Arriving at a port of entry not near my listed domicile.

[allanr 4]

My wife just got her Immigrant Visa approved (Finally!..although still waiting for it to arrive in the mail). I live overseas and have a domicile address in the USA that I've kept for years.  I file my taxes from that location. I bank and do other financial dealings through that location.  My car insurance (actually I share it on my daughter's car) is from that address as well.   When I visit the USA, that is where I stay. However,  when we move to the USA in the near future, we want to settle down in a different city. 

 

My question is, if we arrive at a port of entry not near my domicile city, will my wife be subject to a lot of questions about why we are not arriving where we state my domicile is and be suspicious because that is not our first stop?  If that is the case, we'll just fly to the airport near my domicile and stay at that address initially.

 

btw....I am in not trying to do anything illegal.  My domicile address is 100% legitimate.  There was no way to explain on the visa forms (that I saw anyway) that we want to move to a different city when we arrive. 

[Just Paul 4,595]

Where your POE is does not matter.    In some cases it is not even in the US.  Places like Canada and Ireland have CBP preclearance.

[allanr 4]

1 minute ago, Paul & Mary said:

Where your POE is does not matter.    In some cases it is not even in the US.  Places like Canada and Ireland have CBP preclearance.

Hi P&M,

 

Thanks for your reply.  I more or less understand that the POE location is not specified. I'm concerned that if we are not intially staying at our listed domicile. the immigration officer questioning my wife could have an issue with that being the case.  In reading various websites, it seems they have a wide latitude in asking any questions they feel are pertinent, and my wife will be nervous in that environment.  If there is even a slim possibility that might raise an issue, I'll rather pay the extra few hundred dollars to start out at my domicile city.   

[Just Paul 4,595]

As long as the beneficiary can tell CBP where they will be living you should not expect any issues.   

[Dashinka 24,597]

People change addresses all the time.  I would not expect any issues.

 

Good Luck!

[JFH 12,190]

I had my POE at Las Vegas. We live in Washington state but spent 4 nights in Vegas first then spent the holidays (I arrived on December 19) with some family members and didn’t reach our homes WA until December 30. Not a problem. 

 

*~*~*moved from “IR-1/CR-1 spouse visa process and procedures” to “moving to the US” - POE question*~*~*

[Zach2015 211]

My wife's POA was in Atlanta, GA and we live in Florida. They asked her, do you understand the requirements of the K1 Visa and what day are you getting married.