Frank

I just read that most embassys/consulates will only consider allowing DCF if
the application is made with 30-90 days after marriage.

Opinions?

If true any idea why this would be so? surely the opposite should be true,
overseas USC's married and living abroad for a long time would 1) have much
stronger proof of "valid marriage" and 2) greater need for DCF processing as
ties to the US would be lessened after a longer period away.

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meauxna

Frank, please don't be shy about just asking Dublin if you can file with them. All of these questions (as they pertain to you) can only be answered by them. Non-resident DCF is often a case-specific favor granted to the USC.

I've found that 9 times out of 10 the information on the Consular websites is not correct. If you make your plans based on website information and something is different, the Consulate isn't going to care about 'but, it was on your website!' as has been evidenced many times.
Further, most of the time, the staff are *more* liberal with their filing policies than the website will indicate.

L D Jones

Frank wrote:
    > I just read that most embassys/consulates will only consider allowing DCF if
    > the application is made with 30-90 days after marriage.
    >
    > Opinions?

Where did you read that? Can you provide a link?

Frank

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"L D Jones" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Frank wrote:
    >> I just read that most embassys/consulates will only consider allowing DCF
    >> if the application is made with 30-90 days after marriage.
    >> Opinions?
    > Where did you read that? Can you provide a link?

http://www.usaimmigrationattorney.co...countries.html

Perhaps that information is wrong, in any case its far too general for me to
base anything on --- that's why I asked for opinions here.

I agree I need to pull myself out of the Christmas vacation mode and go talk
with these folks at the embassy -- but don't you find it more fun, exciting
and interesting dealing with second-hand rumors and supposition rather than
real information?

-F

Folinskyinla

Hi:

"DCF" is often used for the situation where the AmCit spouse does NOT reside in the jurisidiction of the Consul. [BTW, some consulate have a DHS office located in the building -- the consul will NOT process the I-130, but the DHS office "down the hall" will. Many people describe this as "DCF" although it is not technically correct].

The situation which you posit of the AmCit living abroad with her long time spouse is the MOST optimal case for "DCF." It is when you move away from that scenario that "DCF" becomes unlikely.