Petitioner residing abroad

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I'm currently in the UK and I'm just about to send out my I-129F forms and associated documents, but I'm wondering where I should place my current address:

I've been living in the UK for a few months, and am to return back to the USA in about a month or so.

I do not have a place of residence in the US at the moment; however I do retain a State of Nevada ID - also, I have a friend there to which I can have my mail delivered to etc.

My question is whether it would be ideal to place my contact's address in the US, or my temporary address here in the UK (which I would most likely need to change in a few weeks time anyway) -

Edited May 11, 2011 by foobarbaz

[I+H 11]

I'm currently in the UK and I'm just about to send out my I-129F forms and associated documents, but I'm wondering where I should place my current address:

I've been living in the UK for a few months, and am to return back to the USA in about a month or so.

I do not have a place of residence at the moment; however I do retain a State of Nevada ID - also, I have a friend there to which I can have my mail delivered to etc.

My question is whether it would be ideal to place my contact's address in the US, or my temporary address here in the UK (which I would most likely need to change in a few weeks time anyway) -

To the best of my knowledge you have to be in the US to file the I-129F. Unless someone comes along with nore accurate information, which I am sure some one will, I would read through the instructions for filing the I-129F found on the USCIS website and see if you can find an answer there. Sorry I couldn't be of more help. Best of luck.

[Tyeger87 10]

you dont have to be in the US, you just have to be a USC and have a US residence. I filed from abroad when I was in Cairo. I put my parents address as my residence and wrote on the cover letter that I was currently abroad and could also be reached at my Egypt address. They still sent all my messages to my parents house.

its totally fine.

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you dont have to be in the US, you just have to be a USC and have a US residence. I filed from abroad when I was in Cairo. I put my parents address as my residence and wrote on the cover letter that I was currently abroad and could also be reached at my Egypt address. They still sent all my messages to my parents house.

its totally fine.

Thank you very much. So to get this straight, I entirely omit any reference to my current residence being currently in the UK (on both the I-129F and G-325A) and merely put mention that I live in the UK for the time being?

Edited May 11, 2011 by foobarbaz

[Tyeger87 10]

yes thats what i did, i put down my US residence as my parents residence where i resided prior to going abroad and mention i was currently abroad on the cover letter for contact reasons. plus u will be returning soon.

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you dont have to be in the US, you just have to be a USC and have a US residence. I filed from abroad when I was in Cairo. I put my parents address as my residence and wrote on the cover letter that I was currently abroad and could also be reached at my Egypt address. They still sent all my messages to my parents house.

its totally fine.

I was soooo wrong. Glad you came along. Accourding to your timeline you haven't had any problems doing it this way either. Awesome.

My apologies for the inaccurate answer OP.

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Thanks again. Sorry if I might sound like a broken record here, but:

Part of our case of having been together and being in a relationship to marry etc. is the fact of us having lived together in England for close to six months (I will be leaving upon the expiry of my six-month visitor visa, which expires in about a month).

We have a kind of dilemma here. We were planning to provide a lot of evidence of us having met and lived together here, this includes a six-month join tenancy agreement, utility bills and the like pertaining to our current address here inside the UK.

Will this be a problem or a conflict of sorts if I then (don't) say on the G-325A resident history that I am in the UK now? Or do I just put my friend's address above the UK address, etc.?

Maybe I am confusing 'Residence' with 'where I am actually sleeping at the current moment'

Edited May 11, 2011 by foobarbaz

[Tyeger87 10]

with the G-325A you need to list everywhere you have lived for the past 5 years and the time u spent there, including the time u spent living in the UK. i did the exact same thing and I lived in Cairo for 1 year before applying but my permanent residence was in the US. As with you, you permanently reside in the US but you live currently in the UK, be sure to include that on ur G-325A and your evidence will be fine. We submitted the exact same thing, proof that we lived together, proof of our travels together that originated in Cairo. So you will be

Edited May 11, 2011 by Tyeger87

[* Kristin * 49]

FYI - we had a very similar situation. I was living in England with my fiance for 3 years before we filed. What I did was wrote our UK address on the I-129F and listed everything in that address; however, I attached a supplement form to the I-129F stating that I wished to use my parents address in the US for correspondence, due to the fact that I would be shortly leaving the UK to take up new employment in the US.

As you can see from our timeline, everything worked fine, encountered no problems, no RFEs, no questions, etc.

Thanks again. Sorry if I might sound like a broken record here, but:

Part of our case of having been together and being in a relationship to marry etc. is the fact of us having lived together in England for close to six months (I will be leaving upon the expiry of my six-month visitor visa, which expires in about a month).

We have a kind of dilemma here. We were planning to provide a lot of evidence of us having met and lived together here, this includes a six-month join tenancy agreement, utility bills and the like pertaining to our current address here inside the UK.

Will this be a problem or a conflict of sorts if I then (don't) say on the G-325A resident history that I am in the UK now? Or do I just put my friend's address above the UK address, etc.?

Maybe I am confusing 'Residence' with 'where I am actually sleeping at the current moment'

[greenmandarin 0]

FYI - we had a very similar situation. I was living in England with my fiance for 3 years before we filed. What I did was wrote our UK address on the I-129F and listed everything in that address; however, I attached a supplement form to the I-129F stating that I wished to use my parents address in the US for correspondence, due to the fact that I would be shortly leaving the UK to take up new employment in the US.

As you can see from our timeline, everything worked fine, encountered no problems, no RFEs, no questions, etc.

What about for the G325a? For Last 5 years did you list your UK address? or did you only list that in address abroad?

Sorry...I'm in the same spot I have a permanent US address but live in Mauritius with my husband and son.

These address questions drive me crazy !!

[* Kristin * 49]

Yep - listed all addresses - which was 3 UK addresses and 2 US addresses.

What about for the G325a? For Last 5 years did you list your UK address? or did you only list that in address abroad?

Sorry...I'm in the same spot I have a permanent US address but live in Mauritius with my husband and son.

These address questions drive me crazy !!

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Just an update.. I put my current address (in the I-129F) as a UK one, and then as an attachment to the I-129F form I wrote

Supplement to form I-129F, part A, question 2: address information

ADDRESS FOR CORRESPONDENCE AND PERMANENT RESIDENCE:

Address: 123 Main St.

City: Reno

State: NV

Zip Code: 12345

I am currently residing at the location specified in the form itself, however.

May 8 2011,

Signed

<signature>

My Name

However, I got the NOA-1 today at my UK Address. Luckily enough, I also got the e-notification, but I was expecting them to deliver it to my address in Reno.

[cardinal 1]

What about for the G325a? For Last 5 years did you list your UK address? or did you only list that in address abroad?

Sorry...I'm in the same spot I have a permanent US address but live in Mauritius with my husband and son.

These address questions drive me crazy !!

I attached an extra sheet for the G325a listing everywhere I actually LIVED in the previous 5 years (9 residences, hence the extra sheet) and for the residences outside the US, I put a footnote listing my parents address, which I had used as a mailing address, in case that showed up in background checks and raised questions

[* Kristin * 49]

@foobarbax,

Did you only state in the title of the supplement about using that are your correspondence address?

I read your note just now - but bypassed the supplement title - and I had no idea what you were referring to... UNTIL I went back up and read that in the supplement titled you mentioned 'Correspondence Address.'

On the actual FORM, did you say, 'Please see supplement entitled 'CORRESPONDENCE ADDRESS...' etc.?

Just an update.. I put my current address (in the I-129F) as a UK one, and then as an attachment to the I-129F form I wrote

However, I got the NOA-1 today at my UK Address. Luckily enough, I also got the e-notification, but I was expecting them to deliver it to my address in Reno.