USC petitioner living abroad

[chaine1 116]

We are yet to receive a NOA1 and we even called the USCIS to ask about it and the customer service rep informed us that "their systems" don't allow them to enter a foreign address.

I never received my NOA1. It shouldn't be an issue.

The USCIS will send overseas mail. That's the line the customer service gives when inquiring about foreign addresses, but it's completely false. I did eventually receive my NOA2 in the mail (about two months after approval) in Kuwait. Many of the people in this thread received documents from the USCIS at their foreign address.

[danzz 11]

I got an email on July 25th that they had received our paperwork and they cashed had the check the same day. We are yet to receive a NOA1 and we even called the USCIS to ask about it and the customer service rep informed us that "their systems" don't allow them to enter a foreign address.

Should we be worried about the lack of a NOA1?

Our actual paper NOA1 took about 10 days to get to France, Sweden should be similar so I don't think there's cause for concern yet, international mail takes a while.

[Ulmus 4]

Our actual paper NOA1 took about 10 days to get to France, Sweden should be similar so I don't think there's cause for concern yet, international mail takes a while.

It's actually a little bit funny, but today when I got home from work the darn notice was sitting there waiting for me.

[TattooedAesa 0]

It took a total of 10 days between our NOA1 and NOA2... he and I live together in the UK in London

[callsignapollo 1]

Our addresses on the I-130/G-325A was our Australian address. Am I to understand, we might have accidentally lined ourselves up for an expedited approval?

If so, nice!

Just got our NOA2 via E-Mail

1. Country USC resides in: Australia.

2. USCIS field office or DCF?: USCIS.

3. When did you file I130: Received by USCIS on 20th July 2012.

4. How long has the USC been living abroad: 1 year.

5. Do you reside in the country legally: Yes.

6. What is the reason for your residence: Live closer to family.

7. Did you list your overseas address on I130? Yes

8. Did you send the package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in your I130 package? Not exactly. A receipt from the Hawaii Department of Health was included with our marriage certificate, which had our AU address on it.

10. Did you mention that you reside abroad in your cover letter? No.

11. Has your case been auto expedited? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes. 14 days.

12. Which Service Centre? California

Edited August 7, 2012 by callsignapollo

[lanie86 0]

Hi everyone.

My husband and I will sending the I-130 next week, We live in Uruguay. So, wish us luck!

I have a question for all that. If my husband (US citizen) live abroad can be the agent for the DS-3032 anyway? That part isn't clear to me.

I have to thanks this post!!! You don't know how much it help me. It was like the light to the end of the road...

Thank you a lot, to all.

[Jasontnyc 9]

Just got our NOA2 notice (even though I havent recieved the physical NOA1 yet in the post!)

1. Country USC resides in: Ireland

2. USCIS field office or DCF?: USCIS.

3. When did you file I130: Mailed 26th of July - Received by USCIS 28th July 2012. (NOA1)

4. How long has the USC been living abroad: 10 years.

5. Do you reside in the country legally: Yes.

6. What is the reason for your residence: Job

7. Did you list your overseas address on I130? Yes

8. Did you send the package from abroad? No, sent package to family in the US who attched the check and then sent it on our behalf

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in your I130 package? Limited - A random letter from our mortgage company that had both our names on it

10. Did you mention that you reside abroad in your cover letter? No.

11. Has your case been auto expedited? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes. 12 days.

12. Which Service Centre? California

[Jasontnyc 9]

Hi everyone.

My husband and I will sending the I-130 next week, We live in Uruguay. So, wish us luck!

I have a question for all that. If my husband (US citizen) live abroad can be the agent for the DS-3032 anyway? That part isn't clear to me.

I have to thanks this post!!! You don't know how much it help me. It was like the light to the end of the road...

Thank you a lot, to all.

Yes (I plan to be as well)

[jessicaruizw 9]

After months of following this thread I can now add our names to it!!!

1. Country USC resides in: Chile

2. USCIS field office or DCF?: USCIS (DCF no longer available)

3. When did you file I130: NOA1 July 25

4. How long has the USC been living abroad: 3.5 years.

5. Do you reside in the country legally: Yes.

6. What is the reason for your residence: before I had a work visa, now I am a temp resident

7. Did you list your overseas address on I130? Yes

8. Did you send the package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in your I130 package? All our bonafide evidence implicates residence abroad (shared domicile, health insurance, etc)

10. Did you mention that you reside abroad in your cover letter? No.

11. Has your case been auto expedited? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes. 11 days (calendar), 8 business days .

12. Which Service Centre? California

[JP and Tee 13]

hi everyone,

my husband lives in the US, I am in Malaysia at the moment. he is with the military so do you think we can file through the US Embassy in Malaysia? There is a chance he might be deploying next year so we'd like to get the visa process done before/and if he leaves. Thanks, really appreciate your feedback!

[Darnell 8,478]

Please to study DCF requirements for Filing in Malaysia. Thanks !

[Douglas Custodio 7]

After months of following this thread I can now add our names to it!!!

1. Country USC resides in: Chile

2. USCIS field office or DCF?: USCIS (DCF no longer available)

3. When did you file I130: NOA1 July 25

4. How long has the USC been living abroad: 3.5 years.

5. Do you reside in the country legally: Yes.

6. What is the reason for your residence: before I had a work visa, now I am a temp resident

7. Did you list your overseas address on I130? Yes

8. Did you send the package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in your I130 package? All our bonafide evidence implicates residence abroad (shared domicile, health insurance, etc)

10. Did you mention that you reside abroad in your cover letter? No.

11. Has your case been auto expedited? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes. 11 days (calendar), 8 business days .

12. Which Service Centre? California

We got auto-expedited as well:

1. Country USC resides in: Brazil.

2. USCIS field office or DCF?: USCIS.

3. When did you file I130: Received by USCIS on 25th July 2012.

4. How long has the USC been living abroad: 6 months.

5. Do you reside in the country legally: Yes.

6. What is the reason for your residence: Live closer to family.

7. Did you list your overseas address on I130? Yes.

8. Did you send the package from abroad? Yes.

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in your I130 package? Yes, church records and bank information.

10. Did you mention that you reside abroad in your cover letter? We mentioned that we have a joint-account in Brazil.

11. Has your case been auto expedited? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes. 10 days.

12. Which Service Centre? California.

[JP and Tee 13]

I did, it said we could. Just want to know whether DCF will be faster compared to normal USCIS route.

[Darnell 8,478]

I did, it said we could. Just want to know whether DCF will be faster compared to normal USCIS route.

your uscitizen spouse resides in Malaysia as a resident?

[cuse 0]

I signed up just to add my stuff to this list (:

1. Country USC resides in: Georgia.

2. USCIS field office or DCF?: USCIS.

3. When did you file I130: Received by USCIS on July 24th 2012.

4. How long has the USC been living abroad: 1 year

5. Do you reside in the country legally: Yes.

6. What is the reason for your residence: to be with my husband

7. Did you list your overseas address on I130? Yes, BUT I wrote in both the cover letter and the address page to use my US address as my mailing address

8. Did you send the package from abroad? Yes.

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in your I130 package? Yes, some postcards/envelopes sent to me at this address

10. Did you mention that you reside abroad in your cover letter? Yes, and I asked for my US address to be used for mail.

11. Has your case been auto expedited? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Still waiting for NOA2, but the online status has updated: so, 12-14 days?

12. Which Service Centre? California.

I was so worried after reading this thread that listing my US address, even just for 'mailing,' would keep us from being expedited. And now I'm still not sure what happened, because despite my multiple requests, yesterday I got my physical NOA1 in the mail, here at my foreign address! Anyone else have this happen to them?