Evidence for Domicile

[colin&tina 6]

Hey guys!

 

So I have been in the Balkan region for about a year, traveling with my Serbian fiancée. We started the K-1 Visa process last February, and according to our estimates we should be able to move to the US around March, if all goes well. We have been doing extensive research on what might be expected from Packet 3, after we receive our NOA2, and we see that I must be able to prove my domicile in the United States is permanent, and I have always had the intention to return. 

 

I'm currently unemployed, but we have been doing odd volunteer jobs throughout Serbia, Bulgaria, and Albania. Our current plan is to keep doing that until we get our Visa approved, and we can't really give confident statements on when exactly we'll be able to return, obviously, or even reliably search for jobs in the US when we're 9 hours ahead and can't say when I would be able to reenter the country.

 

Is this considered just one big trip? My fiancée has not filed for residency in any other countries, so we are hoping we don't need to bother with any extra police checks from the places we have spent approx. 6 months spread out over a year. I also don't have any formal visas in my passport for these countries, only stamps, which I plan to include. Other than that, we are planning to submit the following for proof of domicile:

 

- Mailing address (NOA1 was sent to my parent's address in Seattle, where I am registered permanently)

- Bank statement

- Copy of active driver's license

- Tax returns from last 3 years

 

Does anybody have any suggestions, or have they been in a similar situation to us? Will this be enough to satisfy the requirements? Separation is not an option due to COVID, we don't want to be apart again.

 

Thanks!!

[colin&tina 6]

Another form of secondary evidence is the dog that we're adopting that will be fostered by my aunt in the US until we get there since he will be in the country a couple of months before us. We can ask her to write a statement explaining this, along with attaching his adoption papers and correspondence asking her to foster him.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[KayDeeCee 4,893]

Job offer? Lease or other proof of where the two of you will be living? Have a vehicle in the US? Car insurance? Health insurance? Voter registration? The secondary dog information could be used. Here's a thread with someone's letter to re-establish domicile. Could give you ideas. 

 

You can also do a search for intention to re-establish domicile, and are sure to get ideas of what to provide.

 

https://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/463951-proving-intent-to-re-establish-domicile-without-a-residence/