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Was wondering if any members had experience with switching to another embassy once their case had already been initiated. Due to the Covid 19 my spouse is currently in Cairo. He resides in Kuwait and that is the embassy he would be scheduled to attend his interview. Our file is awaiting transfer from NVC to the embassy, but due to the closures, we wondered if the US embassy in Cairo might open sooner, and also if there is difficulties returning to Kuwait, this would delay the process. Just curious if anyone had ever switched locations. Thank you

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Is he legally in Cairo as a resident?

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28 minutes ago, Luckycuds said:

Is he legally in Cairo as a resident?

Yes he is an Egyptian citizen and holds an Egyptian passport. He has a residency permit in Kuwait. We were vacationing in Cairo when Covid 19 shut everything down. I was able to get a repatriation flight to the US. He must wait for Kuwait to allow RP holders to return. If this takes a long time, we wondered about switching to the US embassy in Cairo. Just not sure how that would work, and perhaps it would be an even longer delay.

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21 hours ago, KV & HO said:

Hello

Was wondering if any members had experience with switching to another embassy once their case had already been initiated. Due to the Covid 19 my spouse is currently in Cairo. He resides in Kuwait and that is the embassy he would be scheduled to attend his interview. Our file is awaiting transfer from NVC to the embassy, but due to the closures, we wondered if the US embassy in Cairo might open sooner, and also if there is difficulties returning to Kuwait, this would delay the process. Just curious if anyone had ever switched locations. Thank you

I would keep it as is since embassies are close too. When situation gets better, I am assuming he has to return to Kuwait for work anyways unless he is planning to not return to Kuwait.

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On 5/28/2020 at 11:55 PM, KV & HO said:

Hello

Was wondering if any members had experience with switching to another embassy once their case had already been initiated. Due to the Covid 19 my spouse is currently in Cairo. He resides in Kuwait and that is the embassy he would be scheduled to attend his interview. Our file is awaiting transfer from NVC to the embassy, but due to the closures, we wondered if the US embassy in Cairo might open sooner, and also if there is difficulties returning to Kuwait, this would delay the process. Just curious if anyone had ever switched locations. Thank you

My case was moved to different country due to embassy in Iraq closed. The NVC assigned case to another embassy. I requested a different embassy and they approved it. 

During that process I was told that you can only switch embassies for some extenuating circumstance. I don't know what those happen to be. Also, the embassy you request has to approve it as well. 

I guess it wouldn't hurt to ask, but things are getting complicated in the world with COVID and I anticipate a lot of ppl trying to switch embassies to try to get to ones that are opening sooner than the one they are assigned to. 

 

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