Letter of Accommodation

[cherriesss 4]

Hello VJ Members.

I wanted to post a letter of accommodation (letter from a relative or friend stating that they have arranged for living accommodation for the beneficiary in their home in the US) in case it is useful to you. Thanks to other VJ posters whose contributions I partially drew inspiration from.

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(Month) (Day), (Year)

(City), (State), United States

Officer in Charge

Immigrant Visa Unit

Consular Section

Embassy of the United States in (foreign country name)

Department of State

United States of America

Dear Sir/Madam:

The purpose of this letter is to affirm in writing that I am pleased to offer residential accommodation in the United States for (specify full name of beneficiary) (specify country of nationality and passport number) in my home at (specify full U.S. street address). I am aware that (specify beneficiary’s name) is currently applying for an immigrant visa through your Embassy and I am prepared to receive (him/her) in my household in the coming months where he may live in our guest bedroom for the foreseeable future.

In hope that the Immigrant Visa Unit finds this arrangement satisfactory and can proceed with granting (him/her) the (specify visa type) visa, I wish to add that I look forward to (specify beneficiary’s name) arrival and will be doing my part to assure that (his/her) transition is a comfortable one.

Please feel free to contact me in case I can provide further information. Thank you for your time and attention!

Kind regards,

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(Specify first and last name)

(Street Number) (Street Name)

(City), (State) (ZIP Code)

(Area Code) Phone Number

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[Wayne and Claudia 40]

this is interesting. One question though: Why would this letter be needed if they are applying for a CR-1 visa? I could understand for a fiancee visa, to temporary house the person until the marriage (for religious purposes). Nice and formal letter though.

[magdasal 19]

Yeah, I'm not sure what this is for...if you want to sponsor your wife, I don't see anything in the I-130 documents that even mentions a way that this could be useful. Sorry, maybe I missed something. How is this letter used and for what kind of visa?

[magdasal 19]

removed duplicate post...not sure how that happened.

Edited December 9, 2010 by magdasal

[cherriesss 4]

I am a US citizen living abroad and my husband and I will be moving to the US at the same time, so I needed to show arrangement for accommodations (a substitute for this could have also been a lease) since I currently am not in the US. Part of the domicile requirement proof for a US citizen living abroad using DCF.

Sorry about the confusion.

Edited December 9, 2010 by cherriesss

[magdasal 19]

I am a US citizen living abroad and my husband and I will be moving to the US at the same time, so I needed to show arrangement for accommodations (a substitute for this could have also been a lease) since I currently am not in the US. Part of the domicile requirement proof for a US citizen living abroad using DCF.

Sorry about the confusion.

Ahh, OK...makes some sense now. A special case letter for a USC petitioning a beneficiary. I'm sure folks in that situation will find this useful.

[cherriesss 4]

Ahh, OK...makes some sense now. A special case letter for a USC petitioning a beneficiary. I'm sure folks in that situation will find this useful.

Yes... particularly for those doing DCF.