Us Citizen moving back to US frm UK w British spouse

[london2014 0]

I hope someone can please help with this. My husband and I were married in the US Nov 2005. We moved to the UK in March 06 but now want to move back to the US. I have the I-130 that I will be completing. My mother will be acting as his sponsor as I am in the UK. Should she just complete the I-864 as she will be sponsoring him - she is above the guidelines needed and have well enough savings.

The website states that we can do the interview here at the US Embassy London office. Where it starts to get confusing is if we file the I-130 first or if we need both completed when attending the interview. Any help would be greatly appreciated as this is really doing my head in.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

A spouse visa starts with a petition by the American that must be approved first. The I -130 petition is normally submitted to a USCIS central address called the Chicago Lockbox. When approved, documents and visa applications get sent to the National Visa Center. Eventually there is an interview at the foreign consulate--London in your case.

BUT...because the American in your case, lives in the UK, you get a shortcut. You get to do Direct Consular Filing aka DCF. You skip Chicago Lockbox, a long wait on USCIS petition approval, and the NVC. Your petition gets processed by the USCIS office in London (housed at the embassy but not THE embassy). When the petition gets approved, the case is forwarded to the immigrant visa unit--same building but different part of the government.

A member called lost_at_sea has written a guide for DCF through London. Read it and follow it. It is in the Wiki section of this website. Bookmark it because you will refer to it often for the various steps with in visa process

http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/DCF_London

Your other question---for the I-864 presented at interview, both the spouse and the joint sponsor (Mom) are required to complete the form and submit required tax documents or other income proofs.

Edited February 23, 2014 by Nich-Nick

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Process & Procedures to DCF Discussion.