salman_shah

really ?? correct me if i am wrong but dont they need my passport to paste a related travel document like a visa or something. i know the actual permanant cr 1 is pasted at the port of entry and not at the embassy but wont they paste anything on my passport ?? if not then what kind of travel document would be provided to me

oh i see.. the country i reside in is obviously a first world country with well maintained security check system.. are you implying that if i requested the interview in my current country of residence it would expedite the process as background security checks are more reilable here and would already have been done ??

hello.. brief history.. 4 months into application of i-130 .. awaiting further instructions ... originially i am from pakistan but after application i moved to middle east temporarily where i run a small scale business .. whenever the interview date comes i would obviously need to come back to my home country for THE INTERVIEW. the passport needs to be submitted at the embassy and provided everything goes smoothly the whole process would be done with in the next month or so after the interview.. this would happen in a perfect world but i have heard horror stories about people waiting for many many months even years after their interview... what if they kept my passport for many many months god forbids even for more then a year, my business back in middle east will suffer terribly and i will be stuck here.. considering this scenerio would it be advisable if a requested the embassy for the change in venue of interview to the my current location in middle east...?? visa process is taking very long as it is how much more time would it add to the overall process... ??

yes yes i understand the process.. i am the beneficiary therefore i am not eligible to apply for anything.. my wife has to file the said request.. as i mentioned earlier it has already been close to 4 months since we applied.. how much longer would be have to wait.. our visa center is VERMONT SC.. i am the beneficiary and i am in pakistan not in USA atm ..

thanks alot for your input.. will definitely apply for an expedite request.

yes i understand... i read all the conditions required to be qualified for an expedite request. out of all the conditions we do qualify for one only e.g severe financial loss.... if we file for an appeal, what percentage of these requests would you say are actually entertained and accepted?

thankyou for the response. also, can i apply to expedite the process. ?? i heard it costs around 2500 dollars..its expensive but it would save me a lot of time

hello.. my green card application is in the pipeline. its has been 3 and a half months since we applied. 2 months ago when i checked my uscis account for the first time it showed a processing time of 7 months. i check my account regularly in the intervals of a fortnight. after almost a month when i logged in again , the processing time was reduced to 6 months. it seemed quiet linear to me and i revelled in the fact that things are going smoothly. but when i checked again recently after an interval of almost a month, i was surprised to see that the processing time had been increased to 9 months. this got me really worried.. how does the system work.. can anyone explain please.. how long will it take before i am given a date for the interview.. it has been exactly 3 and a half months since i applied.. is the processing time of 9 months counted from the current date or from the time of application.. how much longer can i expect to wait.. please guide