USC petitioner living abroad

[BeatrixSA 3]

1. Country USC resides in: Bosnia
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: August 27, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: 14 months
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: Being with husband. We had planned to stay here, but sucky economic situation dictated otherwise.
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Not really, I included proof of joint finances (bank accounts) both here and in the US.
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes, a letter describing our situation and plans
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 14 days.

Also, someone earlier mentioned to not list any US addresses on the I130. I did list a US for where the intending immigrant plans to live. It's the address where my parents live, and I also listed it as my last US address. It seems that doesn't negatively affect a potential auto expedite.,

Anyone know how long the NVC process is taking now, ball park? Auto-expedite doesn't seem to apply to the NVC portion of the process...

[andlolosays 11]

1. Country USC resides in: Australia
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: August 28, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: 5 months
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: Working and being with husband's family before moving to US long term
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes. Tenancy letter from rental company
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Kind of - listed Aussie address on cover letter, and included how we met in Thailand and are living here now short term to be with his family in a relationship summary letter
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 20 days

[rlschwartz79 3]

1. Country USC resides in: Currently, Uganda. When we initially sent the I-130, Nigeria
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: June 14, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: 6.5 years
5. Do you reside in the country legally? No - currently on business visa, going through the steps of getting a work permit
6. What is the reason for your residence: Petitioner's job
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Not in the initial I-130 but in response to the RFE we sent our lease in Nigeria and the one in Uganda
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? It seems like it, though we did have to work out a change of mailing address (they sent the RFE 7/17/14 but we didn't get it until 8/30/14) and the RFE (got it 8/30/14 and sent reply 9/29/14), so between NOA1 and NOA2 was about 3.5 months but between reply to the RFE and NOA2 was 7 days.

[LeavingPrague 1]

1. Country USC resides in: Czech Republic
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: 09/04/14
4. How long had you been living abroad: 2 years 5 months
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: Work
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes. Copy of tenancy agreement.
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 25 days.

[AmandaLane102 3]

I was concerned about proving US domicile as well as the potential for lost or delayed mail if sent to my address in Vietnam. Therefore, I arranged to have all mail from DHS sent to my US address. I did not receieve any sort of accelerated adjudication, nor had I ever heard of it until now.

1. Country USC resides in: Vietnam

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: February, 2012

4. How long had you been living abroad: 8 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: work permit/student/tourist/other - Business

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? No. I listed my US address as my permanent address and my Vietnam address is my current address (for purposes of establishing domicile).

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? I sent it from Vietnam to my mother in the US, and had her re-send it for me so that the return address would be that of my US residence.

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes. They were meant to be evidence of bona fide relationship, but they also proved the USC was residing in Vietnam.

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? No, it took 4 months and 7 days from NOA1 to RFE.

When you say you listed your US address as your permanent address and your Vietnam address as your current address - where on the I-130 does it ask you for or a permanent address verses a current address?

[GringoPaisa 0]

1. Country USC resides in: Colombia
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: Sept 8, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: 12 months
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: To live with my wife and her children.
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? No. I listed my US address, however, this is causing us problems as NOAs are not arriving at that address. Trying to deal with this by telephone with USCIS and this is NOT the best way to accomplish things with them.
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes. Rental agreement with both our names. Various photos plus copies of pages from our facebook accounts.
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes in the cover letter, including information as to where and for how long.
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? No idea as I have yet to see any of the NOAs.

[Frips 166]

1. Country USC resides in: Croatia
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: PD was September 23, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: 10 years
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: Working
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes. Copy of my ID showing Croatian address.
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Just listed Croatian address on cover letter
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 29 days

[pesos 1]

1. Country USC resides in: Japan
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: September 29, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: off and on for 10 months (visitor visas only)
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: Living with my fiancée (now wife) before moving to US long term
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? No (we were in Hawaii for our wedding ceremony)
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? No
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes included it in our story
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 14 days (we have been on our honeymoon all month so I'm not sure what snail mail we have waiting for us at home, but we received the first email notification on October 8 and the website is now saying that we are approved and that a letter was sent out on October 22 - guess we'll see what the full story is when we get home in a couple days! We were CA service center)

[1voice1life 11]

1. Country USC resides in: Pakistan

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: September 5, 2014

4. How long had you been living abroad: almost 2 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: Living with my husband.

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? No

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 41 days

1. Country USC resides in: Pakistan

2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No

3. When did you file the I-130: September 1, 2014

4. How long had you been living abroad: almost 2 years

5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes

6. What is the reason for your residence: Living with my husband

7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes

8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes

9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes

10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes but no letter written.

11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 35 days

[AmandaLane102 3]

1. Country USC resides in: Namibia
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: October 11, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: 5 months straight, prior to that on and off for about 8 months.
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: Living with my husband
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes (lease agreement, bank info., etc)
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes I wrote an affidavit describing our situation
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes. I received an e-mail version of the NOA1 on October 20th, the case status said it was received on October 15th, and I received an e-mail version of the NOA2 on October 31st! So 11 - 16 days depending on what you consider the actual NOA1 date (can't receive paper versions through our post system).

[LK&M 0]

1. Country USC resides in: France
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: August 21, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: 6 years
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: Living with my husband
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes, also marked FILED FROM ABROAD on outside of packet
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes (lease agreement, bank info., etc)
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes wrote cover letter explaining out relationship and living abroad
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 19 days!!

[louise81 0]

1. Country USC resides in: Turkey
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: October 23, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: 16 months
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: Joining my husband.
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes but I am using a US-based attorney.
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? No.
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes, a lease & utility bill.
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? No.
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 11 days.

[DKNC 21]

1. Country USC resides in: Denmark
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: September 26, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: 14 years
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: Family move to spouse's home country
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes (home loan, bank statements)
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? No
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? 45 days. Fast due to being at CSC, but not as fast as some Sept/Oct filers.

Edited November 20, 2014 by DKNC

[cherryL 1]

1. Country USC resides in: France
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: October 30 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: almost 3 years
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: To be with my spouse and to get the experience of living in France
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? No, I sent it to my parents, and they sent it to Chicago.
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes, lease, bank and tax notice
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? yes
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? 27 days

[ABDyJLSO 9]

1. Country USC resides in: Spain
2. Is there a USCIS field office in this country / Is DCF still possible? No
3. When did you file the I-130: NOA1 November 5, 2014
4. How long had you been living abroad: 4 years
5. Do you reside in the country legally? Yes
6. What is the reason for your residence: work permit/student/tourist/other- Originally student visa, now family based residence via husband
7. Did you list your foreign address on all forms in I-130 package? Yes
8. Did you send I-130 package from abroad? Yes
9. Did you include evidence of your residence abroad in the I-130 package? Yes. They were meant to be evidence of bona fide relationship, but they also proved the USC was residing in Spain.
10. Did you mention the fact you reside abroad in the cover letter or write a letter describing your current situation and the evolution of your relationship with your spouse (mentioning your residence abroad)? Yes
11. Has your case been "auto-expedited"? How long between NOA1 and NOA2? Yes, 29 days at CSC