Out of the box is going out of his mind...general questions

[wayoutofthebox 3]

First let me say thanks to all those who have sent me suggestions and answered questions and posted replies…a helpful community for sure.

I have read so many threads and looked at various forums and searched different topics but some questions I am not finding the answer to or the answer that is mentioned doesn’t really fit my out of the box situation…

Ok here are just a few of the latest brain farts that have me puzzled.

On the fiancé letter it calls for an address:

United States Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[ADDRESS OF FILING LOCATION]

or when submitting for interview

Now this first one could just be me being too thick to see the answer that is in front of me...My address in the USA is Reno Nevada. What would be the address I would use (Filing Location) and what does or when submitting for interview mean? How do I know which approach to take? Are the addresses different?

I am still trying to figure out how to approach this issue of unknown addresses covering the last five years. My fiancé has lived in many, many places over that time frame; staying with friends, short term stay in domestic helper positions, even working stay in for people she can’t remember. What is the best way to deal with this situation? As an example she was a stay in domestic helper for a family in Dumaguete but she doesn't remember the family name (not even sure she ever knew the name) she only knows Ate Gie and her sister Ate Leah; she might be able to find the house if she drove around the area but she isn't even sure where to start…”somewhere near Robinson”; what addresses we do have are so vague that we are concerned they will be accepted.

Even now our address on Luzon has a few different ways it can be written and they are equally valid. How pedantic is the US gov when it comes to these forms? I know we want to and need to be truthful but some of the information we don’t know; suggestions or similar situations?

Lastly (for now), before we met and moved in together I had been traveling and living in hotels and doing some camping…how does one list this kind vagabond transience? Like her I could not tell you the dates or names of some of the towns or places I stayed. Would a letter of explanation suffice or does every blank have to have a neat address that fits into a Google maps cross reference data base?

Feel free to PM or post if you have specifics that relate to my latest blanket of fog…

[clairegie 265]

Now this first one could just be me being too thick to see the answer that is in front of me...My address in the USA is Reno Nevada. What would be the address I would use (Filing Location) and what does or when submitting for interview mean? How do I know which approach to take? Are the addresses different?

To be honest, the address doesn't really matter as they just want to see the "intent to marry within 90 days" and the original signature on this letter. however, if it will appease your mind, on the initial petition use the DALLAS address. Just print the same one for the interview with the Date updated and a new signature placed. But they don't even ask for a letter of intent during the interview. Just a verbal confirmation from the foreign fiancee that she/he is aware they they need to be married to you within 90 days of entering USA.

I am still trying to figure out how to approach this issue of unknown addresses .....

If the list doesn't fit on the given space: Put on the form "see attachment", attach a separate sheet and note on it that it is for the Q: Residence in the last 5 years then fill it out with all the addresses she used. She can just put the city/province, just don't leave gaps in years. I don't think they will give her a hard time about it. Some addresses I wrote down are vague too and I wasn't asked about it at all during the interview.

Lastly (for now), before we met and moved in together I had been traveling and living in hotels and doing some camping…

I think you're over thinking it You were just traveling, but do you have an actual residence/address in the United States whenever you go back home? Use that. I will use my fiance as an example. He is in the military and has been sent to plenty of places the past 5 years. And yet he only wrote down his actual residence in San Diego. He didn't even write down the address of the USMC base he is living in right now and we didn't encounter any issues about it.

[Canerican 242]

First let me say thanks to all those who have sent me suggestions and answered questions and posted replies…a helpful community for sure.

I have read so many threads and looked at various forums and searched different topics but some questions I am not finding the answer to or the answer that is mentioned doesn’t really fit my out of the box situation…

Ok here are just a few of the latest brain farts that have me puzzled.

On the fiancé letter it calls for an address:

United States Department of Homeland Security

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

[ADDRESS OF FILING LOCATION]

or when submitting for interview

Now this first one could just be me being too thick to see the answer that is in front of me...My address in the USA is Reno Nevada. What would be the address I would use (Filing Location) and what does or when submitting for interview mean? How do I know which approach to take? Are the addresses different?

I'm sorry I cannot speak for the last half of your post, but can tell you about the fiance letter of intent. The first address will be where you are sending the package in the USA.

For instance:

Your first letter will have the below address on it:

United States Department of Homeland Security

United States Citizenship and Immigration Service

P.O. Box 660151

Dallas, TX 75266

The second letter that you do will be for the Consulate, for instance, this is what I did as I was interviewing at the Montreal, QC, Canada Consulate:

United States of America Consulate

1155 Rue St. Alexandre

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Postal Code

If you are at different Consulate look up the address as it will be different from the one above and yes the address on the letter of intent that you do for USCIS will different from the one that you do for the Consulate.

Hope this helps

[Zedayn 485]

You are overthinking this too much. The address is not even needed for the letter of intent form. Many include it because it adds a bit of formality to it, but all they want to see is your statement of getting married. This is also your proof of engagement. For the G-325A, you don't have to be specific with an address if you don't know. If you put the city and state, or even just state that would suffice. The G-325A form is just to give the consul a brief history of your background, and if you don't know something just put unknown. If its really important to the consul they will ask you at the interview.

[wayoutofthebox 3]

Sorry if I appear dense...

The form as it is available here on VJ clearly implies that an address is required yet some say it isn't needed. I, like the US government, can at times be slightly pedantic and officious when it comes to the crossing of T's and dotting of I's; the ying to my bohemian vagabond yang.

Could possibly a moderator clear this confusion...if it is not needed why does it not say optional on the fiance letter form? And, if the address is the Dallas

box number for everyone why not just have the form say that is so?

After hearing of delays for various reasons I don't want to stall the process because I was given bad intel and didn't cross my T's properly.

Over-thinking this...ha, if only you knew what a buang world is inside my head...think the TV show Lost but with more and less connected plot arcs that go nowhere at the speed of light...and all acted out as kabuki theater; now you are in the ball park.

Thanks to all of you for trying to hold my hand as I cross this very busy and confusing street...all good neighbors indeed!

[clairegie 265]

Well, if it makes me more "credible", I've went through the entire process and researched everything on my own and had no RFE's, delays or 221g's all through out(no mistakes) and was approved in under 5 months by the consulate your fiancee will have her interview at. In short, its advice from a person who has done it and succeeded.

If you really want to put an address because that VJ sample letter with red text really bothers you, then the filing location is DALLAS and use the Manila US Embassy address for your Letter of intent for the interview, just as the directions on the sample say.

Feel free to look for Hank_ , he is the go to person for K1 visa Philippines. Maybe it will make you feel better if a more senior member would verify everything we just said. Here is his profile, pm him:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/user/117451-hank/

If you want a MOD, feel free to press Report to grab their attention. Good luck.

Edited December 11, 2013 by iammrsregi

[wayoutofthebox 3]

In short, its advice from a person who has done it and succeeded.

I will defer to your expertise in this regard...I only suggested a mod if there was any discrepancy between the advice I was being given and what the various forms imply.

You have now been moved from credible to "go to answer person" in my book.

Thank you and expect a pm shortly.

[baron555 934]

Follow the Example Forms

[Zedayn 485]

I have also been through this process once before successfully with no problems. I understand how stressful the process can be, and you want to make sure everything is just perfect. The letter of intent advice I had read when I went through the first time, and although the address isn't needed I did put the Dallas lockbox address on my letter of intent. On the G-325A, some information was unknown to me when I filed it...so I just put UNKNOWN, and it was never an issue. Also I only put the city for the address on last places lived and last places of employment...the direct address was never an issue either. This is all coming from my previous experience with the process, so I hope that it helps to ease your nerves a bit.