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My wife has all the evidence for her living in Cal (lease agreement, vehicle registration etc).
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You put up with having your wife live away from your home for a year, paying for an apt, utilities, etc, to “save $23k”???
Frankly, I think that the UCs won’t believe that the rental agreement is real. Does your wife have utilities in her name? Do you have proof that rent was paid?
I think the UCs will think that you dotted some I’s and crossed some T’s but that your wife really lived in Hawaii. Why didn’t she work if she was all alone in calif???
Why doesn’t she work in HI and just earn the $23k???