DCF In London

[Shermeen&Adam 0]

My husband has been living in the UK with me for the past two years and currently has an identity card stating his leave to remain in the UK until August 2011. However we have decided to move to America and were originally planning to apply for my CR1 once he was out there. DCF was suggested as he is already here and is often a quicker process. Are we able to file our I-130 now even though he plans to go back to America in January so that he can get work and re-establish himself over there or does he have to remain in the UK with me throughout the whole process?

Any advice would be very welcome as I couldn't see anything on the Embassy website regarding this, just that the petitioner must have been living in the foreign country for at least six months.

Thank you in advance xx

[NigeriaorBust 4,087]

Actually what you plan is the ideal process. File and get the DCF accepted then the USC reestablish life in the US to be able to show income for the affidavit of support. There was talk of USCIS eliminating the DCF but if you file soon you should be good.

[Shermeen&Adam 0]

Thank you. We're hoping to get the application in the mail this week. Just got to find out the best method of payment and get our pictures taken. So eager to get the ball rolling because we don't want to spend most of 2011 apart xx

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

My husband has been living in the UK with me for the past two years and currently has an identity card stating his leave to remain in the UK until August 2011. However we have decided to move to America and were originally planning to apply for my CR1 once he was out there. DCF was suggested as he is already here and is often a quicker process. Are we able to file our I-130 now even though he plans to go back to America in January so that he can get work and re-establish himself over there or does he have to remain in the UK with me throughout the whole process?

Any advice would be very welcome as I couldn't see anything on the Embassy website regarding this, just that the petitioner must have been living in the foreign country for at least six months.

Thank you in advance xx

I don't know if this will answer all your questions, but there's a VJ Wiki article on DCF London written by a member who has done it.

DCF London Wiki