Question about "Choice of Agent and Address" form

[DanKearney 0]

Greetings All,

My wife just received the "Choice of Agent and Address" form from USCIS. Basically, it asks her if she wants USCIS to send all correspondence directly to her or she can choose an "Agent" to receive all correspondence for her.

The rationale stated in the letter seems to be that USCIS feels that mail delivery service can sometimes be unreliable (In other countries, presumably).

Anyway, if we choose me as the Agent, then I'll have to forward everything to my wife in China which will still expose the documents to "unreliable" delivery service and add processing time as they'll have to be sent to me and then sent again to her.

Nothing that I've mailed to my wife has been lost in the mail. She's received everything I've mailed to her. I do however use the mailing address of her office, not her home because I feel that's more reliable.

So, I'm leaning toward her choosing no Agent and putting her office address on that form. Before we go ahead, I am wondering what other folks have done in this situation.

Thanks for the help.

Cheers,

Dan K.

Black Hawk, Colorado

[MrsWhizz 0]

Dan,

My husband and I emailed our choice of agent. He chose me because his British mail IS unreliable. As far as forwarding things, we have downloaded most of the forms we need, he has filled them out and mailed them to me in advance. I hang on to them until I receive the barcoded sheets, then mail them from the US. So far, we have experienced no problems with this method.

Hope it helps and good luck to you!!!

[Qiao - 108 days 0]

My fiance and I had the same discussion, and we chose to have things sent to her office address. I lived in Beijing, and I know from personal experience that it is probably not a good idea to get important mail delivered to a home address in China.

By the way, it would be great for us China people if you created a timeline!

[Cygnet 0]

Dan,

My husband and I emailed our choice of agent. He chose me because his British mail IS unreliable. As far as forwarding things, we have downloaded most of the forms we need, he has filled them out and mailed them to me in advance. I hang on to them until I receive the barcoded sheets, then mail them from the US. So far, we have experienced no problems with this method.

Hope it helps and good luck to you!!!

MrsWhizz, I was just going to suggest the same to Dan.

[DanKearney 0]

Thanks everyone for the information. I've decided that we'll use myself as the agent.

Cheers,

Dan K.

Black Hawk, CO