Zachary Bortolot

Hi Everyone,

I am in the process of filling out form I-129F in order to get a K-1
visa for my fiancee, who is Taiwanese. The trouble is that I will be
moving from Virginia to Kentucky on July 1. I would like to know if I
should put down the Virginia address or the Kentucky address. Putting
down the Kentucky address would be problematic since I won't be able
to receive mail there until July 1 (the apartment is being rented to
someone else). On the other hand, I imagine that changing the address
would lead to major headaches. Thanks in advace for any advice!

Zack Bortolot

techie2c

I don't know, but if it were me I would put down the new address, and go to the correct post office there and have your mail forwarded to your old address until you move, and then have your mail forwarded from your old address as you normally would to your new address after you move...Just a thought...Hope you figure it out...
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Caro

If you are ready to file, I would file ASAP while in VA. By living in VA, you are under the Vermont SC jurisdiction. It is the fatest in the US. I have not followed closely, but it seems that most petitions sent to Vermont are approved within 1 month or so. If you move to Kentucky, you will be in the TSC and it seems that it will take several months [I think that some people who filed in January are still waiting on the processing of the I-129F from]. Of course, you should first research and confirm what I have written, but it seems to me that it could be interesting to take a shot at filing in Vermont because you might very well be done by the time you move.

Caroline

techie2c

I didn't really think about which SVC OP would be going through, but that definitly puts an interesting twist on things...

Zachary Bortolot

Thanks for all the helpful advice! It's really amazing how much of a
difference there is among the service centers. This morning I called
the BCIS, and they said that I should wait until I actually move to
Kentucky before filing, since if I move while it is being processed I
am required by law to tell them my new address, and the Vermont
Service Center will then mail the application to the Texas Service
Center which will take time. Actually, the present tenant agreed to
hold my mail, so I could mail the application before I move.

Another possibility would be to go the I-130 / K-3 route, since this
would avoid the TSC and make my fiancee's parents happy. Does anyone
know how long this process takes compared to the K-1 visa? How long
does it take to receive the I-130 confirmation?

Thanks again!

Zack

kariml

If you have the opportunity to file with Vermont - do. You are looking at around 150 - 180 days for an approval with Texas and maybe a month or so at Vermont. Huge difference.

jeffreyhy

Zach,

Getting married and going the I-130/K3 route would not avoid the TSC, not yet anyway. Your I-130 will be filed at - the TSC, and their timeframe for appoving them is on the order of 2 years.

While you don't need approval of the I-130 to proceed on with the the K3, you may need to wait for approval for your wife to subsequently apply for Adjustment of Status. Add to the existing uncertainty all the uncertainty that surrounds the impending transition of the MSC to the NBC, and to me this just doesn't sound like the thing to do.

If I were in your situation, as you have described it, I'd submit an I-129f petition to the VSC, using your current address, ASAP. By the time you move it will probably have been acted on. It will certainly have been acted on by the time you get settled in your new location and you have an opportunity to submit the required address change.

Regards, JEff

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