Moscow Embassy Shutdown- Where to request transfer?

[natemab 0]

Hello everyone, 

 

My fiancé lives In Moscow, and I live in Houston, TX USA. We are doing the K1 Fiancé visa.

We were approved by USCIS on May 26th 2021 for I-129F, and our case was sent to NVC.

Obviously the Moscow embassy is not requesting the case from NVC since they are closed. 

Is there anyone out there who successfully transferred their case to another embassy? If so, which embassy accepted you? did you email the U.S. citizen services at that embassy or another email address?

The U.S. Citizen Services office at the Embassy in Warsaw always tell me to email support-poland@ustraveldocs.com, but they never respond. Obviously we haven't started filling out the DS-160 and things like that because we haven't been instructed  to yet by an embassy that has taken our case, and we want to make sure we are able to schedule an interview in Moscow or whichever embassy accepts us. 

I am getting concerned because our petition expires on September 26th, but what happens if the embassy in Moscow never extends it? 

 

Please don't respond with any negative messages like... "oh, you're screwed and it will be many years before you get an interview"

 

I only want responses from people who are in a similar situation as me, or those who have successfully transferred their case. 

 

Thanks very much

 

Nathan

Edited August 5, 2021 by natemab

[Crazy Cat 41,845]

The consulate has the discretion to extend K-1 cases if they want.  If they choose not to extend, the case would expire. 

Edited August 5, 2021 by Lucky Cat

[millefleur 5,046]

I would reach out to the Warsaw Embassy IV unit, not American Citizen Services, if possible. USC Services usually just handles paperwork stuff for US citizens, not visas.

 

Others on VJ have successfully had their cases transferred to Warsaw.

 

Tagging @Giodude @T1redofthis @Totino @EmliS and others in this thread who had success:

 

[TBoneTX 45,284]

Nathan, of course you're anxious for valid, pertinent information, but just as a reminder, it's against the site's Terms of Service to tell people not to post.  Please keep this in mind.

[FJinSD 14]

Although we are in the CR-1 process, we will face a similar challenge. One concern is the fact that a Schengen visa is required for a Russian citizen to travel to Poland. As I understand the current embargo on issuance of the Schengen visas began to be lifted for some cases beginning June of this year.  According to the website link below...

"... on June 24, the Polish Visa Application Centres in Moscow have also reopened, but they are only admitting applications for long-stay student & work visas, resident permits and exceptional case applications." 

 

I hope that immigration interviews will be included in the "exceptional cases". 

In any case I wish you all the best and success in your journey. 

Cheers. 

 

https://www.schengenvisainfo.com/news/poland-starts-reopening-its-visa-application-centres-abroad/

[Wouter 141]

Hi, 

I was successful in getting our CR-1 visa case transferred from Moscow to Warsaw while our case was still pending at the NVC. (This means we did have a case ID number but were not DQ yet.)

 

I emailed to support@ustraveldocs.com (so this is not support-poland@ustraveldocs.com) on 6/11 with my request of case transfer from Russia to Poland.
I received an email on 7/1/2021 saying:

Dear Applicant:
Thank you for writing to the U.S. Visa Service Desk.
We understand you have query regarding immigrant case.
We would like to inform you that you have reached the US Visa Help Desk in Poland.
In order we can help you, please clarify what country you would like to transfer your case to.
Please provide the case number.
We hope this information is helpful to you.

Even though I already wrote to them my request to transfer to Poland and my case number, I replied to them again with the same request and case number information.

I then received a confirmation email on 7/14/2021 saying:

Your request for case transfer from the National Visa Center (NVC) to U.S. Embassy Warsaw was approved by U.S. Embassy Warsaw and the Embassy will be requesting your case from NVC. 

I then later received another notice that our case ID had changed from MOSxxx to WRWxyz

Note that we were not yet DQ so this is not required to have your case transferred.

 

I should also mention that I sent the same email request for case transfer in June to

support-poland@ustraveldocs.com

immigrantvisaswarsaw@state.gov

and got no response.

 

Hope this helps. Good luck!

 

 

Edited August 6, 2021 by Wouter

[MariAsk 1]

On 8/6/2021 at 10:40 PM, Wouter said:

Hi, 

I was successful in getting our CR-1 visa case transferred from Moscow to Warsaw while our case was still pending at the NVC. (This means we did have a case ID number but were not DQ yet.)

 

I emailed to support@ustraveldocs.com (so this is not support-poland@ustraveldocs.com) on 6/11 with my request of case transfer from Russia to Poland.
I received an email on 7/1/2021 saying:

Dear Applicant:
Thank you for writing to the U.S. Visa Service Desk.
We understand you have query regarding immigrant case.
We would like to inform you that you have reached the US Visa Help Desk in Poland.
In order we can help you, please clarify what country you would like to transfer your case to.
Please provide the case number.
We hope this information is helpful to you.

Even though I already wrote to them my request to transfer to Poland and my case number, I replied to them again with the same request and case number information.

I then received a confirmation email on 7/14/2021 saying:

Your request for case transfer from the National Visa Center (NVC) to U.S. Embassy Warsaw was approved by U.S. Embassy Warsaw and the Embassy will be requesting your case from NVC. 

I then later received another notice that our case ID had changed from MOSxxx to WRWxyz

Note that we were not yet DQ so this is not required to have your case transferred.

 

I should also mention that I sent the same email request for case transfer in June to

support-poland@ustraveldocs.com

immigrantvisaswarsaw@state.gov

and got no response.

 

Hope this helps. Good luck!

 

 

Hi!

 

Thank you for such a detailed information!

 

May I ask you to clarify some points as my fiance and I going to go through similar case transfer either.

 

1. What does DQ mean?

2. Have you got a confirmation that your case is received by Warsaw and further instructions?

3. Are you able to see the available interview dates? Whether it is few weeks or months?

 

Many apologies for silly questions:)

 

Hope to gather here some information, as now we feel to be totally lost.

 

Thanks,

Mari

[TBoneTX 45,284]

4 hours ago, MariAsk said:

1. What does DQ mean?

See here   :

https://www.visajourney.com/wiki/acronym_summary/

 

[millefleur 5,046]

**Thread now locked due to other ongoing threads on this topic. Please see either thread below: Warsaw transfers or possibly transfers elsewhere besides Warsaw.**

 

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