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Consular Processing

How does one apply for consular processing?

Hi Devin, consular processing only occurs after a immigrant or non-immigrant visa petition has been approved by the USCIS and sent the the U.S. Embassy or consulate for issuance of a visa. In some cases, a U.S. Citizen petition can file a petition for an immigrant visa for a family member directly at the U.S. Embassy or consulate if they have resided in the jurisdiction of the embassy or consulate for 6 months or more. These rules vary from post to post. Hope this helps.

What does it mean when the USCIS states that I might be inadmissible under 212(a)(3)(B) of the INA?

Section 212(a)(3)(B)is a provision of law that was included in the US Patriot Act and provides:

(3) Security and related grounds. -

(B) Terrorist activities-

(i) In general. - Any alien who -

(I) has engaged in a terrorist activity,

(II) a consular officer or the Attorney General knows, or has reasonable ground to believe, is engaged in or is likely to engage after entry in any terrorist activity (as defined in clause (iv),

(III) has, under circumstances indicating an intention to cause death or serious bodily harm, incited terrorist activity,

Ciudad Juarez Non-Immigrant Visa Procedures Changed

Posted Fri, 04/10/2009 - 18:39 by Phil

Ciudad Juarez is one of the largest and busiest U.S. consular posts in the world. The Ciudad Juarez post recently announced that all non-immigrant applicants at the Ciudad Juarez post must obtain an Application Support Center (ASC) appointment for biometrics before attending a non-immigrant visa interview at Ciudad Juarez. The ultimate goal of this change is to allow applicants to have their ASC appointment and visa interview on the same day. This is not currently an option but the post reports that same day appointments will be available soon.