What is this new law for family-based immigration about?

Question

My husband and I live in France but we have decided to move to United States. We had all the papers ready for the US Embassy and yet just now when I checked their site I saw the following announcement: "EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY consular officers at the United States Embassy in Paris can no longer accept I-130 petitions for family-based immigration to the United States. All I-130 petitions must be filed with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services in the United States." They gave a link which apparently has information on where to file the I-130 form, but the link says that if you live abroad you should file at the US embassy or consulate. We are going to go to Paris anyway to ask them the same question, but does anyone know if I'll have to move to US before I can file a petition for him? I hope it's not true, because of immigration issues we were forced to have a long distance relationship for 2 years, and we really don't want to repeat the experience!

Answer 1

That is correct, and the announcement was as much a surprise to us as it was to you. The reason has to do with a law recently passed in the US that requires that all immigrant visa petitioners be checked through the US criminal database. Embassies and consulates don't have access to this particular kind of name check; DHS does. That's why only they can accept petitions from now on.

You need to file the petition at the nearest CIS office. Since you live in France, you do not have to file in the US; you can file in Rome.

Here is all the contact information you need:
https://egov.immigration.gov/crisgwi/go?action=offices.detail&office=arm&OfficeLocator.office_type=OS&OfficeLocator.statecode=arm

Answer 2

This happened to us as well on thursday, but in Warsaw. Read this article for more information.
http://www.estripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=43068

You may file the I-130 form by sending it to the U.S. At the bottom of the article it gives you a link and directions on how to file the I-130. Now I'm just wondering how long it will take to approve the petition. GoodLuck!

Answer 3

we do not want any new immigration regulations, merely want to implement those already in position. yet to respond to your question any immigration regulation in the present day should be depending on what's maximum acceptable for the US voters that could be extra income depending yet otherwise no longer corporation depending and immigrants should be a lot extra economically rich no longer merely knowledgeable that gamete runs to wide. we've already saturated this usa with undesirable uneducated immigrants yet criminal and unlawful for the previous 30 yrs. also, at present there a too many overseas organizations contained in the US that in user-friendly words employ human beings from their usa. Many actually have further them with them less than the umbrella of manager at the same time as they are merely undemanding knowledgeable those who might want to of been employed right here by technique of US voters. imagine about it.

Answer 4

Can't you mail it? Lots of things are filed by mail.

I suspect they must have had some problems with foreign offices, but I don't really know.