does my wife need her POE to be where I filed from?

[gpat2013 1]

hi guys. i have a question. i filed for my wife from Georgia. I live in Georgia. now my wife has her interview on Dec 3rd in India. does she has to do her customs in Georgia, or her POE can be anywhere in US? she wants to go to San Francisco first then come to GA. can she do that? please let me know.

[kaffy 2]

No, it can be anywhere

[moonhunt 1]

hi guys. i have a question. i filed for my wife from Georgia. I live in Georgia. now my wife has her interview on Dec 3rd in India. does she has to do her customs in Georgia, or her POE can be anywhere in US? she wants to go to San Francisco first then come to GA. can she do that? please let me know.

Technically it can be anywhere.

But I would not recommend it.

POE needs to send MBE(Misterious Brown Envelope) with their paperwork to your local district office, who has jurisdiction over your case.

If she comes to San Francisco, they have to send the paperwork to other service area through multiple USCIS offices.

So they may be some delay, and unfortunate mail lost.

Therefore in order to make the life easier, let's make POE to close to your home/residence.

[ELW 5]

I live in Fresno in CA, a few hours from San Francisco. My husband had POE in JFK in New York due to wanting the work permission. We didn't have any problem at all, nothing was delayed in our process. Don't all AOS applications go through Chicago anyway? They only transfer paperwork to a local office after the application is approved and there is an interview locally. Otherwise, the paperwork will be transferred to another service center.