Is going back to Canada a bad idea during ROC with waiver?

[peteranna 0]

Basically, I feel stranded...

My divorce should be finalized next month and I am temporarily living on a friend's couch. I was thinking to head back to Canada after I send out the I-751 with waiver.

Is it a bad idea to go back to Canada for a few months during 1-751 with waiver? I know I will be called for biometrics after about a month.

Also, are all correspondence from USCIS done via email? Biometrics app? RFE? Interview? SInce I am not living at a firm address I have a P.O box and if I am in Canada I would need to be notified...

Does anyone know if filing with a waiver takes longer than without. The current processing time is 4.5 months for I-751.

Any thoughts would help.

[Harpa Timsah 13,258]

You are free to go to Canada for a while. From what I have seen, a waiver case does take longer. Most correspondence is done through mail, but you can check the website for updates. Those updates are prone to error, though. Best of luck.

[Caryh 5,206]

You will need a permanent address to file from, and need to update that address with USCIS. Everything is done via a letter, not email. If you give up residence, which moving to Canada will mean you've done, and have no physical address in the USA (a po box is not a physical address) you'll be considered as having abandoned your US residency. Find a friend or family member, your friend who's couch your staying at currently maybe, and set that as you new residence. At least until you get through ROC and establish a more permanent residence.