US Citizen Currently Living in Germany and Filing K-1/I-129F From There

[jenner1407 0]

Hi all!

I am new here; what a great forum for a nightmarish process.

Question that I can't seem to find a specific answer to:

I am a US citizen currently living in Munich, Germany (doing one more year of dissertation research). After this, my (German) fiancé and I plan to move back to Madison, WI, where I will finish my PhD.

On the "address of petitioner" section of the I-129F, the Adobe version ONLY lets me choose "USA" as country for my mailing address! Now I am getting nervous that somehow I have to file this from INSIDE the US, though that wouldn't make sense? Can I put my current living/mailing address in Germany (which is good until August 2016)? Then would you just suggest that I briefly explain that my fiancé and I currently live together in Germany in the cover letter? I just want to make sure this is all kosher; maybe I'm making it more complicated than it needs to be...(EeeeGad!)

Thanks so much for any help!!

[Verenaaa 3]

Hi,

my US fiancé lived with me in Germany at the time we filed out petition. We sent the package off from Germany, no issues. Although we included a short statement explaining our situation "XY, US citizen, is currently living in Germany with fiancé XY. I am planning to return to the US to establish our US domicile in monthXY".

The mailing address - I believe we put the US address of my fiances' parents - so they received the NOA1 etc and notified us.

Hope this helps - let me know if you have more questions.

Verena

[jenner1407 0]

Verena, thanks!! That actually does help, I will do something like that then, and put my parents' address down as the permanent address so nothing gets lost...

[SincerelyMeike 52]

Hii! the fiance and I are also living in Germany together. We listed his moms address as his US address.

[SoerenHelmer 50]

Hi all!

I am new here; what a great forum for a nightmarish process.

Question that I can't seem to find a specific answer to:

I am a US citizen currently living in Munich, Germany (doing one more year of dissertation research). After this, my (German) fiancé and I plan to move back to Madison, WI, where I will finish my PhD.

On the "address of petitioner" section of the I-129F, the Adobe version ONLY lets me choose "USA" as country for my mailing address! Now I am getting nervous that somehow I have to file this from INSIDE the US, though that wouldn't make sense? Can I put my current living/mailing address in Germany (which is good until August 2016)? Then would you just suggest that I briefly explain that my fiancé and I currently live together in Germany in the cover letter? I just want to make sure this is all kosher; maybe I'm making it more complicated than it needs to be...(EeeeGad!)

Thanks so much for any help!!

Its the I-129 and not I-129F(last one is the K3) K3 is for married ppl

[Elf 146]

Its the I-129 and not I-129F(last one is the K3) K3 is for married ppl

No, the OP is correct. The I-129F is the petition for alien fiance(e) and is used for all K visas, including both K-1 and K-3. The I-129 is the petition for non-immigrant worker, and is used for H-1B, H-1C, H-2A, H-2B, H-3, L-1, O-1, O-2, P-1, P-1S, P-2, P-2S, P-3, P-3S, Q-1 and R-1 visas.