New Address for Wife

[Hoosierland 0]

In the last week both our I-130 and I129f were approved and are being sent to the NVC. I guess I did not read ahead far enough when I origonally filled out the forms and gave my wife's physical address. As I understand both the first communications will be sent to her.

Unfortunately physical addresses mean nothing in Kampala. I don't think even a courier service will go anywhere other than a business. Few streets have names and her address is something like Plot 17xx, Kigowa I, Ntienda, Kampala. Directions go something like, "head past the market in Ntienda, go down the hill, past the two pork joints and make a left at the huge jackfruit tree. Ours is the third green gate on the left with one light out."

Anyway, can I change the address to a PO Box in Kampala, or will the communications come to me, will they call her to pick up the forms, or should I head it all off and make my own DS-3032 so all further communications are sure to come to me?

[Neya 0]

I dont know the answer to this but try and repost it in the K-3 forum that way more people see it and could possible answer for you.

[a&o 4]

I read somewhere else that the best thing for her to do would be to take a copy of the notice from the NVC (you could fax her or email a scanned copy) to the consulate. That way she could pick up the packet before they try to send it. I read that the copy of the letter should be enough to get her in the consulate door.

We're planning to do the same in Ghana, where postal addresses are also not in use!

[Hoosierland 0]

Thanks for the info. I dug into James Shortcuts and found out that in places where addresses are not used much or the postal system is bad the applicant can email the NVC with the info on the DS-3032 as soon as you find out it has been generated by calling the NVC automated response number.