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Thanks for the info. When I posted my question our estimated timeframe had been changed from unknown to 4 months, then it changed to 3 months, and today I logged in and it has changed to 12 months! This is after we have already been waiting 10 months. We're now facing a situation where she will be expelled from Germany due to the German government's opinion that no real progress is being made in her getting a green card, and we'll become separated for years and our home will be broken. So in light of this dramatic change in timeframe, what would you advise? Is it worth requesting to expedite through USCIS or will that not likely change anything? Should I contact a congressional representative? Should I sue them?

Waiting it out could take an additional year as they will likely extend it beyond the promised 4 more months, and they there could be months further delay in having the case changed to Germany. When you say DCF, you probably mean applying by paper directly to the consulate, but that is not what I'm asking about. I talking about expediting consular routing in the normal online I-130 process.

History: I have filed an online I-130 and have been waiting 10 months so far. The expected time frame online was recently updated to an additional 4 months, which could mean 4 months or possibly much longer. My wife has, since we applied, moved in with me in Germany where I live for work purposes (though I maintain domicile in the USA). We have not updated the address for her on the I-130, however, because we were advised in this forum to not do that. I'm now considering ways to expedite the I-130 by a request to the US Consulate in Germany. Question 1: If I have to obtain a job offer in the United States, instead of Germany, this would put my family at risk of being separated. This is because my wife is only allowed to live with me in Germany due to our SOFA status, but if am forced to take a job in the United States, our home would be broken and she would have to go back to her home country and I would have to go to the USA to work. This is a likely scenario as my current contract is ending in about a year. If this job offer happens, and I email the US Embassy in Germany to request they take over our case from the online system based on the job offer in the USA, would that likely be accepted by them and expedite the processing of the online I-130 and allow my wife to interview in Germany as she is already here? And if they accept the case, what happens if, AFTER they take on the case I decide to not accept the job offer in the USA, and instead continue with my current position in Germany to the contract end, hoping it lasts beyond the current contract? This is the nature of contracting work, where I may have to get job offers and then decline them, so it's a very legitimate and common scenario I'm describing. Question 2: As another approach to expedite the I-130, if I don't have a job lined up in the USA yet, could I simply email the US Embassy in Germany and request them to take over the case and expedite the I-130 approval based on some other basis, such as the political instability problems in her home country (a tough sell but the case could be made by attaching some news articles), or something else they would consider a valid extenuating circumstance? We also explored other ideas to expedite the I-130 such as filing an I129f but decided the paperwork was too time consuming relative to the low chance it would help. However, any other suggestions would be appreciated. We'd like to get this I-130 approval before possible political changes might ban my wife from immigrating to the US due to her home country's "Islamic" status, as Islamic county ban may come into effect before our I-130 is approved. Thank you for your kind assistance.

I'm applying concurrently for K3 and i130. I've submitted i130 in January of 2024 and it's already August 2024 and it's still in progress. Therefore I plan to apply concurrently for a K3 using form I129f to hopefully expedite. I'm completing the form now, and one question came up. On page 4 of the i129f form, questions 50a and 50b have an instruction to "Provide all U.S. states and foreign countries in which you have resided since your 18th birthday. Firstly, what is the definition of "resided"? 1. if I lived and worked abroad, such as in Mexico, and claimed FEIE status, but still filed taxes in the US with my domicile state, do I list Mexico or the domicile state? 2. Is the same true if I worked under military command as a contractor in Afghanistan or Germany? 3. Right now I have a domicile address in the USA, which is also my parent's house. I live in Germany. But do I "reside" in Germany or in the USA? Secondly, how do I properly fill out these form answers? 4. It has a drop down menu for state. If I lived abroad to I indicate the state or leave it blank?