Question about beneficiary relocation / changing visa interview location

[Pam&Davey 0]

My fiancée lived in hong kong when I submitted the petition, but she has since relocated to Philippines (her home nation, where she now resides)..but we were assigned a case number starting with “hnk” (apparently indicating that the case will be sent to hong kong). Even though the hong kong embassy seems to be processing visas normally (unlike the manila embassy) and she could try to travel there for the interview (thus probably allowing her to get her visa more quickly), that’s currently impossible (due to covid travel restrictions). Our case is currently at nvc. I guess i need to contact nvc and have our case changed such that it will be sent to the manila embassy?

 

 

note: i don’t know if i posted it in the right forum

Edited April 14, 2021 by Pam&Davey

[J&D1008 376]

11 minutes ago, Pam&Davey said:

My fiancée lived in hong kong when I submitted the petition, but she has since relocated to Philippines (her home nation, where she now resides)..but we were assigned a case number starting with “hnk” (apparently indicating that the case will be sent to hong kong). Even though the hong kong embassy seems to be processing visas normally (unlike the manila embassy) and she could try to travel there for the interview (thus probably allowing her to get her visa more quickly), that’s currently impossible (due to covid travel restrictions). Our case is currently at nvc. I guess i need to contact nvc and have our case changed such that it will be sent to the manila embassy?

 

 

note: i don’t know if i posted it in the right forum

It sounds like she's better off going to Hong Kong for an interview rather than Philippines where she will be waiting a year. 

[HRQX 4,145]

1 minute ago, J&D1008 said:

It sounds like she's better off going to Hong Kong for an interview rather than Philippines where she will be waiting a year. 

How would she attend the interview in HK? Looks like extremely difficult to return to HK:

14 minutes ago, Pam&Davey said:

that’s currently impossible (due to covid travel restrictions).

[powerpuff 6,746]

If you manage to “catch” your case at NVC before it’s shipped off, you need to contact NVC through public inquiry form, briefly explain the reason for relocating and attach a copy of her passport to show she’s a citizen of the Philippines. They do take a while to respond (around 2 weeks for us). No need to send multiple inquiries, you can track when they respond to emails here https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/nvc-timeframes.html

[Ryan H 3,819]

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