Proving domicile when not living in the U.S

[Pw3t 6]

Hello

We recently got our NOA1 but we worry about proving domicile in USA for the next step at the NVC. My american husband is in France with me since 2 years with a temporary family purpose visa ; we just renewed this visa for one more year. He was living at his parent's before and that is where we're going to move.

The problem is we don't have much to prove that he is going to re-establish domicile at his parent's house in USA...

He has a NY driver's licence that expired just after he arrived in France but he can't renew it until we arrive there, I don't think we can use it as a proof.

He doesn't have any US bank account or insurance.

We will be just coming back to his parent's with 4 suitcases, savings and my cat, starting from zero.

The only things we could submit are :

- The proof that he voted for the last presidential elections

- A letter from his parents stating that we are going to live in their house, which is the place where my husband used to live ; all his papers (ID, passport, driver's licence, even marriage certificate) have this address but he doesn't own the place and has no bills with his name.

- The copy of his long stay visa in France that mentions "temporary visa" and has an expiring date in march 2014.

Do you think it will be enough ? We really worry about this.

Thank you in advance for your help

[speedwell 224]

That's pretty solid, I think you're on reasonably good footing to prove intent to re-establish domicile. If you have reached out to real estate agents to look at homes, or have a job offer in the US, or any letters or e-mail or skype chats with family expecting you back to live, or other correspondence or evidence that shows your attempts to take root in the US, bring that along too. Of course any final determination will be made by Immigration, but you are not completely without evidence.

[oohpartiv 484]

I looked up some quotes from international shipping companies about getting our furniture to the US (even though we're just going to sell it and aren't even planning on taking it). Also, my husband and I are planning on going back to school so I emailed a few universities and am going to send that correspondance along with my FAFSA registration emails. I had my dad write up a lease to prove that my husband and I are going to live with him (and included a photocopy of my Dad's license to prove his signature and address).

I think you should be okay, though. You don't need a million things to prove domicile.

[Ryan H 3,813]

Moved from Progress Reports to Process & Procedures.

[Pw3t 6]

Thank you for your answers It reassures us. I really don't know how hard they are at the Paris embassy about this.

I guess we are going to contact international shipping companies to have a little more papers even if we're never going to send our furniture. That's a really good idea

About the lease, we thought about it 2 minutes but I keep telling myself that it's really crazy to have to make a lease to come back to the place you always lived in for 30 years.