Interview Domicile Conundrum

[mattj74 1]

Hello,

DW and I are doing DCF through London embassy and have got as far as her having the medical (this past week).

I'm currently looking for jobs in Maryland as we want to be sure one of us is employed if we move. I'm originally from Baltimore but have been in the UK for 12 years.

I'm trying to make sure there's not a US domicile issue at the interview. We have readily convertable assets that can cover the I-864 so don't require a job offer for this (although ultimately we'll want one in place before moving across).

The conundrum is whether to send off the Application for Readiness to the embassy this week knowing that it'll probably be 3-6 weeks for an interview, I don't know whether I'll have a job offer in this timeframe or not.

I don't have my own house in the USA although I do have credit union account with some money there but I've had that the entire time I've been in the UK. I've seen other threads about getting moving quotes or presenting information about schools in the area. I'm obviously not ready to buy a house or even setup a rental lease until a job offer comes through.

The one possible saving grace is that my parents live in Baltimore so could I simply put their address as where we'd be living? Would I need a letter from my parents to say we'd be living there?

Part of the conundrum is whether to wait until a job offer comes through and then send in the Application for Readiness knowing that I may have to fly over earlier than my family in order to start the job in time or send it in now without any knowledge that a job offer would come through anytime soon.

I know the visa is good for 6 months so we'd actually have until probably April to use it which would give plenty of time to find employment, but the domicile question worries me, I'm worried the embassy could deny us on domicile grounds.

Thanks for any help!

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Here's the I -864 FAQS provided by London. http://london.usembassy.gov/faqs-i864.html

If you read the domicile page carefully, you will see that your efforts to reestablish domicile count....job hunt, place to live with parents. London tends to be fairly flexible on this and don't demand pages and pages of documentation. Most have had no problem with it at their London interviews, so I would suggest you carry on.

[Confusedtinybird 41]

I agree with Nich-Nick. At very worst (and I don't think this would happen) but the Embassy would just ask you to provide information about your intent to reestablish domicile. You would just provide this information if asked after your interview if requested.

I would put your parents address. I did that an did DCF in South Africa. I did not need or included a letter from my parents that we would be living there after the move to the USA.