Petition my Mom. I will be in Japan. HELP!

[MFR18 0]

My husband is in the military and we are moving to Japan this summer. However, I will start my petition for my mom next month. She is not allowed to live with us in Japan (military rules that only immediate family can be with us when being assigned abroad).

She will be staying with my brother in Texas once she gets here. Question is, can I use my brother's address in all the forms and the return address for my application?

[aleful 1,905]

hi

if you don't live in the US, you cannot file for her. file for her when you get back to the US

petitions are for family reunification, if you're not here there is no reunification possible

[apple21 953]

If your brother is a US citizen then he can file for your mom.

[MFR18 0]

My brother is a permanent resident. It will still be a reunification between her and my brother. The military bases outside the US are considered as US soil.

[aleful 1,905]

hi

nope, it has to be between the petitioner and the beneficiary

when your brother becomes a USC he can file for her, then there will be family reunification

it's US soil for you not for her.

[apple21 953]

The i130 asks for your address, not your brother's.

Your call.

[MFR18 0]

At the end of the form, there's a question wherein we have to put the address where my mom intends to live when she gets here.

Thank you for your replies though. Definitely good to know and something to think about. We will be in Japan for 3 years. And her living condition in the Philippines is really not good that's why I want to get her already and be with my brother. She will live with us once we come back in the US.

[apple21 953]

Yes you can use your brother's address for that one. But all else pertaining to the petitioner's (you) address, you should put Japan.