Example letter of domicile

[Jaclyn K 9]

I’m at the stage of writing a letter of domicile as a supporting document to my I-864. The sample letter I found online is very basic. Should I keep it plain and simple or add more detail as to our personal reasons for moving back to the US after I’ve been living in the UK for 1.5 years?
Just to give some background, to maintain domicile I have kept a US mailing address, I have US bank accounts, I have a recent absentee voter registration, I filed 2019 taxes, and my former US employer has kept me on as an independent contractor and so I have made some supplemental income in the last year (albeit not nearly enough to sponsor my husband solely). My parents will be financially co-sponsoring my husband. 

[Lil bear 4,252]

6 minutes ago, Jaclyn K said:

I’m at the stage of writing a letter of domicile as a supporting document to my I-864. The sample letter I found online is very basic. Should I keep it plain and simple or add more detail as to our personal reasons for moving back to the US after I’ve been living in the UK for 1.5 years?
Just to give some background, to maintain domicile I have kept a US mailing address, I have US bank accounts, I have a recent absentee voter registration, I filed 2019 taxes, and my former US employer has kept me on as an independent contractor and so I have made some supplemental income in the last year (albeit not nearly enough to sponsor my husband solely). My parents will be financially co-sponsoring my husband. 

Not sure they are interested in the why .. 

[Stuwoolf 44]

34 minutes ago, Jaclyn K said:

I’m at the stage of writing a letter of domicile as a supporting document to my I-864. The sample letter I found online is very basic. Should I keep it plain and simple or add more detail as to our personal reasons for moving back to the US after I’ve been living in the UK for 1.5 years?
Just to give some background, to maintain domicile I have kept a US mailing address, I have US bank accounts, I have a recent absentee voter registration, I filed 2019 taxes, and my former US employer has kept me on as an independent contractor and so I have made some supplemental income in the last year (albeit not nearly enough to sponsor my husband solely). My parents will be financially co-sponsoring my husband. 

I feel it is rather odd that the question of domicile should even arise. Would it not be sufficient to have a place to stay, have a job lined up (or perhaps evidence of applications),  no ties to eg UK as sold property?

 

A USC wanting to return home with spouse. Isnt that enough to demonstrate domicile? Clearly not it would seem?

 

Sorry I cant give any help.

Edited August 25, 2020 by Stuwoolf

[Jaclyn K 9]

10 minutes ago, Stuwoolf said:

I feel it is rather odd that the question of domicile should even arise. Would it not be sufficient to have a place to stay, have a job lined up (or perhaps evidence of applications),  no ties to eg UK as sold property?

 

A USC wanting to return home with spouse. Isnt that enough to demonstrate domicile? Clearly not it would seem?

 

Sorry I cant give any help.

I don’t really know. There’s a myriad of reasons why we’re moving to the US, but just trying to follow their rules. I did find a couple example letters online. I’ll probably just use one of those and adjust to include my own evidence. 

[Just Paul 4,595]

Just a simple letter stating that you are intending to move back to the US is all that is needed.   You are re-establishing domicile, not proving you still have have it.  If you have a job offer, a new lease, property purchase,  include it.   You can simply state that you are moving back to pursue a career or be closer to your family or want a new adventure.   Mary took one to her interview in Mexico and never showed it to them.

[Stuwoolf 44]

Sorry, wrong thread🙁

Edited August 25, 2020 by Stuwoolf

[os306 103]

5 hours ago, Jaclyn K said:

I’m at the stage of writing a letter of domicile as a supporting document to my I-864. The sample letter I found online is very basic. Should I keep it plain and simple or add more detail as to our personal reasons for moving back to the US after I’ve been living in the UK for 1.5 years?
Just to give some background, to maintain domicile I have kept a US mailing address, I have US bank accounts, I have a recent absentee voter registration, I filed 2019 taxes, and my former US employer has kept me on as an independent contractor and so I have made some supplemental income in the last year (albeit not nearly enough to sponsor my husband solely). My parents will be financially co-sponsoring my husband. 

 

The London Embassy is actually pretty relaxed about this. It seems like the mere act of filing for a spousal visa seems to be considered enough proof of intent to re-establish domicile. I've asked about 5 or 6 people who have had their IR1/CR1 interviews over the past few weeks if they were asked about domicile - all of them brought evidence such as US bank statements, voting cards, but none of them were asked for any of this evidence.

To be on the safe side, I was planning on bringing some sort of evidence, with the expectation that it probably won't be asked for.

Edited August 25, 2020 by os306

[Jaclyn K 9]

3 minutes ago, os306 said:

 

The London Embassy is actually pretty relaxed about this. It seems like the mere act of filing for a spousal visa seems to be considered enough proof of intent to re-establish domicile. I've asked about 5 or 6 people who have had their IR1/CR1 interviews over the past few weeks - all of them brought evidence such as US bank statements, voting cards, but none of them were asked for any of this.

To be on the safe side, I was planning on bringing some sort of evidence, with the expectation that it probably won't be asked for.

Good to know. I do have all the supporting evidence, so we’ll bring it just in case. But that is a load off knowing it’s not a main priority. I assume everyone in this circumstance has a joint sponsor for the I-864? Any issues with that we should expect?

[os306 103]

2 minutes ago, Jaclyn K said:

Good to know. I do have all the supporting evidence, so we’ll bring it just in case. But that is a load off knowing it’s not a main priority. I assume everyone in this circumstance has a joint sponsor for the I-864? Any issues with that we should expect?

I think joint sponsorship is a relatively common scenario for DCF filers. We are also using a joint sponsor (my father in law) and are going to provide 6 months of pay stubs, a letter from his employer confirming the nature of his employment and salary etc. That being said, not everyone filing via DCF London needs a joint sponsor. There are also people who transfer to US branches of UK-based companies (i.e. the same employer) who are able to use this to fulfil income requirements.

 

 

[Stuwoolf 44]

2 minutes ago, os306 said:

I think joint sponsorship is a relatively common scenario for DCF filers. We are also using a joint sponsor (my father in law) and are going to provide 6 months of pay stubs, a letter from his employer confirming the nature of his employment and salary etc. That being said, not everyone filing via DCF London needs a joint sponsor. There are also people who transfer to US branches of UK-based companies (i.e. the same employer) who are able to use this to fulfil income requirements.

 

 

Or the process takes such a long time that, after Approval, the USC goes back to US and sorts things out. Just sayin........😂

[SalishSea 17,928]

20 minutes ago, os306 said:

 

The London Embassy is actually pretty relaxed about this. It seems like the mere act of filing for a spousal visa seems to be considered enough proof of intent to re-establish domicile. I've asked about 5 or 6 people who have had their IR1/CR1 interviews over the past few weeks if they were asked about domicile - all of them brought evidence such as US bank statements, voting cards, but none of them were asked for any of this evidence.

To be on the safe side, I was planning on bringing some sort of evidence, with the expectation that it probably won't be asked for.

The issue of demonstrating domicile/intent to is very consulate-specific.  Montreal, for example, is very strict.

[os306 103]

1 hour ago, Jorgedig said:

The issue of demonstrating domicile/intent to is very consulate-specific.  Montreal, for example, is very strict.

Yup, it's times like these I'm relieved I'm applying through London and not Lagos...

[Morgan5698 58]

Had interview yesterday in London, they didn’t ask anything about domicile. I took a few things just in case, but it was never bought up. 

[Jaclyn K 9]

25 minutes ago, Morgan5698 said:

Had interview yesterday in London, they didn’t ask anything about domicile. I took a few things just in case, but it was never bought up. 

That’s a relief. Now I’m just stressing over the joint sponsor docs 😕

[Appy 38]

29 minutes ago, Jaclyn K said:

That’s a relief. Now I’m just stressing over the joint sponsor docs 😕

They didn’t ask me about domicile either although just in case we did bring documents to show bank accounts, phone bills, letter from my husband’s job to say he is due back in the US office, lease for our apartment in the US. Sorry can’t help with the joint sponsor as we did not use one.