Establishing Domicile Outside of the US

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We are about to file Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support), and as I understand it, we are required to establish that the petitioner is either domiciled in the United States or intends to re-establish a domicile in the United States. Neither of us currently lives in the United States.

 

I know there are lists of various factors that go towards showing this, but I have two specific questions:

 

1. How important is a job offer in the United States? My wife is looking for a job, but we can't be sure she'll be offered one before we submit the I-864.
2. If you fail to establish domicile or intent to re-establish it, does your application just fail and you have to start again, or do you get a chance to establish domicile (e.g. by the petitioner moving to the United States) and then re-submit the relevant I-864?

Edited December 30, 2019 by DSB27

[SalishSea 18,227]

4 minutes ago, DSB27 said:

We are about to file Form I-864 (Affidavit of Support), and as I understand it, we are required to establish that the petitioner is either domiciled in the United States or intends to re-establish a domicile in the United States. Neither of us currently lives in the United States.

 

I know there are lists of various factors that go towards showing this, but I have two specific questions:

 

1. How important is a job offer in the United States? My wife is looking for a job, but we can't be sure she'll be offered one before we submit the I-864.
2. If you fail to establish domicile or intent to re-establish it, does your application just fail and you have to start again, or do you get a chance to establish domicile (e.g. by the petitioner moving to the United States) and then re-submit the relevant I-864?

Most people find that the domicile requirement and the requirements of sponsorship together amount to a great reason for the USC to relocate first.

 

They will issue a 221g for domicile if it is not established.