Spouse visa not living in USA
 

Good morning!
i hope someone can help. Myself and my fiancé are looking at moving to the USA after our marriage in August. What I wondered was I am a US citizen by birth and hold a US and UK passport. I do not live in the states, and I do not want to move there until my partner can come with me. Will this be a problem going forward when applying for the petition as I am not in the USA?
We also hoped someone could help us with looking at the safest cities in the US
Thank you!

Re: Spouse visa not living in USA
 

No problem at all.......once married you petition your husband from whatever country you currently live in.
https://www.uscis.gov/green-card/gre...-of-us-citizen

How long is a piece of string with regard safest cities.....?

Re: Spouse visa not living in USA
 

You will need to find a way to meet the financial requirements of the I-864 affidavit of support, since you won't have a US income.

You will need a USA address for the green card to get mailed to. That can be a friend or relative's address.

Other than that, it shouldn't be a problem.

Rene

Re: Spouse visa not living in USA
 

You do have to prove intent to reestablish domicile in the USA. This could be you taking a visit to find a place to live, interviewing for jobs, etc.

Re: Spouse visa not living in USA
 

This really isn't much of a problem and is exactly what my wife did to sponsor me for a visa/ green card - she was a USC resident in the UK at the time. The extent to which it will be challenging is whether you, as a couple (all assets are joint assets if you're married) have sufficient assets to apply using the asset basis for sponsorship - if you don't have the assets (and don't have a relative or friend who will be a joint sponsor) then you might have to travel ahead and start working so you have the income to sponsor your spouse.

Proof of intent to domicile appears to be a non-issue for the London Embassy (unless something has changed in recent years). Taking some papers to show that you are applying for jobs and looking at houses on-line is what people generally do, but it seems as if the London embassy shows little or no interest.

Re: Spouse visa not living in USA
 

You make it sound like you have not lived there in a long time? Make sure you also have all your non immigration related obligations up to date. Your annual US tax returns, your annual FBAR (if you have ever had more than $10k in assets/account balances in the UK) fillings etc… not sure what age these start at, but would not be good to move to the US and have the IRS and FinCen after you…