DCF our only way to go basically?

[LarissaAnn 0]

Hi everyone,

My husband (UKC) and I (USC) were married in December and want to live in the United States, not right away, but eventually.

He wants me to stay with him for about a year first to get everything sorted before moving permanently, we intend to file UK immigration for me in September.

Now since I won't be living in the United States when I file the petition, it appears that the DCF the only option we have for our situation, am I right?

It seems on first glance too to be a much easier or at least quicker process than filing in the States, or am I being hopefully naive here? lol

Thank you so much for any advice/comments,

Lori

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You could also file with the lockbox like normal. You don't have to be i the US for it.

[lost_at_sea 995]

Hi, welcome to the forum.

There are actually 2 options, but if you both live in the UK right now then you should only really consider the DCF route. The other, filing via the USA, takes much longer (the guide for the longer option is here: http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1 and it's usually for when the USC lives in the States and the spouse lives abroad).

So, if you're both in the UK you probably want to get and read London's own page on how to file direct. It's here: http://london.usembassy.gov/dhs/uscis/i130filing.html

There's also a couple of recent threads on the same topic, with a couple of folks who only just filed themselves. There's some useful info in those you might like to read:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/441044-need-help/

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/440216-confused/

If you go have a look at all that, then come back with anything that's not clear or confusing, we'll do our best to help.

DCF is considerably faster. I completed this week and it took us 64 days (as opposed to most of a year the regular route).

Edited July 19, 2013 by lost_at_sea

[LarissaAnn 0]

Wonderful, thank you so much everyone!

We aren't living in the UK yet, but intend to file my UK immigration in September as my husband would like to take some time home first before moving.

So once we've lived together the required time we'll look into filing it DCF route when we are ready to do so and I'm sure I'll be back with more questions then.

Thank you so much for your help though and I'll study your links and keep up with the forum in the process.

Lori

[lost_at_sea 995]

Wonderful, thank you so much everyone!

We aren't living in the UK yet, but intend to file my UK immigration in September as my husband would like to take some time home first before moving.

So once we've lived together the required time we'll look into filing it DCF route when we are ready to do so and I'm sure I'll be back with more questions then.

Thank you so much for your help though and I'll study your links and keep up with the forum in the process.

Lori

Yep, since you're not in the UK *yet*, then you'll have to wait for 6 months until you file DCF, as you say. But that's okay, since it sounds like you're intending to stay in the UK for a year anyway (so you'll probably file after 6 - 8 months after you get here).

Should be easy enough. I assume you're coming over to the UK on a spouse visa?

Oh, and just to be doubly clear - if you don't want to wait for the 6 months mark in the UK, you can file the regular I-130 for CR-1 visa via Chicago Lockbox at any time from now (following the guide I linked to above).

Edited July 19, 2013 by lost_at_sea

[LarissaAnn 0]

Yep, I will be coming over on a spouse visa when the time comes. Thanks again everyone