Address confusion for USC

[Ertadge 0]

Hi all! I am new here, but very excited to see all the helpful information available. Here is my situation:

I (the USC) live overseas where my SO lives and we are starting the application for a K-1. My drivers license is from RI and that is where I lived before moving here, however I no longer actually live there (no apartment or house there) and i have no intention of returning there when I move. On the forms, it asks only for my address (not specifically a mailing address). I want to put my address here (Republic of Georgia) so that it is clear when I am filing that I do not live in the US and live here with my SO (I figure that is going to come up when we need to prove the relationship and also when explaining why I don't make a US salary). However, the mail system here is not reliable at all, so I definitely do not want anyone mailing me my NOAs or anything else here. I would like to put down my parents' or my brother's address to receive mail, but neither are in states that I am a resident of. Is this something that will be a problem? On which forms should I put which addresses? Also, we have NO idea where we will be living after we get to the US. I am sure we will stay with my parents for a short time, but not long. Is it easy to change that address once we get there and get married and move out somewhere else?

Again, its so great to see a community of support for this awful application process.

[Zee Bee 61]

For your US mailing address, it is important to put down an address where you can get mail here, so either your parents or your brother will be fine so that you can get correspondence from USCIS. The only thing is that you should make sure to mail your petition to the service center that covers the state for the address you are using.

On the G-325A you would put your residential address. On the I-129F you would put your mailing address in the US.

You can always change your address with USCIS.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

Gande hold fire! Do you have legal residency in your SO's country? I made the mistake of filing for a K1 when I could have done a DCF as I was in her country for 2 and half years on a work visa. If your willing to get married ASAP it would be faster probably to apply for a spouse visa directly with the US consulate in Georgia.

You might look in the DCF forum before making any decisions.

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Gande hold fire! Do you have legal residency in your SO's country? I made the mistake of filing for a K1 when I could have done a DCF as I was in her country for 2 and half years on a work visa. If your willing to get married ASAP it would be faster probably to apply for a spouse visa directly with the US consulate in Georgia.

You might look in the DCF forum before making any decisions.

I do have legal residence here (in Georgia), but as far as I can tell the embassy here will not process a DCF. On their website they say that all fiancee visas must be filed in the US... But I will look into it further just to be sure! Thanks

So just to double check. On the 129F it only asks for my address (not mailing address) but anyway on there I will write the address for my parents.

Thanks for the answers you guys!

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Gande hold fire! Do you have legal residency in your SO's country? I made the mistake of filing for a K1 when I could have done a DCF as I was in her country for 2 and half years on a work visa. If your willing to get married ASAP it would be faster probably to apply for a spouse visa directly with the US consulate in Georgia.

You might look in the DCF forum before making any decisions.

Oh I just got what you were saying. Yeah, on our embassy website it really doesnt look like there is any way to apply without going through the US. I think its probably because it is such a small country.... So i think DCF isn't an option here.

[Usui Takumi 1,562]

My understanding is that you cant do DCF for k1's but they might for a spousal visa. I would just call the embassy up.

Edited January 25, 2008 by lancer1655