Can my spouse interview for the non immigrant visa in her country of residence?

[farcry80 0]

Hi all,

This site has been truly helpful. I recently filed my I130 for my spouse and got the NOA amazingly quick in a week. But now doing the I129F I came upon qestion 20 which basically states that I have to identify the country where she would have to go for her interview and it states that it has to be the country of marriage. We got married in India but her country of residence is the UK.

So I wan wondering if there is any exception to this rule, where I can specify the interview post as UK as opposed to India? Hope I made sense.

Thanks.

[profesormopar 0]

Hi all,

This site has been truly helpful. I recently filed my I130 for my spouse and got the NOA amazingly quick in a week. But now doing the I129F I came upon qestion 20 which basically states that I have to identify the country where she would have to go for her interview and it states that it has to be the country of marriage. We got married in India but her country of residence is the UK.

So I wan wondering if there is any exception to this rule, where I can specify the interview post as UK as opposed to India? Hope I made sense.

Thanks.

Hi all,

This site has been truly helpful. I recently filed my I130 for my spouse and got the NOA amazingly quick in a week. But now doing the I129F I came upon qestion 20 which basically states that I have to identify the country where she would have to go for her interview and it states that it has to be the country of marriage. We got married in India but her country of residence is the UK.

So I wan wondering if there is any exception to this rule, where I can specify the interview post as UK as opposed to India? Hope I made sense.

Thanks.

you're gonna have to go to uscis.gov and call them for that one.

[sunset2005 0]

i agree with the other reply about calling the uscis. it is my understanding that wherever you got married, that is the embassy u will have the interview at. good luck with everything

[Yodrak 7]

farcry80,

There are 2 exceptions. Neither one applies to your situation.

Forget a K3 visa or have your spouse plan on a trip to India.

Yodrak

Hi all,

This site has been truly helpful. I recently filed my I130 for my spouse and got the NOA amazingly quick in a week. But now doing the I129F I came upon qestion 20 which basically states that I have to identify the country where she would have to go for her interview and it states that it has to be the country of marriage. We got married in India but her country of residence is the UK.

So I wan wondering if there is any exception to this rule, where I can specify the interview post as UK as opposed to India? Hope I made sense.

Thanks.

[angelique 0]

Based on firsthand experience, they will definitely require your spouse to have the interview back in India. My case is pretty similar to yours. I live in Jakarta, Indonesia, but we got married in Switzerland,thus, I will have to attend my interview (this coming May) in Bern,Switzerland. I've asked them to make any exceptions, but went to no avail........

hope that helps...

[lucyrich 20]

The USCIS and Department of State don't have discretion on the matter. Congress wrote that requirement into the law for the K-3. I have no idea why. If you want an exception for your case, you'll have to get Congress to change the law to grant you one.

If travel to the country of the marriage won't work for you, the other option is to pursue only a CR-1 (or IR-1) visa.