Beneficiary was in US at the time of filing I-130 and later moved to home country - Notify USCIS of address change?

[grad_student 11]

I (the beneficiary) was in USA at the time of filing the I-130 petition. However, I moved back to my home country (Pakistan) before the I-130 petition was accepted. I was reading through the Spousal Visa EZ Guide here on VJ and it says the following under Important Notes:

"There is no need to notify the USCIS of the beneficiary changing addresses unless they move to a new country."

This makes me think I should somehow notify USICS of moving back to my home country. Am I right in my presumption? If yes, how can I notify USCIS of me moving back to my home country?

Thanks for reading!

[teeak 224]

What was the address you listed on the I-130 form?

The reason why you need to inform if you've moved to a new country is because NVC needs to determine the case number and US embassy depending on the country.

For example if you filed a form saying you live in UK but you moved to Pakistan without informing them, they'd assign your case to the London embassy and not the Islamabad embassy.

Is the case at NVC now? If so, you'll need to send them an email and not USCIS.

[grad_student 11]

What was the address you listed on the I-130 form?

The reason why you need to inform if you've moved to a new country is because NVC needs to determine the case number and US embassy depending on the country.

For example if you filed a form saying you live in UK but you moved to Pakistan without informing them, they'd assign your case to the London embassy and not the Islamabad embassy.

Is the case at NVC now? If so, you'll need to send them an email and not USCIS.

Should have included this info in my original post. I put down my address as the one I was living at the time of filing the I-130 i.e. the USA one. But I did put my address here in Pakistan under the "address abroad" and did put in the I-130 petiton that I will be applying for a visa abraod at the US Embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan. My case is now at NVC stage and is also being assigend to US Embassy in Islamabad.

Additionally I plan on putting my address here in Pakistan on DS-260 and I-864EZ form.

So do I still need to inform USCIS of me moving from USA to Pakistan?

[teeak 224]

Ahh, if that's the case then it's not necessary. Your case has already moved from USCIS to NVC so there's no need to inform them.