Pleasework89

I know about that link you sent. That doesn't answer my question. It only states that a certificate is needed....but not for how long the certificate covers if you have never lived anywhere else. It only talks about short term stay over 6 months....but again, I am asking about how long the certificate should cover if you have never lived anywhere else.

If the intending immigrant has never lived outside of their country....the certificate of noncriminal activity has to cover their whole life there? From birth to now? It might be a silly question, but we are looking into getting this and they can only issue one going 3 years back. So what do we do? Is this one okay?

Go to the US embassy/consulate website for the country your wife is and look up the requirements to see if you qualify. The basic requirement is that you are a US citizen with 5 years of physical presence in the U.S. I successfully applied for a CRBA (consular report for birth abroad) for my child. DS-2029 is the name of the application and can be downloaded from the consulate/embassy or state department website. I also included it so you can see what you need. You should definitely email them too because certain places have extra requirements. Good luck! ds2029.PDF

Okay so I am at the NVC stage and I am living abroad with my spouse. I am planning on submitting a lot of stuff to prove I maintained domicile in the US while abroad and if that doesn't work, a detailed plan of reestablishing domicile but I have an issue with my name on certain documents. I have two last names and my passport and California Driver's license has both my last names on them....but my US bank and credit cards have only one last name....I called to see if it can be fixed but they need me to go to the 🇺🇲 to fix it. I can't leave until my spouse comes with me. It's not a plausible plan. Will they take an affidavit stating my usage of those names? Will it even be an issue? When I filed for the I-130, I wrote those names as other names used. Thanks for any helpful feedback. Hopefully someone here has a similar experience to mine.

It all depends on how lucky you are to be honest. I have heard different answers from different people. I applied for an expedite in October 2022 and got the response Feb 2, 2023. It was granted... and when I researched online some people with expedite didn't really get their case looked at right away. So I wasn't really expecting to hear anything soon. HOWEVER, in my case, I received a decision the day after. So just check on your case from time to time. Good Luck!