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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Ok, I am just recently engaged and about to start my journey here as well, so I had a question that has rather confused me when filling out some of the paperwork.

On the old I-129f it said to mail the application to your regional service center, but in the most latest version of the I-129f, the instructions now say to send it to the following address:

Where To File

Form I-129F Filing Locations for K-1 Fiancé(e) or for K-3 Spouse:

If you live in the United States or if you are living abroad:

File Form I-129F at the USCIS Dallas Lockbox facility.

For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS P.O. Box 660151 Dallas, TX 75266

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS Attn: I-129F 2501 South State Highway 121 Business Suite 400 Lewisville, TX 75067

So if I wanted to send my application via USPS Express mail, do I use the first or second address?

Secondly, when looking at the Fiance letter of intent to marry, it says in the template to put the service center's address there, so is that where I put the Vermont Service Center address, or do I list the address that I am sending the I-129f to? Maybe this should not be confusing, but since I am sending the application to one place, it just seems I should be addressing everything the same, but I'm hoping some of you out there can clarify some of this for me... :)

Thanks in advance for any all all your help! :D

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Mexico
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If you are sending Express mail, which you don't really need, I would send it to the second one that says it is for Express mail.

Texas is just an intake hub. Your service center is still Vermont Service Center.

Link to K-1 instructions for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico > https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/K1/CDJ_Ciudad-Juarez-2-22-2021.pdf

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If you are sending Express mail, which you don't really need, I would send it to the second one that says it is for Express mail.

Texas is just an intake hub. Your service center is still Vermont Service Center.

Does that mean that in the cover letter and letters of intent I should have my service center or the Texas lockbox as the recipient address? I did not realize that we had to mail it to Texas, so my fiancee signed and dated a letter of intent with the Vermont service center address as the recipient and sent the original to me through snail mail.

I haven't submitted the I-129F yet, but I would hate to have to stall our submission any further by having her re-sign the letter and send it to me through the mail.

I wouldn't sweat it too much right??

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Does that mean that in the cover letter and letters of intent I should have my service center or the Texas lockbox as the recipient address? I did not realize that we had to mail it to Texas, so my fiancee signed and dated a letter of intent with the Vermont service center address as the recipient and sent the original to me through snail mail.

I haven't submitted the I-129F yet, but I would hate to have to stall our submission any further by having her re-sign the letter and send it to me through the mail.

I wouldn't sweat it too much right??

I wouldn't sweat it too much. It's all going to get sent there eventually. I think as long as your envelope is addressed correctly, you'll be okay.

June 7, 2010 - Will asked me to marry him, and I said YES!!
October 4, 2010 - Will sent away the I-129F Petition
October 12, 2010 - NOA1 received!
October 15, 2010 - First "touch"
October 18, 2010 - Second "touch"
March 7, 2011 - NOA2!!!
March 18, 2011 - NVC forwarded our case to the Montreal Consulate....NOT where we wanted it to go!
March 25, 2011 - Email from Montreal saying that our case would be forwarded to Vancouver - only took one night for a reply from them smile.png
April 5, 2011 - Vancouver has our package!
April 6, 2011 - Received Packet 3 via email - now just waiting on my police certificate.
April 13, 2011 - faxed Packet 3 to Vancouver
April 14, 2011 - received Packet 4 via email
May 4, 2011 - Medical appointment
May 5, 2011 - Interview!! APPROVED smile.png


June 16, 2011 - POE at Blaine Peace Arch Crossing
June 28, 2011 - Got married by Elvis in Vegas!
Aug 8, 2011 - Received SSN in the mail.

Aug 31, 2011 - Sent off AOS Package
Sept 7, 2011 - Package received by USCIS
Sept 9, 2011 - Notice of Action email for AOS, EAD, and AP.
Sept 16, 2011 - Received my Biometrics Appt. letter for the 30th.
Sept 22, 2011 - RFE sad.png
Sept 30, 2011 - Biometrics Appt.
Oct 26, 2011 - Received interview letter for Dec 1st
Nov 4, 2011 - EAD/AP approved
Nov 12, 2011 - Received combo card in the mail
Dec 1, 2011 - Interview - APPROVED smile.png
Dec 9, 2011 - Greencard arrived in the mail!

Oct 18, 2013 - I-751 Package signed for at CA Service Center

Mar 5, 2014 - Approved! Awaiting greencard in the mail

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Brazil
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Yea, don't worry too much about it. I think they still send it to the service center that covers the area you live in.

For mine I put the Vermont address etc on the coverletter and other items and once the lockbox was done with it, they forwarded it to Vermont. I live in Maryland so Vermont would be mine if the lockbox wasn't in use.

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Yea, don't worry too much about it. I think they still send it to the service center that covers the area you live in.

For mine I put the Vermont address etc on the coverletter and other items and once the lockbox was done with it, they forwarded it to Vermont. I live in Maryland so Vermont would be mine if the lockbox wasn't in use.

Thank you so much. Knowing all this has really put my mind at ease!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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I know someone recently approved for K1 that didn't submit any letters of intent to USCIS and was approved non the less without them.

Take the long wait your about to experience to read, read, read.

November 2009- Met online

May 13,2010- Visited in Cebu, Philippines

July 01, 2010 I-129f mailed to Cali

July 06,2010- USCIS confirmed delivery

July 12,2010- NOA-1

July 21,2010- file touched

Nov. 19,2010- NOA2 Approved!!!!

Nov. 24, 2010- NVC received

Nov. 30,2010- Hardcopy recieved in mail

Nov. 30, 2010-case number received from NVC via phone

case forwarded to Manilla

Dec. 06, 2010- paid Visa fee at BPI

Dec. 07,2010-Embassy recieved

Dec. 28, 2010- Appt. finally scheduled

Jan. 11,2011- Medical exam

Jan. 18,2011- Interview APPROVED!!!

Jan. 19,2011- Visa printed

Jan. 22, 2011- Visa delivered

Jan. 30, 2011- Guam

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Ireland
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Hi there,

The address on your cover letter and letters of intent to marry should be to the National Visa Center, where all immigrant petitions are sent to be processed once approved through USCIS Texas.

National Visa Center

Attn: CMR

31 Rochester Avenue, Suite 200

Portsmouth, NH 03801-2914

Ref: http://www.**.com/immigrant-visa/national-visa-center-nvc.html

Unfortunately I only discovered this today. We have just sent our petition and I had the address for local USCIS office (Virginia for us) on the cover letter and letters of intent as it suggested on this website ... eek I hope it doesnt affect our petition. Does anyone know? Just have to hope and pray it doesnt...

You POST the package to:

For U.S. Postal Service:

USCIS P.O. Box 660151 Dallas, TX 75266

For Express mail and courier deliveries:

USCIS Attn: I-129F 2501 South State Highway 121 Business Suite 400 Lewisville, TX 75067

Thankfully this is clear as crystal on the instructions form.

Mo

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Uruguay
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The address on our cover letter-and intent to marry letter was

USCIS: 2501 South State Highway 121 Business Suite 400 Lewisville, TX 75067.

We didn't send the package yet but we are about to, and we really dont want to do print all again.

Did someone get a RFE for having the wrong address in the cover letter and intent to marry letter?

K-1 VISA

02-03-2011 - I-129F sent

02-04-2011 - I-129F received. Signed by Vill.

02-10-2011 - NOA1 (Email-message)

02-15-2011- NOA1 (Hard-copy received)

03-06-2011 - NOA2(email-text message)

NOA2 (3 MONTHS,3 WEEKS,4 DAYS)

06-15-2011- Packet 3 received by email

08-04-2011- Packet 3 Back to the Embassy

08-25-2011- Packet 4 Received (Interview day:09-08-2011)

09-08-2011- Interview (APPROVED)

09-13-2011- Visa Received (It took only 3 business days)

09-22-2011- POE

09-23-2011- My baby's B-day!

AOS

11-18-2011- We got married!

01-20-2012- AOS package sent

01-23-2012- AOS package received by USCIS

01-27-2012- NOA1 (email)

02-01-2012- NOA 1 (Hard-Copy Received)

02-07-2012- Biometrics Appointment Notice Received

02-13-2012- Email saying case was transferred to another office(Waiting for the hard copy to see where it was sent)

02-17-2012- Hard-Copy received- AOS transferred to CSC

02-21-2012- Biometrics Appointment-

03-13-2012- Biometrics Retaken due to they didn't take right my fingerprints.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Philippines
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Greetings,

I'm just starting this process with my dearest Zoie and am wanting to make sure that the above poster from Ireland was correct in his assumptions about the address to place on letter of intent and cover letter:

National Visa Center
Attn: CMR
31 Rochester Avenue, Suite 200
Portsmouth, NH 03801-2914

Please verify that for me.

thanks,

Evan

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Mexico
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Greetings,

I'm just starting this process with my dearest Zoie and am wanting to make sure that the above poster from Ireland was correct in his assumptions about the address to place on letter of intent and cover letter:

National Visa Center

Attn: CMR

31 Rochester Avenue, Suite 200

Portsmouth, NH 03801-2914

Please verify that for me.

thanks,

Evan

This thread is years old.

If you are going to put an address on the cover letter and/or letters of intent(neither actually require one), then use the address where you mail the I-129F. The petitions will not be sent to the NVC for a K-1. The NVC will only briefly ever see a K-1 petition, and that is after it is approved, when they will assign a case# and forward it to the appropriate consulate. So no, they were not correct..

Link to K-1 instructions for Ciudad Juarez, Mexico > https://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/K1/CDJ_Ciudad-Juarez-2-22-2021.pdf

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Filed: Lift. Cond. (pnd) Country: Japan
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49 minutes ago, Lyee48 said:

Hello, Im almost done with form i 129 f, where do i send the packet? I live near Sacramento California.

Thank you

This post is from 2010.

 

you will send it to Texas lockbox. (Or if express the other address mentioned in the link) Doesn't matter where you live. Please check the uscis website for the most current information. There is a direct link....click on ."where to file" 

 

https://www.uscis.gov/i-129f

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