Originally Posted by Jorgen

I'd recommend asking this question somewhere else rather than in the UA forum; we're not experts on this, and asking for advice on dealing with INS bureaucracy on the internet is iffy at the best of times.

However, I will note that the INS doesn't necessarily interpret "country where you live" in the same way that a sane person would. I, for instance, have lived in the United States for the last six years, but the "country where I live" is my home country (Australia). I tried putting "United States" there once, years ago, but the border guy made me change it; I'm merely a visitor in the United States on a succession of J1 and E3 visas, I do not officially "live" here. (Though I still pay taxes here at resident rates ).