I-130 petition

[Raoul20 3]

Hello all,

I am close to submitting my I-130 petition for my wife, and I am filling my petition online. I have kind of a serious question. One of the questions on the I-130 online states (At which U.S. Embassy or Consulate location will the beneficiary apply for an immigrant visa?). My wife is a Togolese national, but has been living in France now for 5 years as a student, which enabled her to gain a French resident card called (Carte de sejour). She is able to renew her (carte de sejour) each year because she is a student in France. My question is should I choose the the U.S. embassy in Togo, or the one in France as the place where she will be able to apply for the immigrant visa once the I-130 is approved. Is it possible to do the interview in a country where you reside which is not your home country?

 

Thank you all. 

[JeanneAdil 6,510]

As a legal permanent resident she can interview in that country

Question is:   will she be living In France 18 months from now?

or does she have to return to her home country at end of her student studies ?

if she does have to return to Togo,  she needs a criminal report from France before leaving to satisfy the NVC process and interview

 

[Raoul20 3]

6 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

As a legal permanent resident she can interview in that country

Question is:   will she be living In France 18 months from now?

or does she have to return to her home country at end of her student studies ?

if she does have to return to Togo,  she needs a criminal report from France before leaving to satisfy the NVC process and interview

 

Thanks for the reply, 

Yes, she plans to renew her (carte de sejour) again, which is set expire in Febuary of next year. So yes, she will be staying in France. 

[Raoul20 3]

Just now, Raoul20 said:

Thanks for the reply, 

Yes, she plans to renew her (carte de sejour) again, which is set expire in Febuary of next year. So yes, she will be staying in France. 

Although, she is not a permanent resident, she has to renew the residency card every year. 

[Letspaintcookies 2,310]

1 hour ago, Raoul20 said:

Although, she is not a permanent resident, she has to renew the residency card every year. 

But she's legally living there, that's good enough 😊

[Adventine 3,196]

She can choose to interview either in her home country Togo or France (if she is still resident there when the time comes to interview). It may also be worth following which of the two US embassies is processing spousal visas faster / closer to approaching normal pre-Covid processing rates.

[arken 4,197]

NVC will assign the embassy/consulate in the country the beneficiary is currently living at, so it will be France regardless of what you put there.

[P0907 127]

Most likely France. Just note that she will need a police certificate from both countries.

[Chancy 6,241]

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