U.S. citizens may also file immediate relative petitions for their minor stepchildren, if the children were less than 18 years old when the marriage establishing the relationship occurred. In addition, U.S. citizens may file immediate relative petitions for children they have adopted if the adoption occurred before the child was 16 years old and the child was in the petitioner s legal custody for at least two years after the adoption was completed. If you file in the U.S., INS will send the approved petition to the National Visa Center for processing and forwarding to the Embassy in Madrid for the visa interview and issuance. We will forward these petitions to the National Visa Center in Portsmouth, New Hampshire until the beneficiary s priority date is current. Although you may file immediate relative petitions at either the consular section in Barcelona or in Madrid, only the consular section at the U.S. Embassy in Madrid processes immigrant visa applications and issues immigrant visas.
Appointments are necessary for immigrant visa interviews.
However, consular personnel will try to accommodate your schedule. This fee must be paid before the visa interview and will not be refunded if the visa is refused. The petitioner is not required to attend the immigrant visa interview. The fee for the medical exam is not included in these fees. You must pay this fee, in pesetas only, directly to the clinic.