Azerbaijan K1

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MikeyT

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My Fiancée and I are at the interview stage of getting our K1 Visa.

K1 Visa interviews are not done in Baku Azerbaijan, we were instructed to select the closest country with a US embassy that does interviews which in our case is Tbilisi Georgia.

As I went to schedule the interview a couple questions came up.

The letter indicates that she and her son need to complete medical exams at a particular medical facility in Georgia 2 weeks before the scheduled interview. So does this mean she's going to need to make multiple trips to Georgia or can she do the medical exam in Azerbaijan (Medical exams are done in Baku, just not interviews).

The other issue is she has to surrender her passport to the consular in Georgia at her interview and it'll be shipped back to her (it actually says it'll be shipped back within Georgia). If she surrenders her passport she won't be able to get back into Azerbaijan.

Has anyone gone through the process where you had to travel to a different country because their country didnt do interviews and how were these issues addressed?

Multiple trips isn't ideal, but asking her to stay in Georgia for 2 or more weeks waiting on her visa to be returned seems a bit much.

Any help would be appreciated.

Mike
 
Hm. The official page for the Tbilisi embassy says you can do the medical in Azerbaijan.

As soon as you receive your appointment date, you must schedule a medical exam in Georgia or Azerbaijan. Click the “Medical Exam Instructions” link below for a list of designated doctors’ offices in Georgia or Azerbijan. Please schedule and attend a medical exam with one of these doctors before your interview.

U.S. Embassy Tbilisi, Georgia - TBL

travel.state.gov travel.state.gov

You should probably confirm with the consulate if this is not the same info as was on the letter.

Unfortunately there’s not much you can do about needing to leave her passport at the embassy - they need it to put the visa in. The 2 weeks is probably a conservative estimate and it’s likely to be shorter, but there’s no guarantee of that. Yes, people traveling to neighboring countries for visas usually plan to stay there while they wait to get their passports back. If there is an emergency need to go back you can ask to keep the passport, but then you’d have to travel back and hand it again for the visa and that may take time too so… it really depends on how quickly you want the visa and what you feel is less disruptive.
 
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