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Can you do DCF if you have dual citizenship?

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Hi everyone, just a quick question. I have dual citizenship (American and Albanian). Does that mean that I'm eligible for Direct Consular Filing in Albania for I-130 or do I still need to have lived there for at least 6 months?

Thanks for your time guys.

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Hi everyone, just a quick question. I have dual citizenship (American and Albanian). Does that mean that I'm eligible for Direct Consular Filing in Albania for I-130 or do I still need to have lived there for at least 6 months?

Thanks for your time guys.

To be eligible to do DCF, you need to be USC and resident in the foreign country where you want to file. So you should still have to have 6 months residence in Albania. The best way to find out for sure is to contact the US Embassy/Consulate there.

If you've currently been in Albania for a little while, even as short as a month, and you can stay be there for at least seven months in total, I would still go for DCF. You can go back to the US after filing. It would still be the faster, simpler process.

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