Address Delay or not, help please

[armen]

Hello Everyone,
My application I-130 was made in 2004 from Canada and was approved form letter I-797, I was under Family Sponsored Preference 1st category ( unmarried son of US Citizen ), my priority date is current Mid-2004, end of 2009 I did receive a letter from NVC stating that my case has arrived at NVC and issued me NVC Case Number, I had to take care of AOS & DS-3032 but I got married abroad and I did inform them of the change of status to married and submitted a copy of my wife’s passport and our marriage certificate. So now I belong to the F3 Category, I guess my priority date shall stay the same mid-2004 and we have to wait in line to have our interview at a US Consulate in Canada, I am Canadian citizen and my wife Republic of Georgia citizen and not Canadian, I guess sometime in 2012 NVC shall contact us again.

I am going to reside in Tbilisi, Georgia with my wife, I shall make my address change made to Georgia and wait for our Interview date at the US Embassy in Tbilisi, Georgia, that’s possible since recently I am a resident of Georgia. I don’t want to go to Canada because I need to sponsor my wife for Canada sponsorship just for the interview, it’s not right and it’s a long procedure a year the least and very expensive, considering airline tickets, sponsorship fee, a month of rent until finding jobs etc. would cost around $10,000.

Thanks and I appreciate a reply from everyone to my 3 questions below,
1- Should I make an address change with NVC or USCIS ??
2- After the address change done and when our priority date becomes current mid-2004, is the process exact same as it would have if we were in Canada, I mean forms such as DS 230 Package and the interview at the United States Embassy in Tbilisi. ??
3- My main question and my main concern and I appreciate an answer to this question, will this address change delay in any way our application considering per-country limit and taking into consideration those we have not yet received the DS 230 Package and interview date?? And if any delay for approx. how many month?? will waiting for us in Canada be a better choice and faster than waiting in Tbilisi or maybe the process is faster towards interview date in Tbilisi considering the per-country limit etc. population of 5 million ??

Thanks again for your time and I appreciate a response from everyone to my Questions in order for me to make a decision to sponsor my spouse for Canada or not.

[mehta_agm1979]

Hi
First of all Address change DOES NOT affect the priority date. Priority date is based on country of Birth. But when you acquire new citizenship then different rule might apply, in which case you shud call Nvc and speak to customer care.

If you want to apply from Canada or anyother location its your choice If you have valid proof to stay in foreign land NVC will change your case and appoint relevant US embasy for your interview.

See whatever best suits you

agm

[armen]

Thanks a lot for your reply, i am not acquiring a new citizenship and am using my Canadian, only acquiring residency in Georgia in order to transfer my file from Canada to Tbilisi US Embassy.
I will be glad if i get an answer to my questions, at least to my Question 3... which is my main concern regarding DELAY, taking into consideration i haven't received DS230 package, interview date etc. and even didn't get an approval or a letter regarding my status change, because a year ago when i did get a letter from NVC that my case is approved and issued me a Case # at that time i was Unmarried and then i did change my status from 1st Category to F3, so i guess i am now waiting for another approval letter from NVC maybe a year later depends on visa bulletin, ??
Thanks Everyone.

[mehta_agm1979]

Changing address will not delay your case. The decision to change the embasy will depend on NVC after you send all the proofs/supportings for address change.(your residencey proof etc).
After reviewing your paperwork on address change, Nvc will assign a new case Number for you. Have you informed NVC that you have married etc ..so that your wife n children (if any ) can be aded to petiton. Hope this helps.

agm