Is DCF the fastest route?

[Misterwoe 0]

I am a US Citizen and my wife of nine years is Greek. We want to move to the U.S. (we also have a son together who is a US Citizen)

 

I am trying to determine if I want to go through DCF or if it's better to bring my wife to the states and do everything stateside.

 

Really, I just want this process to be as fast and as easy as possible. But also, I don't want to live in Greece much longer if I can help it.

 

I work virtually with a US-based company. I think we have a simple case and the only potential hang-up is the fact I work for a cannabis education company!

 

Any input is most appreciated.

[Jorge V 195]

Yes, DCF is very fast. I just recently (two days ago actually), finished our DCF process and it only took 7 weeks from start to finish. I checked the current processing times for the Athens USCIS office ( https://egov.uscis.gov/cris/ptIntlIntro.do ) and they claim a processing time of less than 1 month. This is the same as my local office in Mexico. Keep in mind that this is only for the first half of the process, it might take a while to get an appointment at the embassy, but you would have to wait for this appointment if you went the other route anyway. Our application took 2 weeks to get approved but the soonest interview appointment was 5 weeks away.

 

Keep in mind that taking your wife to the US on a tourist visa for the purpose of adjusting her status once she is there is technically visa fraud. You will find some people who have done this but it is generally not recommend. You're only strictly legal options are 1) Standard IR-1 visa which takes 12-14 months or 2) DCF which can take as little as 1 month but it completely depends on your embassy.

Edited August 17, 2017 by Jorge Valdivia

[Jorge V 195]

Forgot to mention that if you were to go the tourist visa -> adjustment of status, your wife will not be able to travel or work until she applies for and receives her advance parole, which takes around 4 months. I believe that the overall processing time (filing -> greencard in hand) for this method is currently 8-12 months.

[stoney2016 5]

DCF or expediting and not all expedited request are granted but mine was USEM Manila has mine and I sent my I-130 packet in on June 23, 2017 to uscis senator made expedited request on my behalf and it was granted and forwarded to NVC then Last week senator made another expedited request and I got email today saying it was granted and forwarded to the embassy. So I have to pay my AOS and IV bill same day as interview. my wife is at rapidvisa agency doing her DS-260 today CFO seminar sept 5