Need Some Opinons

[freetv 7]

So my lease is up July 31st and my wife's roc can be sent July 29th at the earliest, while we will be heading overseas Sept 1st to finish our degrees and be back around Jan 5th or so. I was wondering what you guys thought about just getting rid of this apartment and storing our stuff at my parents until we get back (sign a contract with them etc) and inform uscis that we have moved there (yes, my home address will be there, all my mail will go there, my bills, friends wanting to drop something off, etc)? This would save me a lot of money for rent that I would have otherwise had to pay, the letters from uscis would go to my parents not just sent in some mailbox thousands of miles away from me, and would generally seem like a good idea. My only concern is 1. Doing it so close to our filing date 2. if we have to go back early for an interview and are requested to show power, rent, etc how am I going to do that? What do you guys think? Like I said I am not abandoning our u.s. residency... just going overseas for a term so we can finish our u.s. degrees.

[Darnell 8,478]

1. check the expiration date on the green card - make certain it fits in with your other plans.

2. use parent's addres or buy a po box at the post office.

3. re: residency evidence - you'll need to gather up what you have prior to leaving, generate more now, if needed - keep a copy with your parents.

re: the dates for interview - once an interview date is set - you'll have the local uscis address -

the problem is getting the interview changed to a later date -

as the ISO at the national help desk really (I mean f'ing really truely) cannot change the interview date at a local office. Many have tried (VJ members) and failed.

so - what to do ?

calling an ISO with the national office is useful regardless - it'll give you some electronic paper trail with USCIS that you tried, first, at the national office.

then prepare to send off that letter to the LOCAL OFFICE, attn (you find the title), a frickin POSTAL LETTER, for when you can come in

and finally

get an infopass appointment made, but YOUR PARENTS go and request, face to face at that local USCIS office, a rescheduled interview date. Make sure they have copies of her green card, passport, casefile, etc etc, with a limited power of attorney letter (signed by her) for your parents to act on her behalf for this one infopass meeting to reschedule the appointment

There - all bases covered - now get the heck outta here !