CR1 processing

[zenaxe 22]

I read somewhere but am not sure where exactly, that CR1 visas are processed in part by country of birth rather than in which country one may live. Does anyone have information on this?

[canadian_wife 1,822]

Gosh I don't think I've heard of that. The interview takes place where the beneficiary is a legal resident. I'm sure some people where born in country A then moved as a child to country B never to return to country A - it would be absolutly unnecessay to make that person return to country A simply for the interview.

Besides, lots of PR's of Canada have interviewed in Canada and have not had to return to their country of birth. Perhaps you're thinking of the K-3 interview that takes place in the country of marriage

Good luck

[Carlawarla 1]

Never heard of that either. If the person who's being interviewed is lawfully in the country he's residing in, then he would be interviewed at that location. There was someone once in the Canada Forum, not that long ago, that had a refugee status I beleive? The case was put in AP I think, because he had to provide proof that he had a claim in right now for that status or something? Otherwise no, you don't get interviewed in the country of your birth that I'm aware of.

[pushbrk 12,877]

I read somewhere but am not sure where exactly, that CR1 visas are processed in part by country of birth rather than in which country one may live. Does anyone have information on this?

Country of birth can impact the processing of both the petition and the visa application even if the interview is is the country of residence. For example we recently had a thread about a Pakistani interviewed in London who went through AP after the interview BECAUSE he's from Pakistan.

[zenaxe 22]

Gosh I don't think I've heard of that. The interview takes place where the beneficiary is a legal resident. I'm sure some people where born in country A then moved as a child to country B never to return to country A - it would be absolutly unnecessay to make that person return to country A simply for the interview.

Besides, lots of PR's of Canada have interviewed in Canada and have not had to return to their country of birth. Perhaps you're thinking of the K-3 interview that takes place in the country of marriage

Good luck

No it's not where you interview. Yes you would interview in the country you reside ie Canada etc; but it terms of how the petitions or visas are processed. I'll see if I can dig that up. I could be way off but thought it was on the gov't sites or maybe I misread something; hence my post inquiring.

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Country of birth can impact the processing of both the petition and the visa application even if the interview is is the country of residence. For example we recently had a thread about a Pakistani interviewed in London who went through AP after the interview BECAUSE he's from Pakistan.

Interesting to note this.

[msd 3]

I was speculating about this aswell.

Another woman from Austria had her CR-I Visa in hand in as little as 4 months. Too bad there are not more timelines from my country to further invesitage.

She told me her husband and her don't know why it went so fast. They did not ask for expedited processing or had a CO call the USCIS.

Very misterious.