Please help! Uk to US military marridge visa

[P7dcy 0]

Hi everyone, i live in the UK and recently married a USAF member who is being stationed back in the states this september. I have filled out the alien relative petition paperwork but i am struggling to find any reliable information as to what to do next or even where to send the paperwork. I know its a very short timelime but the military will help with having the process expedited. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

 

Many thanks

[Roel 7,193]

http://www.visajourney.com/content/i130guide1

[Wuozopo 4,293]

46 minutes ago, P7dcy said:

Hi everyone, i live in the UK and recently married a USAF member who is being stationed back in the states this september. I have filled out the alien relative petition paperwork but i am struggling to find any reliable information as to what to do next or even where to send the paperwork. I know its a very short timelime but the military will help with having the process expedited. Any help will be greatly appreciated!

 

Many thanks

Normally petitions are filed to a USCIS Chicago address in the US, then when approved go to the National Visa Center (NVC), then on to the consulate where you will interview for the visa. Long process up to a year.

 

GOOD NEWS--> Because he is stationed in the UK, he is eligible to file the petition at the USCIS office in London. It's a super short cut and you could have the visa before he leaves.  On this website it is referred to as filing DCF (direct consular filing). You can change your profile to state your visa is CR1/IR1(DCF) so people will know your process and not assume you go through the US filing and the super slow NVC. 

 

Here are are the instructions you follow for the first part (petition): https://uk.usembassy.gov/embassy-consulates/government-agencies/dhs/uscis/i130filing-html/?_ga=1.43558053.1641113824.1489155735

Be sure to open the I-130 checklist link on that page and follow it because it is exactly what the London office wants.

 

They will approve the petition and inform your husband that the file has gone to the Immigrant Visa Unit at the embassy in London.  Both offices are in the same embassy but they are different parts of the US government so operate independent of each other. Petition is approved by USCIS. Visa application is approved by the Immigrant Visa Unit under the Department of State.

 

Once you hear that the approved petition has been received by the IVU, you will start part 2 (applying for the visa). Here are those instructions. (Remember anything that refers to the NVC does not apply to you because you get to skip NVC). Scroll down and start  reading where it says. Applying for a visa through the Immigrant Visa Unit in London. https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/family-immigration/how-to-apply-2/

 

It would be beneficial for you to start reading all the documents required for the Immigrant  Visa Unit and getting ready while you wait for the petition to be approved and sent there. You need shot records, police certificate, marriage certificate, birth certificate, his tax forms or transcript, passport photos (US size).

[TBoneTX 46,383]

*** Thread is moved from the K-1 Process forum to the CR-1 Process forum -- OP is married. ***