Filed I-129F whilst in beneficiary's country - Now moved home

[gordonsmith 13]

Hi everyone!

 

I'm the petitioner (US citizen) and I filed our I-129F petition whilst living in my fiance's country (Vietnam) in August 2021. Currently awaiting NOA2.

 

Now, I've moved back to the US and established domicile. I've received a job offer (with salary well above poverty level) and I now live at the US mailing address that was originally listed in my I-129F. 

 

However, my I-129F shows a physical address and employer in Vietnam (as of August 2021). Nowhere in my I-129F did I mention that I planned to move back home.

 

Do I need to send any kind of updates to USCIS to avoid any RFEs relating to this?

 

Thank you for any advice you can provide! 

Edited July 2, 2022 by gordonsmith

[Mike E 11,739]

Is your fiancé living at the address you listed for yourself in your I-129F?

[gordonsmith 13]

3 hours ago, Mike E said:

Is your fiancé living at the address you listed for yourself in your I-129F?

Not anymore, my fiance moved to another apartment after I left. 

[Mike E 11,739]

8 hours ago, gordonsmith said:

Not anymore, my fiance moved to another apartment after I left. 

That’s quite unfortunate as the original letter approving the I-129F will be needed after  your fiancé travels to the USA, marries you, and files I-485 to adjust status.

However it turns out that even though you are a U.S. citizen you can file an online AR-11 as I-129F is one of the forms the online tool supports.  
 

My wife and I are currently transients and so we’ve filed 3 online AR-11s for her in the past 30 days, each time referring to her pending I-751.  We keep the mailing address the same (we knew we would be moving when we filed and so we use a virtual mail box for her USCIS mail now)  with each AR-11 and just update her physical address with each hotel or Airbnb we stay at. 
 

We immediately get a printable AR-11 form at the USCIS website, an email receipt a few minutes later, and in less than week an email acknowledgment that the new address has been recorded. 
 

Whether is will actually take effect I cannot say. We don’t really care because our mailing address is permanent because it is virtual. 

 

[Redro 4,611]

31 minutes ago, Mike E said:

That’s quite unfortunate as the original letter approving the I-129F will be needed after  your fiancé travels to the USA, marries you, and files I-485 to adjust status.

However it turns out that even though you are a U.S. citizen you can file an online AR-11 as I-129F is one of the forms the online tool supports.  
 

My wife and I are currently transients and so we’ve filed 3 online AR-11s for her in the past 30 days, each time referring to her pending I-751.  We keep the mailing address the same (we knew we would be moving when we filed and so we use a virtual mail box for her USCIS mail now)  with each AR-11 and just update her physical address with each hotel or Airbnb we stay at. 
 

We immediately get a printable AR-11 form at the USCIS website, an email receipt a few minutes later, and in less than week an email acknowledgment that the new address has been recorded. 
 

Whether is will actually take effect I cannot say. We don’t really care because our mailing address is permanent because it is virtual. 

 

OP needs to paper file the AR-11 as they don't allow you to input foreign addresses... 

Many a member has encountered this issue. 

If possible I would contact the people who currently live in your old home and ask them to keep and eye out for that letter. 

Edited July 3, 2022 by ROK2USA

[Mike E 11,739]

3 minutes ago, ROK2USA said:

OP needs to paper file the AR-11 as they don't allow you to input foreign addresses... 

Many a member has encountered this issue. 

If possible I would contact the people who currently live in your old home and ask them to keep and eye out for that letter. 

That’s even more unfortunate but I believe I have a workaround. File the paper AR-11 as you advise, with the new address being in the USA (OP has to move to the USA sometime, so might as well ask a friend or relative now).  Then 30 days later, file AR-11 online to the same addresses as the paper AR-11.  This way OP gets a positive confirmation that the address change has been recorded (whether it actually has or not).  
 

As this is not an N-400, I trust online more than paper. 

[gordonsmith 13]

9 hours ago, Mike E said:

That’s even more unfortunate but I believe I have a workaround. File the paper AR-11 as you advise, with the new address being in the USA (OP has to move to the USA sometime, so might as well ask a friend or relative now).  Then 30 days later, file AR-11 online to the same addresses as the paper AR-11.  This way OP gets a positive confirmation that the address change has been recorded (whether it actually has or not).  
 

As this is not an N-400, I trust online more than paper. 

Many thanks to you and to @ROK2USA for your advice! I'll go ahead and file the paper AR-11 and then online 30 days later. Luckily, I am friends with the owner of the house where we previously lived, so we should be able to retrieve any mail that comes for us there... just in case.

[Redro 4,611]

10 hours ago, gordonsmith said:

Many thanks to you and to @ROK2USA for your advice! I'll go ahead and file the paper AR-11 and then online 30 days later. Luckily, I am friends with the owner of the house where we previously lived, so we should be able to retrieve any mail that comes for us there... just in case.

We live overseas so didn't bother changing our address... just asked the homeowner to give us the NOA2 when it arrived. ^^ 

Very happy to know you are still in contact with them in case the change of address isn't registered. 

Good luck! Hope the process speeds up for you guys~