What should I do if I want to select another consulate for the EB-5 visa interview?

If your case is not yet scheduled with the specific U.S. embassy, your lawyer should contact NVC and request change of venue with documentation and explanation for the request. If it is already scheduled, contact the U.S. embassy which you want to transfer to as to determine if they will accept the case, then ask the initial U.S. embassy to transfer the case.

You need to notify the National Visa Center and also check to make sure the new consulate that you want to process through accepts jurisdiction to process your application.

In order to go to your final interview at a different consulate other than the one you originally indicated on your Form DS-260, you have several different considerations. The first consideration is that the only American consulate that is required to accept jurisdiction of your case is the one that would have jurisdiction of your current place of residence, normally within your own country. There are few exceptions of countries where the U.S. does not have diplomatic representation. The consular post that has jurisdiction of your place of residence must accept your application; any other consular post would need to accept your application on a discretionary basis. So first, you would have to determine whether another consular post would accept jurisdiction. If so, you would then have to notify the National Visa Center.

You will need the guidance of your attorney to coordinate such a change of venue. It is a rather unusual request, but it can be accommodated if properly and promptly requested.

Form I-824 is the proper form to request USCIS to notify a different consulate than the one you listed on your immigrant petition of its approval. USCIS takes several months to process an I-824 form, and you will need to demonstrate that you are within the new consulate&#39s jurisdiction or that it will otherwise accept your immigrant visa application.

This depends on which stage of the process you are in. Contact NVC and they will instruct you.

Once your case is with National Visa Center you can request a consulate change. The new consulate must agree to accept your case and you must show you are a resident there or can obtain entry by visa.

In order to transfer a file to another consulate, it is best to write to the other consulate first and ask them to please accept jurisdiction. Then, if they accept, you can ask the prior consulate to transfer. If it is still at NVC you can ask them to designate.

Your lawyer should write to NVC with a reason and documentation for changing to a different consulate. This could take a couple of months to change and issue a new appointment.