Harmiliyah

Great, now we can time how long it takes for us Third Country Filers.

So to clarify does your POE need to be one of those mentioned on the list - or can you go clear in say San Jose, CA?

danielswatkins and thesmiths2016

Good luck to us all, hopefully we might get processed a little bit quicker, but I doubt it

Hi Daniel,

We're in the same situation. Im British and my husband is American. We both live and work in Saudi Arabia. We put our Saudi Arabia address (our P.O. Box and our physical address). This was the address (PO Box) they sent our NOA1 to, but if you can't receive mail then that is problematic. Can you use your employer's address?

Hi there,

My name is Dan, first time poster, long-time lurker—this forum has been more help than I can begin to say.

My wife and I are currently in the process of completing an I-130 on my behalf (she is American, I am a Brit). Unfortunately, we've already stumbled on question #2, asking our addresses. A quick search has come up with some situations a bit like ours, but none quite exactly—apologies if this is a common/obvious question.

Here's why it's slightly complicated for us:

• My wife is a US citizen, with a permanent mailing address in Delaware (she's a native Delawarean, not a shell company, I promise), employed by an American company, filing American taxes, etc.

• I'm a British citizen, currently employed by a British company, paying British taxes, and getting mail to my parents' address.

• We both currently live and work for our respective companies in Egypt, and will be applying for the Immigrant Visa in Cairo (Cairo doesn't have the option of direct consular processing, so we're filing the I-130 to the USCIS dropbox in Chicago, and doing the IV here). We've been here for a year and have the visas in place to stay put for another year, at least. Fingers crossed, etc etc.

For question #2, do we:

A) Put the American address for my wife (B2) and the British address for me (C2)?

B) Put our Egyptian address for both (pros—shows we live together; cons—we can't actually receive mail at our Egyptian address)

C) Put the American mailing address for both B2 and C2?

The G-325a breaks down past addresses, but it's not clear if the intention here is a mailing address, a physical address, and for whom...

Many thanks in advance for your collective wisdom!

Dan

Well said. Some of the "experienced" people around here can really get on their high horse. The whole purpose of a forum like this is to share knowledge and try to help.

Best of luck with your husband and your baby!

Well said, I got grief from a fellow Brit yesterday. Perfectly innocent question and then felt as though I was being interrogated (by a fellow Brit to boot).

So why do you need the full 90 days and want to know how soon you can return?

As far as Im aware the ESTA is issued for 90 days, I only plan to be in the US for one month.

something to consider, will you mention using the VWP to enter the US, will you still have legal residence in the middle east at the time of your interview? if not you will need to complete processing/medical/interview in your home country

Kastrs, Yes I think I will have to wait until get to the NVC stage, Ramadan is fast approaching and getting Police Clearance will take longer than normal. This will no doubt impact the length of time for processing if I have to Change my country of residence from Saudi to the UK. Inshallah it will all work out.

JFH - I have absolutely no intention of trying to circumvent the system, I am merely trying to ascertain the rules of re-entering. My daughter is entering boarding school and my husband and I will return to the Middle East or the UK until I have completed the process. We have company housing here and property in the UK and US.

I meant IR1 application. I know I can enter again as it's valid for 2 years, but is there a statutory length of time you must be out of the US before re-entering. I cannot find any information on this on any official website.

We started our Green Card application in March 2016 naively thinking it would be a fast process So now we are planning alternative scenarios and I would be grateful for some input.

We are planning to go to the US the beginning of August as my daughter will start school there (my husband and daughter are USC). We currently live and work in the Middle East.

I will enter on the ESTA Visa Waiver Program for 90 days. I will leave the US and return to the Middle East to finalize all the paperwork

I know the VWP is for 2 years but I cannot find out how soon I can re-enter the US - does anyone know? Alternatively, can anyone offer a different solution?

Thank you

Caroline

Married for 15 years

13 Year old Daughter (US)

Mailed I-130 - March 16, 2016

Received by USCIC - March 18, 2016

I-797C NOA1 - March 21, 2016

Priority Date - March 18, 2016

Good Day,

I will be leaving Saudi Arabia in July and heading back to the UK until everything is processed. I'm only at the NOA1 stage and I'm wondering when I should inform them of my relocation. Should I wait until nearer the time, when hopefully it will have gone to the NVC? The big question is will this delay me in any way? It might mess things up as I am required to get a police report from the Saudi Authorities. I doubt I could get one from the UK as Ive been away for 27 years. I would hate to have to fly all the way back to Riyadh to go to the US Embassy there.

Has anyone else been in a similar situation?

Thanks

Thank you for the advice, I will now read up on the NVC process

We have just starting the whole process. My husband is American and I am British. We live in Saudi Arabia. Im trying to get informed how it all works but Im starting to get confused.

We had to send our I-130 to the Chicago Lockbox as the US Embassy in Riyadh now only accept Refugee applications. In turn we were advised that our documents were being reviewed in Nebraska.

On reading various websites am I correct in saying that when everything is approved (fingers crossed) I will have to go for interview and medical exam the USCIS office that is handling Middle East application - in this case ATHENS? Has anyone gone through this recently?

THanks