Transfer Case File Between Embassies

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My Russian fiancee was living in Dubai, UAE, at the time we applied for her K1 visa. We received the NOA2 just 3 weeks prior to her moving back to Russia on June 7. Unfortunately, although we asked for processing to be through the Moscow Embassy in our application, they instead sent the file to Abu Dhabi, UAE. She sent a letter to the US Embassy in Moscow on June 10 requesting the file be transferred from Abu Dhabi, but now we are stuck in limbo with no word on whether the Moscow Embassy has even requested the file yet from Abu Dhabi. In the meantime, I received the embassy packet from Abu Dhabi with an interview date there. (I'm not sure why it was sent to me instead of my fiancee!)

Does anyone have any experience dealing with getting their file transferred from one embassy to another? Any advice (besides "Good Luck!") would be greatly appreciated. It was bad enough waiting over 5 months for the NOA2, but it is now 2 months since that time and we are still on hold.

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My Russian fiancee was living in Dubai, UAE, at the time we applied for her K1 visa. We received the NOA2 just 3 weeks prior to her moving back to Russia on June 7. Unfortunately, although we asked for processing to be through the Moscow Embassy in our application, they instead sent the file to Abu Dhabi, UAE. She sent a letter to the US Embassy in Moscow on June 10 requesting the file be transferred from Abu Dhabi, but now we are stuck in limbo with no word on whether the Moscow Embassy has even requested the file yet from Abu Dhabi. In the meantime, I received the embassy packet from Abu Dhabi with an interview date there. (I'm not sure why it was sent to me instead of my fiancee!)

Does anyone have any experience dealing with getting their file transferred from one embassy to another? Any advice (besides "Good Luck!") would be greatly appreciated. It was bad enough waiting over 5 months for the NOA2, but it is now 2 months since that time and we are still on hold.

I called the Dept of State today and learned that the Moscow Embassy finally received our file last Friday, July 25, after 36 days since Abu Dhabi says they transferred it. We have an interview scheduled for September 19.