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Just a thought, how about your passport and a US bank statement with your name? In TX they valid documents for the MVD (or DPS as it is called here).

Merci I got approved !!!!

Tout départ, séjour à l'étranger de plus de 2 mois (!), changement de situation familiale (mariage) doit être signalé à la CAF et engendre évidemment des changements dans les allocations versées.
La CAF suspend les allocations pour un voyage de plus de 2 mois déjà...

T'as fait un raccourci rapide, effectivement on ne perd pas sa résidence Française tant qu'on vit sur le sol français plus de la moitié de l'année, soit 183 jours.
Mais ca implique un retour ! On peut te demander par exemple ton billet aller-retour validé.
Si on ne rentre pas, on est considéré comme non résident à partir du jour où on a quitté le sol.

Chacun fait ce qu'il veut et prends les risques qu'il veut, mais tu t'exposes a de sacrés emmerdes, toi ou ta famille !
Parce que si tu n'es pas sur le territoire français pour payer ce qu'ils pourraient te demander en remboursement et pénalités, c'est bien à tes parents qu'ils vont le réclamer.

France Telecom a quand même harcelé ma mère pour un impayé de 17€....

Yes I received a false checklist on the 7th of june asking me to send the AOS so I can consider it got accepted. Makes me think that I forgot to update my signature about it.

Well, I've told you exactly who I am just a few posts ago. I am a filer from abroad. In Europe. As you can see from my profile and signature, I filed from the Republic of Ireland. We do not have a USCIS office here. There is no DCF available. So, in November, I filed a standalone I-130 petition for my spouse. It was sent to the Chicago lockbox. From there, we were sent to the National Benefits Centre in Missouri. Our petition was processed THERE. THAT IS WHERE PETITIONS FILED FROM ABROAD GO. There are no "field offices" for foreign filers, at least not for those who do not have access to DCF. Field offices are based on the USC's US ADDRESS. If you don't HAVE a US address, you stay in Missouri. This has been stated more than once. From Missouri, we were sent to the NVC in Vermont. How do I know that? BECAUSE I TALKED TO THEM. EVERY DAY. We are currently in the queue for an interview date. Once we have received an interview date, then, AND ONLY THEN, our file will be shipped to the US Embassy in Dublin. That is how the filers from abroad without access to DCF are processed. Again, I know this because I AM ONE OF THOSE FILERS. So until you have direct experience with this particular avenue of visa filing, please stop arguing with the people who HAVE the experience and, therefore, know what they're talking about. Thank you.
Oh, and

Are you on this BS again? I have an email from the field office directorate that plainly states otherwise.
Foreign field offices do not touch I-130s that were filed at the Chicago Lockbox.
I really wish you would stop spreading disinformation on this topic.

Capri you are making assumptions based on information which is not concrete.
On the message it says "local Field Office" Offices which are located not in the USA are considered International Field Offices. They're divided into districts, Bangkok, Mexico and Rome. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.eb1d4c2a3e5b9ac89243c6a7543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=ddce0b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=ddce0b89284a3210VgnVCM100000b92ca60aRCRD
I highly doubt they're sending petitions Internationally.

hmm.... maybe us that live abroad should start complaining that some countries still have DCF (which is still much faster than the "auto-expedite") while ours don´t!! hehe

I think the problem with lying about where you live (at least in the case of the person asking about Pakistan) is that when NVC rolls around and you have to do AOS, that person would have to prove all their job and financial info, meaning they'd have proof that they had been working in the USA for X amount of time, making it impossible for them to be simultaneously living in Pakistan at the same time. Or, which I think would be even riskier, they would have to deny having a job and lie about their job/financial history in order to use a joint sponsor. It would all get very messy and just doesn't seem worth it at all, especially since if USCIS or NVC picked up on it, they could get some serious sanctions.

Please do not confuse people with misinformation. Applications filed from abroad are sent to the National Benefits Centre in Missouri...and are processed FROM THAT OFFICE. NOT from a local office in the USC's country of residence. Applications originating in the US ARE sent to local offices. And yes, their processing times can differ widely.
For the poster who asked if they could list a foreign residence even if they don't live there...it is NEVER in your best interests to give USCIS, the NVC, or the DOS incorrect information. Do not lie, not even a little bit. You do not live abroad. Don't tell the US government that you do. You don't want anything coming back to bite you in the butt. Unfortunately for this process, you simply have to wait your turn.

Well, this is just my opinion but I don´t think you can or should list a foreign address if you actually don´t reside there.

I don't understand all this anger.
In my point of view, the only reason why people living abroad are processed faster in most cases is because the USCIS doesn't have to study their file really hard. When you give them proofs such as joint utility bills, joint lease, joint foreign tax returns, joint papers for everything ; they don't need to think a lot, they just approve because you already live together. That's a fact. Their principal goal is to detect fraud, they don't care about people's feelings. We are just numbers.
I guess that when you are married and never lived together before, you don't have proofs of common residence, they have to dig a little deeper so they make people wait more, which is very sad at the end. That's one of the reason that made my husband come to France first to avoid this desperate situation. It took him less than a month to get his visa for France 2 years ago.
Now we're moving to USA and believe me, if I could trade my fast approval (if I'm approved fast, I don't know yet) against one of your slow processing to make your life happier, I would do it ! Because I know it's hard. Our futures are in the hands of the USCIS and there's nothing more to do, being angry or mad won't change anything. We don't chose, we juqt go with the flow.
I really hope that everyone will get a fast approval without suffering too much and I wish you the best

I don't understand all this anger.
In my point of view, the only reason why people living abroad are processed faster in most cases is because the USCIS doesn't have to study their file really hard. When you give them proofs such as joint utility bills, joint lease, joint foreign tax returns, joint papers for everything ; they don't need to think a lot, they just approve because you already live together. That's a fact. Their principal goal is to detect fraud, they don't care about people's feelings. We are just numbers.
I guess that when you are married and never lived together before, you don't have proofs of common residence, they have to dig a little deeper so they make people wait more, which is very sad at the end. That's one of the reason that made my husband come to France first to avoid this desperate situation. It took him less than a month to get his visa for France 2 years ago.
Now we're moving to USA and believe me, if I could trade my fast approval (if I'm approved fast, I don't know yet) against one of your slow processing to make your life happier, I would do it ! Because I know it's hard. Our futures are in the hands of the USCIS and there's nothing more to do, being angry or mad won't change anything. We don't chose, we juqt go with the flow.
I really hope that everyone will get a fast approval without suffering too much and I wish you the best

I don't understand all this anger.
In my point of view, the only reason why people living abroad are processed faster in most cases is because the USCIS doesn't have to study their file really hard. When you give them proofs such as joint utility bills, joint lease, joint foreign tax returns, joint papers for everything ; they don't need to think a lot, they just approve because you already live together. That's a fact. Their principal goal is to detect fraud, they don't care about people's feelings. We are just numbers.
I guess that when you are married and never lived together before, you don't have proofs of common residence, they have to dig a little deeper so they make people wait more, which is very sad at the end. That's one of the reason that made my husband come to France first to avoid this desperate situation. It took him less than a month to get his visa for France 2 years ago.
Now we're moving to USA and believe me, if I could trade my fast approval (if I'm approved fast, I don't know yet) against one of your slow processing to make your life happier, I would do it ! Because I know it's hard. Our futures are in the hands of the USCIS and there's nothing more to do, being angry or mad won't change anything. We don't chose, we juqt go with the flow.
I really hope that everyone will get a fast approval without suffering too much and I wish you the best

You do realize that until a year ago USC living overseas could file with the embassy in that country and get a visa for their spouse in as little as 1-2 months? USCIS changed that and now all files are sent to the states for adjudication. Maybe that's why.
Whatever the reason it's really the least thing you should be worried and/or complaining about. What is it your business why people get approved faster, concentrate on your own petition b/c trust me these bad vibes aren't going to get you anywhere. Karma's a B!&%h, don't ever forget that.

Folks, I wanted to clear up some confusion about how a USC must file taxes with a non-resident alien spouse. I just paid a CPA a lot of money to do my taxes, and part of the reason he was so expensive was he knew what he was about when it came to immigrant issues. I learned the following things:
0. You may not file married for tax year 2012 if you were unmarried on December 31, 2012, even if you got your final divorce decree the day before.
1. You MUST file married if you are married on December 31, 2012. Don't believe H&R Block! There is ONE exception, according to the IRS: if the NRA (non-resident alien) has not lived or made income in the US for the tax year, AND the USC (citizen/permanent resident/resident alien) has dependents (children, parents, others they will claim on their tax forms), the USC is permitted to file as Head of Household, even though it is technically a single status. If you think this applies to you, go to the IRS site and do your research and make sure you qualify. Filing as Single without Head of Household will not apply to anyone who is married.
2. Married filing joint will usually reduce your tax burden or get you a bigger refund. If you do this, and your NRA spouse does not have a tax ID number (SSN or ITIN), then you must submit a W-7 with appropriate documentation on paper along with your paper tax filing to the special Austin address for ITIN filings. The NRA will be treated as a resident for tax purposes and write a letter to that effect to attach to the tax filing (PM me if you want the wording my CPA used). Their income will fall under a Foreign Income Exclusion of 95K USD for year 2012, meaning that they will be taxed on all income over that amount they made overseas, as well as on all their US income. Documentation for the W-7 must be ORIGINAL or a copy CERTIFIED BY THE ISSUING AGENCY, not certified by a notary public. UK residents may legally hold two passports at the same time, so it may be worth getting one and sending the other. Dual citizens may send the passport that they aren't using for Immigration. Others should examine the instructions for the W-7 to see what documentation is acceptable.
3. Use married filing separately if you don't qualify for single head of household and you don't want to bother with an ITIN, or if other circumstances make it necessary for you to file separately. This is the easiest. Put your own information as if you were filing taxes by yourself. You must do two things: add your spouse's name in the appropriate field, and write NRA in the field for the SSN/ITIN. Be careful because there are many circumstances that may make it necessary for the NRA to also file a US tax return in their own right: substantial presence in the US, work or doing business in the US, investment or other income in the US, providing more than half the support for a US dependent, and so forth. The NRA will still need to file taxes in their home country if required.
I'm not a CPA or your lawyer.

Don't panic, it's not because you can't check your status online that they don't take care of your petition. It's been only 2 weeks since your NOA1.

I am the USC living abroad with my spouse. We sent the I-130 to my mother in the US so she could include a US check with the petition and forward it on to the Chicago lockbox. I had her write on the envelope "Filed From Abroad" in hopes that this would help expedite my petition. Good luck!

Does your mother-in-law live in the United States? Is she a US citizen or legal permanent resident? Assuming she only supports herself, then her income will need to be at least $18212 per year. If she supports anyone else, add $4675 for each additional person she supports.
If she lives in the same home with you and your wife then she can submit an I-864A. If she lives somewhere else then she'll need to submit an I-864. She'll also need to submit proof that she is a US citizen (copy of birth certificate, passport, certificate of naturalization, etc.) or permanent resident (copy of green card).
For most sponsors, the income threshold is 125% of the federal poverty guidelines. For a sponsor who is in the US military it would be 100% of the federal poverty guidelines. The 125% threshold has nothing to do with whether or not you're using assets to qualify.
For example, 100% of the poverty guidelines for two people is $14570, while 125% of the poverty guidelines for two people is $18212. If there's only two people - the US citizen spouse and the immigrant spouse - then this is the number you've got to meet or exceed. If your income alone is enough, then you're done. If your income is not sufficient, then you need assets worth at least 3X the shortage. If you can't come up with the assets, then you need a co-sponsor who can meet the 125% income threshold for their OWN household size, which includes the immigrant. If the co-sponsor needs to use assets to qualify, then the assets must be worth at least 5X the shortage, unless the immigrant just happens to be the minor child of the co-sponsor (highly unlikely).