Non-resident in a country without DCF

[bassoonlaura 0]

Hello, very new here.

My husband and I are about ready to move back to the states from Colombia. I am currently a resident of Colombia and have lived here for 3.5 years. We have a 1.5 year old with dual citizenship.

The uscis says they don't have an immigration officer at the embassy here, so they don't do consular filing, but that is the option given for non residents. I talked with someone to the embassy, on the hotline.m, and they said to follow the instructions on the page, and when pressed said yes, we can file for everything including the green card from here.

I don't really understand how it will work, because the only option it gives is to send the i30 app to Chicago.

Any advice, or does anyone know of a guide or thread for this?

Thanks!

[Penguin_ie 5,994]

You can only file directly with the embassy if your local US embassy has a USCIS office. They are listed here: http://www.uscis.gov/about-us/find-uscis-office/international-immigration-offices Colombia is not on the list; what they may have meant is that you CAN file while living in Colombia, but must file via the lockbox in the USA.

[Stressed Out 81]

Yeah when they say you can file in Colombia they only mean that you don't have to go back to the US to send off the paperwork, but if there's no USCIS field office there then there's no DCF = you must file through a lockbox.