DCF for International Organization Employee?

[memphos 0]

I am an American-Canadian employee of the United Nations. For nearly 3 years, I have been stationed in Beirut, Lebanon. My wife is a Canadian citizen with no US status. 

 

I might be accepting a position at headquarters in New York City soon, but I really hesitate on this due to the long timelines of applying for a Green Card. 

 

I was recently reading about Direct Consular Filing -- is this actually a possibility? Does anyone know if this can be done in Beirut? 

 

Can this be done pre-emptively, or must it wait until I actually have an offer in hand? 

Edited July 5 by memphos
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[Lil bear 4,140]

12 minutes ago, memphos said:

I am an American-Canadian employee of the United Nations. For nearly 3 years, I have been stationed in Beirut, Lebanon. My wife is a Canadian citizen with no US status. 

 

I might be accepting a position at headquarters in New York City soon, but I really hesitate on this due to the long timelines of applying for a Green Card. 

 

I was recently reading about Direct Consular Filing -- is this actually a possibility? Does anyone know if this can be done in Beirut? 

 

Can this be done pre-emptively, or must it wait until I actually have an offer in hand? 

It can only be done with evidence and documents in hand .. it is then up to the Consulate to accept or reject .  Do not file the I 130 direct to USCIS ahead of any DCF application.   If the I 130 is already filed then no DCF is possible. You would have a steering case for DCF 

[memphos 0]

 

19 minutes ago, Lil bear said:

It can only be done with evidence and documents in hand .. it is then up to the Consulate to accept or reject .  Do not file the I 130 direct to USCIS ahead of any DCF application.   If the I 130 is already filed then no DCF is possible. You would have a steering case for DCF 

 

Thanks! Right now this is still a little hypothetical, but so no application has been filed yet. That is great news that this might be a possibility -- I will write to the Embassy here to see if they can offer any guidance. 

 

Edited July 5 by memphos

[Lil bear 4,140]

6 minutes ago, memphos said:

Thanks! Right now this is still a little hypothetical, but so no application has been filed yet. That is great news that this might be a possibility -- I will write to the Embassy here to see if they can offer any guidance. 

Thanks! Right now this is still a little hypothetical, but so no application has been filed yet. That is great news that this might be a possibility -- I will write to the Embassy here to see if they can offer any guidance. 

 

Filing Form I-130 Petitions in Exceptional Situations
 

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/filing-petitions-outside-the-us.html