DCF from the UK (split topic)

[Vanessamaria 2]

Hello!

I am a US Citizen residing in the UK with my British husband. I am just starting the I 130 process through DCF. I have a few questions, and not sure where to ask them. I’ve done some searching, and haven’t found answers. I hope this is the right thread. I apologize if these are repetitive. 

1. I currently reside in the UK. Prior to moving here I worked as a freelancer and lived all over the country for small amounts of time. My permanent address on all my legal documents such as my Drivers License stayed the same. Do I include every address I have lived at on my address history even if my “permanent residence” never changed? I have lots of gaps of time between addresses, do I need to explain all of these? 
2. As a freelancer I have contracted for many different companies over the last five years. Some that I don’t even remember. Do I include every company I’ve contracted with or just full time employment? 
3. For Information About Your Parents it asks for city and country of two parents. Do I fill both out even if one is deceased? Do I just put where my mother did reside before she passed or enter N/A?
4. I've read several posts about proof of relationship, but it is not included on the USCIS London field office checklist for the petition. Does anyone know if I include proof of our relationship other than our marriage license in the packet?

 

I appreciate any help at all! Thanks in advance x

Edited October 24, 2018 by Vanessamaria

[Vanessamaria 2]

15 minutes ago, Vanessamaria said:

Hello!

I am a US Citizen residing in the UK with my British husband. I am just starting the I 130 process through DCF. I have a few questions, and not sure where to ask them. I’ve done some searching, and haven’t found answers. I hope this is the right thread. I apologize if these are repetitive. 

1. I currently reside in the UK. Prior to moving here I worked as a freelancer and lived all over the country for small amounts of time. My permanent address on all my legal documents such as my Drivers License stayed the same. Do I include every address I have lived at on my address history even if my “permanent residence” never changed? I have lots of gaps of time between addresses, do I need to explain all of these? 
2. As a freelancer I have contracted for many different companies over the last five years. Some that I don’t even remember. Do I include every company I’ve contracted with or just full time employment? 
3. For Information About Your Parents it asks for city and country of two parents. Do I fill both out even if one is deceased? Do I just put where my mother did reside before she passed or enter N/A?
4. I've read several posts about proof of relationship, but it is not included on the USCIS London field office checklist for the petition. Does anyone know if I include proof of our relationship other than our marriage license in the packet?

 

I appreciate any help at all! Thanks in advance x

Sorry, I just realized I clicked the wrong thread to post this in. I am such a newbie! 🙄

[Ryan H 3,791]

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[Mr Genuis 91]

9 hours ago, Vanessamaria said:

Sorry, I just realized I clicked the wrong thread to post this in. I am such a newbie! 🙄

since you lived in those areas for just a short time and your address never changed in any of your documents then, use the address on your PR. if stayed at that address for 5 years then used just the address on your PR . and yeah, it does not really matter whether part time job or not, put all the places you worked. for your mom put the place she  died , she is deceased but you have to put city state or country she was was residing in.

[rmc 3]

We are also doing DCF in London and just received our I-130 approval--good luck to you!!

 

I don't have a definitive answer on the first two points, but I can say the following:

 

3. I wrote "deceased" in place of the city of residence and then "N/A" for the country.

4. No proof of relationship required other than marriage certificate.

[Vanessamaria 2]

2 hours ago, perks said:

since you lived in those areas for just a short time and your address never changed in any of your documents then, use the address on your PR. if stayed at that address for 5 years then used just the address on your PR . and yeah, it does not really matter whether part time job or not, put all the places you worked. for your mom put the place she  died , she is deceased but you have to put city state or country she was was residing in.

Great, thank you so much for the help!

[Vanessamaria 2]

9 hours ago, Ryan H said:

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I apologize, I realized after I had posted, and tried to delete, but couldn't figure out how. Can anyone tell me if there is a way to delete a post after posting it? Thanks! 

[Vanessamaria 2]

1 hour ago, rmc said:

We are also doing DCF in London and just received our I-130 approval--good luck to you!!

 

I don't have a definitive answer on the first two points, but I can say the following:

 

3. I wrote "deceased" in place of the city of residence and then "N/A" for the country.

4. No proof of relationship required other than marriage certificate.

Thanks so much! That's so great to hear

I'm a bit lost with all the different info. There's so much. I applied for the UK spouse visa last year and thought that was difficult, but it was nothing compared to this! 

[annietree 1]

Hello Vanessa! I'm in a similar situation to you. I applied for my UK spouse visa a couple of years ago, and we submitted the I-130 at the end of September. We are still waiting to hear back, but I figured I'd chime in on a couple of points:

 

- I'm a freelancer, also (as well as holding a permanent part-time job), and I just included one of my job as self employed (with the address as my home address), which is what I did on both my UK and US taxes. I don't know for sure yet if this is correct, but I'll let you know if I hear anything!

- My dad is deceased - I just wrote his most recent address, followed by (DECEASED). I'd seen other people do that on sample forms.

 

Hope that helps! Just like you, I remember the UK process all too well. Really stressful. This one seems much better.

[Vanessamaria 2]

On 10/26/2018 at 11:52 AM, annietree said:

Hello Vanessa! I'm in a similar situation to you. I applied for my UK spouse visa a couple of years ago, and we submitted the I-130 at the end of September. We are still waiting to hear back, but I figured I'd chime in on a couple of points:

 

- I'm a freelancer, also (as well as holding a permanent part-time job), and I just included one of my job as self employed (with the address as my home address), which is what I did on both my UK and US taxes. I don't know for sure yet if this is correct, but I'll let you know if I hear anything!

- My dad is deceased - I just wrote his most recent address, followed by (DECEASED). I'd seen other people do that on sample forms.

 

Hope that helps! Just like you, I remember the UK process all too well. Really stressful. This one seems much better.

That helps a lot, thanks! 

[annietree 1]

Just as an update, our I-130 was approved on Nov 1st, no questions asked!