Hello everyone, First of all a big thanks to everyone who's posted helpful guides of the DCF process for those of us living here in China wanting to bring our Chinese spouses over to the US. Everything was going well and approved (thanks to the advice on this website) until today when my wife had her interview in Guangzhou. When it came time for the interview, the visa officer asked her a few questions about our relationship but was mostly interested in our plan for when we go back to the US. When she started describing what she would do, he cut her off and asked about me (the petitioner and US citizen) and what my plan was. She told him truthfully that I was going to go back to school part-time and work part-time. After hearing that he declared that a part-time job wasn't enough to support two people so my wife answered that we'd have to stay with my mom (who is her joint sponsor) until we could save some money. She also suggested that we would both be working when we got into the US. He still didn't like this so he asked if I currently had a job in the US to which she answered no, because I am still working in China. Lastly he asked if I owned any property in the US to which my wife again answered no. After that he didn't ask her any more questions and gave her a white checklist for various petitioner documents with the section for "evidence of the petitioner's intent to establish and/or current domicile in the US" checked off. She also got a three-page document "9 FAM 40.41 N7 Domicile and the Form I-864" that lists the various requirements for domicile. Initially I was very confused why she got a request for this information because I had made a nice packet with a written letter of intent to re-establish domicile in the US and included a copy of my passport, birth certificate, driver's license, acceptance letter to study part-time in Fall of 2018, investment account statement, auto loan statement, insurance statement, bank statements and credit card statements. However, I didn't stick these with my form I-864 and instead had them as a separate "packet" in the front of the application binder. The document intake person didn't specifically ask for these documents (only form I-864 from me and our joint sponsor) and my wife didn't know how important they were so she didn't hand them in. What I am confused about is if I must include proof that I have a job in the US due to how much the visa officer asked about whether or not I had one or if my bank account, investment, auto loan statements, etc. that I had originally prepared (and they didn't see) are enough? I did some research and found on travel.state.gov's I-864 section under the heading "If a petitioner does not have a domicile in the United States can a joint sponsor file form I-864?" it says:"No, the petitioner must meet all the requirements to be a sponsor (age, domicile and citizenship), except those related to income, before there can be a joint sponsor." When reading that it sounds like I just need to prove my domicile in the United States with things like bank statements, etc. but not necessarily have a job already lined up since we have a joint sponsor whose income is $64,000, is this correct? I want to make absolutely sure that I give them enough evidence to show my domicile in the US. Also, after I submit these documents through CITIC bank, is this a "one chance" deal where if the evidence still isn't enough, we have to start all over or is it a back-and-forth process until we meet their requirements? Secondly, will my wife need to interview again? She said that before leaving the visa officer said there was nothing wrong with her interview but that they needed more information. Aside from the two white pieces of paper mentioned earlier, we have not received any further information from the embassy.I have not seen anyone else mention that a job in the US is mandatory although I understand it can be a big help. Thanks for any advice/information others can provide.
