I-130, F-1, Change of Address and Special Registration

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smokinwheels

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Hi, i am on an F-1 visa and completing studies in wisconsin. Got married to my finace who is a green card holder in June this year in nevada. The wedding took place at my inlaws house in nevada. Since they own the house and I was at a temporary residence we thought it would be a good idea to apply for the 1-130 petition from the parents house address in nevada. We applied in july before the ar-11 rule was enacted in sept.

Now.. the address that my school has in its records and i presume that is the address they have notified to the INS is my current dorms address, while my petition has been filed from nevada address. My wife got admitted to berkley and decided to go there for a year and hence she now has a different address too.

I am getting a nice place now here in wisconsin and am moving in two weeks and will be there for a year. I am a candidate of special registration too.

My questions are:
- Do i need to file ar-11 because technically that is my permanent address here in US and i get what ever letters INS sends me there.

- When i file the ar-11 sr what should i write in the last address (previous) the nevada address from which my petition is filed or my address that the school has on its record.

- Should my wife also file an ar-11 also.

Man this is too complicated.
 
Congratulations on your wedding.

Ok a few things about your questions.

1. I hope you are aware that the petition for I130 based on a marriage to a PR takes approx 3-4 years for the priority date to become current.

Again the I130 is the petition your spouse filed for you. So she needs to put her address on the I130 form. As for you use your Wisconsin address (if you intend to stay there for a while)

You need to give your current address on your AR-11 form (which would be the one in wisconsin you are talking about)

Hope that helps.
 
Sachin & Smokinwheels:

Actually, the wait for the F2A ( spouse of a PR ) is close to 5 Y 3 mo assuming the date will move at the current pace. January 2003 Visa Bulletin shows that people with priority date before 10/22/97 are being processed for green card.

It is very likely that the I-130 will not be even be touched by INS for 12-18 months. I hope that your F-1 is valid for a long time.

I hope that your spouse is within the range of applying for USC. If she is, she should file for it as soon as she becomes eligible.

Please be mentally prepared to leave the country briefly after your F-1 if you are not able to adjust to a H-1 or some other visa.

Sorry to state the above, I am assuming that you would rather have someone state the facts so you can have a proper legal game plan.
 
Thanks a lot for your responses. I highly appreciate that! So I guess in the ar-11 since i am moving from my current wisconsin address to a new one I just need to give my current wisconsin address in the previous address space and the new one in the current address space.

These forums make life a lot easy.

Regards
 
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