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My fiancee currently lives in UK and is a Spanish citizen. She is thinking of moving this summer back to Spain to be with her family before she comes to the US (if the visa is approved). I am ready to put the K-1 application in the mail. What are the opinions on what embassy to choose? London, or the Barcelona consulate? She does not know when she would like to move back to BCN, maybe in June if she can line up a job for the summer. Do you think her interview will have occurred by then if i get the application out this week (2/21/12)? In addition, I don't see any physicians she can use in madrid on the state.gov website. They are only near the embassies in London and Madrid. Any opinions on our best option? Thanks for the help!
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Likely she wouldn't interview before August. Maybe 6 weeks before she leaves the UK she should order her UK police certificate. Google "acro police certificate" to find the place to order. Make sure the web address has acro.police in the url to get the official site.Originally posted by JFS654 View Post
Spain
She would interview in Madrid. Barcelona does not issue visas
The approved doctors are
Centro de Radiodiagnostica
Alberto Aguilera 29, Iro Izda
Madrid 28015
Tel: 915 474 527
649 280 952
Unidad Medico Anglo Americana
Conde de Aranda 1
Madrid 28001
914 351 823
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Thanks Nichole! You're very helpful and informative. I think we will use Madrid then. She will need police records from both UK and Spain, correct? And do you recommend I list her address (current) on all documents as her address in Spain (she will stay with her mother)? Thanks again.Comment
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Address is kind of a hard question. She fills out a biographic form G325A listing her address and employment with dates. That would truthfully be UK. If you give a Spanish address on the I-129F then there's a conflict. You can list the consulate as Madrid on the I-129F. When she actually quits her job and moves to Spain you can call USCIS and notify them of the change of address, emphasizing it is a country change and you want to make sure the case is forwarded to Madrid not London. Keep following up because they often don't get address changes correct. Actually change address within two months of filing whether she has moved or not. That way her signed documents at the time of filing are correct and truthful, but you get the change of address in early. Call 2-3 weeks later and verify the system has been updated.
Your case will pass through the National Visa Center after the I-129F is approved. Sign up for case status updates via text and email on the USCIS website so you know immediately of the approval. The NVC is a change of hands from USCIS to the Dept of State. The NVC is the one that forwards to the embassy. It can happen within 2 days of arriving there. Call NVC every day and speak to a person (not the automated system) until they say the case has arrived from USCIS. Verify the Spanish address with them and that the case is scheduled for Madrid. You want to be sure NVC has the correct info and you only have a few days to catch it there before it is shipped overseas.Comment
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Hi Nichole, I sent my initial I-129F application in last Friday. How will they contact me to about approval? How long does this initial process usually take?Comment
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You'll get a receipt in the mail with a case number on it. Go to uscis. gov and find "check case status". Enter the receipt number and it will tell you the status. Better yet create an account and get a login and password. Add your case number and sign up for email and text alerts. When anything happens on your case, you'll be notified with text and email. An email will say when it is approved but only if you sign up for it. You will also get an official notice on paper in the mail. By the time you get the paper notice, the case could already be at NVC so figure out how to do the early alert by signing up.
Your first receipt could take 1-2 weeks. Approval will take 4-5 months or maybe longer..Comment
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