DCF Switzerland - has anyone filed recently?

[avig_basel 0]

Hi everyone,

 

I am looking at US immigration options for myself and my US wife from Switzerland. Filing from outside the US is almost 14 months, and we want to be in the US by October. My wife, the US Citizen, is close to receiving a job offer for a position in September. Do you think that might qualify us for an exceptional circumstances? She will quit her current job for it.

 

Also, any Swiss citizens filed through the Bern US embassy office? Would be interested to know the 'exceptional circumstances' acceptance rate.

 

 

Thanks,

Avi

[millefleur 5,047]

Haven't seen too many Swiss filers around, let alone DCF Swiss filers. Let us know how it goes – it's the Embassy/DOS's call at the end of the day. Job offers are listed as possible reasons for DCF.

 

In general "exceptional circumstances" DCF filers are less common here than USCIS international field office DCF filers. Best of luck on the journey!

[jan22 3,056]

16 hours ago, millefleur said:

Haven't seen too many Swiss filers around, let alone DCF Swiss filers. Let us know how it goes – it's the Embassy/DOS's call at the end of the day. Job offers are listed as possible reasons for DCF.

 

In general "exceptional circumstances" DCF filers are less common here than USCIS international field office DCF filers. Best of luck on the journey!

Actually, it is not the Embassy/DOS that makes the call. They receive the request, but merely forward it to the regional USCIS office with responsibility for the country in which the request was made.  In this case, that would be the office in Frankfurt, Germany.  They then have to wait until USCIS informs them whether they can accept the filing or not.

[millefleur 5,047]

Just now, jan22 said:

Actually, it is not the Embassy/DOS that makes the call. They receive the request, but merely forward it to the regional USCIS office with responsibility for the country in which the request was made.  In this case, that would be the office in Frankfurt, Germany.  They then have to wait until USCIS informs them whether they can accept the filing or not.

Oh, I didn't know that! Interesting. Thanks for correcting me. I've only done the "traditional" DCF via USCIS field office. Best of luck.

[jan22 3,056]

3 minutes ago, millefleur said:

Oh, I didn't know that! Interesting. Thanks for correcting me. I've only done the "traditional" DCF via USCIS field office. Best of luck.

You're welcome.  I just think it's important for people to know processing steps, as it may help them be more realistic about timelines. Some people, for example, get upset if they don't get a quick response to a request like this, not knowing it is outside the Embassy's hands.

[payxibka 10,047]

Rumors that uscis international field offices are being closed,  with Moscow closing already in March.   If this happens,  DCF is likely gone 

[millefleur 5,047]

1 hour ago, payxibka said:

Rumors that uscis international field offices are being closed,  with Moscow closing already in March.   If this happens,  DCF is likely gone 

So far the other international field offices are open. There haven't been any other official closure announcements yet so I assume people can still apply. With Moscow, they put up the closure announcement on the USCIS FO page and then listed a deadline for filing. Haven't seen that yet with any of the others, so it seems they are still accepting applications.

 

There's an official "closings" page on USCIS, only Moscow has been listed thus far:

 

https://www.uscis.gov/about-us/uscis-office-closings

[avig_basel 0]

Thanks everyone, not really the answers I was looking for, but I will keep you all posted!

[Just Paul 4,595]

15 hours ago, payxibka said:

DCF is likely gone

DCF like many of us have done will be gone.  A few weeks ago I attended a immigration "roundtable" and brought up the issue.  Take with a grain of salt but I was told that  DCF for exceptional circumstances will continue but that authorization will have to come from the US, from an office yet to be determined.  

 

If you want to DCF now is the time!