Questions about domicile

[ana34 0]

Hey everyone, I am new here. I have already researched a lot and pretty much know the process that we need to go through. But I have some questions about domicile. My husband is American, we got married 3 years ago and are planning to move to the States in around 2 years. We have been living in Hong Kong for the last 8 years, so when we move to the States it will be 10 years that he has not been living there. He does still have a permanent mailing address there, which is his sister's house (this is also the address on his american driver's licence), a bank account, and a public storage unit which he has maintained all these years. The thing is, our plan is to just go together and then find a place to rent, and maybe after a year or two buy a house. We are both self employed and work online, which we will continue to do over there, so there is no job offer that he will have or a rental agreement because like I said we plan to find a place together when we get there.

So do you guys think this is enough for him to prove domicile? Also, his sister lives in California and we are planning to move to Colorado (fly directly to Denver), so we will not even be staying at his sister's house at all. What do you guys think?

Also (slightly unrelated), he hasnt been filing taxes all these years cause of low income exemption, but owns an apartment here which he bought for really cheap with savings when we first moved here, and which is now very valuable cause the housing market over here skyrocketed in the last 5 years, so he will use this asset for the sponsorship part. Do you think this is good enough for proving means for sponsorship? the apartment is worth well over the required minimum amount.

Thanks a lot in advance!!!

Edited September 12, 2014 by ana34