Sign Affidavit of Domicile

How to eSign a document: Sign Affidavit of Domicile

hello my name is Benjamin hard I'm an American attorney in the managing director of integrity legal here in Bangkok Thailand in this video today as the title suggests we're gonna be briefly discussing the i-864 affidavit of support I'm not going to be discussing the form specifically there are multiple videos on this channel you can use the search function on this channel or you can use the search function on our website if you're on our website viewing this video as we have transcripts and various written information on our website you can use the search function on either to find more videos from us with respect to the i-864 specifically but the thing to take away from this video is the so-called domicile issue in some cases the domicile paradox I call it the domicile paradox in the context of so-called local filings here in the Kingdom of Thailand in Thailand we have a local USCIS office and it may be possible to file a an immigrant petition on behalf of one spouse to go to the United States here locally but the problem with that is in order to establish domicile or in order to establish the font in order to meet the filing requirements here in the kingdom one has to sort of note that they are living in Thailand this can become a problem when it comes time for the i-864 affidavit of support because one aspect of the adjudication the i-864 affidavit of support is whether or not the individual submitting the i-864 on behalf of their foreign spouse is domiciled in the United States now in a legal context one can argue domicile is a place and abode if you will the one intends to return to the State Department takes the position that it's much more of a residency oriented sort of notion basically what they're looking at is that the individual in question is either taking affirmative steps to reestablish their domicile or in point of fact has a domicile in the United States in cases involving folks that have like expats have been overseas or returning home or folks that have been that like say work for prolonged periods of time outside the United States or domicile is brought up unfortunately or fortunately there is a very clear cure for dealing with domicile and that is return to the United States and actually start residing there again it's oftentimes not a solution that many people want to hear because they don't necessarily want to travel prior to their spouse going to the United States they don't necessarily want to go and get split up but unfortunately it it just sometimes isn't is a sad aspect of the not sad but isn't unfortunate I guess you should say aspect of the immigration process that you know couples sometimes are but who are binational simply have to be separated for sometimes a prolonged period of time but in some cases you...