Originally posted by meauxna
it,
You're still missing the point JEff was making last night:

You file a petition on your wife's behalf. In your example, you file it with DHS (office located in the Embassy/Consular complex). They approve it (or not) and send it across the hall to the Immigrant Visa Unit where it becomes part of the State Dept territory.

At that point, your wife is eligible to apply for a visa. Visas are for getting from 'outside' to 'inside' the US. She is outside and wants in, so now she needs a visa. An Immigrant Visa. She has to apply from 'outside' and she's in the UK. Therefore, she needs to apply at the London Consulate.

Originally posted by jeffreyhy
meauxna,

Thanks for the plug.

Please allow me to repay you with a minor correction (although an attorney might feel that it's more than minor) - visas are not for getting one from 'outside' to 'inside', they only get one from 'outside' to the 'boundary' (POE). At the POE, one presents their visa and requests permission to step 'inside'.

Regards, JEff

Originally posted by meauxna
JEff,
If I didn't like you so much, I'd have to shake my fist at you

You are, of course, precisely correct.

Originally posted by jeffreyhy
meauxna,

It would be an honor to have your fist shaken in my face.

Best regards, JEff