As per travel state website: "If you are requesting a transfer for a K Visa, the receiving Embassy or Consulate has the discretion to approve or deny the acceptance of a K visa application from an applicant outside the consular district. Contact the potential gaining U.S. embassy or consulate in writing to request a transfer of your case and include the reason for the transfer request. If you paid the MRV fee at the original post and the transfer request to a new post is subsequently approved, a new visa fee will be required."
So you need to choose where you can travel to process the visa and then contact them to see if they accept your case.
Regarding the passport, many countries don't have biometric passports yet or began issuing them quite recently, so lots of applicants worldwide get their visas in their non biometric passports.