Filing I-130 from abroad

[luvaLimey 0]

Ok, so it's looking like we're about to abandon the K-1 in order for me to go move to England and then I'll live there with him while we wait on a CR-1 for him to move back over with me.

Thing is, you have to have lived in the UK for I think 2 years before you can do a DCF, so that's not an option for us, but I'll be living there so I wont have a physical address in the states.

Will I need to have an address in the States to file this the normal way? If so, would a relative's address work? I could have stuff sent to my Dad, and then he could send me anything from USCIS, and I could send it back from over there.

I'm a little confused by all of this, and the guides only mention DCF if you're living abroad with your spouse. (we're getting married once I get there).

[shirlJ831 0]

I am not positive but I think you need a US addy and possibly a relative may be ok. Maybe someone else knows this 100%

good luck

[pja002 0]

I lived out of the country for 7 years but maintained a place of residence, my Dad's house. I kept my american driver's license addressed there, I voted with that as my place of residence (absentee voting,) and kept a credit card in my name at that address. If I was in the US, that was where I stayed. I don't know if that is all legal, but it is what I did.

Now that I am back, I'm really glad I did that, 'cause I'm still at my Dad's house until my spouse can join me here.

[Poi_n_J 0]

I lived out of the country for 7 years but maintained a place of residence, my Dad's house. I kept my american driver's license addressed there, I voted with that as my place of residence (absentee voting,) and kept a credit card in my name at that address. If I was in the US, that was where I stayed. I don't know if that is all legal, but it is what I did.

Now that I am back, I'm really glad I did that, 'cause I'm still at my Dad's house until my spouse can join me here.

Hey pja002!

I'm just trying to get an idea of when we should be recieving our NOA1.

We are filing CR-1/IR-1 abroard same as my USC came here to file DCF just before the change occured. So we have filed our I-130 at Nebraska but haven't heard anything yet nor has the cheque cleared and it's going on to our third week.

Is this the norm? I see by your timeline that your is similar.....any thoughts on this?

Much appreciated.

Pris.

[FutureAmerican 2]

We've been using my wife's parent's address as the mailing one for all the US documents - and she is still registered as living there - it's all worked out fine so far.