I-129F addresses question

[bandito 24]

Hello, so I'm filling out the I-129F form and I am curious about something. I have lived with my mother for my entire life, and I still receive mail at my mothers house, but I have been visiting my partner in the UK in her apartment for 5 months. I am a permitted occupier on her tenancy agreement, but I am not a tenant. Should I put this address on the form, since I don't receive mail here and am not a citizen of the UK? And another question, if this is the case, should we use the tenancy agreement as evidence of our partnership? Thanks a lot!

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

32 minutes ago, bandito said:

Hello, so I'm filling out the I-129F form and I am curious about something. I have lived with my mother for my entire life, and I still receive mail at my mothers house, but I have been visiting my partner in the UK in her apartment for 5 months. I am a permitted occupier on her tenancy agreement, but I am not a tenant. Should I put this address on the form, since I don't receive mail here and am not a citizen of the UK? And another question, if this is the case, should we use the tenancy agreement as evidence of our partnership? Thanks a lot!

Just as an FYI ... you've lived with your partner in the UK for five months. If you married now (either in the UK or the US or elsewhere), you could probably file for a CR-1 via DCF in London next month and it would be much faster than a K-1 even given the much faster K-1 processing times now vs last year ... and your partner would be a permanent resident right away rather than having to go through the (often quite long) adjustment of status process to be able to work and return to the US without a new visa (and drive, probably, but that's a state by state thing).

[bandito 24]

24 minutes ago, DaveAndAnastasia said:

Just as an FYI ... you've lived with your partner in the UK for five months. If you married now (either in the UK or the US or elsewhere), you could probably file for a CR-1 via DCF in London next month and it would be much faster than a K-1 even given the much faster K-1 processing times now vs last year ... and your partner would be a permanent resident right away rather than having to go through the (often quite long) adjustment of status process to be able to work and return to the US without a new visa (and drive, probably, but that's a state by state thing).

Isn't that against the rules? Because I wouldn't have obtained a fiance visa before entering the UK?

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

4 minutes ago, bandito said:

Isn't that against the rules? Because I wouldn't have obtained a fiance visa before entering the UK?

I don't know what's allowed in the UK on the visa you're in the UK on (would be surprised if you can't get married on a visa that lets you stay for 5 months, but I don't know UK immigration law).

However, you could take a quick hop to Denmark or Iceland and get married there, or fly to Vegas for a weekend and get married in the US, and that would be fine too.

 

In the US, your partner would need a fiancee visa to get married if your partner were planning on staying after that, but not to get married and go back to the UK.

Edited April 17, 2019 by DaveAndAnastasia

[Wuozopo 4,293]

6 hours ago, bandito said:

Hello, so I'm filling out the I-129F form and I am curious about something. I have lived with my mother for my entire life, and I still receive mail at my mothers house, but I have been visiting my partner in the UK in her apartment for 5 months. I am a permitted occupier on her tenancy agreement, but I am not a tenant. Should I put this address on the form, since I don't receive mail here and am not a citizen of the UK? And another question, if this is the case, should we use the tenancy agreement as evidence of our partnership? Thanks a lot!

 

Your permanent residence is in the US, so use that address. You are only visiting the UK as a tourist. How much longer will you be there? You want any correspondence like RFE or approval of the petition to come to your US address so you can deal with it, right?

 

Unless you have been granted UK residency by the government and issued a residency card or are serving in the military in the U.K., you are not eligible for the other tactic mentioned to you in this thread. DCF is not intended for tourists. 

 

If you want to marry in the UK, you need a marriage visitor visa. It does not allow you residency or qualify you to file a DCF petition for your spouse. It simply allows you to marry then return to the US. 

 

 

Edited April 18, 2019 by Wuozopo

[DaveAndAnastasia 2,092]

18 hours ago, Wuozopo said:

Unless you have been granted UK residency by the government and issued a residency card or are serving in the military in the U.K., you are not eligible for the other tactic mentioned to you in this thread. DCF is not intended for tourists. 

FWIW, when I suggested that I was assuming that if the OP had been in the UK for 5 months, it wasn't on a tourist visa (or normal visa-free travel from the US to the UK). A quick check shows you can in fact stay 180 days that way legally, which was somewhat longer than I thought.