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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Mauritius
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Can my fiance come to the US for 6 months and interview in Canada, even though Canada isn't her home country? She is from Mauritius and would normally interview in Kenya, but is it possible to switch where she has her interview, to Canada? Thank you,

John

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
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I believe that it is up to the embassy/consulate whether to accept that request or not. Given the back up in Montreal I would guess that the answer would be no. Worst case scenario is no.

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Greece
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Can my fiance come to the US for 6 months and interview in Canada, even though Canada isn't her home country? She is from Mauritius and would normally interview in Kenya, but is it possible to switch where she has her interview, to Canada? Thank you,

John

It's usually the country of the beneficiary's residence at the time of the petition where the interview takes place. This isn't necessarily the same as the home country. If your fiancee currently resides in Kenya, then she'll be expected to attend the interview there.

Like Anh has said, you can put your request in, and the Embassy will decide whether to accept it or not. I tend to guess that they'd say no to such requests more often that yes. Think about it - if they allowed this to happen, thousands of people would happily fly to have their interview at those Consulates that are considered "easier", which would create an unfair difference in workload among Consulates. Let alone the severe delays that the most popular Consulates would experience - people could end up waiting for years to get an interview. Unless you can demonstrate a valid and serious reason as to why they should make an exception in her case, I'd expect them to say no.

My CR1 timeline (DCF London):
June 26, 2010 - civil wedding
Aug 2, 2010 - I-130 package mailed to the London Consulate (DCF)
Aug 9, 2010 - NOA1 (confirmation of receipt) via email
Sep 4, 2010 - religious wedding
Oct 21, 2010 - NOA2
Nov 25, 2010 - Case number received in the mail
Nov 29, 2010 - Medical
Dec 1, 2010 - DS-230I & DS-2001 forms mailed back
Feb 1, 2011 - Interview - APPROVED!!!
Feb 7, 2011 - Passport with Visa received via courier
June 7, 2011 - POE Los Angeles (LAX)
June 18, 2011 - 2-Year Green card received in the mail!!!

My ROC journey:
April 2, 2013 - I-751 package mailed to California Service Center

April 3, 2013 - NOA1 date
April 8, 2013 - check cleared
May 6, 2013 - Biometrics completed

July 25, 2013 - 10 year green card APPROVED!! (notification via text and email, and website updated)

July 29, 2013 - ROC approval letter received in the mail

July 31, 2013 - 10 year green card received in the mail!!!

My N-400 journey:

March 19, 2014 - N-400 package mailed to Phoenix, AZ Lockbox

March 24, 2014 - NOA1 date and Priority Date

March 27, 2014 - Check cleared

April 21, 2014 - Biometrics done

May 7, 2014 - In line for interview

June 23, 2014 - Scheduled for interview

July 28, 2014 - Interview - PASSED!!

July 30, 2014 - In line for oath

July 31, 2014 - Scheduled for oath

Aug 2, 2014 - Oath letter received

Aug 27, 2014 - Oath ceremony, I am a US citizen!!!

Sep 11, 2014 - US passport received

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Vietnam
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Can my fiance come to the US for 6 months and interview in Canada, even though Canada isn't her home country? She is from Mauritius and would normally interview in Kenya, but is it possible to switch where she has her interview, to Canada? Thank you,

John

The general rule is that the alien will apply for the visa at the consulate having jurisdiction over their place of residence. A consulate may accept a visa application from an alien who is physically present in an area, but does not reside in that area, if the alien can establish that they will remain present in the area as long as required to process the application. This is described in 22 CFR, section 42.61.

Given that the processing of a visa application requires a few months minimum, and may be substantially longer, an alien would usually have to be a legal resident in the area where they are applying for the visa, and not simply a visitor.

If you expect this request to be granted, you'll have to provide an address in Canada where she'll receive packets 3 and 4 in section 15 of the I-129F, and specify the consulate that has jurisdiction over that area in section 20.

12/15/2009 - K1 Visa Interview - APPROVED!

12/29/2009 - Married in Oakland, CA!

08/18/2010 - AOS Interview - APPROVED!

05/01/2013 - Removal of Conditions - APPROVED!

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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Can my fiance come to the US for 6 months and interview in Canada, even though Canada isn't her home country? She is from Mauritius and would normally interview in Kenya, but is it possible to switch where she has her interview, to Canada? Thank you,

John

If she is not a legal resident of Canada, then the answer to that question would be no. Any request to change to an embassy or consulate outside the jurisdiction of your fiancee's residence would probably be rejected out of hand. If she currently resides in Mauritius, she will interview in Nairobi.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

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