I-130A Beneficiary Residencies Overlapping

[DamAk 33]

I'm filling out the I-130 A form for myself (beneficiary) and have completed most of the sections. I'm trying to complete the residencies/address history but neither my husband (USC) or I can figure out what the safest way is to complete this considering my history, without getting an RFE.

 

For context, I have lived in Canada for majority of my life at my parents' house, address A, and currently continue to do so when I am in Canada. However, when I went to do postgraduate, part of my education required me to complete my training in the United States. So while I still had my address in Canada, I temporarily stayed in the United States initially for 3.5 months (address B, C and D) in 2015, then came back to Canada and again stayed in the US for almost 2 years (from Jan 2017 to Sept 2018) at address E and F. I met my now husband while studying in the US during this time 

 

At the moment, I have provided address A in Part 1, item 4 and included the dates 2011 to PRESENT, which is how long I've stayed here. I've moved around in between throughout the US due to academic reasons and there would be an overlap in my US residencies dates with my Canadian address.

 

I've read that dates for our residencies should not overlap and that concerns me. So my question is, is it alright for me to attach a separate page, in a letter format, explaining the overlap so I don't get an RFE? If not, what else could I possibly do? I'm already using the Additional Information section to list out all my residencies in the US and employment history.

 

Please let me know if you need more clarity regarding my situation. 

[designguy 1,179]

How can your Canadian address be 2011-present If you lived in the US for 3.5 months then 2 years? 
 

You need to list every address you “lived” at. That would be anyplace you weren’t temporarily visiting and staying in like a hotel for example 

[Ryan H 3,812]

***Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.***

 

**Moderator hat off**

 

 

It will be necessary to list the Canadian address multiple times (see below), you can make more supplemental sheets for additional information if need be.

 

To illustrate what I stated above:

A: Canadian address 2011 to the time you went to address B

Addresses B, C, and D for the times you were there in 2015

E:  Canadian address from the time you left address D to when you went to the next address in Jan 2017

F and G:  addresses you had from Jan 2017 to Sept 2018

H: Canadian address from Sept 2018 to present

Edited April 3, 2020 by Ryan H

[DamAk 33]

17 hours ago, Ryan H said:

To illustrate what I stated above:

A: Canadian address 2011 to the time you went to address B

Addresses B, C, and D for the times you were there in 2015

E:  Canadian address from the time you left address D to when you went to the next address in Jan 2017

F and G:  addresses you had from Jan 2017 to Sept 2018

H: Canadian address from Sept 2018 to present

Thank you so much! So with this, there shouldn't be any need to attach a separate sheet explaining my addresses, right?

[Ryan H 3,812]

46 minutes ago, DamAk said:

Thank you so much! So with this, there shouldn't be any need to attach a separate sheet explaining my addresses, right?

 

Correct