Riyadh or Cairo Embassy

[mandyu1 5]

hello everyone, I'm hoping that someone with experience with the Riyadh Embassy or Jeddah Consulate can help me. I recently sent in my I-129F and just received my NOA1. On the petition I listed the interview location as Jeddah Saudi Arabia (Im not sure if they are doing interviews there for K1, if not I'm sure they will send to Riyadh). My finance is Egyptian and in Saudi Arabia for work. My question is what kind of luck have people had with the embassy in Saudi? I read one story on here and it was like a nightmare. If the embassy is very difficult to get a visa thru we may try and change the location now to Cairo before we get to far into this thing. Although it would cause problems for him and his work if he has to go back to Egypt for this interview, we would rather face that then face a denial or months of additional processing.

Thanks in advance

[QAtester 0]

No Immigrant visa interviews can be done in Jeddah. All Immigrant visa interviews are done in Riyadh.

I think that the Riyadh embassy sees far...far less Immigrant visas applicants than the Cairo embassy so this may or may not work to your advantage.

It seems logical to have your interview at the country where your job is located.

One additional thought is that if you are women then you cannot travel to Saudi Arabia without a Mahram (relative male companion, IE husband), so in case you want to be with your fiancé for your interview going to Saudi Arabia will not be possible at all where in Egypt USC are given visas at the airport to enter the country. I hope this information helps you decide on what you want to do