DCF in Spain?

[BCN_CAL 0]

Can anybody help me in my case?

I am a US-citizen and I was born in United States. However, I have not been a resident of USA because of family we moved outside of USA when I was 2 years old.I got married three years ago and then we moved to Europe to continue my education in Sweden and Spain.We have stayed in Spain for more than 2.5 years and now we hold a resident permit of Spain till Jan 2013 as a student. We are looking for the fastest and easiest way to move to USA to establish there for living and work within 6 months.As I read about the DCF I found it interesting and I want to apply for my husband. However, there are some problems:

1. Is DCF suitable in my case? is DCF still applicable in embassies?

2. Can I apply for DCF in US emabbsy at Madrid? becasue they notice that in their webpage : "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that effective August 15, 2011, petitioners residing overseas will no longer be able to file the Forms I-130, Petitions for Alien Relatives, with U.S. Embassies or Consulates. They will be required to file forms I-130 by mail with the USCIS Chicago lockbox."!!!!??

Please let me know how I can do it asap,

[Slade&Natasha 7]

Can anybody help me in my case?

I am a US-citizen and I was born in United States. However, I have not been a resident of USA because of family we moved outside of USA when I was 2 years old.I got married three years ago and then we moved to Europe to continue my education in Sweden and Spain.We have stayed in Spain for more than 2.5 years and now we hold a resident permit of Spain till Jan 2013 as a student. We are looking for the fastest and easiest way to move to USA to establish there for living and work within 6 months.As I read about the DCF I found it interesting and I want to apply for my husband. However, there are some problems:

1. Is DCF suitable in my case? is DCF still applicable in embassies?

2. Can I apply for DCF in US emabbsy at Madrid? becasue they notice that in their webpage : "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that effective August 15, 2011, petitioners residing overseas will no longer be able to file the Forms I-130, Petitions for Alien Relatives, with U.S. Embassies or Consulates. They will be required to file forms I-130 by mail with the USCIS Chicago lockbox."!!!!??

Please let me know how I can do it asap,

Spain doesn't have a USCIS office, so you will need to send your I-130 to the lockbox in Chicago.

[BCN_CAL 0]

Can anybody help me in my case?

I am a US-citizen and I was born in United States. However, I have not been a resident of USA because of family we moved outside of USA when I was 2 years old.I got married three years ago and then we moved to Europe to continue my education in Sweden and Spain.We have stayed in Spain for more than 2.5 years and now we hold a resident permit of Spain till Jan 2013 as a student. We are looking for the fastest and easiest way to move to USA to establish there for living and work within 6 months.As I read about the DCF I found it interesting and I want to apply for my husband. However, there are some problems:

1. Is DCF suitable in my case? is DCF still applicable in embassies?

2. Can I apply for DCF in US emabbsy at Madrid? becasue they notice that in their webpage : "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that effective August 15, 2011, petitioners residing overseas will no longer be able to file the Forms I-130, Petitions for Alien Relatives, with U.S. Embassies or Consulates. They will be required to file forms I-130 by mail with the USCIS Chicago lockbox."!!!!??

Please let me know how I can do it asap,

[yachachiq12 43]

Can anybody help me in my case?

I am a US-citizen and I was born in United States. However, I have not been a resident of USA because of family we moved outside of USA when I was 2 years old.I got married three years ago and then we moved to Europe to continue my education in Sweden and Spain.We have stayed in Spain for more than 2.5 years and now we hold a resident permit of Spain till Jan 2013 as a student. We are looking for the fastest and easiest way to move to USA to establish there for living and work within 6 months.As I read about the DCF I found it interesting and I want to apply for my husband. However, there are some problems:

1. Is DCF suitable in my case? is DCF still applicable in embassies?

2. Can I apply for DCF in US emabbsy at Madrid? becasue they notice that in their webpage : "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) has announced that effective August 15, 2011, petitioners residing overseas will no longer be able to file the Forms I-130, Petitions for Alien Relatives, with U.S. Embassies or Consulates. They will be required to file forms I-130 by mail with the USCIS Chicago lockbox."!!!!??

Please let me know how I can do it asap,

Spain does not have a USCIS field office, so there is no DCF there. Residents of countries with USCIS field offices can do DCF. You'll file the I-130 to the Chicago lockbox. If you use your international address where your wife and you reside together, you may get put through the I-130 stage faster than those filing from within the US (this started happening recently, though it has not been universal and it does not seem to be an official policy for USCIS. A few people have reportedly it anecdotally here in the past 6 months).

[BCN_CAL 0]

Spain doesn't have a USCIS office, so you will need to send your I-130 to the lockbox in Chicago.

Thanks alot Slade and Natash,

So, I have to send my documents to Chicago lockbox!!

my question now is that : Since I have not been the resident of USA does it make any problem for me?

I would be grateful if you help me,

[BCN_CAL 0]

Spain does not have a USCIS field office, so there is no DCF there. Residents of countries with USCIS field offices can do DCF. You'll file the I-130 to the Chicago lockbox. If you use your international address where your wife and you reside together, you may get put through the I-130 stage faster than those filing from within the US (this started happening recently, though it has not been universal and it does not seem to be an official policy for USCIS. A few people have reportedly it anecdotally here in the past 6 months).

Thanks a lot yachachiq12,

Thanks for your help.I will go to fill in I-130.Wish me luck to get it ASAP.

Now the only question is that: since I have not been a USA resident does it makes any problem in terms of Tax and etc.? Because I have been always(since I was 2 years old) outside of USA and I didn't pay anything.

I would appreciate any help and comments,

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

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You don;t need to pay taxes, but as a US citizen, you were supposed to file tax returns. You can back file with the IRS, and will need to do so for at least the last three years.

[BCN_CAL 0]

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You don;t need to pay taxes, but as a US citizen, you were supposed to file tax returns. You can back file with the IRS, and will need to do so for at least the last three years.

Thanks dear,

Would you please let me know more about how I can file tax returns and what is IRS? where I can find the relevant information??

Thanks alot in advance,

[Penguin_ie 5,986]

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=108327,00.html

[BCN_CAL 0]

http://www.irs.gov/businesses/small/article/0,,id=108327,00.html

Wooow, Thanks alot indeed.