K1 Visa petition for Russian Fiancée

[JasonInNH 12]

Hello, 
First, I want to thank everyone here. It's through this site, I found the information and guidance to begin the K1 Visa process for my fiancée who resides in Russia. 

 

I have a question... we already submitted the i-129F application back in April. Then, as now, there seems to be a backlog for Visa processing at the US Embassy in Moscow. So, when we submitted the petition we put the next nearest embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia in the "Consular Processing Information" section of the petition. We had heard that the surrounding embassy's would be able to process the application and interview faster when it got to that point.

But, I read here that all petitions for Russian Nationals get processed in the Moscow embassy?

 

Can someone confirm? We still have a long while to wait, but we want to plan and anticipate if the interview and such will happen in Russia or Georgia. 

Any feedback would be appreciated

 

Thanks,

Jason

[geowrian 22,338]

https://ru.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/

“Immigrant visas to the United States are processed for citizens and residents of Russia at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.”

 

Note that a K-1 is nonimmigrant but is processed by the immigrant visa unit so the above applies.

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,096]

I'm a month or so behind you, and I don't think requesting a transfer would be practical for us so I'm hoping the interview backlog in Moscow clears up at least a little, but...

 

I'm pretty sure that regardless of what you put on the form, the petition will be sent to the consulate that handles K-1s for where the beneficiary's current residence.

 

If you want it transferred somewhere else, you have to request the other embassy request a transfer. Normally that only will work for where the beneficiary is a citizen of or where they reside, but sometimes extraordinary circumstances can affect this, and I've heard of Russian residents getting K-1s transferred elsewhere. Though I think they had family ties to wherever they got things transfered to.

[JasonInNH 12]

Thank you much. That is what I needed to know.