Best timing to update addresses while petitioner and beneficiary are moving to 2 different locations

[Need Tangerine 0]

Dear all, 

I am a Taiwan-born US citizen and my wife is Chinese.  In March this year, we filed i-130 while we were in Shanghai.  Currently our file is still with USCIS phase.  Very recently, my wife and our kid moved to Taiwan to live with my parents, while I (myself) am going to move to US in next month for career/employment consideration.  The address in Taiwan was filed to USCIS as a "mailing address", not the physical address (which was my earlier Shanghai address) 
1)    Should I immediately update USCIS about our location change? (Note that the petitioner and the beneficiary are moving to 2 different locations)
2)    I hope to let my wife conduct interview in Taiwan.  Will updating my wife’s address to Taiwan can ensure she gets interview in Taiwan?

I’m also curious with the fact that I’m moving back to US, will this somehow shorten the overall process, given that there’s a more urgent need to unite with my wife and child. 

Thank you guys so much with your advices 
 

[Crazy Cat 41,857]

2 hours ago, Need Tangerine said:

Dear all, 

I am a Taiwan-born US citizen and my wife is Chinese.  In March this year, we filed i-130 while we were in Shanghai.  Currently our file is still with USCIS phase.  Very recently, my wife and our kid moved to Taiwan to live with my parents, while I (myself) am going to move to US in next month for career/employment consideration.  The address in Taiwan was filed to USCIS as a "mailing address", not the physical address (which was my earlier Shanghai address) 
1)    Should I immediately update USCIS about our location change? (Note that the petitioner and the beneficiary are moving to 2 different locations)
2)    I hope to let my wife conduct interview in Taiwan.  Will updating my wife’s address to Taiwan can ensure she gets interview in Taiwan?

I’m also curious with the fact that I’m moving back to US, will this somehow shorten the overall process, given that there’s a more urgent need to unite with my wife and child. 

Thank you guys so much with your advices 
 

When your wife's I-130 reaches NVC (and you receive the DOS case number), you should contact NVC and AIT to make sure the interview is conducted at AIT in Taiwan.   Your moving to the US will not affect the speed of the process, nor will it change anything regarding her case.  

 

Edited August 23, 2022 by Crazy Cat

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~~ Topic moved from CR1/IR1 Progress Reports to Process ~~

All changes and updates should be done at NVC stage as advised by @Crazy Cat

 

2 hours ago, Need Tangerine said:

I’m also curious with the fact that I’m moving back to US, will this somehow shorten the overall process, given that there’s a more urgent need to unite with my wife and child.

Well, that would mean virtually everyone who is going though the process right now as vast majority are separated while waiting….

[Need Tangerine 0]

22 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

When your wife's I-130 reaches NVC (and you receive the DOS case number), you should contact NVC and AIT to make sure the interview is conducted at AIT in Taiwan.   Your moving to the US will not affect the speed of the process, nor will it change anything regarding her case.  

 

thank you so much Crazy Cat!  I will wait until it gets NVC stage, then.  Hopefully NVC instruction will provide clear path for me to update my/my wife's addresses info.  Thanks again.

[Redro 4,611]

5 hours ago, Need Tangerine said:

Dear all, 

I am a Taiwan-born US citizen and my wife is Chinese.  In March this year, we filed i-130 while we were in Shanghai.  Currently our file is still with USCIS phase.  Very recently, my wife and our kid moved to Taiwan to live with my parents, while I (myself) am going to move to US in next month for career/employment consideration.  The address in Taiwan was filed to USCIS as a "mailing address", not the physical address (which was my earlier Shanghai address) 
1)    Should I immediately update USCIS about our location change? (Note that the petitioner and the beneficiary are moving to 2 different locations)
2)    I hope to let my wife conduct interview in Taiwan.  Will updating my wife’s address to Taiwan can ensure she gets interview in Taiwan?

I’m also curious with the fact that I’m moving back to US, will this somehow shorten the overall process, given that there’s a more urgent need to unite with my wife and child. 

Thank you guys so much with your advices 
 

Did you file online?

You should get all your information via email or the USCIS website so your mailing address doesn't matter. 

The NVC welcome letter should come to your email so it doesn't matter that you moved (we moved while our I130 was pending and only received the physical mail 2 months after we submitted our documents to NVC). 

After the I-130 is approved submit all the required documents and then send an email to NVC to request a change of consulate. You should mention your wife is residing in Taiwan and include proof of her residency in Taiwan.

Unfortunately, your relocation doesn't impact processing times as the I-130 is a reunification visa- the majority of people filing this petition (when the foreign national lives abroad) file the petition as a family reunification visa. The entire point is to allow the foreign national to live in the US because that is where the USC is based. 

 

 

Edited August 23, 2022 by ROK2USA

[Chancy 6,241]

2 hours ago, Need Tangerine said:

I will wait until it gets NVC stage, then.  Hopefully NVC instruction will provide clear path for me to update my/my wife's addresses info.

 

When your wife's case gets to the NVC stage, provide your and her new address info on your I-864 form and on her DS-260 form.  Also notify NVC as advised by @Crazy Cat.

 

[Need Tangerine 0]

11 hours ago, ROK2USA said:

Did you file online?

You should get all your information via email or the USCIS website so your mailing address doesn't matter. 

The NVC welcome letter should come to your email so it doesn't matter that you moved (we moved while our I130 was pending and only received the physical mail 2 months after we submitted our documents to NVC). 

After the I-130 is approved submit all the required documents and then send an email to NVC to request a change of consulate. You should mention your wife is residing in Taiwan and include proof of her residency in Taiwan.

Unfortunately, your relocation doesn't impact processing times as the I-130 is a reunification visa- the majority of people filing this petition (when the foreign national lives abroad) file the petition as a family reunification visa. The entire point is to allow the foreign national to live in the US because that is where the USC is based. 

 

 

Thanks ROK2USA for your sharing.  Yes I filed everything online as local DCF option is obslete.  I will wait for NVC welcome instruction then, thanks again

[Need Tangerine 0]

11 hours ago, Chancy said:

 

When your wife's case gets to the NVC stage, provide your and her new address info on your I-864 form and on her DS-260 form.  Also notify NVC as advised by @Crazy Cat.

 

Thanks much Chancy!  Great idea to both reflect new addresses in the forms and have a separate letter to summerize my situation.  Great advice.