Address History on I-130a

[AndrazZ 0]

Me and my wife (a US citizen) are at the finish line of filing the form I-130, but a section of the I-130a is bugging me. We are filing from my home country as she is currently living here with me, and will go through consular processing.

 

Under address history, I am unsure whether to add the address I was staying at when visiting my then girlfriend in 2022/2023.

 

I came there on a B2 visa, and stayed with her for 4 months in 2022 and then also 4 months in 2023. During my stay, I mostly stayed at her apartment near her college, and also spent some time with her at her Dad's house.

 

Would this address count as my physical address, even though I never had it as a mailing address, on any official documents, as well as not being on a lease or paying rent. Through all this time my official and mailing address was my home back in Slovenia.

 

I do not want to ommit the address if it should be there, but I'm also worried about putting it in so that it wouldn't look bad (i was there legally, but having an "address" while there on a tourist vise sounds like it could look bad)

 

Is it better to just add the address to be safe? We mention my stay there many times throughout the application, as well as images, so it's not like we're hiding it.

[Edward and Jaycel 467]

If you physically lived at that address then you should include it in your physical address history wether you had it as a mailing address or not. Don't leave anything out.

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[pushbrk 13,092]

On 12/3/2024 at 11:14 PM, Edward and Jaycel said:

If you physically lived at that address then you should include it in your physical address history wether you had it as a mailing address or not. Don't leave anything out.

This is incorrect.  One does not live in the USA, while visiting on a tourist visa.  The form asks for the foreign spouses residence address.  If they went home to the address from which they left, then their residence was the address the lived before and after their tourist visit.  That it was four months is no different than if it was two weeks.  One does not "live in" the USA as a tourist.

[Edward and Jaycel 467]

2 minutes ago, pushbrk said:

This is incorrect.  One does not live in the USA, while visiting on a tourist visa.  The form asks for the foreign spouses residence address.  If they went home to the address from which they left, then their residence was the address the lived before and after their tourist visit.  That it was four months is no different than if it was two weeks.  One does not "live in" the USA as a tourist.

 

Respectfully.... It does not ask for residence address. It asks for Physical Address History

 

Address History

 

Provide your physical addresses for the last five years, whether inside or outside the United States. Provide your current address first. If you need extra space…..

[pushbrk 13,092]

1 hour ago, Edward and Jaycel said:

 

Respectfully.... It does not ask for residence address. It asks for Physical Address History

 

Address History

 

Provide your physical addresses for the last five years, whether inside or outside the United States. Provide your current address first. If you need extra space…..

I understand.  I'm telling  you the correct interpretation of the question.  People visiting the USA on ESTA, Canada Visitor, or B1 B2 visas don't live in the USA.  They visit.  The question is about where you live, not where you slept.  If it was about where you slept, you would need to list every hotel, or one night stay with a friend, as separate addresses.  

 

That said, it won't harm anything to list the four month stay, but it might give the adjudicator a chuckle.😁