Avigial

Please help!
My husband is an american citizen. For the last three years he's been
traveling a lot. That's how we met.
While traveling he didn't work which means that he doesn't have tax returns
from the last three years. When we applyed for the immigrant visa for me in
Germany, they said that he needs the proof of domicile.
How can he prove domicile in USA?

Thank you!

Mtravelkay

Avigial wrote:

    > Please help!
    > My husband is an american citizen. For the last three years he's been
    > traveling a lot. That's how we met.
    > While traveling he didn't work which means that he doesn't have tax returns
    > from the last three years. When we applyed for the immigrant visa for me in
    > Germany, they said that he needs the proof of domicile.
    > How can he prove domicile in USA?
    >

Rent receipts, property tax receipts, phone, gas, electric bills.....
However, based on your post, it doesn't sound like he has a home in the
US. If he doesn't live in the US, then he can't prove that he lives in
the US. He doesn't need a home in the US to file I-130 for you. However,
if he doesn't meet the income/assets levels required in the I-864,
then he will need a joint sponsor in the US to also file I-864.

Frankly, he is the one that should be asking the questions, since he is
the one that has some psperwork to do.

Francis

Thank you for the reply.
My husband does ask this question, i'm posting and following up.

We have a joint sponsor. But the primary sponsor is still my husband.
He doesn't have a house in US, because he didn't live there for a while. But
now after we got married he wants to go back to US.

In the embassy they told him that he have to prove that he intends to move
back to US and reside there.
He is willing to do that. But the problem is that they never tell you:
"bring us X, Y, X and you'll be fine". Instead they give us a list of the
things that can help us to prove that we are planning to move to US.

All the rest of the paperwork is done. We've been already at the interview
and found out that we have a problem.
"mtravelkay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Avigial wrote:
    > > Please help!
    > > My husband is an american citizen. For the last three years he's been
    > > traveling a lot. That's how we met.
    > > While traveling he didn't work which means that he doesn't have tax
returns
    > > from the last three years. When we applyed for the immigrant visa for me
in
    > > Germany, they said that he needs the proof of domicile.
    > > How can he prove domicile in USA?
    > >
    > Rent receipts, property tax receipts, phone, gas, electric bills.....
    > However, based on your post, it doesn't sound like he has a home in the
    > US. If he doesn't live in the US, then he can't prove that he lives in
    > the US. He doesn't need a home in the US to file I-130 for you. However,
    > if he doesn't meet the income/assets levels required in the I-864,
    > then he will need a joint sponsor in the US to also file I-864.
    > Frankly, he is the one that should be asking the questions, since he is
    > the one that has some psperwork to do.

Michael D. Young

Francis wrote:

    > Thank you for the reply.
    > My husband does ask this question, i'm posting and following up.
    > We have a joint sponsor. But the primary sponsor is still my husband.
    > He doesn't have a house in US, because he didn't live there for a while. But
    > now after we got married he wants to go back to US.
    > In the embassy they told him that he have to prove that he intends to move
    > back to US and reside there.
    > He is willing to do that. But the problem is that they never tell you:
    > "bring us X, Y, X and you'll be fine". Instead they give us a list of the
    > things that can help us to prove that we are planning to move to US.
    > All the rest of the paperwork is done. We've been already at the interview
    > and found out that we have a problem.
    > "mtravelkay" <[email protected]> wrote in message
    > news:[email protected]...
    > >
    > >
    > > Avigial wrote:
    > >
    > > > Please help!
    > > > My husband is an american citizen. For the last three years he's been
    > > > traveling a lot. That's how we met.
    > > > While traveling he didn't work which means that he doesn't have tax
    > returns
    > > > from the last three years. When we applyed for the immigrant visa for me
    > in
    > > > Germany, they said that he needs the proof of domicile.
    > > > How can he prove domicile in USA?
    > > >
    > >
    > > Rent receipts, property tax receipts, phone, gas, electric bills.....
    > > However, based on your post, it doesn't sound like he has a home in the
    > > US. If he doesn't live in the US, then he can't prove that he lives in
    > > the US. He doesn't need a home in the US to file I-130 for you. However,
    > > if he doesn't meet the income/assets levels required in the I-864,
    > > then he will need a joint sponsor in the US to also file I-864.
    > >
    > > Frankly, he is the one that should be asking the questions, since he is
    > > the one that has some psperwork to do.
    > >

This is what SSA goes by to establish U.S. residency, but you still might get
some ideas of things you could submit as proof:

GN 00303.740 Establishing U.S. Residency

http://policy.ssa.gov/poms.nsf/lnx/0200303740

meauxna

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