Nervous of domicile

[ncglenn 22]

Hi all,

I asked this in another area but I think it was lost in an old forum so I'll ask here too. I've been reading how strict the Montreal Consulate here in Canada is about domicile and very nervous they will have an issue with us. We will be moving in with my wife's elderly parents rent free so will have no lease agreement, we have no young kids to enroll in school, we will not have any letters of employment as I'm retiring with a indexed pension from my job in Canada that pays more than a lot in small town North Carolina make at a job, All we can really provide would be a letter from my wife's parents (notarized if needed) that we will be living with them and a void copy of a personalized check with names and U.S. address from our U.S. bank account, but I read in another forum a letter from parents can be denied as they say parents can say anything for their sons or daughters. Any opinions or suggestions from anyone?

[canadian_wife 1,829]

Montreal is very strict about domicile. What are your plans for health insurance? Cars? Can you initiate those now to show? What about evidence of looking for a place to live? Moving companies? Have you thought of moving down there first and then coming back up for the interview?

good luck

[ncglenn 22]

Thanks for the reply

We won't be taking a health insurance plan til we move there as I have insurance here in Canada until I retire. We will be driving our car from Canada there when we move so won't be getting new car right away.. We will be living with my wife's parents for free so no lease agreement, and we won't be requiring a moving company as we will just be loading up the car and heading down. We are going to have a content sale of our apartment and donate a lot of clothes to Goodwill etc. Like I said we are moving in with wife's parents in a fully furnished home. It almost seems like we might have to make something up like a fake lease agreement from my in-laws, but I'm trying to be totally honest here. My wife's parents are so looking forward to us arriving there and so is the rest of my wife's family like her son and daughter and brother and sister etc. They would all be devastated if there was a no due to domicile. All we really can get is a letter from my wife's parents, and a void check that has our names and the same address as my wife's parents in North Carolina. Why does this have to be so difficult and stressful when we're being absolutely honest about things?

[canadian_wife 1,829]

Did you post this in the Canada forum? Read the sticky of people who have done this before?

Go prepared so you won't have to deal with the domicile issue

good luck