London USCIS rejects our I-130

[Captain Oates 911]

I-130

First London USCIS says file in Nebraska .

We file in Nebraska

Nebraska sends it to California

California sends it back to us DHL courier saying file in London

We file in London

Letter from USCIS London today says Carolyn has been here since October 2006, she has a UK green card, she has a job in the UK, a car and bank accounts and she has no house in the USA - however they regard her as being a US resident as she has been in the UK less than 2 years. They are sending the application (a very well traveled application ) back to the Nebraska which is where it set off ...

Hold on for the mystery tour !

I am hoping that the USCIS London cover sheet might help California to NOA1 it and not send it back to us but would you bet on it ? If so there are some Enron shares I would like to sell you....

Alan

[MargotDarko 0]

What a viscious cycle! Makes me less hopeful for my own I-130 I'm going to send to London, but it sounds like it's best to start there first anyway.

[Captain Oates 911]

What a viscious cycle! Makes me less hopeful for my own I-130 I'm going to send to London, but it sounds like it's best to start there first anyway.

Absolutely ! I don't know what to recommend that you say - if it comes back to you from London saying file in the US, it will only be a few days as compared to the weeks if it does a tour of the US - and they might just forward it to the US for you

If London does not accept DCF, and if they send it back to you rather than forwarding to the USCIS in the US, for heavens sake put a short punchy covering letter in when you send it to the US saying that you have already filed in London UK and make sure London's rejection letter is at the front - It MIGHT, I say MIGHT, stop them putting it on the carousel of despair (perhaps I am being over eloquent)

Those of us who are together in the foreign country do not have as much to moan about as those who are split up by this bumbling incompetence - I keep telling myself that...

ok come on NOA1 - that precious document which is so easy for most and so hard for us.

alan

[MargotDarko 0]

Hopefully if the London field office won't process it, they'll forward it for us. I have a feeling they might send it back to us though since we'll be filling out the credit card form for the London office, and the Nebraska office would have to have a US dollar check. Oh well, we'll just have to see. If I have to forward it to Nebraska myself, I'll make it very clear that London told me to do it!

I hope you get your NOA1 soon! You guys deserve it.