CR2 VISA HELP

[sparkyspike 0]

I have been an LPR since 2003, currently in The Philippines as I just got married here (Aug 2011) to a US citizen who's doing contractual work for an IT company based here. I have a 4 year old illegitimate daughter, I have full custody, and we would like to take her to America with us by next yr. I understand we can file for a CR2 visa and we're about to do just that. My husband's original residence is Florida, but we intend to live in Ohio (where my mother lives) when we get back. Can I put our Ohio residence as my husband's primary US residence so that NVC can just send the packets to that address?

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

[JimVaPhuong 4,863]

I have been an LPR since 2003, currently in The Philippines as I just got married here (Aug 2011) to a US citizen who's doing contractual work for an IT company based here. I have a 4 year old illegitimate daughter, I have full custody, and we would like to take her to America with us by next yr. I understand we can file for a CR2 visa and we're about to do just that. My husband's original residence is Florida, but we intend to live in Ohio (where my mother lives) when we get back. Can I put our Ohio residence as my husband's primary US residence so that NVC can just send the packets to that address?

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

You can use any address you like to file the petition, but where he lives is going to be an issue with the affidavit of support. A sponsor must be domiciled in the US. If he gave up his residence when he went to the Philippines then he's no longer domiciled in the US, and he'll have to establish domicile or prove that he's taken steps to establish domicile before he can submit an affidavit of support.