K1 visa. Fiance temporarily working abroad

[RickB689 0]

Hi! I’m filling up form I 129F. My fiance lives in the Philippines but is currently working in Saudi. Can I put her Saudi address as her mailing address for now and just update it later when she goes back to the Philippines? Thank you

[Cyberfx1024 7,980]

16 minutes ago, RickB689 said:

Hi! I’m filling up form I 129F. My fiance lives in the Philippines but is currently working in Saudi. Can I put her Saudi address as her mailing address for now and just update it later when she goes back to the Philippines? Thank you

The best bet is to just put the Philippines address on the petition. This is because if you put the KSA address on there then the petition gets sent to KSA for the interview. 

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Depending on how long she's been / will be there - you may want to have her get a police clearance before she leaves.  It'll make it much easier than doing it after the fact.  

[Nitas_man 3,100]

Or not.  Once you leave saudi a police clearance is neither required nor available, and you can’t just walk in and ask for one even if you live there.

 

Getting one while you are there is a pain - the US embassy (as part of processing your case) gives you a letter requesting a clearance that you have translated then get attested by the ministry of foreign affairs then bring all that to the saudi police station wait a month go back and get it pain.  

 

Between saudi cell phone calls, chats, prayer times, deciding not to show up at the office, and 2-4 hour (in a 6-8 hour working day) tea breaks any of those steps could involve multi-day visits, as was for my wife.

 

If her contract is nearly up and she is about to return home use her address in the Philippines.

Edited June 17, 2019 by Nitas_man

[ethelhunt 0]

Thank you so much! It's very helpful!

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Edited July 6, 2019 by ethelhunt