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US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionUK Consulate Packets I129F
Congrats on having your petition approved. Get your police check done now as it does take close to the 40 days to get back. That's what was holding us up in sending the last packet in. Soon after that, schedule your medical appointment for the physical. I think in packet three it'll explain where to schedule your medical. Good luck.
CherisenoirFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-05-27 15:17:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionInterview monday

Hi can anyone give me any advice for my interview on Monday??

I think i have all i need. I have all the documents they need and prints of emails and loads of photos. What should i expect?

And i understand i cant take any electronic devices. Is there somewhere i can leave my phone before i go. Somewhere with lockers??

Thanks


Brian



You pretty much have everything you need from what you're describing. Make sure to have cash on hand also to pay the cashier for the visa. You can bring your cell phone, but you can't have it switched on. The security there is like going through an airport, you get your things back after it's been x-rayed.

The interview itself is short and simple if you have everything you need. Just a few questions at a glass window and that's it. It felt like going to the post office.

Good luck on your interview.
CherisenoirFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-06-22 08:56:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresK1 Visa and EAD at the same time??

Thanks alot
Do you know why JFK? Are there any other airports across the states where this policy is also the case?

It is one of those unknown things, USCIS suggested that K-1's are work authorized by default with or without EAD stamp to SSA for Social Security Number purposes, so virtually all airport POEs stopped stamping the I-94 card with the EAD stamp with the exception of JFK, and they can discontinue the practice at any time.


Yup. It doesn't matter if your I-94 is stamped "Work Approved" or not, so long as it has a valid entry stamp. It automatically becomes your temporary employment authorisation.
Don't try to apply for a Social Security number within the first week of entry. You won't be on the computer system, and you'll be turned away. Go in a week after entry and enquire if you are on their computer. If you aren't by then, make noise and get them to check more thoroughly- they do have paperwork records too but they have to search. You are on a relatively short time frame for getting a Social Security number with an I-94, as they can't issue one within the first 7 and last 14 days of the I-94's validity.

Most likely they will try to turn you away if they don't see a "Work Authorised" stamp. Insist upon speaking to the branch manager and push your case if the desk clerk tells you you aren't allowed a Social Security number. Don't accept their word as the truth!

We've been through this already, and it took the Social Security office here longer than the I-94 was valid to go through their records and discover that they could have issued a Social Security number with an I-94 that isn't stamped "Work Authorised". Because it had lapsed, they couldn't issue one, despite it previously having been valid.
Trust me. You don't want to have to wait twiddling your thumbs whilst your EAD paperwork rolls through. Get them to check. We're being used as a training example now for the office on what not for them to do. Sad but true.

So yes, long story short, your I-94 is your temporary work permit until your Dept of Homeland Security Work Auth card comes in.

The news just hasn't spread to all Social Security offices yet.
CherisenoirFemaleUnited Kingdom2007-06-22 09:39:00