Adjustment of Status from F1 to PR - Confusion on I-130 questions

[mmt4 0]

Hi,

I'm am a USC filling out I-130 for my wife (F1 student), and I have the following questions on filling out the form. I have searched the forums, and I have seen conflicting answers for these questions, so I'm just looking for some clarification for my confusion.

Section C.

item 17 (List spouse and all children of your relative) - I'm almost 100% sure I'm supposed to list my name here, but one immigration lawyer on Youtube said to put None???, which threw me off. Also, for the format of the name, the VJ example form uses LAST first middle, but I have seen others just use first, middle, last. I am thinking of using the latter. Has anyone had any problem with using first, middle, last here?

item 19 - (Your relative's address abroad) For this one, I realize that this form is for multiple scenarios, but when the beneficiary is already in the US (for several years) and is adjusting status here, should they put N/A or None here? Some people here on VJ and also on other websites say you should put the last address lived at in the home country. Others have said just put N/A or None, so I don't know which is correct. Can anyone help or share their experience with this?

item 20 (If your relative's native alphabet is other than Roman letters, write his or her name in the native alphabet) This answer will depend on how I fill out 19. If someone puts N/A for 19, would they simply put the name in the native alphabet and N/A for the foreign address? Also, with a Chinese name written in characters, would it follow the last name, first name format?

They sure don't give helpful line-by-line instructions for these forms! I appreciate all of the help from the members of VJ!

Thanks!

mmt4

[newacct 688]

Hi,

I'm am a USC filling out I-130 for my wife (F1 student), and I have the following questions on filling out the form. I have searched the forums, and I have seen conflicting answers for these questions, so I'm just looking for some clarification for my confusion.

Section C.

item 17 (List spouse and all children of your relative) - I'm almost 100% sure I'm supposed to list my name here, but one immigration lawyer on Youtube said to put None???, which threw me off. Also, for the format of the name, the VJ example form uses LAST first middle, but I have seen others just use first, middle, last. I am thinking of using the latter. Has anyone had any problem with using first, middle, last here?

You are supposed to list your name there. I put First Last and it was fine.

item 19 - (Your relative's address abroad) For this one, I realize that this form is for multiple scenarios, but when the beneficiary is already in the US (for several years) and is adjusting status here, should they put N/A or None here? Some people here on VJ and also on other websites say you should put the last address lived at in the home country. Others have said just put N/A or None, so I don't know which is correct. Can anyone help or share their experience with this?

Put N/A or None

item 20 (If your relative's native alphabet is other than Roman letters, write his or her name in the native alphabet) This answer will depend on how I fill out 19. If someone puts N/A for 19, would they simply put the name in the native alphabet and N/A for the foreign address? Also, with a Chinese name written in characters, would it follow the last name, first name format?

Yes, just name in foreign script, and N/A for address. It would be written the way names are usually written in that language. For Chinese, it would be last name, then first name.

[mmt4 0]

thanks for your help, newacct!

After further research, I just thought of a possible reason why someone might include a foreign address under item 19, even if they have lived for several years in the USA as an F1 student. According to F1 requirements, per university websites such as this: http://internationalservices.gwu.edu/immigration-status#Permanent or http://www.internationalcenter.ucla.edu/home/F1Visa/70/136/mainF1Grad F1 students need to maintain a permanent foreign address. For example, the UCLA site above says...

"F-1 students are required to have a valid local mailing address and permanent foreign address at all times"

Any other thoughts on this, anyone with similar experience?

Edited July 20, 2015 by mmt4

[Pickle 65]

thanks for your help, newacct!

After further research, I just thought of a possible reason why someone might include a foreign address under item 19, even if they have lived for several years in the USA as an F1 student. According to F1 requirements, per university websites such as this: http://internationalservices.gwu.edu/immigration-status#Permanent or http://www.internationalcenter.ucla.edu/home/F1Visa/70/136/mainF1Grad F1 students need to maintain a permanent foreign address. For example, the UCLA site above says...

"F-1 students are required to have a valid local mailing address and permanent foreign address at all times"

Any other thoughts on this, anyone with similar experience?

I used my parents' address, since that was the last place I lived at and is where I still get the occasional piece of mail. That is also where I will request mail to be sent if there is ever a need for it (transcripts from my South African university, renewal of passport, etc). Does your wife have an address like that? What is the address that your wife gave the school as her foreign address? If she doesn't have a foreign address anymore, I'm sure it will not be a big deal if you put "none" like newacct advised.

[mmt4 0]

Thanks for sharing your experience, Pickle!

I'm pretty sure it's the parental address, like your situation.

[mmt4 0]

One more question...

On item 21, it says "If filing for your spouse, give last address at which you lived together. We currently live together in the US. In the TO field for the dates, the form won't let you type "Present" since it only accepts numeric values. Do most people in our situation just print the form out and write "present" by hand here?

[Pickle 65]

One more question...

On item 21, it says "If filing for your spouse, give last address at which you lived together. We currently live together in the US. In the TO field for the dates, the form won't let you type "Present" since it only accepts numeric values. Do most people in our situation just print the form out and write "present" by hand here?

Yes, you can do that. I did that as well.

[mmt4 0]

Good to know, thanks!