I'm lost about domicile

[neocarbunkle 2]

First of all thank you everyone, I have learned a lot from this forum so far.

My situation is, my wife is Japanese and I met her while I was teaching English in Japan. Last year I signed a one year contract to teach in China and that is where we both are now. I have submitted the I-130 and paid the AOS fee (although the IV fee still isn't available to pay...) and now I am not sure what to do next.

My father has agreed to be my joint sponsor (although he is a world famous procrastinator when it comes to stuff like this, so that is a different issue all together), but I am going to have to prove domicile some how, correct? I have been living abroad for 5 years now, and while I have an active US bank account which I have been using this entire time, I do not have a job or an apartment lined up.

From what I have gathered from reading this forum, just having my father write a letter like "he and his wife will live here when they arrive" , probably isn't going to be enough. Is there a way (I am getting the feeling that there isn't) for me to get the rest of this visa application taken care of so both me and my wife can move to the USA once my contract in China expires in July?

Bonus question, can my wife come on a 90 day tourist visa with me back to America, go back to Japan, take the interview there, and then come back to America on a green card?

Thanks everyone.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Bonus question, can my wife come on a 90 day tourist visa with me back to America, go back to Japan, take the interview there, and then come back to America on a green card?

I'll let others who are more familiar with the domicle issue speak to it.

As for the part of your post quoted above, here are the answers:

• She can visit on a tourist visa if she is granted one. If she is a citizen of Japan, then she can visit on the Visa Waiver Program. She would have to leave when her authorized stay expires.
• She would need to interview in Japan if the process is not complete by the time your contract in China expires. Her status in China is contingent on yours.
• She would not return to the US on a Green Card after interviewing in Japan, she would return as a spouse visa holder. She would receive the Green Card after entering the US on a spousal visa and the card production fee paid.

[neocarbunkle 2]

Thanks Ryan, that clears that question up.