International Courier Service

[Zan1 4]

Hi there,

 

I have a bit of a stupid question regarding different courier services and where to send my I-130 package.

 

My spouse (US citizen) and I currently live in New Zealand and we're hoping to send off our I-130 package today. Because we're sending international, we're planning on using a courier service. On the USCIS website, the instructions say to send FedEx, UPS and DHL deliveries to the address in Lewisville, TX instead of the lockbox in Dallas. I'm assuming, but just wanting to check, that we're okay to use a courier service that's not FedEx, UPS or DHL - NZPost International Courier service - to send to the address in Lewisville. They're not going to reject packages that aren't from either of those three courier companies are they?

 

Thanks in advance for the help! I know it's a silly question.

[JFH 12,191]

Not a problem at all. Those company names are used as they are household names here in the US and you’d be surprised how many people don’t know the difference between standard USPS Mail and courier services so they use those names as examples to put things into “layman terms”.

 

Good luck on your visa journey! 

[Zan1 4]

Thanks very much! Let the long wait begin! 🙃

[JFH 12,191]

13 minutes ago, Zan1 said:

Thanks very much! Let the long wait begin! 🙃

Keep busy! That’s my best advice for the wait. 

[pushbrk 13,188]

44 minutes ago, Zan1 said:

Hi there,

 

I have a bit of a stupid question regarding different courier services and where to send my I-130 package.

 

My spouse (US citizen) and I currently live in New Zealand and we're hoping to send off our I-130 package today. Because we're sending international, we're planning on using a courier service. On the USCIS website, the instructions say to send FedEx, UPS and DHL deliveries to the address in Lewisville, TX instead of the lockbox in Dallas. I'm assuming, but just wanting to check, that we're okay to use a courier service that's not FedEx, UPS or DHL - NZPost International Courier service - to send to the address in Lewisville. They're not going to reject packages that aren't from either of those three courier companies are they?

 

Thanks in advance for the help! I know it's a silly question.

No problem at all.  Just so you know, Lewisville is a near suburb of Dallas, and even though the PO Box is Dallas, the packages are really being opened and initially serviced at that Lewisville address.  USCIS has a number of offices in the DFW metroplex but the Lockbox facility your package goes to is in Lewisville.

 

[geowrian 22,338]

Option 2 is to file online.

[HRQX 4,145]

1 hour ago, Zan1 said:

My spouse (US citizen) and I currently live in New Zealand

Online filing is an option: https://www.uscis.gov/i-130 You upload the I-130A supplement and other documents in the USCIS account.