Domicile

[tapas777 0]

Do you know how my wife can make USA as her domicile country. Take into consideration that she did not fill a tax file before, and she was living in Egypt, but she kept visiting USA at least once a year during the past 4 years

[Otto 83]

Do you know how my wife can make USA as her domicile country. Take into consideration that she did not fill a tax file before, and she was living in Egypt, but she kept visiting USA at least once a year during the past 4 years

Do you mean without owning or renting a home/apartment here?

[tapas777 0]

Yes.

Do you know how my wife can make USA as her domicile country. Take into consideration that she did not fill a tax file before, and she was living in Egypt, but she kept visiting USA at least once a year during the past 4 years

Do you mean without owning or renting a home/apartment here?

[tapas777 0]

Do we need to get a rent agreement from her uncle as a proof of domicile?

Does the bank account help ?

When my wife visit USA, she stays with her uncle and she uses his address to receive her mail

Yes.

Do you know how my wife can make USA as her domicile country. Take into consideration that she did not fill a tax file before, and she was living in Egypt, but she kept visiting USA at least once a year during the past 4 years

Do you mean without owning or renting a home/apartment here?

[YuAndDan 153]

You can learn alot about domicile here: http://travel.state.gov/pdf/I-864GenInfo-FAQ-Final.pdf

If she has lived in foreign country that long, she can file an I-130 for an immigrant visa at the US consulate and skip the hassle and expense of dealing with USCIS in the USA. DCF for an IR-1 visa is faster, and less expensive than the other visa options.

If considering K-3 consider it carefully, USCIS has been approving both I-130 and I-129F for K-3 and sending them both to NVC on the same day lately, this makes the processing tome for CR-1 nearly the same as K-3.

For the most part CR-1 tends to take a bit longer than K-3 to get if you prepare for NVC when they request I-864 fee, and Visa fee, as well as documents requested by NVC. In many cases the CR-1 petition reaches the consulate just before K-3 interview, which causes K-3 to get dropped and the interview becomes a CR-1 visa interview.

K-3:

I-130: $355

I-129F: NONE

Consulate: $131

Adjustment Of Status: $1010 I-485

($1496)

CR-1

I-130: $355

NVC I-864: $70

NVC Visa fee: $400 ($355+$45)

($825)

I see many posts from K-3 holders stating, "Wow this sucks, I am stuck at home because I don't have EAD, DL, etc, or I am having hard time getting added to bank accounts because of NO SSN." K-3 has a 90 day or longer period of limbo while waiting for EAD or Green-card.

K-3 was developed at a time when CR-1 was taking much longer that today, NVC has greatly streamlined the CR-1 process to the point where K-3 becomes irrelevant.

Keep this in mind in this economy, the CR-1 with it's instant green-card looks very attractive considering the cost savings, and the ability of the immigrant being able to take a job shortly after entry to the USA. K-3 has the down-side of added cost, and NOT being able to legitimately take a job until they have EAD or green-card, EAD can take 90 days or longer to get.