Deceitful_Fox

Thank you pushbrk, I appreciate you taking the time to reply, and I don't want to waste too much of your attention. We don't have any children yet unfortunately. What would the evidence look like to prove something like looking for long term housing? It can't be as simple as browsing things on Zillow and screenshotting the houses we like, can it? As for rental properties, don't you have to prove US income to qualify?

Yes the suggestions are why I was proposing that perhaps she should go back. The plan is to live with her stepmother briefly while we get on our feet (this is the address I provided for all of the US address fields in all forms so far). I note that having a permanent US mailing address is also considered valid evidence. What if we set up a new bank account remotely, using her stepmother's mailing address, my wife's name, and transferred some money into it? We could then use a bank statement addressed to the place where we plan to live, showing money transferred in preparation for the move. My concern here is that if I keep throwing rejected evidence at them, are they going to reject the case? Perhaps it would be better to just bite the bullet and send her back if that is the guaranteed move?

Oh terribly sorry, you are correct. She is the petitioner and I am the applicant.

Hello again all! I come once again to humbly seek your guidance. First, to clarify our situation: My wife, the applicant, is currently living with me in the UK, but it has always been our intention to move back to the US together. To that end she kept her bank accounts open, filed taxes correctly, and we got a signed affirmation from her stepmother that we would be living at her address when moving back to the US. I submitted that information along with her I-864 and hoped that would be enough to establish domicile in the US, but as you can guess by the title that has not been the case. Today I received the following notice regarding our case: 'JESSICA might not have a principal residence or be domiciled in the United States. Please submit proof of domicile. For more information on domicile requirements, visit https://nvc.state.gov/fin.' All the other documents were accepted. What options do we have regarding this? Are there any other pieces of evidence I could scrounge up that might satisfy them? The only other alternative we can think of is sending her back ahead of me, submitting the plane ticket etc. and having her open a new bank account, renew her driving licence and so on once she gets there. We'd like to avoid that if possible as I'm sure you can understand, but I'm not taking that option off the table. If she did go back, would she be able to visit me on a regular ETA visa while we wait? Thank you in advance for taking the time to help.

Sorry it took me such a long time to reply to this. Thank you for your reply. We will be living with my mother-in-law at her address. Would a signed & dated attestation letter from her be helpful in this regard? As far as work goes, I have been offered a job at my father-in-law's company when we get over there, but since I'm not the sponsor that's probably not very useful, is it?

Hello everyone, it's been awhile since I posted here but I got some good advice last time and I'm further along in the visa process so I am hoping some more experienced people will take pity on my ignorance once again! My wife and I are now completing our I-864 form and getting our financial information organised. We are currently living together in the UK. It has always been our plan to move back together, and I understand that her Country of Domicile HAS to be the United States in order for the application to be approved, even though she is living abroad. My question is what kind of evidence is considered acceptable to establish her Country of Domicile? She still has a US bank account and credit cards, would the statements be sufficient? She has also always filed tax returns for the three years she has been here, which we are including for financial evidence. Is there anything else that would/could be required? Probably won't affect this particular question, but my mother in law is the sole joint sponsor and will also be filing an I-864 along with financial documents. Thanks a lot in advance.