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Hi,
I need some help figuring out how I can show strong ties to the US while I was outside of the US holding a GC, on my company's business assignment.
I am an Indian national and I have been working for a German company in the US for the past 12 years. I got my green card in May 2007.
Little background: In September 2009 due to the nature of my project and leadership position I was in, I was asked by my company's upper management folks to travel to Germany and work from the Munich office. The team in Germany was very new and I was sent there to ramp them up and help coordinate stuff between German and US teams...
My assignment started Sept 1 2009 and ended March 25, 2010 - total of 204 days outside of US. It was supposed to be 6 months only, but the project had delays, so it got extended over 3 weeks. I came back into the US on March 26, 2010.
I stayed in Germany on Schengen visa work permit, but was not locally employed by the company in Germany. I was on the payroll of the company in the US, I did not receive any German salary while in Germany. I got my salary as usual in the US for the time I was outside, including 401K etc. benefits.
I had filed US taxes for 2010 and 2011. The taxes included the tax for everything my company's US office paid me extra (apartment etc) for living in Germany. My German tax liability was zero (got a letter from the German tax agency).
During my 204 days outside of US, I kept my bank accounts in US, had used US credit cards in. I got my household stuff professionally packed and stored in a public storage, including my 2 cars. They were registered and fully ensured.
My HR and payroll office will provide me proof of continuous employment in the US. I also had pay stubs besides tax returns.
My wife worked in the US for 4 months and then she joined me in Germany on a visitor visa. I have her W2 and proof of presence in the US (medical records / doctor visits from the 4 months period). I dont have her pay stubs of proof of residence, she was with relatives, who move backed to India afterwards.
I forwarded all my mail to my US office address, and the mail department collected all my mail and handed over to me once I was back. I gave my company a care-of address of my brother in Pittsburg, PA.
I want to file my N400 now, and I am trying to piece together my case to show evidence of my ties to the United States. What do you think the most strongest pieces of evidence? Any advice will be highly appreciated.
- Company's letters proving my continuity of employment in the US.
- more than 5 year tax returns (including the period I outside of US)
Are these enough? or do I have to provide.....
- Bank statements
- Car registration and insurance documents
- My medical and dental insurance documents
- Some receipts from the public storage company when I stored my household items and cars.
Unfortunately, the bank statements from those exact months I was outside of US are not available to me (as they will be now more than 2 years old, and the back only shows me last one year data). Same with car documents. Now I changed one of the cars and moved to a different state (still working for the same company), so 2 year old registrations are now not available,,,
please advise, thanks in advance.
yeddy.
I need some help figuring out how I can show strong ties to the US while I was outside of the US holding a GC, on my company's business assignment.
I am an Indian national and I have been working for a German company in the US for the past 12 years. I got my green card in May 2007.
Little background: In September 2009 due to the nature of my project and leadership position I was in, I was asked by my company's upper management folks to travel to Germany and work from the Munich office. The team in Germany was very new and I was sent there to ramp them up and help coordinate stuff between German and US teams...
My assignment started Sept 1 2009 and ended March 25, 2010 - total of 204 days outside of US. It was supposed to be 6 months only, but the project had delays, so it got extended over 3 weeks. I came back into the US on March 26, 2010.
I stayed in Germany on Schengen visa work permit, but was not locally employed by the company in Germany. I was on the payroll of the company in the US, I did not receive any German salary while in Germany. I got my salary as usual in the US for the time I was outside, including 401K etc. benefits.
I had filed US taxes for 2010 and 2011. The taxes included the tax for everything my company's US office paid me extra (apartment etc) for living in Germany. My German tax liability was zero (got a letter from the German tax agency).
During my 204 days outside of US, I kept my bank accounts in US, had used US credit cards in. I got my household stuff professionally packed and stored in a public storage, including my 2 cars. They were registered and fully ensured.
My HR and payroll office will provide me proof of continuous employment in the US. I also had pay stubs besides tax returns.
My wife worked in the US for 4 months and then she joined me in Germany on a visitor visa. I have her W2 and proof of presence in the US (medical records / doctor visits from the 4 months period). I dont have her pay stubs of proof of residence, she was with relatives, who move backed to India afterwards.
I forwarded all my mail to my US office address, and the mail department collected all my mail and handed over to me once I was back. I gave my company a care-of address of my brother in Pittsburg, PA.
I want to file my N400 now, and I am trying to piece together my case to show evidence of my ties to the United States. What do you think the most strongest pieces of evidence? Any advice will be highly appreciated.
- Company's letters proving my continuity of employment in the US.
- more than 5 year tax returns (including the period I outside of US)
Are these enough? or do I have to provide.....
- Bank statements
- Car registration and insurance documents
- My medical and dental insurance documents
- Some receipts from the public storage company when I stored my household items and cars.
Unfortunately, the bank statements from those exact months I was outside of US are not available to me (as they will be now more than 2 years old, and the back only shows me last one year data). Same with car documents. Now I changed one of the cars and moved to a different state (still working for the same company), so 2 year old registrations are now not available,,,
please advise, thanks in advance.
yeddy.
