I-864 Domicile

[ncglenn 22]

Hi all,

I'm new here and have a question regarding domicile for an I-864. My U.S. wife is my sponsor and has been with me here in Canada for 11 years. Would personalized checks from our U.S bank account with both our names and American address, and a notarized letter from her parents that we will be living with them be good enough to prove domicile upon my entry as a permanent resident?

Thanks,

ncglenn

[lost_at_sea 995]

Has she been doing her US tax returns?

[ncglenn 22]

Yes she has. She fills out a 1040 and also the foreign income exclusion as she is below the threshold. She has no w2's though as she has no US income.

[lost_at_sea 995]

OK, cool.

There is a long thread about this issue in the Canadian regional forum you probably want to look through: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/164618-proving-domicile-when-not-living-in-the-us/

[ncglenn 22]

Thanks lost_at _sea!

I sure am glad we've been filing her returns. We didn't for about the first 5 years she was here, but when we found out she had to we quickly called the IRS and the person we talked to was quite nice and told us just to get the past years forms off the IRS site and report her income which we did and have been doing since. I asked about including t4 slips which is the Canadian equivalent of a w2, but they said don't worry about that and that they just want the income reported to them. If they actual proof we can order notice of assessments for the years they want. Thanks for that link, I'll check it out.