After I-130 (UK application)

[djsmersh 0]

Hi all,

Can anyone help please? I've tried to answer my own question but became totally confused by the plethora of different answers/situations (as most of them did not meet our particular situation).

To start with the crux is this .... my wife is an American citizen (by birth) and she came to England 13 years ago and married me, here in the UK, I am English (by birth). We want to move to the USA and so filed an I-130 which has been approved. We have been told that this is now in the hands of the USCIS and we should receive the next stage in up to 8 weeks.

The problem is, I don't know exactly what the next stage is (I'm assuming more forms) but if I knew which ones then we can gather the relevant information/material before they arrive and therefore reduce any time-wasting.

Can anyone help as to what forms we will need to complete this and what kind of information the USCIS is likely to need?

Many thanks.

John M

[Harmon-y 32]

If your I-130 has been approved, then it is no longer going to be in the hands of USCIS. Go to the NVC Process Wiki: http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/NVC_Process

That will lead you on the right path!

[cappucino boy 29]

Djsmersh,

Have you checked out the guides? Here is a guide for your situation http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide2.

Hi all,

Can anyone help please? I've tried to answer my own question but became totally confused by the plethora of different answers/situations (as most of them did not meet our particular situation).

To start with the crux is this .... my wife is an American citizen (by birth) and she came to England 13 years ago and married me, here in the UK, I am English (by birth). We want to move to the USA and so filed an I-130 which has been approved. We have been told that this is now in the hands of the USCIS and we should receive the next stage in up to 8 weeks.

The problem is, I don't know exactly what the next stage is (I'm assuming more forms) but if I knew which ones then we can gather the relevant information/material before they arrive and therefore reduce any time-wasting.

Can anyone help as to what forms we will need to complete this and what kind of information the USCIS is likely to need?

Many thanks.

John M

[dwheels76 5,468]

Hi all,

Can anyone help please? I've tried to answer my own question but became totally confused by the plethora of different answers/situations (as most of them did not meet our particular situation).

To start with the crux is this .... my wife is an American citizen (by birth) and she came to England 13 years ago and married me, here in the UK, I am English (by birth). We want to move to the USA and so filed an I-130 which has been approved. We have been told that this is now in the hands of the USCIS and we should receive the next stage in up to 8 weeks.

The problem is, I don't know exactly what the next stage is (I'm assuming more forms) but if I knew which ones then we can gather the relevant information/material before they arrive and therefore reduce any time-wasting.

Can anyone help as to what forms we will need to complete this and what kind of information the USCIS is likely to need?

Many thanks.

John M

Did you do a DCF or you mailed your petition to Chicago Lockbox?

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Can you clarify your situation? If both live in England, then you had the shortcut option to file the I-130 with the USCIS office in London which would approve the petition in weeks over mailing to the Chicago Lockbox. You would also skip the months of processing at the NVC in the US, going straight to the embassy and getting you medical exam and preparing for interview. That's called Direct Comsular Filing (DCF) and should be noted in you profile so we know how to answer you.

If that is your process, then this is your guide to London DCF http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/DCF_London

If you mailed the petition to Chicago, then follow the other links people gave you.

Please answer so your thread can be moved to the DCF FORUM If needed. And please fill out a timeline so you get better answers. The processes are very different.

Edited August 1, 2014 by Nich-Nick

[djsmersh 0]

Hi all,

Thank you all for your time in answering, it's much appreciated.

I have had a couple of questions back which I, to be honest, should have included in my initial post.

1. I have passed the I-130 stage

2. the application has been made via the US embassy in London (as we both reside in the UK).

I now know I have more forms to complete (a D-26, by the looks of it) then a medical before the final stage of the interview (hopefully).

Sorry about being a little slow here, red tape always baffles me.

The embassy states that i should receive the next stage by mid September so we're hoping to get this all pushed through by the new year (finger's crossed).

If anyone can add to the below in any shape or form (i.e. expected costs, time-frame etc) that would be great.

Thanks again.

John

[Nick&Diane 32]

I don't know the ins and outs of DCF but I assume that your wife will need show proof of domicile in the US.

Obviously she is not currently domiciled in the US so you might need to start working towards this. Since she will be your financial sponser she will need to secure a job in the US, or find a co-sponser, unless you have sufficient capital. The guides include all the financial thresholds.

If your wife does not return to the US during your process, then she will have to provide proof that she is in the process of returning to the US - lease for a property, bank account, job offer, etc.

Edited to add:

Has your wife been filing her taxes in the US whilst resident in the UK? We have a similar situation to yours and this totally caught us out half way through the process!

Edited August 7, 2014 by Nick&Diane

[Ryan H 3,812]

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