Domicile issues

[rucus 1]

As I stated in my previous post, I am planning to return to America with my Thai family. I have a mailing address I use for credit cards as well as my Ca. bank account. I have no Ca. tax returns as I have not spent enough time to qualify as a resident. I also have federal tax returns and a current CA drivers license. The Address is my Sisters where we will be staying until we find something more suitable. My question is do I have enough of a paper trail to satisfy the US domicile requirements? Has any one been through this?

Thanks in advance.

R.

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

I think you have enough, as you have both tax returns and other financial documents (bank account/ credit card). Since you have kids, you might enroll them in the local school and show that as proof too.

[rucus 1]

I think you have enough, as you have both tax returns and other financial documents (bank account/ credit card). Since you have kids, you might enroll them in the local school and show that as proof too.

For school enrollment. wouldn't my Daughters have to be physically present(in the US) with their current school records, immunization records ETC?

Penguin thank you for taking an interest, also the time to answer me, it is very much appreciated.

R

The domicile requirement is part of the affidavit of support the I-864

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

I suppose that depends on the school district, it is something that is generally recommended here- our kids were too young for school when we moved (my USC husband lived in Ireland with me for several years), so no personal experience. At the very least, showing you made contact with the local schools (and looking for jobs etc) will help show a concrete plan to return to the USA.

[superlori 2]

My husband has not had his interview yet, so I don't know what will be accepted as suitable evidence of intent to re-establish domicile, but if it helps, this is what I will be putting in a letter to accompany my Affidavit of Support. Not all of it will be applicable to you but it might give you some ideas.

1. Six year old daughter, [named] enrolled in first grade at [named] School.

2. Arkansas driver’s license renewed in April 2013.

3. Savings account opened at [named] Bank in Arkansas in April 2013.

4. Federal Student Loan payments have been kept up to date from the start of repayment period in 2005.

5. Federal Tax Returns have been back-filed.

6. Notice given to clients using my Childminding service of termination of contracts at the end of May 2013; and stock for online business being sold off at discount prices.

7. Notice given by Intending Immigrant to his employer of intention to immigrate.

I am lucky that I'm travelling to America briefly at the start of April so I'll be able to do a few things like set up a savings account with my bank and renew my driver's license. Obviously this won't be possible for you if you aren't travelling back any time soon, but if you have a bank account still valid with a bank, put some money into it to show you are going to start using it again. Or call a bank and request information on opening an account when you arrive. File tax returns. My state's schools do require a local address but I don't think physical presence so I just used my mother's address, which is where we will be staying to begin with, to enrol kids in school. I will print email confirmation as evidence. I will maybe print out letters of notice to employers which may or may not be useful, but just anything to show on paper our intent. You could maybe email some rental companies to get information on rentals available to print and show as evidence you are looking to move.

I don't know how much of this is relevant but I'm thinking the more I put down, useful or not, the more it will show we are thinking seriously about all aspects of immigrating. Hope this helps spark a few ideas.

[rucus 1]

My husband has not had his interview yet, so I don't know what will be accepted as suitable evidence of intent to re-establish domicile, but if it helps, this is what I will be putting in a letter to accompany my Affidavit of Support. Not all of it will be applicable to you but it might give you some ideas.

1. Six year old daughter, [named] enrolled in first grade at [named] School.

2. Arkansas driver’s license renewed in April 2013.

3. Savings account opened at [named] Bank in Arkansas in April 2013.

4. Federal Student Loan payments have been kept up to date from the start of repayment period in 2005.

5. Federal Tax Returns have been back-filed.

6. Notice given to clients using my Childminding service of termination of contracts at the end of May 2013; and stock for online business being sold off at discount prices.

7. Notice given by Intending Immigrant to his employer of intention to immigrate.

I am lucky that I'm travelling to America briefly at the start of April so I'll be able to do a few things like set up a savings account with my bank and renew my driver's license. Obviously this won't be possible for you if you aren't travelling back any time soon, but if you have a bank account still valid with a bank, put some money into it to show you are going to start using it again. Or call a bank and request information on opening an account when you arrive. File tax returns. My state's schools do require a local address but I don't think physical presence so I just used my mother's address, which is where we will be staying to begin with, to enrol kids in school. I will print email confirmation as evidence. I will maybe print out letters of notice to employers which may or may not be useful, but just anything to show on paper our intent. You could maybe email some rental companies to get information on rentals available to print and show as evidence you are looking to move.

I don't know how much of this is relevant but I'm thinking the more I put down, useful or not, the more it will show we are thinking seriously about all aspects of immigrating. Hope this helps spark a few ideas.

Thanks for taking the time to respond it is very much appreciated. I have both bank and credit cards, and a current Ca drivers license with the same CA address.I file only Federal tax ,as I live in Thailand. It is my sisters house. We can really stay there. But it is not the school district I am interested in living in. So we will be moving ASAP. I am wondering if a letter from my sister would help or hurt , be cause she is the lease holder not me. Any thoughts?

[Penguin_ie 5,996]

A letter from the sister won't hurt, but it likely won't help much anyway. Still, the more evidence the better.

[superlori 2]

Even if the school district isn't where you want to actually send kids to school, you could always enrol them there anyway and then just cancel it if you move.

As for living with your sister, you could get a lease written up. I read on here once someone saying they had a letter from their parents saying they could live there and it was rejected for not being formal enough. So I had my mother write us up a legal, formal lease (stating no rent would be required) and will be using that as extra evidence. If you'd like a generic copy of that lease for your sister to use for you, I can send you a copy.

[SVH 0]

Not sure about how the weighting works, but I'd suspect more importance is put on the length of marriage over domicile. I was a bit stressed about asking a friend or relative for a sponsorship, as I'd consider it a HUGE favor to ask. Turns out that one wasn't needed. When my wife went to her interview, I didn't even have a job back in the states, let alone own a house, etc. (been here in China for 8 years, married 6+).

We are flying out of China a week from today, but as of now, all of my cash is in Chinese banks. I cancelled my US credit cards a few years ago.

I'm sure there are a lot of variables taken into account, however.