Change of address while living abroad

[moocha 1]

Hello,

 

My wife is a U.S. citizen and we have been living abroad for 1.5 years. We filed an I-130 in January and have recently moved. Filing our change of address has proven to be difficult if not downright impossible: the AR-11 form doesn't allow international addresses. We called the USCIS support but the agent was unable to modify our address. We sent a message through the USCIS Inbox but they answered that they couldn't call us (the USCIS profile doesn't allow international phone numbers). We tried Ask Emma, without success. I noticed in an older post here that people in the same situation have been registering a family member's address in the U.S. as the mailing address. 

 

Any advice would be really appreciated!

 

 

[Hank_ 9,174]

Your USC spouse needs a U.S. residence... Get 'er done!

[moocha 1]

No, she will have to prove U.S. residency or the intent to re-establish residency when filing Form I-864, Affidavit of Support.

[NikLR 13,227]

You cant change an address abroad. 

[moocha 1]

20 minutes ago, NikLR said:

You cant change an address abroad. 

So is the solution to specify a US address (family) as mailing address?  Thanks!

[NikLR 13,227]

9 minutes ago, moocha said:

So is the solution to specify a US address (family) as mailing address?  Thanks!

Generally if you're worried about mail which most people are.  

[Hank_ 9,174]

20 hours ago, moocha said:

So is the solution to specify a US address (family) as mailing address?  Thanks!

That works

[moocha 1]

Unfortunately we haven’t been able to change the mailing address to a US one for almost 2 months now. We tried several times calling, Ask Emma. It seems they use the same form/system as the online one and it doesn’t accept an old non-US address. We left our email and phone number hoping to be contacted by Tier 2, no luck so far 😤