General Questions with DCF

[LewisR 0]

*If I am posting this in the wrong section, please move this topic to a more appropriate section, thanks*

Hi,

I am a British citizen, and my fiancée is an American citizen currently on active duty with the US Air Force, permanently stationed here in the United Kingdom. She has been living in the UK for a little over two years and we are actually due to get married this coming Saturday, January 3^rd.

Her orders had her stationed in the UK for a further two and a half years yet, and we were planning to be filling for a IR-1 visa closer to when she was due to return to the states. However, just over a week ago she was informed that she is being sent back to the states, and this move will take place around the end of February 2015. As such, we now find ourselves in the situation of having to file for an immigration visa so that I can go back with her, much earlier than expected.

The scary thing in this situation is having to file the papers much quicker and just not wanting to make any mistakes that could delay things. We have done a lot of reading into the different processes, and have found the information and advice shared on these forums incredibly useful, so firstly thanks to everyone on here who has been sharing advice!

From our research, and talking to the military help line for USCIS and the London Embassy, we have been told that we qualify for DCF with the London Embassy as long as we file before she leaves in February. We were also told there would be no problem with doing this, and for us to notify them on the changes of address at the point she is given her date of return to the USA. We were also advised the best route being the CR-1 Visa, as this will if successful, include the change of status upon point of entry to the USA.

Has anyone had any experience with having to give notice of a change of address and the impact this potentially has on the process?

In our case, we are currently renting property together, so when she moves back to the states her address will change, and I will also have a change of address as I will have to move to my parents property during the remaining process of the visa application.

The one thing we have received very conflicting information about is section 21 of the I-130, which ask for city and state if I was in the US and filing for adjustment of status, or for city and country if I am not eligible for adjustment of status and filing for a visa abroad.

My understanding with this question is that I should file it as “N/A” as I will still be in the UK, already filing to the London Embassay but also the fact I won’t be filing for adjustment of status separately as that’s all covered in the CR-1 Visa. Can anyone help clarify this section for us please?

And the final question I have, is that I visited the states with my partner back in September, under the Visa Waver program, so that we could meet her parents and that I could ask them in person for permission to propose. That visa waiver is still active until 2016, so when she gets sent back in February 2015, am I safe to travel back with her for two weeks, just to help her move back and talk with her parents, and then return to the UK, with no risk of this impacting the pending application that will be filled by this time?

Thanks for reading over this post, and any help you can provide is greatly appreciated.

Lewis.

Edited December 31, 2014 by LewisR

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Here is the sample I-130 provided on the London embassy website. It may help. http://photos.state.gov/libraries/unitedkingdom/164203/dhs/sample_of_a_completed_i130.pdf

It comes from this page http://london.usembassy.gov/dhs/uscis/i130filing.html

And a UK member, lost_at_sea, has compiled a guide to London DCF which can help guide you through the process. It is in the Wiki Section of Visa Journey. Link-> http://www.visajourney.com/wiki/index.php/DCF_London

Edit: Forgot to say ...Yes you can visit on VWP.

Edited December 31, 2014 by Nich-Nick

[LewisR 0]

Thank you very much for the reply, Nich-Nick, that defiantly clears up the confusion we had with the section 21 of the I-130.

And thank you for the links, the guide is going to be very useful!