Question about agent for I CR 1 visa (petition I-130)

[kaczkl25]

I read on the US visa information website that I (the US citizen petitioner) will need to choose an agent (someone to receive information about the application, I am not using an attorney, and would like to use myself).

I know it is possible to be my own agent and to receive the information, but if I list my current foreign address (where I will be living until I move to the US), will this cause a problem? I was wondering if the agent´s address NEEDS to be my US residence address that I will be living at after I return to the US? Thanks in advance!

[rayb]

The agent should have a U.S. mailing address, though both mailing address and email address will be reported for agent.

When NVC mail is addressed to a non-U.S. address, many things can go bad because of delayed delivery or nondelivery of critical NVC correspondence (requests for additional evidence, interview appointment notices).

--Ray B

I read on the US visa information website that I (the US citizen petitioner) will need to choose an agent (someone to receive information about the application, I am not using an attorney, and would like to use myself).

I know it is possible to be my own agent and to receive the information, but if I list my current foreign address (where I will be living until I move to the US), will this cause a problem? I was wondering if the agent´s address NEEDS to be my US residence address that I will be living at after I return to the US? Thanks in advance!

[kaczkl25]

Thanks again for your help! So if I am living abroad, how should I handle being the agent? Should I just give my home address where my parents and have them receive my mail? Are the things they mail, things I will need to have in person or can my parents just tell me the info? I do not want to deceive the NVC and make them think I live in the US when that is not the case. How are these things usually handled when the petitioner lives abroad full-time? Thank you!

[rayb]

Use your U.S. home address for receiving important and immigration-related mail. There is no deception involved with that. If your parents recognize the mail as being important to you, perhaps they can email, fax or describe the contents. That's better than having the NVC mail get lost or delayed trying you in Zamboanga, Philippines.

--Ray B

Thanks again for your help! So if I am living abroad, how should I handle being the agent? Should I just give my home address where my parents and have them receive my mail? Are the things they mail, things I will need to have in person or can my parents just tell me the info? I do not want to deceive the NVC and make them think I live in the US when that is not the case. How are these things usually handled when the petitioner lives abroad full-time? Thank you!