US Immigration from Switzerland

Hi Everyone,

I have a SSN from 2005 when I was on a J-1 visa (working a winter season as a student). We used this SSN on my visa application. I will be entering on my CR1 visa in February and I am not sure what needs to happen with my SSN (the guy at the embassy couldn't tell me either).

Is the most sensible answer just to call the SSO when I'm in the USA?

Or do I need to just change my work status (https://faq.ssa.gov/en-US/Topic/article/KA-01436)?

Or has anyone dealt with this situation and is aware of the steps that I need to take?

Happy Holidays to all and many thanks in advance!

Heike

Hello,

I have been DQed at the NVC three weeks ago and now waiting for an interview date at the embassy in Switzerland. In this regard, I have a question concerning the police certificates from countries where I lived before. I requested them earlier this year, between March and May. By now they are all older than 6 months. Should I request new certificates if my interview date is next month (November 2022) or are they still valid?

Many thanks in advance!

Hello,

Does anybody know how long a visa is valid for once it has been issued?

I need this information as I need to give notice to my current employer which requires 3 months. Is the valid more or less valid than 3 months?

Thank you in advance!

Hi everybody,

we've send the needed AOS documents for form DS260 back in May in order to get an interview appointment. However, today they gave us some Feedback.

Just a quick context:

- My wife is living with me in Europe and we've been living together since over a decade and have a child together

- My wife only lived in the US when she was a baby

- We are planning on moving all together to the US

- My wife never paid taxes in the US since recently, because she didn't know before that she also has to pay taxes in the US additionally (she now did that a couple of months ago for the last 3 years)

- We've written and uploaded a statement that my wife currently doesn't have a domicile in the US, but that we are moving together when my IR-1 VISA is granted

Our tax advisor from the US did the taxes for my wife and she then told us that we can get the W2/1099 when we move to the US from the IRS. Currently we only have the 1040 Federal Return Form.

Now we have 2 points in the feedback:

One is asking for all W2/1099 forms for 2021 and we don't know where we can get that, since we are currently not in the US. Can we get that from abroad even though our tax advisor said it's only possible from within the US?

The other feedback point is regarding the proof of domicile. We thought if we write a statement, that my wife intends to have a domicile no later than the move together, that it might be enough (since somebody else posted it here in the forum). But even though we've written an explanation it doesn't seem to be enough. The feedback says:

Jane might not have a principal residence or be domiciled in the United States. Please submit proof of domicile. For more information on domicile requirements, visit https://nvc.state.gov/fin.

What can we do in that case from abroad? We go to visit the family in the US in October, is there something we could do that would help us for the case while there?

Also, is it normal that the status is saying accepted while at the same time needing more documents?

I want to thank you in advance for any tips or hints.

We are in the process of shipping items to the US from my husband's former home in Switzerland and are filling out CBP Form 3299 (DECLARATION FOR FREE ENTRY OF UNACCOMPANIED ARTICLES). The form asks for his former country of residency-- this is where it gets confusing for us:

- My husband is a Swiss citizen who moved to London in 2016 and lived there as a resident until 2020, when he became a US permanent resident

- However, the items we are shipping are coming directly from his former home in Switzerland where he had lived for his entire life previously (and where his father lived until very recently)

- We also need to fill out the "Supplemental declaration for unaccompanied personal and household effects" form, which asks for his last foreign address, which would have been in London

Should we list his former residency as the UK or Switzerland? Should the last foreign address be the one from London, or from Switzerland? If we state that he was last a resident of the UK, but his stuff is coming from Switzerland, will that cause any problems since we are declaring these items for free entry?

Thank you!