Where to Mail the I-129F Package???

[Helen&Dougie 0]

We finally got our NOA on the I-130, I have the I-129F package assembled and ready to go, but while checking where to mail it to I ran into a problem,

the Step by step guide on visajourney says :

On or After July 30th, 2007:

Section 12 of the I-129F instructions lists where you should mail the completed form(s). For a K-3 Visa you should send the I-129F to the Service Center where the the underlying I-130 petition is currently pending. Use the address listed on your most recent receipt notice or transfer notice and include a copy of that notice with your Form I-129F.

I mailed the I-130 to the following address:

USCIS TSC

PO Box 850919

Mesquite, TX 75185-0919

The address listed on my NOA is:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

USCIS Vermont Service Center

75 Lower Welden Street

Saint Albans, VT 05479-0001

Can someone please tell me which of these 2 addresses I need to send the I-129F package to?

Thanks

Helen

[YuAndDan 153]

We finally got our NOA on the I-130, I have the I-129F package assembled and ready to go, but while checking where to mail it to I ran into a problem,

the Step by step guide on visajourney says :

On or After July 30th, 2007:

Section 12 of the I-129F instructions lists where you should mail the completed form(s). For a K-3 Visa you should send the I-129F to the Service Center where the the underlying I-130 petition is currently pending. Use the address listed on your most recent receipt notice or transfer notice and include a copy of that notice with your Form I-129F.

I mailed the I-130 to the following address:

USCIS TSC

PO Box 850919

Mesquite, TX 75185-0919

The address listed on my NOA is:

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

USCIS Vermont Service Center

75 Lower Welden Street

Saint Albans, VT 05479-0001

Can someone please tell me which of these 2 addresses I need to send the I-129F package to?

Thanks

Helen

Consider saving $1010 and just stick to the I-130, CR-1 is only taking a bit longer to get from London, and results in a green-card upon entry to the USA.

K-3 requires Adjustment of status ($1010) and K-3 is NOT work authorized so has to wait 90 days or more after filing for AOS and EAD to get work authorization, all that time not being able to work, get SSN, and not able to get a driver's license.

I read all the time of people wailing about the added pains associated with the K-3.

Also if you do file the I-129F, USCIS will hold the approved I-130 assuming you will adjust status.

You are filing a K-3 petition for your spouse.

The Service Center where the underlying I-130 petition is currently pending. Use the address listed on your most recent receipt notice or transfer notice and include a copy of that notice with your Form I-129F.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

So either CSC or VSC depending on where Texas sent your I-130.

[Helen&Dougie 0]

Consider saving $1010 and just stick to the I-130, CR-1 is only taking a bit longer to get from London, and results in a green-card upon entry to the USA.

K-3 requires Adjustment of status ($1010) and K-3 is NOT work authorized so has to wait 90 days or more after filing for AOS and EAD to get work authorization, all that time not being able to work, get SSN, and not able to get a driver's license.

I read all the time of people wailing about the added pains associated with the K-3.

Also if you do file the I-129F, USCIS will hold the approved I-130 assuming you will adjust status.

You are filing a K-3 petition for your spouse.

The Service Center where the underlying I-130 petition is currently pending. Use the address listed on your most recent receipt notice or transfer notice and include a copy of that notice with your Form I-129F.

http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD

So either CSC or VSC depending on where Texas sent your I-130.

So what do I do to file the CR-1? Do I just not file the I-129F package and it will go from there on its own for the CR-1 or what? Thanks for the information, definately worth looking into. Always up for saving $1010 lol.

Helen

[YuAndDan 153]

So what do I do to file the CR-1? Do I just not file the I-129F package and it will go from there on its own for the CR-1 or what? Thanks for the information, definately worth looking into. Always up for saving $1010 lol.

Helen

Just do not file the I-129F, the I-130 will be approved and sent on to NVC and then on to London for a CR-1 visa interview.

Not being able to get a job until having EAD (90 days wait in the USA) is worth the few weeks longer to get the CR-1.

[Helen&Dougie 0]

I talked it over with my husband, read him the information I found on the CR-1, and thats the route we have decided to go with, may be a little bit longer, though I'm not too sure on that considering the recent delays over the past few months with the price increases and the rush to beat them. At any rate, we've waited this long, we make it through day by day with phone calls and webcam chats and emails and after 3 years of being together (1 year married) - though you really can't call it "together" - we still love each and spend our free time talking and the rest of the time working and saving for our future plans. So a little longer of a wait will be nothing. Thanks for the advice and help we really appreciate it.

Hugs

Helen

[YuAndDan 153]

I talked it over with my husband, read him the information I found on the CR-1, and thats the route we have decided to go with, may be a little bit longer, though I'm not too sure on that considering the recent delays over the past few months with the price increases and the rush to beat them. At any rate, we've waited this long, we make it through day by day with phone calls and webcam chats and emails and after 3 years of being together (1 year married) - though you really can't call it "together" - we still love each and spend our free time talking and the rest of the time working and saving for our future plans. So a little longer of a wait will be nothing. Thanks for the advice and help we really appreciate it.

Hugs

Helen

Good luck, once the I-130 reaches NOA2 it is quite quick after it is in the hands of NVC and the Embassy.