expedited I-130

[requiredquartic 0]

Hi -

think about filing through an expedited I-130 directly and my home country embassy. How fast should the process take all-in-all from your experience?

Thank you

[Roel 7,193]

You mean DCF? That's something different than expediting i130. 

[JFH 12,191]

Could you enlighten us as to which embassy this is? That will help with the guesswork as to how long it could take. 

[Boiler 46,374]

DCF is much quicker.

[requiredquartic 0]

Thanks for your help - we are filing in Germany

[pushbrk 13,254]

So you are filing Directly with the Consulate in Frankfurt, because you both live in Germany and you, the US Citizen has been living in Germany for six months or more.  Is that correct?  

[jundc 8]

On 8/26/2018 at 1:27 PM, requiredquartic said:

How fast should the process take all-in-all from your experience?

To see timelines for people doing DCF in Frankfurt, you can use this search: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?cfl=0&op1=&op2=&op3=5&op4=1&op6=All&op7=Germany&dfile=Yes&adv=1

 

It generally seems to take around 2 months on average for the I-130, and then a month or two after that for the visa application process (depending on when you get your medical and interview appointments). That's just the average case, and it's assuming there are no problems with your application, so you might not want to make any big plans around that kind of a schedule.