I-129F sent to Chicago Question

[christinejohn 0]

I am hoping someone has some answers or suggestions to my question's. Let me give you a little background information on why we have done things this way, because we have had a lot of questions relating to that.

Christine and I retained a lawyer to help expedite this process and to make sure we got all the T's and I's dotted on our applications and just in case her Ex Husband disputed or tried getting custody of the kids. The lawyer we retained is in France who holds a dual citizenship of France and the United States and is licensed to practice in both countries and is supposedly familiar with the process. Christine is a French citizen who lives in a French territory in the South Pacific and I am here in the USA.

The lawyer received our NOA1 for the I-130 in the first week of July and it is at the CSC pending. Our lawyer finally mailed off the the I-129F packet last week. ( I had assumed he had already mailed it off as soon as he received the NOA1 for the I-130 and had to get on his butt for that) This brings me to my question, The instructions for the I-129F instruct's the packet be mailed to the Service Center where the I-130 petition is pending and to use the address on the receipt. Yet I just noticed that the lawyer had FedExed the packet to Chicago and not to the CSC like it say's.. Does he know something that I do not or do I just have an incompetent Attorney?? Also he sent the packet via Fed Ex to a P.O. Box in Chicago... soooooo I do not know what to do about that yet either., I am waiting on his reply to my questions concerning his actions

If anyone has any suggestions I am open to them, Also does anyone know if he was correct in sending the petition form to Chicago and that I just am unaware of the reason as to why he sent it there?

Thanks for all of your help and any suggestions. (On a sidenote, I wish we had found this site a long time ago)

Thanks ppl

[pushbrk 12,898]

I am hoping someone has some answers or suggestions to my question's. Let me give you a little background information on why we have done things this way, because we have had a lot of questions relating to that.

Christine and I retained a lawyer to help expedite this process and to make sure we got all the T's and I's dotted on our applications and just in case her Ex Husband disputed or tried getting custody of the kids. The lawyer we retained is in France who holds a dual citizenship of France and the United States and is licensed to practice in both countries and is supposedly familiar with the process. Christine is a French citizen who lives in a French territory in the South Pacific and I am here in the USA.

The lawyer received our NOA1 for the I-130 in the first week of July and it is at the CSC pending. Our lawyer finally mailed off the the I-129F packet last week. ( I had assumed he had already mailed it off as soon as he received the NOA1 for the I-130 and had to get on his butt for that) This brings me to my question, The instructions for the I-129F instruct's the packet be mailed to the Service Center where the I-130 petition is pending and to use the address on the receipt. Yet I just noticed that the lawyer had FedExed the packet to Chicago and not to the CSC like it say's.. Does he know something that I do not or do I just have an incompetent Attorney?? Also he sent the packet via Fed Ex to a P.O. Box in Chicago... soooooo I do not know what to do about that yet either., I am waiting on his reply to my questions concerning his actions

If anyone has any suggestions I am open to them, Also does anyone know if he was correct in sending the petition form to Chicago and that I just am unaware of the reason as to why he sent it there?

Thanks for all of your help and any suggestions. (On a sidenote, I wish we had found this site a long time ago)

Thanks ppl

Not to worry. This is actually pretty comical. Yes, your lawyer knows something you don't know, because he read the part of the I-129F instructions that say when you use it for a spouse, you mail it to Chicago. That's not the funny part. What's hilarious is that a new policy went into effect July 30 that instructs you to send the I-129F directly to the same service center your I-130 ended up at. (California or Vermont) Be sure to get that I-129F fee refunded too because it is now zero, as of July 30 when used for a spouse.

I understand about wanting help with the t crossing and i dotting, but did you really think an attorney would "help expedite" your visa process?

Edited August 26, 2007 by pushbrk

[radsr2002 0]

Not to worry. This is actually pretty comical. Yes, your lawyer knows something you don't know, because he read the part of the I-129F instructions that say when you use it for a spouse, you mail it to Chicago. That's not the funny part. What's hilarious is that a new policy went into effect July 30 that instructs you to send the I-129F directly to the same service center your I-130 ended up at. (California or Vermont) Be sure to get that I-129F fee refunded too because it is now zero, as of July 30 when used for a spouse.

I understand about wanting help with the t crossing and i dotting, but did you really think an attorney would "help expedite" your visa process?

pushbrk

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