USC Married Abroad

[tabel 8]

I am not sure if i am posting this in the right place. My fiance & I was considering moving to his country & live there for awhile. But I would love for my fiance to be able to come back to the states when i come back. If I marry him there. Will I have to come back to the U.S. & fill out paperwork & stay here until the process is complete or can i do this while I am living abroad with him?

(Please real answer no ugly or rude responses...Thank you all in advance.

[Brandon+Roslyn 4]

You can do it all while you are living abroad. Thats what me and my wife did. You may even be able to do Direct Consular Filing if they allow it where you live. It just gets expensive because you have to send a lot of stuff in to USCIS and NVC, and it may get tricky if you need to use joint sponsors and stuff like that. Its a pain having to send a document to someone just so they can sign it :/. These were some of the issues that I had. But from what i understand they process the petitions a lot faster if the petitioner is living abroad. I am not positive of this though. Someone can correct me if I am wrong. Our I-130 was forwarded and approved in 16 days.

[celinayfran 2]

You can most certainly file while living abroad. That it was I am doing from Argentina (We married here as well). Considering all the costs involed in this process a few extra bucks for international postage is not a big deal. DCF (Direct Consular Filing) is much quicker and available for many countries but it varies and in many cases, such as Argentina, DCF requires that the petitioner be a permanent resident of that country, which I am not, never was.

So check with the US embassy where you and yoru fiance are living.

If you file while abroad, but not DCF, you need to maintain/be able to prove your permament domicile is in the US. You need a US address for paperwork. In my case I used my US address for all forms and on the 1-130 I also listed my current, albeit, temporary address in Argentina where it asks for the last address lived togetehr with your spouse.

Short answer, YES you can!! Good luck!!

[tabel 8]

You can do it all while you are living abroad. Thats what me and my wife did. You may even be able to do Direct Consular Filing if they allow it where you live. It just gets expensive because you have to send a lot of stuff in to USCIS and NVC, and it may get tricky if you need to use joint sponsors and stuff like that. Its a pain having to send a document to someone just so they can sign it :/. These were some of the issues that I had. But from what i understand they process the petitions a lot faster if the petitioner is living abroad. I am not positive of this though. Someone can correct me if I am wrong. Our I-130 was forwarded and approved in 16 days.

Sorry to respond so late...but thank you both for your answers....God Bless You Both!!!