DCF From 3rd Country??

[mfriend12 1]

We have a bit of a different situation. I'm from US, husband is from India (just married last month, hoping to start on CR-1 soon!). I will be working in South Korea for a year teaching (on E2 working visa). Husband will join for part of the time (on F3, accompanying spouse visa).

Is it possible to do DCF from Korea since I will be living there for a year? Would we qualify if my husband is also from a different country? I don't qualify to file in India, but not sure if it's better to apply DCF or to mail into USCIS. Sounds like DCF is much faster.....

thanks for reading!!

Edited January 18, 2013 by mfriend12

[TnN 2]

We have a bit of a different situation. I'm from US, husband is from India (just married last month, hoping to start on CR-1 soon!). I will be working in South Korea for a year teaching (on E2 working visa). Husband will join for part of the time (on F3, accompanying spouse visa).

Is it possible to do DCF from Korea since I will be living there for a year? Would we qualify if my husband is also from a different country? I don't qualify to file in India, but not sure if it's better to apply DCF or to mail into USCIS. Sounds like DCF is much faster.....

thanks for reading!!

I'm in the same situation as you are and we did DCF which is usually much faster, especially in Korea! So I'd consider yourself lucky. One thing you have to be careful about is that 1) you meet the residence requirements for the Korean embassy to accept your DCF application which is usually 6 months living in the foreign country on a legal working or student visa 2)Decide where you want your spouse to be interviewed, can he be legally in Korea when the interview date arrives? and 3) in general I've heard and was advised legally you must present evidence of your continued domicile in the US and provide evidence that you will be returning to the US in the relative near future.

If I were you I would look at all the requirements on the US Ebassy, Seoul website to get the specific requirements.

Good Luck!!!

[mfriend12 1]

I'm in the same situation as you are and we did DCF which is usually much faster, especially in Korea! So I'd consider yourself lucky. One thing you have to be careful about is that 1) you meet the residence requirements for the Korean embassy to accept your DCF application which is usually 6 months living in the foreign country on a legal working or student visa 2)Decide where you want your spouse to be interviewed, can he be legally in Korea when the interview date arrives? and 3) in general I've heard and was advised legally you must present evidence of your continued domicile in the US and provide evidence that you will be returning to the US in the relative near future.

If I were you I would look at all the requirements on the US Ebassy, Seoul website to get the specific requirements.

Good Luck!!!

Thanks for the reply! My husband will be getting a spousal visa in which he can stay with me in Korea for the duration of my employment. (This visa should help as evidence towards our case too I'd think!) So he should be able to be present in Korea for the interview/medical exam/visa issuance.

It's good to know someone else has a similar case to us. Do you and your spouse both work in China, or just one of you? Good luck to you too!