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11 hours ago, Dilorena said:

I feel ya girl!

 

these immigration processes are definitely not for the nomadic lifestyle.

I've lived in numerous cities in my country and i'm also looking at it, if I need to bring one for every city or just the federal records.

You'd think it'd be slightly easier considering we are paying a lot of money and waiting forever for them to ''investigate us''  

I hope everything works out for you and your husband <3 

 

Oh man at least we're not the only ones! And you'd think that, but of course we must be special circumstances because we like to move around. Thank you! I hope everything goes really quickly for you as well.

6 hours ago, lacolinab13 said:

No one would have to sign to receive a piece of mail from USCIS, if that's what you mean. 

 

Responding to an RFE from overseas could be tricky as you likely don't have access to many documents (if say, they need a copy of birth certificate, or marriage certificate, or criminal records, documents you may have at home that show proof of relationship like a lease, boarding passes, etc ...) and it can be difficult to print and assemble a package if you don't have easy access to an office/printer. Most of this can be made much easier if you have a person in the US with access to your documents who is willing to help you. If you filled out a page of the I-130 incorrectly and were asked to correct and resubmit and had to sign with an original signature, you could mail a response from overseas. 

 

Of course you will make things a lot smoother if you are extremely careful when filling out your paperwork on the first go around and can avoid an RFE (although sometimes USCIS just seems to lose documents or ask for paperwork that has already been submitted so it's not a guarantee). 

 

I think it could be tricky to be out of the country during the NVC stage as you likely won't be traveling with all of the documents required for the I-864 and it could be hard to obtain them overseas, but again I think this can be done with some planning and someone in the US helping you. Or you could go home and wait for the end of processing after your I-130 is approved and has reached NVC, since usually by then you're at least halfway through the process. 

Oh this is exactly what my worry was. That I would have to sign some new form that would come in the mail. But we would definitely have willing and able hands on the US side to help us through the whole thing if that's allowed. So I'd put her as my mailing address, but my physical address as where I'm living now.

Does anyone know if I'd have to update them every time I physically went somewhere new?

Well, when we leave here, he will have technically lived here for 12 months. I think almost exactly if not one or two days short. He has a one year contract with his work. I clicked on the links provided (thank you very much!) but nothing told me exactly where I get the police report. From a police station? From the Czech Embassy in Russia? From the Russian embassy in Prague? From the US Embassy in Prague? I had to get a criminal records check from the US embassy when I got my visa to stay here, is it the same thing? And do I need one?

11 hours ago, lacolinab13 said:

I filed for my now husband's K-1 right before we left to go travel for 6 months. I wrote my address as being my parents' permanent address, where I also receive mail. That worked fine for us and would work fine as long as you trust your parents to open mail for you and be willing to help with a potential response to an RFE (in terms of physically mailing out a letter, etc). 

I could completely trust my mother but is there ever a need to sign anything that comes in the mail? That's my only concern. Otherwise, my mom would love to help. 

geowrian and roel: yes we plan to settle in the USA. The nomadic lifestyle is mostly due to the fact that it's the only way we can stay together right now. It's fun to travel, but my goodness I miss having things. 

1 hour ago, millefleur said:

Yeah, the 6 months period is kind of up in the air here. According to official rules, you should be resident here for 6 months but it's possible to get around that. You don't need an official 'contract' of residence, a 3-year Russian visa would be enough and you just need a kind of 'lease' saying you live somewhere. You said your husband has a permanent address in Russia, so you could use that. Just have whoever owns it write up a lease for you.

 

It's a good idea to call the field office in Moscow and ask! They will answer any questions you have and they speak English. What kind of Russian visa do you have now?

I have a 3-year multi-entry business visa. So I can stay 6 months in 6 months out. It expires in two years. Would it be a problem if we wouldn't be staying in the permanent address? 

I will call them or write them an e-mail. Though I guess e-mailing isn't as efficient.

1 hour ago, milimelo said:

Make sure to get police certificate(s) from all places your husband has spent 6 months or more. Czech Republic definitely based on your 10 month stay. 

Does that mean a criminal records check? Where does one go about getting one of those?

Hi millefleur! Thanks for the response! If we want to file at a DFC, don't we have to have legal permanent residence for 6 months in the place we file from before we can even file? So wouldn't we have to live legally (with a contract?) in Moscow before we could do that? If that's the case, I can only stay in Russia for 6 months at a time before leaving again. Or can we just file from there because he's a Russian citizen?

P.S. Love your hedgehog in the fog theme.

My husband (Russian citizen) and I (US citizen) have been married for more than a year, and have been living outside of the US for almost as long. We want to file the I-130 forms, but I have these hangups. Tireless internet searches have gotten us nowhere, maybe one of you is going through the same thing:

-We haven't stayed in and don't plan on staying in any one place (due to my husband's work) long enough to await all the processing times.

-We've officially and legally (with residence permits) lived in Prague for the past six months, and will for another four months. But then, we are leaving and will not have a permanent address together. We'll be moving across Russia and Asia on tourist visas.

-I have a permanent address in the US (it is my mother's house where I lived before moving away and where we plan to live when we get there. My mother will be our sponsor); but I don't understand what addresses I'm supposed to put on the form. Is the US address my mailing address? But I won't be there to accept any mail. Certainly my mother can, but if I have to sign anything that's going to be impossible.

-My husband also has a permanent address in Russia, and can return to do interviews or whatever is necessary, but, again, he doesn't live there right now.

-We were married in Hong Kong, does that mean we have to file another form? Is it the 129F? There are so many numbers!

-And, lastly (for now), we've lived together in three different countries so far, but have been on tourist visas in two of them, so does that even count as being worth mentioning? I mean, it shows that we're together, but it's not legal residence, just tourism.

Thank you so much to anyone who has any answers or even if you know a place I can write to for more help!