Mike Samson

My spouse is applying for an IR-1 and her police certificate expires on June 15, but the embassy interview is June 13. Will this be a problem?

I know the expiry date of the issued visa will be linked to the validity of the medical certificate, but I can't find any information about whether it's also linked to the validity of other documents such as the police certificate.

Thanks in advance!

Ah great to know. Thank you so much!

Thanks for the info. Yes, I've been filling taxes.

Okay great. One last question on this: I'll be going to the US before my wife for a 2 week work trip and we'll meet to look for apartments for one week. Then I'll leave the US again for three weeks before coming back again to officially start my new job. Is there a chance they'd see me as establishing domicile in the second trip, and not the first one, and therefore require she enter after my second arrival in the US?

I'm working on the I-864 for my spouse's IR1 visa and have a question about "my current annual household income". I've been working for a company in Thailand whose US branch is going to continue to employ me when we move to the US. I understand that foreign earned income normally can't be counted in "current annual household income" on the basis that it won't continue in the US. In my case, it will continue in the US and it will no longer be foreign earned.

Any thoughts on whether I can include my foreign earned income in my current annual household income?

How do they know I've already entered the US?

The plan is: I go SF for work on July 8, my wife goes to NYC on July 14 and I meet her in NYC on July 21. Her medical certificate expires July 16, so we're assuming that will be the validity date of the visa.

Ok that's very helpful to know. Mostly I'm caught up by this phrase on their page explaining how to re-establish domicile: "The sponsored immigrant must enter the United States with or after the sponsor." I guess they just don't enforce this?

https://travel.state.gov/content/visas/en/immigrate/immigrant-process/documents/support/i-864-series-forms-faqs.html

Thanks for the reply! I'll be including my work contact in the US, a receipt for the shipment of my belongings, a chat conversation with a host on Airbnb where she agreed to hold a place, a letter from my employer in the US, many months of US credit card statements, voting history, driver license, and a statement from my landlord in Bangkok confirming that our contract is ending.

My question, however, isn't so much about what documents to include (as this is covered extensively in other threads). Rather, what I want to know is how I am expected to demonstrate that I will establish domicile *before* (or concurrently with) my wife enters the US.

In other words, how does the embassy know that I will move to the US before my wife and not after?

Thanks in advance!

My wife has her IR1 visa interview next week at the embassy in Bangkok. I'm providing extensive documentation to show my efforts towards to re-establish domicile. Thanks to this forum, I know exactly what to bring!

What's not clear to me is this: how do I demonstrate that the timing of my establishment of domicile is before or concurrent with my wife's move to the US? I understand this is a requirement, but I can't find any details on how to prove that I will move to the US at the same time she will. Is simply a statement of my intention as such enough? How have others dealt with this?