ncglenn

That's great! You can order online here in Toronto now, and then choose which division to pick it up at and just show up with proof of identification.

Hi NLR

Thanks for the advice and help. I've moved back and forth from Mississauga to Toronto a few times since age 16 and I know the exact addresses. I'll have to give estimated timeframes and can't ask my parents as they are both deceased. I live in Toronto now so would the one police report from here be good enough?

Thanks,

ncglenn

They sure make this stressful. We went through all this stuff bringing my wife to Canada after we got married in 2002. I never thought it would be like this after being married over 11 years. Maybe I'm just reading too many negative posts, and maybe the ones I've read about that got denials are not telling us everything or maybe they're younger and there might be more suspicion and need for more evidence.

This sure is stressful! How to people remember all that if they moved a number of times when they were young? Is there anyway they would know if you answer wrong and possibly deny you? If that's the case and they can find out, then why do they ask?

Thanks for that info. I know I'm pretty close, but probably off a little. I'll have my police check with me as well to prove I'm a good guy with no record. I also read that the DS-230 has been replaced with the DS-260 which you do online, but I'm sure the questions are similar so I'll refer to my printed DS-230 and study it in case the C.O. asks me questions about any dates etc.

I just wondered how accurate they want to know each place I've lived since age 16. I'm 53 now and moved a couple times between my current city and the city next to me. I can't remember exact dates. Is approximate good enough? Is there any way they'd know if I wasn't exactly right?

Thanks

Should we be getting Return Transcripts or Account Transcripts?

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?

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?

Hi all,

Reading about these domicile issues and many getting denials especially living far from Montreal has me real nervous. Here's our situation, we are retiring and moving in with my U.S. wife's parents, and of course they are not going to charge us rent or sign a lease as the house is paid for. We will help out with some bills though like paying the cable and internet as they don't have that yet, but that won't happen til we get there. Neither of us will be looking for a job right away as I'll be retiring after almost 29 years at a job in the educational sector with an indexed pension that will pay me more than a lot of people there make working. We've had a US bank account for about 5 years and have personalized checks with our names and U.S. address. We have no kids to register in U.S. schools, and my wife has already had a Social Security number since she was a teenager. So all we can really use to show domicile is maybe a notarized letter from her parents saying we'll be living there and a void personalized check from our U.S. bank account. Is there any hope? Anyone have any suggestions if needed? My wife's parents are getting older and they are so excited for us to get there and so is the rest of my wife's family. It would devastate them and us if we got a denial.

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.

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.

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