US VISA ?

Hi everyone.

I'm American my husband English. I am here in England until 2009 on a spousal visa. We want to immigrate back to the US.

I phoned USCIS to ask some filing questions where the operator to my dismay told me I had to file his forms within the US and if I wanted to live in England during this process I would have to prepare to fly home for any interviews in the US. But at the end of the call she said "oh but check with the us embassy in london to see if you can file them there".

I went on the US Embassy site in London and it says...

Note: If the U.S. citizen and immigrant visa applicant reside in the United Kingdom and the U.S. citizen is filing the I-130 with the Department of Homeland Security (Immigration) in London, it will be possible to begin the administrative processing of the immigrant visa application before the petition is approved and received by the Immigrant Visa Unit.

As I can't say I feel like spending the £1.20 per minute to talk to someone at the US Embassy can anyone on here tell me if this informatin is correct?

Can you file the I-130 within the UK?

I really hope their information correct on the web site bc I'd really hate to have to be seperated from my husband to file these papers 
 

Hi.  Yes you can, but it depends on how long you hae lived in the UK.  There are people here who have done this, if you will around you can find the threads.

check out the repatriation board- it's more applicable to UK to US immigration stuff...

You will find all the info you need and more here...

www.diveintoamerica.com

thanks for the info everyone

back to america here we come!

please check out www.visajourney.com

Go to DCF filing for the UK - our process on there is done by my DH (jmaster on there) and we are in the middle of it. I have lived here for almost a year as a spouse, but before that I was here for over a year as a student. I think that's why they allowed me to file here. Don't worry, you don't have to move back to file. In the very least, you can wait a few months to file since you don't want to move until 2009. The process takes anywhere from 4-6 months to complete, as long as you are prepared and plan ahead. Good luck!