Fiancée Visa

Contact Policy

Because we get so many inquiries about Fiancé|e visas, we ask your cooperation in helping us respond to them. Please read the following instructions carefully and follow them as closely as possible. This will save you time, the expense involved in contacting us, and the frustration we know you feel when we cannot immediately respond to your inquiry.

Most general questions can be answered by a close reading of this guide. We can only answer inquiries about cases that have already been transferred to the Embassy. (These are cases that have been entered into our computer system and have a case number starting with the letters SKO). After BCIS approves the petition, it normally takes from four to six weeks for a case to reach us. PLEASE DO NOT ASK US ABOUT ANY CASE THAT WAS APPROVED LESS THAN ONE MONTH AGO. We will not have any information on those cases.

Once we receive the case from NVC, it will take approximately six to eight weeks to process the case to the point of visa issuance. We can neither eliminate any aspect of the processing nor overlook any requirements. We make every effort to process each case as expeditiously as possible.

Please send your inquiry through one channel only. If you yourself contact us, do not also have your attorney and/or member of Congress also contact us with the same inquiry. We do not respond to redundant inquiries. Please consolidate your questions and send them to us no more frequently than once a week. 

If possible, please use e-mail to communicate with the Embassy. It is the most efficient way to reach the Embassy and the quickest way to get answers to your questions. Use the consularskopje@state.gov e-mail address.

If you have been requested to send original documents to the Embassy, you can do so by U.S. mail at the address below. It usually takes several weeks for your letter to reach the Embassy:

U.S. Embassy Skopje

Immigrant Visa Unit
Department of State
7120 Skopje Place
Washington, D.C. 20521

Documents can also be sent by international mail or courier service to the following street address:

U.S. Embassy
Immigrant Visa Unit
Blvd. Ilinden b.b.
1000 Skopje, Macedonia

Due to the volume of inquiries, reaching the Embassy by telephone is difficult. We suggest that you use e-mail or fax rather than call the Embassy. 

Please do not contact us to request an appointment date. Appointments are scheduled in order at the earliest available opportunity. Notification of the appointment date is sent automatically to Fiancé|e visa applicants, not to the petitioner. We appreciate your desire to have the visa issued as soon as possible; to ensure fair treatment for all applicants, cases are scheduled in the order in which applicants qualify for them. There are no exceptions. 

Thank you for your cooperation. By following the above guidelines, you will help us better serve you.