Proper steps when asked for proof of domicile

[dejene 37]

Hi guys, I was wondering if anyone who received the proof of domicile request knows the actual next step we are supposed to take. I live in Germany with my husband, and I am a disabled woman with a high risk pregnancy. I would like to move to the US with my husband in December. We will be moving in with my parents temporarily, but with my Mom also being disabled, and my Dad working full time a ways away, my husband really is a huge support system to me.

I have my proof (car registration and insurance, bank and credit card statements, tax documents, storage unit receipts, renewed drivers license, voting record, extensive travel to the US pre-covid and once post-covid, I even have a Maternal Fetal Specialist who will be taking over my pregnancy care as soon as I arrive in the US), the question is, how am I supposed to submit it?

Do we send it to the NVC now, or are we supposed to wait until we are scheduled for an interview? They said that can take up to 30 days, and I don't want to wait that time and then discover it wasn't scheduled because we didn't submit.

If we submit it to the NVC, how? Obviously, our I-864 wasn't enough, are we supposed to submit another one? I plan on calling them today when they open, but trying to be as prepared as possible!

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated. Thanks in advanced.

Edited September 15, 2021 by dejene

[Just Paul 4,595]

2 hours ago, dejene said:

I have my proof (car registration and insurance, bank and credit card statements, tax documents, storage unit receipts, renewed drivers license, voting record,

This is "Proof of Domicile".  Include your plans for living arrangements as well - this shows you intend to re-establish your domicile.  Everything else you mentioned can be used to attempt to expedite the process,

Edited September 15, 2021 by Paul & Mary

[JeanneAdil 6,447]

you do not mention at what stage you r in your pregnancy 

understand that u can not travel in last 3 months of pregnancy

and High Risk,  u would have to have dr note saying u can fly (for the earlier stages)

Germany has excellent drs and u may have to plan on the baby born there

If baby is born in Germany,  follow the guides to get his/her US passport

This is already middle of September and chances of getting joint sponsor (u say I 864 was not enough) and completing  NVC stage and an interview is slim

 

and yes, u can ask for expediate but still its slow 

Congratulations on the baby

[dejene 37]

1 hour ago, JeanneAdil said:

you do not mention at what stage you r in your pregnancy 

understand that u can not travel in last 3 months of pregnancy

and High Risk,  u would have to have dr note saying u can fly (for the earlier stages)

Germany has excellent drs and u may have to plan on the baby born there

If baby is born in Germany,  follow the guides to get his/her US passport

This is already middle of September and chances of getting joint sponsor (u say I 864 was not enough) and completing  NVC stage and an interview is slim

 

and yes, u can ask for expediate but still its slow 

Congratulations on the baby

I am able to travel until late January, even as a high risk preganancy, but would like to leave between Christmas and New Years. All my doctors here and in the US agree with the plan, and I have checked with all of the airlines that we will likely take on their policies. Germany does not have great doctors for me, my disability was just recognized this year and has very few people trained or even aware of it at all. This has been by far the worst medical experience of my life, and the few Germans I know who received proper medical care for our condition had to immigrate to the US for it. Even my Mother in Law who worked in Health Insurance before she became disabled tried to help me and concluded that I needed to move back to the US. Considering my Mom had 6 miscarriages because of our disability and I keep having to remind my doctor of that when he says, "That's very uncommon, I've never even seen it in a pregnant woman before." You also, said you've never seen someone with my condition before, so...
I do not want to move to the US without the support and assistance of my husand, but I have NO intentions of having my baby in Germany. NONE.

We have been in the NVC stage since February, received a notice saying we had to correct some paperwork in late May, returned that at the beginning of July, and were expecting to receive an answer this week, and this is what we received.

[dejene 37]

For anyone wondering: It took me hours to even get NVC to let me sit on hold because they had so many calls they would just say to call back another time. When I finally got through, I was on hold for about an hour before someone picked up. I told her the situation, she said to just put it in writing and that should be enough to get us to the interview stage. She then recommended that I bring a letter from my parents saying they were allowing us to live with them to the interview. I'm still attaching all of my proof, to my letter since, well I don't trust them, and I do not want to go through this again! Especially since, she did say we will have to go through that entire waiting process again. So, yay, another two and a half months before I know anything.

I did ask if we could qualify for our case to be expidited. I know that pregnancy alone isn't a reason to expedite a case, but with it being high risk and disabled I was wondering if that would make a difference. She recommended that we fill out the paperwork, but did not really give an answer on that. What she did say though is that it will not affect the speed at which they process our documents (which I knew), but if approved, it will speed up the processing of our interview. I'm officially going to attempt to go back to my doctors insistence that I avoid all stress during this pregnancy. 😒

[JeanneAdil 6,447]

looks like they want a joint sponsor for your I 864 and are not accepting it as it (or the joint sponsor u provided)

 

U may want the emotional support of your husband,  but if your baby is at risk ,  u should return to US 

we totally understand the heartbreak a person goes thru when separated from a love one and its hard 

but immigration does not really rush for anyone 

 

and yes,  many are receiving the request for domcille proof

even those who live in the US and own a home/it seems to be popping up a lot these days

 

when any part of this immigration asks for something ,  u just gotta do it 

I filled out the I 864 about 4 times as i live on a paid for annunity and no taxes are due on it so although i have a substancial income,  NVC didn't want to approve as my tax returns show the income as non taxable / had to pay a lawyer to get my i 864 past the taxable income line

 

 

 

[dejene 37]

22 minutes ago, JeanneAdil said:

looks like they want a joint sponsor for your I 864 and are not accepting it as it (or the joint sponsor u provided)

 

U may want the emotional support of your husband,  but if your baby is at risk ,  u should return to US 

we totally understand the heartbreak a person goes thru when separated from a love one and its hard 

but immigration does not really rush for anyone 

 

and yes,  many are receiving the request for domcille proof

even those who live in the US and own a home/it seems to be popping up a lot these days

 

when any part of this immigration asks for something ,  u just gotta do it 

I filled out the I 864 about 4 times as i live on a paid for annunity and no taxes are due on it so although i have a substancial income,  NVC didn't want to approve as my tax returns show the income as non taxable / had to pay a lawyer to get my i 864 past the taxable income line

 

 

 

I already have a joint sponsor, my Dad. And the last request they made included having me submit more of his tax documents, as well as mine, for further poof. And an updated I 864. I'm upset that they didn't add this to it. And I wasn't trying to get out of sending it, I was trying to get the proper way of doing it. Their note to me did not give me any instructions other than to look at their website to see what documents qualify as proof of domicile. Some of which were already included in my packet, but I was going to send as many of them as possible to make sure their was no way to overlook it. I don't want to get a request for more information from them every couple of months, so I just wanted to see if anyone had been through this process and what steps they took to make sure it doesn't get screwed up again.

The plan was always for me to leave in December. I teach at a University and would really like to finish out the semester with my students in person, but my boss and my students are all aware that there is a possibility that that may not be the case because of my health. I have organized everything in my life to prepare for this. My husband even has job prospects lined up just waiting to hear when he can move, he's finishing up his current cases as we speak, and his job is aware that he's leaving and said just give us a date. This is literally the only thing up in the air for us right now and we thought we would be a step closer to having it squared away this week.

Edited September 15, 2021 by dejene
fixing my spelling and grammar issues

[Ryan H 3,812]

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