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I have a friend who will be attending an interview for an US immigrant visa. He resides illegally in a country different from his country of birth.(He overstayed). He is supposed to attend the interview in that country. Will this have any bearing on the outcome of the immigrant visa application? my friend has never committed any criminal offence in the country of abode. Please help!!!

If he is illegally present in a country, the consulate may decline him. The interview is supposed to be done in the country of citizenship, or the country of legal residence, unless the consulate has specifically agreed to accept him while knowing of the illegal presence.

But he should go ahead with the interview anyway and see what happens. If he is denied because of being in the country illegally, he can get the case transferred to his country of citizenship.

Well that depends on the local policies of that US consulate. For example, the US consulate in Montreal needs proof of Canadian citizenship, permanent residence or legal temporary residence before entertaining any immigrant visa for an applicant.

By the way, your friend by overstaying HAS committed an offence. By showing lack of repsect for that countrys immigration laws, what kind of an impression do you think that will have on the interviewing US consul?

I have a friend who will be attending an interview for an US immigrant visa. He resides illegally in a country different from his country of birth.(He overstayed). He is supposed to attend the interview in that country. Will this have any bearing on the outcome of the immigrant visa application? my friend has never committed any criminal offence in the country of abode.

Well that depends on the local policies of that US consulate. For example, the US consulate in Montreal needs proof of Canadian citizenship, permanent residence or legal temporary residence before entertaining any immigrant visa for an applicant. True. The fact that they scheduled the interview in the first place is puzzling. Maybe there is something relevant that we dont know, like his friend is a minor and his parents (who will also be at the interview) are legal, or he is stateless so he has nowhere else to go.

By the way, your friend by overstaying HAS committed an offence. By showing lack of repsect for that countrys immigration laws, what kind of an impression do you think that will have on the interviewing US consul? Point taken, but in many cases the US will grant green cards to people who overstayed in the US itself.