address?

[Kristen&Mark 0]

hey friends!

ok, more questions, we are getting closer to sending it! woohoo!

1) I might be moving to a different apartment 3-4 months, should I just use my mom and dad's address?

My fiance's address (Central American) is in Spanish, it's ok to keep that in Spanish, right? He is using his boss' address to get stuff- because he travels a lot- is this ok?

2) The fasteners to use to file- the metal ring binders? or the gold/silver fasteners?

3) I've talked to some people and they advised that I contact my local senator... I don't understand what they would do to help? Does anyone recommend this?

THANK YOU! good luck everyone. SHINE ON!

[ELW 5]

Hi and welcome to the Journey!

1. You can put your own address. Later you can send in an address change to USCIS. That’s what I did, and it worked out OK.

You can keep your fiancé’s address in Spanish, because it will probably only be used by the Consulate to mail Packet 3 & 4. Boss’ address is fine.

2. USCIS uses two holes at the top of the page and the little metal fastener thingys on it.

3. Contacting local senator is ONLY used as a last resort if you do not get approval for your petition beyond 6 months from filing. No need to contact anyone now!

Great good luck to you both!

[TracyTN 237]

Your congressman/senator can't do anything for you at this stage (as you're not even in the system yet!). Nice of these people to want to help you, but they really have no idea what they're talking about.

You can involve your congressman/senator when and if your case is not approved within an acceptable length of time. That'd be at least 4 months or so after you mailed in your petition - and at that, some of them won't get involved until after your petition has not been approved outside of USCIS' published timelines (6 months).

Edited to add: JINX to ELW. and I'm glad he answered your other 2 questions too.

Edited March 27, 2007 by TracyTN

[ELW 5]

JINX to ELW. and I'm glad *she* answered your other 2 questions too.

[TracyTN 237]

Heh whoops, typo.

[Kristen&Mark 0]

THANK you for answering!

[rebex05 1]

Hey looks good what the others have said, just wanted to wish you well on your journey!

[aussiewench 9]

Kristen&Mark

The top address block is what will be used as a mailing address, it does not have to be your place of residence. So yes you can put your parents address in the first block.

The address block on the forms is the data field captured for all of our mailings. Consistent with the limitations on the number of characters per line (a maximum of 32) and the total numbers of lines (4) in that field, whatever is in the block will become the mailing address used by the system. The data in these fields is entered exactly as indicated on the forms. Please include internal routing symbols in the address block, especially for large organizations. It is better to abbreviate the name of the organization and have space for the routing codes than to fully spell out the name and have notices sit in the organization's mailroom.

From USCIS General Tips on Assembling Applications for Mailing

As for your fiance's address being in Spanish, I would imagine that is not correct unless it is in answer to Q16. If you look at both Q15 and Q16, Q15 is asking for your fiance's address abroad, Q16 asks If your fiancé(e)'s native alphabet uses other than Roman letters, write his or her name and address abroad in the native alphabet. In your case, Spanish.