I-130, Question Number 21

[chrissiemissie 0]

oh my goodness, another question from me on the I-130.

question number 22 asks "last address at which you lived together"

ok quick background to make sense of our situation:

been together since the day we met. lived from 12-2007 to 6-2008 in one UK residence, then lived from 7-2008 to 10-2008 at another UK residence. travelled to Poland to get his US tourist visa, stayed there for 2.5 months. came to the US, stayed here from 11-2008 to 5-2009. after marriage, he's going back to UK and we're submitting our I-130 for the CR-1.

should we put our US address as the last address at which we lived together (even though he's technically here as a tourist for 6 months)?

or should we put our last UK address (he can't find any documents with that address on it)?

or do we go back to the previous UK address (for which we both have document with that address on it)?

i swear it's like my head is just making things more complicated than they actually are. ???

[Terca 6]

stayed here from 11-2008 to 5-2009

Use the last address.

Is he here legally on a visa? if yes, then you should not have a problem using that as your last address together.

I will be doing the same in the future, I will stay with my boyfriend for 2 months vacation time and will put that time frame on my i-130..

[chrissiemissie 0]

yea-tourist visa. that's a good idea. i'll put my US address. thank you terca!!

[crazytown4u 0]

LOL dont worry the whole process can make anyone crazy, we all have are times " All the forms are all the same they ask the same thing over and over !! Im still going nuts.

[pushbrk 13,133]

yea-tourist visa. that's a good idea. i'll put my US address. thank you terca!!

Oh, for crying out loud. "Living" and "residing" mean the same thing to immigration officials. You do not reside in the US when here on a visitor's visa. Sounds like you and your wife have only visited, not resided or lived together yet. If so, the answer to the question is, "We have not net lived together." This one isn't highly critical but do try to focus on the "truth". It will help you give correct answers.

[chrissiemissie 0]

yea-tourist visa. that's a good idea. i'll put my US address. thank you terca!!

Oh, for crying out loud. "Living" and "residing" mean the same thing to immigration officials. You do not reside in the US when here on a visitor's visa. Sounds like you and your wife have only visited, not resided or lived together yet. If so, the answer to the question is, "We have not net lived together." This one isn't highly critical but do try to focus on the "truth". It will help you give correct answers.

ok, if pushbrk is correct. i'll use the last UK address at which we resided. we've lived together for a year before we travelled together (which includes his 6 month visit to the US). sound right to everyone else?

and to tack onto that. do we need to verify that we lived together for that question, or even for evidence of bonafide marraige? will bank statements (or tax forms) be enough? because that's all we have saved. if we do need it, my husband can't seem to find anything from residence number 2 (our "last residence together") in the UK. but we DO have documents from residence number 1 in the UK. would that be enough or are we in trouble? thank you all!

Edited May 10, 2009 by chrissiemissie

[pushbrk 13,133]

yea-tourist visa. that's a good idea. i'll put my US address. thank you terca!!

Oh, for crying out loud. "Living" and "residing" mean the same thing to immigration officials. You do not reside in the US when here on a visitor's visa. Sounds like you and your wife have only visited, not resided or lived together yet. If so, the answer to the question is, "We have not net lived together." This one isn't highly critical but do try to focus on the "truth". It will help you give correct answers.

ok, if pushbrk is correct. i'll use the last UK address at which we resided. we've lived together for a year before we travelled together (which includes his 6 month visit to the US). sound right to everyone else?

and to tack onto that. do we need to verify that we lived together for that question, or even for evidence of bonafide marraige? will bank statements (or tax forms) be enough? because that's all we have saved. if we do need it, my husband can't seem to find anything from residence number 2 (our "last residence together") in the UK. but we DO have documents from residence number 1 in the UK. would that be enough or are we in trouble? thank you all!

If you lived together for a year, then use that UK address. No verification is needed.

[chrissiemissie 0]

yea-tourist visa. that's a good idea. i'll put my US address. thank you terca!!

Oh, for crying out loud. "Living" and "residing" mean the same thing to immigration officials. You do not reside in the US when here on a visitor's visa. Sounds like you and your wife have only visited, not resided or lived together yet. If so, the answer to the question is, "We have not net lived together." This one isn't highly critical but do try to focus on the "truth". It will help you give correct answers.

using pushbrk's "living equals legal residence" idea, what should we list on the G325a for beneficiary's residence last five years?? meaning, if we should not list the 6 month travel address (my US address) during his tourist visa visit, what should we list during that time?

you see, we left the UK permanently, applied for the tourist visa in Poland. so i guess his last place of residence logged in the US system is his Poland address.. even though we were only there for a short time.

1) so, should we put his Polish address?

2) or stick with his last UK address, even though we filed as leaving permanently from the UK?

3) and finally, if we don't list US address for the 6 month travel period, how will they our relationship logistics (that we've been together in person this whole time--living and travelling together)?

(the more i talk about this i'm surprised the warsaw officer even gave him a tourist visa, considering we've both been so transient for the past 5 years.)

[pushbrk 13,133]

yea-tourist visa. that's a good idea. i'll put my US address. thank you terca!!

Oh, for crying out loud. "Living" and "residing" mean the same thing to immigration officials. You do not reside in the US when here on a visitor's visa. Sounds like you and your wife have only visited, not resided or lived together yet. If so, the answer to the question is, "We have not net lived together." This one isn't highly critical but do try to focus on the "truth". It will help you give correct answers.

using pushbrk's "living equals legal residence" idea, what should we list on the G325a for beneficiary's residence last five years?? meaning, if we should not list the 6 month travel address (my US address) during his tourist visa visit, what should we list during that time?

you see, we left the UK permanently, applied for the tourist visa in Poland. so i guess his last place of residence logged in the US system is his Poland address.. even though we were only there for a short time.

1) so, should we put his Polish address?

2) or stick with his last UK address, even though we filed as leaving permanently from the UK?

3) and finally, if we don't list US address for the 6 month travel period, how will they our relationship logistics (that we've been together in person this whole time--living and travelling together)?

(the more i talk about this i'm surprised the warsaw officer even gave him a tourist visa, considering we've both been so transient for the past 5 years.)

You misunderstand. When they use the words living and residing, they are talking about actual "residence" not where you sleep. You do not "reside" in a country when you enter using a tourist visa. If where you sleep isn't your residence and there is no fall-back permanent residence address, then again the truth may be that for some periods there is no "address". In that case, you are "traveling with no residence" from a date to a date and that's what you put there. Again, focus on the truth, with the understanding you do not reside in a country with a tourist visa.