Beneficiary Change of Address

[thedude6752000 360]

My wife is facing some financial troubles in her country and I am not in a place where I can help her too much right now. She is considering moving to somewhere cheaper, but we don't want to screw things up as far as the visa is concerned. Just FYI, I just submitted my I-130 in November and am still awaiting NOA2. My questions are:

1. Would the effects of changing address be so disastrous that it should not be changed?

2. What would the process be for updating her address while the I-130 is pending? Will I have to send in a new G-325A?

Edited January 16, 2014 by thedude6752000

[NikLR 13,232]

Changing address during the I-130 portion for the beneficiary has no effect. You do not update anything. She would simply input her new address when the case reaches the NVC. The only hump is if she moves to a different country.

[thedude6752000 360]

Really? It couldn't cause more trouble at the interview if they see a discrepancy in dates?

[NikLR 13,232]

People move all the time. She has to put all of her addresses and dates lived at each, since age 16, on the ds-260. Just a reminder the ds-260 is the visa application thay you submit at the NVC. So the consulate or embassy will see her current living location, along with anywhere she moves from now until the ds-260 is submitted, plus all previous addresses from age 16. She will need to know the exact address and I think month/year of each place, no matter how long she lived there. Mine ended up being 18 moves to 13 addresses.

Edited January 16, 2014 by NLR

[R<3S 97]

It should not matter where she moves, if she is in the same country. For me, my husband will soon move to another country, so I have to go through changing the case number at NVC. Although if you have not received the NOA2 yet, it should not matter until the NVC stage. You should just call and let USCIS or NVC know about the address change. If she moves within the country, you probably do not even have to call and change address, but you should, just in case.

Good Luck.

[NikLR 13,232]

Even if the beneficiary changed country you don't need to deal with it until it reaches the NVC. Remember the petition really has almost nothing to do with the beneficiary. The USC is petitioning for the right for their spouse to apply for a visa.