Dear All,
My wife (USC) and I (beneficiary) are currently trying to figure out the best way to deal with our jobs, while not jeopardizing the immigration process. We checked a ton of posts, but nothing really related to our situation. Our background:
Applied for IR-1 visa in Feb 2021.
Received the visa in Oct 2022.
During the process we both are residing in Spain (we used a joint sponsor). Now our situation is that I accepted a job offer at the University in IN, which starts on Jan 1st 2023. Since it also includes teaching, I need to be there on time. My wife currently works in Spain and is finishing her projects with her employer, but that employer asked her to stay for another 1-1.5 months to complete the projects (we both can legally live and work in Spain till Mar 31st 2023). She really likes her current job and she has some problems finding jobs in the US in the area where we intend to move eventually. Please, let me know if this plan is good to proceed with:
We got our airplane tickets for early December, we arrive in CA (her home state). A week later we move to IN to settle in our new home. She and I think that she needs to properly re-establish her domicile in the United States (as per the I-864 requirements). For that purpose she co-signs our new lease, gets an IN state ID or DL, signs up for utility bills together with me, signs up for voting in IN etc. Then in the early Jan she goes back to Spain for 1-1.5 months to finish her job and after that she moves back to the US while (hopefully) having a job offer near me.
Does this plan sound fine or should we look into a more appropriate way to arrive to the US? She and I are married for over 4 years now, so I think that the ROC process doesn´t apply to us.
Thank you for your answers.
Best regards.
-Peter