I-130 Petition question please

[sweetcitygirl 0]

Hello, I have an important question about the I-130 i filed for my husband at the CSC. We are both living together in my husbands home country of Morocco. But because i dont have a Residency card i couldnt file for him at the embassy in Morocco, so we filed at the chicago lock box using the address we will live at when we move back to America when his visa is approved. Is it okay that we filed using a US address even though we are living in Morocco? Should we tell them that we are living together? The lady who filled out our I-130 petition wouldnt put both addresses so they dont know we are living together.

Does anyone have any experience with this? I just want to make sure im doing everything correct. I get nervous sometimes about this.

Thanks in advance for any help.

Thanks, sweetcitywife

Edited June 15, 2009 by sweetcitywife1

[dimanuni 1]

I think it's fine to put the US address. It's only a mailing address. You may want to show evidence at the interview of living together, although if you were in Morocco for more than 3 months, I think you're illegal there, right? You're required to get a carte de sejour? Not that I think the US consulate cares particularly, but just be aware of that.

if you were in Morocco for more than 6 months and had a residency card, it would be good to file directly through the consulate. A friend of mine did that and the whole process was less than 3 months.

and I don't think you were supposed to mail it to the lock box anymore. You're supposed to send it to either California or Vermont Visa Center, depending on your home address in the US.

good luck

[sweetcitygirl 0]

Hello dimanuni, thank you for the info and helping me out. Do you know how what we have to do to get the carte de sejour? Where we have to go for it and what do we ask? Youve been a big help. That does make me worry a little at my husbands interview if they see my passport stamped Jan 11 but dont see the every three month stamp. Maybe they will think we dont obey country laws and that could be bad for us. Im going to tell my husband or sister n law when they get home from work to get on this procedure. I keep bugging my husband everyday to do the process to get us married in Morocco so i can get my residency card. We tried to get our marriage certificate from the US accepted in Morocco but they wont accept it so thats why i dont have my residency card and thats why i didnt file in the embassy. I know it is so much quicker then filing in the US, but the court wont accept our marriage in Morocco.

Anyways, if you could help us to know how i get the carte de sejour that would be so helpful and i would appreciate it so much. Do you live in Morocco also? Your husband is Moroccan also? We will live in Ohio when we move back and you?

Maybe we are close to each other and we can have lunch. If not maybe the men can speak on the computer.

Okay, thanks for the info and take care and good luck on your process to be quick!

sweetcitywife

I think it's fine to put the US address. It's only a mailing address. You may want to show evidence at the interview of living together, although if you were in Morocco for more than 3 months, I think you're illegal there, right? You're required to get a carte de sejour? Not that I think the US consulate cares particularly, but just be aware of that.

if you were in Morocco for more than 6 months and had a residency card, it would be good to file directly through the consulate. A friend of mine did that and the whole process was less than 3 months.

and I don't think you were supposed to mail it to the lock box anymore. You're supposed to send it to either California or Vermont Visa Center, depending on your home address in the US.

good luck