medical situation that it will suffice for an expedited request. I have an auto-immune disease that requires specialized medication to be delivered to my house on dry ice and self injected every 3 months and routine blood testing every 6 months. When I had my previous part-time remote job, they were flexible about me taking time off as needed. So I could fly back to the states, receive the delivery, inject myself, and go back to Mexico. But with my new full time job, it's just not going to be possible as a long term solution. And the medication isnt available in Mexico, name brand or generic. So hopefully between those two things, my expedited request can be approved /: How long do expedited requests take these days?

I am scheduled to receive my residency card on the 18th of January, the company is thankfully willing to be flexible and is sympathetic to my situation. They would like me to relocate ideally by the end of February and will allow me to work remotely from Mexico until then. But ultimately want me back in the states for the long term. I just heard back from the US consulate in Juarez and they said my circumstances don't qualify for DCF, I suspect its because I didn't receive my residency card in time. The local INM office here in Cancun frustrates me to no end, no one knows whats going on at all most of the time... The US consulate suggested that I file an expedited request. Although my company is sympathetic and flexible to my situation, I'm scared I'm going to end up losing my dream job and I can't move to the states without my husband's income as we are a dual income household, I can't do it all by myself from the states, its just too expensive. Do you think I will be able to do an expedited request?

Thank you very much! I just sent them an email. I thought I had read online that Mexico City processed spouse visas for DCF but perhaps I was incorrect or perhaps that has now changed. Either way, Mexico City or Cuidad Juarez, makes no difference to me.

Oh wait... I just noticed on the American Citizen Services Contact Form it says at the top "This form is only for questions regarding U.S. citizens in Mexico and pending U.S. passport and Consular Report of Birth Abroad applications. We typically respond within three business days. Questions outside of these areas (for example U.S. visas and U.S. legal residency) will not be answered.

I did fill out the American Citizen Services Form so I hope they get back to me on that. As. for the NCV form, I tried that but it appears to be for people who already have cases in the system because the first required question it asks is for your NVC case number, which we don't have because we haven't filed yet.

I wish to proceed with DCF with special circumstances but when I tried to call the consulate in Mexico City and selected the "visas" option on the phone, the automated response was to go to the website, that they can't answer visa questions. So I went to the website and sent an email but I just got a response saying they can't answer my question either because they are just a help center. Does anyone know who I need to contact at the Mexico City consulate to complete DCF?

We did research it, in fact, we even contacted an immigration attorney. And from what we found online and what the attorney told us was that we could either go through the process before I left the USA or once we got there. Mexican law does allow a tourist visa to be exchanged for a temporary visa for spouses only within Mexico, so that's the way we decided to go because the INM office is only a 3 minute walk away from our apartment we thought it would be simple but I digress... My husband is going to contact our leasing agent to see if we can get a copy of the lease but with my name added onto it. The electricity and internet bills are in the apartment owner's name, my husband pay's the amount owed to the leasing agency every month. And water is included in our rent.

Hello all, I will begin the process of DCF here in Mexico via the consulate in Mexico City but I have a few questions. I moved to Mexico to live with my husband who is a Mexican citizen with the plan to live for a few years there, but after moving here just 3.5 months later I got laid off from my remote job. I have just accepted a job back in the USA which requires me to move back to the US by mid January. I remember reading somewhere that before they removed the option to file without exceptional circumstances there was a rule that you had to live in the country for 6 months in order to apply for DCF. Does that also apply to exceptional circumstances as well? If so, is that 6 month rule strict? In a few days we will have hit the 5 month mark so by the time I file we will be under 6 months. And one other thing - how do I prove that I was living here and not just residing here as a tourist? I entered on a tourist visa and we have been going through the process of switching me over to a Family Visa through my marriage with my husband but the process here in Mexico has been long. Every time I go to an appointment something is missing, something is wrong, or some else needs to be done, its quite frustrating... I have an appointment in mid January for my visa if all goes well, I will have my temporary residency card then, but that doesn't do me much good for when I go to file. We have a lease here but it is in my husband's name since he moved in about a month before me. Any suggestions? Thank you!

Thank you very much for that information. That's really helpful and I think that will be the route I take should the worst happen. Thank you kindly.

To visit if there is a funeral. But eventually he will move with me to the USA, but we're not interested in moving out of Mexico for at least another year. Okay, that's what I was wondering, thank you.

Well no, but under other reasons you can file a DCF in Mexico City other than relocation "medical emergencies" is listed as a reason you can file for DCF.

I had a friend who lived down here with his partner and he suddenly needed to move back to the states for relocation due to his job. He filed the I-130 through DCF, got that request approved in 2 weeks and then after that got their interview date three weeks later in Mexico City. I was hoping maybe I could go that route if possible?

No I haven't, we were simply going to wait two years and go right for the IR-1 since we've already been married for almost a year now.

I am currently living in Mexico. Do you think doing a direct consular filing for an I-130 would maybe a good option? I know they allow DCF for medical purposes for both the petitioner and beneficiary.

I am sorry if this posted in the wrong place, I think I've only ever posted one other time. But right now my father is in late stage heart failure and I'm afraid he will unfortunately pass away soon. If the worst happens, I would want my husband to come to the funeral to comfort me. He is a Mexican citizen, he doesn't have a CR1 or IR1. I am a US citizen. It says foreigner can apply for emergency visas for to attend to immediate family members but it would by my husband's father-in-law. Is that immediate enough to get an emergency visa to come to the states with me should the worst happen? Thank you kindly.