Do I need to call USCIS to change my fiancée Colombian address

[MoiandNela 7]

Well I have been waiting almost seven months at TSC and still waiting... I hope not to get an RFE; my fiancée just move somewhere else in Colombia, do you think I have to call USCIS to change her new address or they will only use for now my address here in USA.... I am a little confused on that.... Thanks in advance for your help ?

[wbeem 567]

If the embassy in Colombia issues Packet 3 by mail, then that wil be the first correspondence your fiance will receive from them. We were told when we called USCIS to change the beneficiary address that we had to write a letter to the Service Center notifying them of the new address. We did. We never heard anything back from them, but when the case got to the embassy the address had been updated.

Everything else up to and including NVC stage will be sent to the US petitioner's address.

[MoiandNela 7]

Thanks.... So I have to call and send a letter to the service center.... I will do that tomorrow.... Thanks for your help....

[Karmalious 50]

I just finished doing this...

IF BEFORE NOA#2:

You must write a letter and send it to the service center where your packet is located. I found it very difficult to find the address, and the main USCIS telephone number DOES NOT have these addresses. Just do a search for "TSC address"... Remember that there are two addresses... One for courriers and one for united states postal service.

The Letter needs to include the following:

1. THE REASON you are writing the letter

2. The full names and date of births of both the petitioner and beneficiary

3. The receipt # from your NOA#1

4. Updated address for the beneficiary

AND THEN WRAP THAT ALL UP AND SEND IT CERTIFIED MAIL

IF AFTER NOA#2:

Then your packet is likely on its way to the National Visa Center, prior to being mailed out to your beneficiary. I have read that if you are already here at this step, your beneficiary needs to go to the US EMBASSY in Colombia and update her address with the local office.

IF THE PACKAGE completes at the NVC stage, your local embassy will send the packet to the wrong/incorrect address. ( which why you need to go update it at the local embassy office )

NOTE:

Calling the National USCIS hotline wont do any good unfortunately. I called 3 times, and 2 of the 3 representatives I talked to mentioned the list above for changing address. I spent 30 minutes on the phone even talking with a supervisor because nobody knew the addresses of the service centers. Finally the supervisor put me on hold for another 30 minutes before coming back on the phone and saying sorry, I we just dont keep that information. At which time I found the address on another immigration forum.

ORIGINAL THREAD THAT I FOUND:

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/221381-change-of-address-for-beneficiary/

I FOUND MY NEBRASKA SERVICE CENTER : after many many google searches

http://forums.immigration.com/threads/urgent-nebraska-service-center-address-for-ap.268129/

Edited May 1, 2015 by Karmalious

[MoiandNela 7]

Thanks for the info....

[CG&LGG 27]

My fiancé is also in Colombia, from the research I have done, packet 3 is not mailed in Colombia due to the postal service not being that great or reliable. I have been told that packet 3 is electronic in Colombia.