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I will be petitioning for my French husband at the Paris embassy. I talked to an immigration officer at the embassy and she told me that I need a US address - a family member or a friend would do. She also said that I need to prove my US residency. I told her that I haven't lived there in 10 years.

She asked me if I was still registered to vote or if I had a bank account. Well I am registered to vote in the state/county where I last resided. And I do have a bank account, but of course the address for it is my current address (and the bank is in a different state from where I'm registered to vote). She also asked me if I file my taxes, and there again I can say 'yes'.

But reading on this site, I'm not at all sure that this is enough. We would be moving to the States with a job offer that my husband will have from our current company. Would it be enough to show that we have the job offer in a particular city and that we have relocation expenses allotted for temporary housing and the search for permanent housing?

None of my friends or family lives in the area we will be moving to, but I don't know if this matters. I don't know if all these different addresses need to be the same or if it's ok that they are all different (CA for work, CO for voter registration, OH for bank, DE for family member's address).

Does anyone have any suggestions? Does DCF allow for this unknown? Thanks!

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Some embassies are pickier than others. For most cases addresses do matter and they should all be in the same state. I guess if you asked ahead of time they may be able to tell you.

I will be petitioning for my French husband at the Paris embassy. I talked to an immigration officer at the embassy and she told me that I need a US address - a family member or a friend would do. She also said that I need to prove my US residency. I told her that I haven't lived there in 10 years.

She asked me if I was still registered to vote or if I had a bank account. Well I am registered to vote in the state/county where I last resided. And I do have a bank account, but of course the address for it is my current address (and the bank is in a different state from where I'm registered to vote). She also asked me if I file my taxes, and there again I can say 'yes'.

But reading on this site, I'm not at all sure that this is enough. We would be moving to the States with a job offer that my husband will have from our current company. Would it be enough to show that we have the job offer in a particular city and that we have relocation expenses allotted for temporary housing and the search for permanent housing?

None of my friends or family lives in the area we will be moving to, but I don't know if this matters. I don't know if all these different addresses need to be the same or if it's ok that they are all different (CA for work, CO for voter registration, OH for bank, DE for family member's address).

Does anyone have any suggestions? Does DCF allow for this unknown? Thanks!

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My wife had an IR-1 visa interview on Oct 20th, 2009. I have been living in Pakistan with my wife and kid since 2006. CO asked me about USA Domicile questions. They just want to make sure that you are serious enough to move back to USA with your spouse and you have taken some solid steps in this regard.

To prove a valid USA domicile you need to have some of the item like USA bank account, it would be good if you have USA address used for that bank account , USA physical mailing address (mine was my sister USA address which is just fine no issue with it), 401K account, stocks trading account, USA saving account, USA driving license, voter registration and taxes.

CO asked me what I have done to show I would move back to USA, I told her I am searching for jobs & looking for house online. My kids already have USA passport and only waiting for my wife IR-1 visa.

To me you should be okay to prove USA domicile requirements.

I hope this would help.

 
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