Unintentionally changed country/address after DCF approval...!

[chainbreakr 3]

Hi all, I couldn't find a similar thread to this so I thought I'd post up. I'll keep it as short as possible.

I'm a US citizen and ay wife is a Namibian citizen and South African permanent resident. We'd been living in S.A. for the past 2 years. We filed our DCF in Jo'burg, S.A. which was approved at the beginning of December. We have not emailed/sent/filed anything else as of yet.

Literally 1 week after approval, my S.A. visa renewal for 2015 was wrongfully denied due to an admin error. Knowing the time/energy/money and risk an appeal would be, we decided to pack our stuff and leave the country to avoid me being deported and/or banned (visa expired Dec. 31). We're now in Namibia (neighboring country) living here indefinitely with her family until the U.S. stuff gets sorted.

So now we're quite worried a change of country/address will cause issues to this process as we fill out the ds-260 and i-184. We don't know where to start. Thankfully we can at least receive paperwork at our old address in S.A. if need-be.

Keep in mind travelling back to Jo'burg on a tourist visa for myself is not a problem and, though a pain in the butt, is not a big deal.

Thanks for any help!

Edited February 4, 2015 by chainbreakr

[Confusedtinybird 41]

Hi,

South Africa doesn't send anything out my mail. It is all done by e-mail.

The move to Namibia won't be a problem. You are just there for a little bit and technically since you are the USC you could go back to US since DCF is filed.

You should be hearing back for the Consulate soon. I did DCF through South Africa and it was very fast. You will just need to go back to South Africa to get the medical.

[chainbreakr 3]

Thanks confused. We got the email already too.

I'm not so worried about me - my wife is also sitting with the country/address change (she did not stay back).

Is it a problem that she, the beneficiary, will have a foreign address on the ds260 and I-184?

The only slightly comforting thought is that the Jo'burg embassy has jurisdiction over all the neighboring countries anyway.

[Confusedtinybird 41]

If she is the beneficiary she doesn't fill out the I-864 ( I think you meant that instead of the I-184?) You the petitioner will fill that out.

Yes the beneficiary will have foreign address if he/she fills out the ds260 and that is ok.

[chainbreakr 3]

Thanks for the confidence, Tiny!

And yes, my apologies - the i-184. The form does ask for her (the beneficiary) current address, as does the DS-260. Being different from our original filing (since the DCF app had our South African address) is the whole worry.

Sounds like since the DCF is approved then it doesn't really matter if the country/address of the benificiary has changed?

[Confusedtinybird 41]

Hi,

No it won't matter and since your wife is a Namibian citizen so you guys are find to live there and wait till the interview.

You should be back in the USA soon.

Sorry to hear about your visa problems. Been there done that.

[chainbreakr 3]

You've been such a help -thanks, Tiny!

So since the i-864 requires domicile (we don't need a co-sponsor), should I list my "mailing address" as the Namibian address and the "place of residence" as my address in the US (parent's home)?

I am self-employed and 100% of my clients are in the US so I'm not too concerned about it, but want to make sure I fill it out right the first time with all these address changes going on.

[Confusedtinybird 41]

That is exactly what I did with the I- 864 and I didn't have any problems.