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Mackenzie Goss   0

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Hi everyone, I've never posted here before so I hope I'm doing this right. 

My fiancé is Venezuelan and I'm American, but we both live in the DR. My fiancé is undocumented here in the DR. Can he still have his interview here at the embassy in the DR even though he does not have a residency?

Thanks in advance!

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Legal residence or stay is normally required.  He has another issue.  He will, likely, need a police certificate for everywhere he has lived.  

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13 minutes ago, Lucky Cat said:

Legal residence or stay is normally required.  He has another issue.  He will, likely, need a police certificate for everywhere he has lived.  

He has the police certificate from both Venezuela and the DR. How do you know that it's normally required? I've been trying to find like an actual place on the USCIS website where it actually says that and I can't, so if you have a link or something that would be amazing 😭

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 @HRQX is an expert at finding these references.  

"The US immigration process requires a great deal of knowledge, planning, time, patience, and a significant amount of money.  It is quite a journey!"

- Some old child of the 50's & 60's on his laptop 

 

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In summary, it took 13 months for approval of the CR-1.  It took 44 months for approval of the I-751.  It took 4 months for approval of the N-400.   It took 172 days from N-400 application to Oath Ceremony.   It took 6 weeks for Passport, then 7 additional weeks for return of wife's Naturalization Certificate.. 
 

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1 hour ago, Mackenzie Goss said:

Hi everyone, I've never posted here before so I hope I'm doing this right. 

My fiancé is Venezuelan and I'm American, but we both live in the DR. My fiancé is undocumented here in the DR. Can he still have his interview here at the embassy in the DR even though he does not have a residency?

Thanks in advance!

If you can get the embassy agree that they have jurisdiction 

YMMV

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Why not check with the Consulate if they will interview an illegal?

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2 hours ago, Mackenzie Goss said:

Can he still have his interview here at the embassy in the DR even though he does not have a residency?

Ultimately it's up to the embassy but generally he needs lawful status in the DR: https://fam.state.gov/fam/09FAM/09FAM050404.html "Department regulations provide that a post must accept an application from an alien physically present in the consular district even though not a resident in that district, provided the alien expects to remain in the consular district throughout the several months that it normally takes to process an application and is legally able to do so."

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