Which address to write?

[SolitaryThrush 0]

Hello,

I may post this elsewhere if this is the wrong spot, but I'd appreciate some advice.

Several forms require current address, of course. Currently my Japanese fiance and I reside in South Korea. I lived in a different address in Korea for two years, but will be staying with her while studying. Her contract finishes in February, and she'll be headed back to Japan until it's time to move to the US with me.

The forms ask for her home address written in Japanese. Should she write her parents' address in Japanese---her home between teaching contracts---or should she write her address in Korea in Japanese?

For my address, would I include where I currently live with her? What about my parents' home in the US where I stay between contracts, and will be returning for a short time next year? Probably by the time for her to interview with the embassy---provided the petition goes well---I may be at another address, so that's why I ask.

Because we're moving around so much---Korea, to Japan, eventually to the US---will it cause any problems after we submit the petition and she interviews at the embassy?

Or, is this simply something we explain in the letters included in the paperwork? I'm just afraid of making a mistake and somehow misrepresenting us.

Thanks, and I hope that makes sense. Teaching EFL overseas certainly isn't conducive to stability.

Edited September 4, 2009 by SolitaryThrush

[brlukath 1]

On the I-129F, I would use "permanent" addresses (i.e. Japan and USA). On the G-25A, I would concurrently list the Korean addresses. This makes sure that you don't misrepresent yourself, but are not stuck with some random, irrelevant, short-term address on your forms.

I never live in the same place very long, but I maintain a permanent address which I list on all my forms for the USCIS.

[SolitaryThrush 0]

Thank you, I'll try that.

[SolitaryThrush 0]

Another question, if y'all don't mind . . . I currently live in Korea, but my "home" address as stated above is in Pennsylvania. Does that mean I mail the documents to the Vermont Service Center? Would I qualify in that jurisdiction even though I currently, and temporarily reside overseas?

Thanks. This is all so overwhelming, so I apologize for the seemingly dumb questions.

[SolitaryThrush 0]

Ugh, one more: on the letters of intent, should I use my "home" address in Pennsylvania?

On the FIANCE's copy, it's still my address, right? Or hers?

Thanks again, whomever's out there!

[drchouinard 0]

Ugh, one more: on the letters of intent, should I use my "home" address in Pennsylvania?

On the FIANCE's copy, it's still my address, right? Or hers?

Thanks again, whomever's out there!

Use the Vermont Service Center Address if your home address is in Pennsylvania. Also, on your letter of intent you should use your Pennsylvania address and on her letter of intent she should use her address. T

hink of it as you are writing a business letter. It is just a formality to place your address on the letter, but it should be your own addresses. Its as if she was writing the USCIS herself, so the letter should be from her, with her address. For yours, it should be from you, with your home address. Don't forget to use proper grammer lol (finace vs finacee.)

Hope this helps.

[SolitaryThrush 0]

Great, thanks for that, and for the note about fianceE. (It should be fiance and fiancee, not finance and financee, hehe.)

The return address on the package I'll mail to Vermont will be our Korean address. Will they direct future correspondence to that address? Even though the "home" address is Pennsylvania, I'm only here at my parents' house when I visit from Korea, and won't be here semi-permanently until next spring.

Should I simply make a note to tell them to direct future correspondence to the Korean address?

As I said in the first post I'll be living with her for a few months, and she'll be headed back to Japan in February, 2010. After we receive the second notice---hopefully everything goes all right---will she explain that we no longer live in Korea?

I'm getting ready to mail this package hopefully by the end of the week, and with one week from Korea to Vermont, and one week from Vermont to Korea, hopefully we'll have made some progress by mid- to late-October.

Thanks a lot for your responses and help.