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Petitioning Family while in the military

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Urgent help needed! 
 

I am a US Citizen petitioning for my mom from the Philippines. We are a military family being my husband is an active duty and we just moved overseas due to military orders. 
 

We just received interview letter and we are to schedule for my mom’s medical. 
 

i am currently registering for and appointment however, one requirement is petitioner’s US address. We are currently overseas so we don’t have a US address. What should we do? 

It’s also asking for the intended port of entry in the US. 

Also, I have updated our address in the USCIS portal. do I need to update our address anywhere else?

 

HELP!!!

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When will you be returning to the US

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The only thing I can think of is to delay the interview until you know when you will be back home.

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1 minute ago, Boiler said:

The only thing I can think of is to delay the interview until you know when you will be back home.

Another thing we can consider is, we have some family in the US we can ask for my mom to stay with. We are planning to add my mom as military dependent to hopefully be able to take her with us outside the US. 

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The problem I see is that you applied for a Family Reunification visa and you are not there.

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3 minutes ago, Boiler said:

The problem I see is that you applied for a Family Reunification visa and you are not there.

When we started the process in 2022, we were still in the US. We didn’t know we’ll be stationed overseas then. We just moved overseas in January 2024

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46 minutes ago, jarj said:

When we started the process in 2022, we were still in the US. We didn’t know we’ll be stationed overseas then. We just moved overseas in January 2024

Circumstances change, we are where we are.

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15 hours ago, jarj said:

Another thing we can consider is, we have some family in the US we can ask for my mom to stay with. We are planning to add my mom as military dependent to hopefully be able to take her with us outside the US. 

Just bear in mind only immediate family members (spouse, child(ren) of military (or government) employees are covered as being on government orders when it comes to green card and residence overseas counting as residence in the US. It doesn't apply to mother-in-law. I doubt you'd be able to get your mother as a military dependent on orders. Potentially as member of household and that's definitely not on orders. 

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16 hours ago, jarj said:

When we started the process in 2022, we were still in the US. We didn’t know we’ll be stationed overseas then. We just moved overseas in January 2024

I don't think you are eligible to bring someone over on a family reunification visa unless you are domiciled in the US.  You may need to wait until you return to the US.

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16 hours ago, jarj said:

When we started the process in 2022, we were still in the US. We didn’t know we’ll be stationed overseas then. We just moved overseas in January 2024

You have a domicile issue.  I would halt the process before the medical expense.  Notify the consulate to delay the interview.  

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