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zinny   0

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My fiance and I have decided to go ahead and get married and go for the CR1 visa. However we are a little confused where we should file when the time comes. He is an Afghan National but residing in Malaysia while attending University. He will be there for the next 2 years and this summer I will be going there to marry and will stay in three month increments (to keep my USA residency) But we are not sure if that means we should file in Malaysia? Or will he need to travel back to Afghanistan for the process? I searched through the forums but maybe didn't use the right key words because I couldn't find anything.

Thank you for any advice you may have

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canadian_wife Grand Master

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As long as he is legally in Malaysia he can interview there

Are you a USC or a LPR?

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Ryan H Grand Master

Ryan H   3,812

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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OP, when the time comes for you to fill out the I-130, you will list his address in Malaysia on the form. Also, on question #22, the two lines on the right hand side of the forum, you would write Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. You will send the completed I-130 and accompanying documents to the lockbox based on where your residence is (Chicago or Phoenix).

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Afghanistan
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OP, when the time comes for you to fill out the I-130, you will list his address in Malaysia on the form. Also, on question #22, the two lines on the right hand side of the forum, you would write Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. You will send the completed I-130 and accompanying documents to the lockbox based on where your residence is (Chicago or Phoenix).

Thank you so much :) I am very excited but nervous at the same time! The usual feelings I suppose :blush:

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Hi, new to to forum, but I'm in a similar situation as the OP. I just want to clarify what's being said here - that a person doesn't need to be in his or her home country to apply for a Green Card? I'm asking because I'm married to a citizen of Kazakhstan (13 years), and we currently live in KZ. We'll be leaving KZ in June for the U.S, and then going on to China in August for a new job. We don't have time to apply for the Green Card here, so we were going to see if we could do it in China next year. Are we barking up the right tree? Thanks! Wish I'd found this forum years ago! We might have already taken care of this.

Chester

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Hi, new to to forum, but I'm in a similar situation as the OP. I just want to clarify what's being said here - that a person doesn't need to be in his or her home country to apply for a Green Card? I'm asking because I'm married to a citizen of Kazakhstan (13 years), and we currently live in KZ. We'll be leaving KZ in June for the U.S, and then going on to China in August for a new job. We don't have time to apply for the Green Card here, so we were going to see if we could do it in China next year. Are we barking up the right tree? Thanks! Wish I'd found this forum years ago! We might have already taken care of this.

Chester

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Ryan H Grand Master

Ryan H   3,812

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: China
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Hi, new to to forum, but I'm in a similar situation as the OP. I just want to clarify what's being said here - that a person doesn't need to be in his or her home country to apply for a Green Card? I'm asking because I'm married to a citizen of Kazakhstan (13 years), and we currently live in KZ. We'll be leaving KZ in June for the U.S, and then going on to China in August for a new job. We don't have time to apply for the Green Card here, so we were going to see if we could do it in China next year. Are we barking up the right tree? Thanks! Wish I'd found this forum years ago! We might have already taken care of this.

Chester

You, the USC do not apply for anything; you file a petition. Your spouse applies for a visa from the appropriate Embassy or Consulate on the basis of the approved petition. The green card is issued to your spouse when arriving in the US on a spousal visa.

If you will be in China for 6 months or more and you have a Chinese residence permit or long-term stay visa, then you can file your petition at one of the USCIS field offices in China (Beijing or Guangzhou, determined by which Province you are residing in). Additionally, tourist visa extensions will not count as residing.

If your spouse does have a visa interview at the Consulate in Guangzhou, your spouse will need to be able to speak English or Chinese; the Consulate likely will not have CO's who can speak or translators who are available for any other language.

Our journey:

Spoiler

September 2007: Met online via social networking site (MySpace); began exchanging messages.
March 26, 2009: We become a couple!
September 10, 2009: Arrived for first meeting in-person!
June 17, 2010: Arrived for second in-person meeting and start of travel together to other areas of China!
June 21, 2010: Engaged!!!
September 1, 2010: Switched course from K1 to CR-1
December 8, 2010: Wedding date set; it will be on February 18, 2011!
February 9, 2011: Depart for China
February 11, 2011: Registered for marriage in Wuhan, officially married!!!
February 18, 2011: Wedding ceremony in Shiyan!!!
April 22, 2011: Mailed I-130 to Chicago
April 28, 2011: Received NOA1 via text/email, file routed to CSC (priority date April 25th)
April 29, 2011: Updated
May 3, 2011: Received NOA1 hardcopy in mail
July 26, 2011: Received NOA2 via text/email!!!
July 30, 2011: Received NOA2 hardcopy in mail
August 8, 2011: NVC received file
September 1, 2011: NVC case number assigned
September 2, 2011: AOS invoice received, OPTIN email for EP sent
September 7, 2011: Paid AOS bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 9, 2011)
September 8, 2011: OPTIN email accepted, GZO number assigned
September 10, 2011: Emailed AOS package
September 12, 2011: IV bill invoiced
September 13, 2011: Paid IV bill (payment portal showed PAID on September 14, 2011)
September 14, 2011: Emailed IV package
October 3, 2011: Emailed checklist response (checklist generated due to typo on Form DS-230)
October 6, 2011: Case complete at NVC
November 10, 2011: Interview - APPROVED!!!
December 7, 2011: POE - Sea-Tac Airport

September 17, 2013: Mailed I-751 to CSC

September 23, 2013: Received NOA1 in mail (receipt date September 19th)

October 16, 2013: Biometrics Appointment

January 28, 2014: Production of new Green Card ordered

February 3, 2014: New Green Card received; done with USCIS until fall of 2023*

December 18, 2023:  Filed I-90 to renew Green Card

December 21, 2023:  Production of new Green Card ordered - will be seeing USCIS again every 10 years for renewal

 

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (apr) Country: Taiwan
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We had the same situation with our CR-1 application.

Wife from Taiwan, we live in Canada. Our Canadian visas are renewed on an annual basis and we only had 4 months remaining on them when our DS-260 arrived at the US Consulate in Montreal. Stating our US green card application as the basis for an early renewal, we found the Canadian immigration to be very helpful with an early renewal so we could present a Canadian visa with at least six months validity to the US consulate.

Done: I-130/CR-1, I-751/ROC

Done: I-327

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