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IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresUSC currently living abroad, questions (split and merged topic)

Let's turn this around a little, what if the sponsor filing a I-130 (US citizen) is the one living semi-illegally in Spain, meaning he stays here for months on end, then goes back to the US and spends a little time there - then back again. The I-130 contains the Spanish address so that mailings will go to Spain.

 

It is my understanding the USC does not need any PC from Spain from the USC, only the beneficiary who has the Spanish residency card does.

 

When filing the 864, the US address is then entered instead of the Spanish one. The mailings after the 864 then go to the US address...is that correct and there should be no problem with "illegality??"


Edited by uab1969, 10 October 2013 - 07:43 AM.

uab1969MaleSpain2013-10-10 07:42:00
IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & ProceduresUSC currently living abroad, questions (split and merged topic)

Couple questions::

 

USC living in Spain for about 6 years, with periodic visits back to the US 2 or 3 times a year. Not legal (no job, I am simply retired)...but have a signed rental contract with my spouse for 4 or 5 years. Have a local "padron" (which means I am registered in the city town hall for census purposes etc).

 

Seems to me most of the "expedited" applicants here have had _legal_ residency in the foreign country. Does the USCIS then take issue then with the fact you have been living abroad "illegally" (do they even ask??). I am retired, and haven't worked (dentist) since I left the US. But I list my US daughter's US address that I have used for EVERYTHING, from Medicare to Soc Sec to credit cards to banks to US phone records to current driver's license etc

 

If I list my foreign address on the I-130 so that I can receive correspondence from the USCIS here in Spain, and then use my daughter's US address/domicile on the I-864, does that make any difference to the USCIS/NVC, as long as I can demonstrate my intent to live in the US when that time comes?

 

Also, just what is included in the NOA1/NOA2 packets they send out via snail-mail, is it just notifications or is there something in there you need to physically use for the NVC petition? If I list my Spanish address in the I-130, will the USCIS actually send the hard copies via mail to me here in Spain??

 

Thank you.


Edited by uab1969, 08 October 2013 - 09:51 AM.

uab1969MaleSpain2013-10-08 09:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 visa and domicile

Similar question, I am a USC & live in Spain with a Russian girlfriend who has legal Spanish residency.I've been here for about 5 years, with trips back to the US 2 or 3 times a year.

 

We plan on getting married soon, and my interest is when I file the I-130 and it asks for my address, I am planning to put my Spanish mailing address, even though my "official address" (at my daughter's home) is listed with my Soc Sec, Medicare, and all my bank accounts. When I get the I-864 proof of domicile, I plan on putting my daughter's address, even though it is different than the one I put in the I-130 (Spain). The reason I want to put the Spanish address on the I-130 is so that I can receive all the mailings here before we get to the NVC and interview stage. Will this "different address" situation be a red flag? Or does the NVC not really have access or see the I-130 to know what address I put in??

 

And just exactly what comes in the mailings from the USCIS for NOAs etc, if it is just notifications, I can just put my daughter's address, and not worry that she has to send the letters/packages here to Spain for me to see, especially if I can access the time-lines via the internet. And she can tell me on the phone the content and/or scan them and send them via email.

 

What kind of issues will I encounter having to prove domicile, having used my daughter's address?

 

Thanks everyone.


uab1969MaleSpain2013-10-07 15:36:00