Wife moving to the states husband returning to work overseas

[m68 0]

I am an american citizen and I am married to a Chinese national. We have been married now 8 years and have 2 children both have American passports.

We live here in Qatar and we have applied for my wifes Visa.

Anyway here is the situation in a nutshell:

My youngest son has some issues and the docotrs here say he would be better served by the schools else where than here in Qatar.

So hence we are looking to move back to the states but my wife and the children would stay there and I would come back to Qatar for a while to finish work........................I saw in the Affidivit of Support that this isn't allowed.

Does anyone have experiance with this?

Thanks

[Simeon 25]

Is there anyone else that can sponsor your family?

[nightingalejules 678]

I'm not sure about this... I mean, it's possible for a US citizen to have their permanent residence in the US and work overseas. You'd definitely have to accompany your wife to the US and get her established there. But I don't think you have to be with her all the time, even according to immigration. Your home with her in the US would become your primary residence, but I don't think you as an American citizen can be forced not to work overseas.

You might need to talk to an immigration lawyer or consultant to find out what the rules are.

There must be a way to do this legally. You're not trying to do anything dishonest. I just don't know what the way to do it is. And it's kind of an unusual situation, so a professional might give you better advice than us on VJ.

Good luck!

[pushbrk 12,569]

I'm not sure about this... I mean, it's possible for a US citizen to have their permanent residence in the US and work overseas. You'd definitely have to accompany your wife to the US and get her established there. But I don't think you have to be with her all the time, even according to immigration. Your home with her in the US would become your primary residence, but I don't think you as an American citizen can be forced not to work overseas.

You might need to talk to an immigration lawyer or consultant to find out what the rules are.

There must be a way to do this legally. You're not trying to do anything dishonest. I just don't know what the way to do it is. And it's kind of an unusual situation, so a professional might give you better advice than us on VJ.

Good luck!

I agree completely with the above. There's a difference between domicile and residence. As long as you return to the USA with or ahead of your wife, what you do after that is your business. You will qualify as her sponsor, if your income will continue from the same source after the immigration is complete. Sponsorship is where you could possibly have an issue, but nothing at all requires you to remain in the USA, if your job is elsewhere.