is all the pinned stuff out of date ?

[Captain Oates 911]

I did k1 in 2005 and I am doing I-130 now...

Seems the I-130's are now done in Vermont or California but I cant find the USCIS info that explains this and the VJ guides too don't seem to refer to it...

as we are both in the UK, we were told that we had to file with the Service Center covering last place of residence which is Wisconsin therefore Nebraska..

Were we right to do that or should we have filed direct with Vermont/California

how do I find out which office covers which areas ?

We haven't had an NOA1 and I am beginning to expect Nebraska to eventually just send it all back or trash the application altogether as it doesn't comply with some technicality..

It was a world of confusion in 1995 but with the DCF changes thing as well it seems a huge quagmire just now... I thought I was an old hand at this and it would be a piece of cake, but I can't get my first foot on the ladder at the moment as it has all changed whilst the USCIS and VJ seem to be lagging in their pinned info..

alan

[MargotDarko 0]

I will be very interested in any replies to this as my husband and I are both in the UK as well and I'm going to submit an I-130 soon.

Do you know whether your wife should use her UK address on the form? I have a permanent mailing address in the US but I have Further Leave to the Remain in the UK. I don't know which place the USCIS would actually consider me to be resident it.

Edited February 2, 2007 by MargotDarko

[Captain Oates 911]

UPDATE!!!!

just received a DHL pack - the application has been to Nebraska and they sent it to California and California has sent in back to us in the UK to say file in LONDON !!!!

the absolute ROTTERS !

London said file in Nebraska !! and so we have it - full circle

and I know people who have filed in London and London then send it back saying you are a conditional UK resident so file it at the service centre covering your last place of residence in the US !!!

These people are just horrible - they have costs us weeks and money and angst - what is the matter with them ? why couldn't California send it to London ? why just throw it back at us ?

I am in despair now and I can see it going round and round and round forever-

anyway I have sent it to London - perhaps some bright spark there might be able to get us off this bureaucratic merry-go-round !!!

alan

ps thanks for seeing the typo mags

[MargotDarko 0]

How awful! I don't understand - how can you file a I-130 in London when London says they won't accept it and now even DCF for people with ILR won't be accepted? They're not making any sense! This makes me feel kind of panicky for our I-130. I wonder if it's possible to put down my permanent US address and then in the section where it says when did you last live together, give our current address and put the dates as "July 2006 to Present". I'll be filing the I-130 with the intention of filing for a K3 once we get approval.

UPDATE!!!!

just received a DHL pack - the application has been to Nebraska and they sent it to California and California has sent in back to us in the UK to say file in LONDON !!!!

the absolute ROTTERS !

London said file in Nebraska !! and so we have it - full circle

and I know people who have filed in London and London then send it back saying you are a conditional UK resident so file it at the service centre covering your last place of residence in the US !!!

These people are just horrible - they have costs us weeks and money and angst - what is the matter with them ? why couldn't California send it to London ? why just throw it back at us ?

I am in despair now and I can see it going round and round and round forever-

anyway I have sent it to London - perhaps some bright spark there might be able to get us off this bureaucratic merry-go-round !!!

alan

ps thanks for seeing the typo mags

[Captain Oates 911]

Don't worry about a US address for the purpose of domicile on the support form at the visa stage as that seems easily satisfied even if you are not US resident at the time..

Obviously I am the worst person in the world to ask where to file but at least if you file in London they will bounce it back to you or send it on quickly so you wont lose all the weeks that we have by following their instructions to file in the US...

Vjourney is mostly for spouses based in the US and it seems to get tricky when the USC is based overseas and all this DCF junk has thrown everything up in the air

I will email the embassy although they are usually very non committal - if I get a meaningful answer I will put a reply on here...

alan

[meauxna 15]

I'll be filing the I-130 with the intention of filing for a K3 once we get approval.

That will be a very long and useless wait. The K-3 is to tide you over until the I-130 is approved. If you wait to file for it until you have approval, you'll no longer need it.

[meauxna 15]

I did k1 in 2005 and I am doing I-130 now...

Seems the I-130's are now done in Vermont or California but I cant find the USCIS info that explains this and the VJ guides too don't seem to refer to it...

as we are both in the UK, we were told that we had to file with the Service Center covering last place of residence which is Wisconsin therefore Nebraska..

Were we right to do that or should we have filed direct with Vermont/California

how do I find out which office covers which areas ?

We haven't had an NOA1 and I am beginning to expect Nebraska to eventually just send it all back or trash the application altogether as it doesn't comply with some technicality..

It was a world of confusion in 1995 but with the DCF changes thing as well it seems a huge quagmire just now... I thought I was an old hand at this and it would be a piece of cake, but I can't get my first foot on the ladder at the moment as it has all changed whilst the USCIS and VJ seem to be lagging in their pinned info..

alan

"VJ" is a collection of people, including you. There is no VJ God scanning for updated information all the time (wait, that's what you've been doing! )and updating Guides and pinned posts. It is up to the users to keep this information as current as possible for each other.

Bi-specalization is the program that is divvying up the Service Center workloads. This is transparent to the user (you). You are to send your forms to the SC indicated--Nebraska for you. If CIS transfers it somewhere else, that is up to them.

[MargotDarko 0]

I'll be filing the I-130 with the intention of filing for a K3 once we get approval.

That will be a very long and useless wait. The K-3 is to tide you over until the I-130 is approved. If you wait to file for it until you have approval, you'll no longer need it.

I think I'm using the wrong wording. I'm only starting to learn the process. I believe I should have said that I plan to file the I-129F when I receive the first NOA. That's before the I-130 is actually approved, isn't it?

[meauxna 15]

UPDATE!!!!

just received a DHL pack - the application has been to Nebraska and they sent it to California and California has sent in back to us in the UK to say file in LONDON !!!!

the absolute ROTTERS !

London said file in Nebraska !! and so we have it - full circle

and I know people who have filed in London and London then send it back saying you are a conditional UK resident so file it at the service centre covering your last place of residence in the US !!!

These people are just horrible - they have costs us weeks and money and angst - what is the matter with them ? why couldn't California send it to London ? why just throw it back at us ?

I am in despair now and I can see it going round and round and round forever-

anyway I have sent it to London - perhaps some bright spark there might be able to get us off this bureaucratic merry-go-round !!!

alan

ps thanks for seeing the typo mags

If you put a UK address, the SC did what they were supposed to do with your file.

But you didn't want to 'try' filing in London... looks like you get your chance now!

Don't think it's fair to put the blame square on them.. I hope you included ample proof of the USC's genuine residence in the UK?

[meauxna 15]

I'll be filing the I-130 with the intention of filing for a K3 once we get approval.

That will be a very long and useless wait. The K-3 is to tide you over until the I-130 is approved. If you wait to file for it until you have approval, you'll no longer need it.

I think I'm using the wrong wording. I'm only starting to learn the process. I believe I should have said that I plan to file the I-129F when I receive the first NOA. That's before the I-130 is actually approved, isn't it?

That's the ticket.. The first "NOA" is a receipt; that's what you include with the I-129f submission.

Are you sure your file would not be accepted in London? This might be a good time to swoop in on them. The overseas CIS offices ARE accepting I-130s at this moment. London has a CIS Field Office.

[MargotDarko 0]

Thanks for the help. It looks like it wouldn't hurt to attempt it. I have plenty of proof that I've been legally living in the UK since 27 July 2005 (first on a student visa and now on FLR).

I'll be filing the I-130 with the intention of filing for a K3 once we get approval.

That will be a very long and useless wait. The K-3 is to tide you over until the I-130 is approved. If you wait to file for it until you have approval, you'll no longer need it.

I think I'm using the wrong wording. I'm only starting to learn the process. I believe I should have said that I plan to file the I-129F when I receive the first NOA. That's before the I-130 is actually approved, isn't it?

That's the ticket.. The first "NOA" is a receipt; that's what you include with the I-129f submission.

Are you sure your file would not be accepted in London? This might be a good time to swoop in on them. The overseas CIS offices ARE accepting I-130s at this moment. London has a CIS Field Office.

[meauxna 15]

MD,

others in your situation have been successful with London.

Evidence from Day One.

[MargotDarko 0]

MD,

others in your situation have been successful with London.

Evidence from Day One.

That's great to hear. I'll talk to my husband, but I think we'll go ahead with it and then report back on the response. Thanks.

[Captain Oates 911]

UPDATE!!!!

just received a DHL pack - the application has been to Nebraska and they sent it to California and California has sent in back to us in the UK to say file in LONDON !!!!

the absolute ROTTERS !

London said file in Nebraska !! and so we have it - full circle

and I know people who have filed in London and London then send it back saying you are a conditional UK resident so file it at the service centre covering your last place of residence in the US !!!

These people are just horrible - they have costs us weeks and money and angst - what is the matter with them ? why couldn't California send it to London ? why just throw it back at us ?

I am in despair now and I can see it going round and round and round forever-

anyway I have sent it to London - perhaps some bright spark there might be able to get us off this bureaucratic merry-go-round !!!

alan

ps thanks for seeing the typo mags

If you put a UK address, the SC did what they were supposed to do with your file.

But you didn't want to 'try' filing in London... looks like you get your chance now!

Don't think it's fair to put the blame square on them.. I hope you included ample proof of the USC's genuine residence in the UK?

So why don't you think it's fair of me to put the blame on the USCIS ? My wife is a USC lawfully resident in the UK - she wrote a very full covering letter explaining that with copies of her UK 'green card'. We received an email from the London embassy saying conditional residents should file in the US. We sent a very full file with full explanations to Nebraska as directed. So how come you are getting on our case saying it's our fault (my fault) ???

Why couldn't the USCIS send it internal mail California > London if thats where it should be filed ?

Are you on the payroll at USCIS or something ? You seem to be talking down to us as though all this is easy and the correct path is obvious and we are lacking in brain cells.. at the same time you don't seem to know anything definitive yourself so don't be so condescending eh ?

alan