Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (lili&kai @ May 13 2009, 04:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> lucie, J'ai un PEL et j'ai reçu un courrier de la BNP m'indiquant combien je dois déclarer. c'est dans "revenus des valeurs et capitaux mobiliers" Comme je suis contente qu'on se soit marié tout début janvier ça me simplifie la tache!! Lili&kai Merci! J ai recu ca aussi, mais ce que je me demandais c'est ou declarer le montant dans la fiche de declaration d impot....ils ne le demandent pas... Mais cest pas grave je vais envoyer les docs de ma banque avec. C est clair que tu as de la chance, tu t es marie pile poil au bon moment venarde!	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-05-18 12:28:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ May 11 2009, 09:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ May 8 2009, 02:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Seulement, je ne trouve pas le formulaire de declaration des revenus sur leur site internet ! (impots.gouv.fr) J'ai clique sur "Telechargez vos formulaires par Internet", il y a une serie de formulaires mais pas le formulaire normal. Et ils disent que "L'imprimé de déclaration de revenus (n°2042) sera disponible sur ce site début mai." Debut mai, c'est passe ! Alors soit ils ont oublie de le mettre en ligne, soit je deviens aveugle, soit je ne cherche pas au bon endroit (mais je ne vois pas ou ailleurs il pourrait etre) Ils viennent de mettre le formulaire en ligne ! Cecile, Quelques questions concernant les impots: as tu rempli seulement le 2042 ou bien tu as fait comme la fille du couriel tas dit, CAD faire deux ou trois differentes declarations? celui du marie ou du couple conjoint semble ne servir a rien... Et ou est ce que tu rempli tes gains banquaires? Je nai plus le bon mot en tete... tu sais, quand tu as un compte d epargne et qu il te rapporte un certain poucentage par an.... il faut declarer ca aussi! mais je ne vois pas ou?	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-05-13 10:27:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ May 11 2009, 09:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ May 8 2009, 02:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Seulement, je ne trouve pas le formulaire de declaration des revenus sur leur site internet ! (impots.gouv.fr) J'ai clique sur "Telechargez vos formulaires par Internet", il y a une serie de formulaires mais pas le formulaire normal. Et ils disent que "L'imprimé de déclaration de revenus (n°2042) sera disponible sur ce site début mai." Debut mai, c'est passe ! Alors soit ils ont oublie de le mettre en ligne, soit je deviens aveugle, soit je ne cherche pas au bon endroit (mais je ne vois pas ou ailleurs il pourrait etre) Ils viennent de mettre le formulaire en ligne ! Oui! Jai vu ca! Ca y est, enfin!	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-05-11 11:01:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ May 5 2009, 06:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> J'ai eu une reponse du centre des impots ! QUOTE Bonjour Madame / Monsieur Pour une année de mariage, vous devez obligatoirement effectuer votre déclaration sur formulaire papier. Si vous vous êtes mariés en 2008, vous devrez déposer trois déclarations de revenus en 2009 : - une déclaration pour Mademoiselle, célibataire comportant les revenus de source française encaissés du 1er janvier à la date du mariage - une déclaration pour Monsieur, célibataire comportant les revenus de source française encaissés du 1er janvier à la date du mariage (si votre époux américain n'a pas perçu de revenus de source française, il n'est nécessaire de remplir cette déclaration) - une déclaration commune en tant que mariés comportant les revenus de source française perçus de la date du mariage au 31 décembre. Ces trois (ou deux) déclarations sont à déposer ensemble, au centre des impôts local dont relève votre ancien domicile en France au 1er janvier 2008. Je vous prie de croire, Madame, à l’assurance de ma considération distinguée. Merci pour l'info Cecile!	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-05-08 13:52:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ Apr 28 2009, 06:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (lucie&damon @ Apr 27 2009, 06:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ho! it s crazy that they just sent you a RFE... that s probably whats going to happen to me too soon...When you say you had to do a complete one, what do you mean? they ask you to do more than just the vaccines paper? Well, now that they got it, they probably going to send you an interview letter soon! In France, helas, I didn t have much fun...I went without Damon and I went there because my dad just had a quatriple bypass and a "carotide" surgery, poor him...doctors says he s going to feel like ####### for 6 months to a year.. I spent all my days at the hospital with him, so he was not too bored... But it gave me the opportunity though to see again all my family and friends, and eat good cheese and pastry! Pour les impots francais, je ne men suis pas encore occupe, donc je ne peux t aider, mais des que je m y met, je te tiens au courant de ce que jai fait! Sorry for your dad, I hope his recovery will be fine. It's good that you got to spend time with him and the rest of your family. For the RFE, they didn't clearly say "please do the entire medical again" but they said a few thing that made me (and Bryan) think that yes, they did want the entire one. They wrote that they reviewed my file and they have no medical forms in them: no I-693, no DS-3025, etc. Then they talk about how they want people to do the tuberculosis skin test, etc. After reading the paper 5 or 6 times I figured I'd do the entire medical just to be safe. Yeah! you were definatly right to do the all thing again just to be safe. But it s so unfair that USCIS seems to lose very often DS3025 papers! Do they know how much it cost to do that! Let us know as soon as you hear back from them! Hopefully soon with an interview letter!	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-04-28 15:21:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ Apr 27 2009, 01:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm pretty sure I have only two papers for the AP too. Did you have fun in France Lucie? Did you go alone or with your husband? how long did you stay there? My parents are coming to the USA in June! First they will go see the canyons in the West and then they will come spend a week in St. Louis. About my green card, I had an RFE for my medical (didn't submit any medical, had to do a complete one), I sent it back two weeks ago I believe, and they just updated my status online, now it shows that they received my RFE (before that they never said anything about the RFE) Ho! it s crazy that they just sent you a RFE... that s probably whats going to happen to me too soon...When you say you had to do a complete one, what do you mean? they ask you to do more than just the vaccines paper? Well, now that they got it, they probably going to send you an interview letter soon! In France, helas, I didn t have much fun...I went without Damon and I went there because my dad just had a quatriple bypass and a "carotide" surgery, poor him...doctors says he s going to feel like ####### for 6 months to a year.. I spent all my days at the hospital with him, so he was not too bored... But it gave me the opportunity though to see again all my family and friends, and eat good cheese and pastry! Pour les impots francais, je ne men suis pas encore occupe, donc je ne peux t aider, mais des que je m y met, je te tiens au courant de ce que jai fait!	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-04-27 18:24:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (lili&kai @ Apr 24 2009, 06:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I received my permanent resident card just a week after my EAD! that's less than 3 month after I sent my AOS. I have to admit this is pretty quick!!! So I actually never got to use the EAD. Back a month ago I had to carry my passport around cause I had no other ID and now I have 3 vadid US ID in my purse: amazing! I hope everything is well with all of you, Lili&kai Wow! Congratulation it went very fast! And good luck on your new job! what are you going to do? Here, in Denver things are very slow... It s been 7 months i applied for my GC and nothing, I dont know what to do to speed up the process Still no job either... So, anyway, last Friday I got to try my AP, at the Chicago airport back from France! It was a pain! the lady at customs was very suspicious, and yell at me because I had only two AP papers, and she told me that it s normally three! 'stupid'...I never heard of anyone getting three papers for the AP....Did you?	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-04-27 14:32:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	Lili and Kai, I m sorry you had to struggle with the DMV. It s known to be the worst bureaucracy in the US. Just need to be patient! I had some problem with them too when I first got here. Anyway today is a good day! After practicing and practicing driving with Damon, I finally took the driving test and pass it! yeaaaah! The test was not too bad, but I was affraid I ll fail in the morning because there were like 1 metre of snow when I woke up. The roads were crazy icy! but i made it anyway ; ) Now I will be a little bit more free with my DL. Even if I feel like I m not a hundred percent ready to drive alone. I think I ll still need Damon on my side for a while...	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-03-10 16:04:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Koakland @ Feb 26 2009, 09:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ Feb 26 2009, 07:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's the same here in St. Louis, it's hard to find good seafood. We did found a store that sold fresh seafood but they didn't have a lot of choice. And it wasn't like the ones in France. The oysters were at least twice the size of the ones in France, same for the mussels, and they didn't have the same taste. I think they were less salty. It was still good to have some, but definitely not as good as in France. Come to California! We have great seafood here. I did have some great seafood in La Baule (last year) and Deauville (the year before that). hey! La Baule and Trouville-deauville are the 2 places I go for holidays since I m born! I love it there and there s definitly good and fresh seafood !	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-02-27 10:38:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (C&D @ Feb 26 2009, 09:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm gonna live in Wyoming, and it's pretty much as difficult as in Colorado to find fresh seafood.. mmh mussels! A last trip to Arcachon for me before i go to the US (i live in Bordeaux)!! Oh and We got APPROVED today !! NVC brace yourself here i come!! Waouw! Congratulation! I m so happy for you! Now go get all the mussels, oysters, fresh fish etc. you can find!	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-02-27 10:33:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ Feb 25 2009, 02:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (lucie&damon @ Feb 25 2009, 02:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ Feb 23 2009, 08:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everybody! I just came back from a trip to New Orleans, it was really nice It's hard to come back to St. Louis, it's called here compared to Lousiana (30F in St Louis, 65-70F in New Orleans) Anyway, still nothing new about jobs, I had several interviews with recruiting companies (kind of like the SSII in France apparently) but most of the contracts they have, they need people with more experience than me. I've only worked a year and a half since I got my degree. Woaw! that s great! everybody keeps telling me New Orleans is great! I hope I ll visit it someday! You missed Mardi gras though! Did you guys did anything ? Too bad for the interviews I hope you ll find a job soon! One year and half sounds like good experience to me! I would hire you!lol Good Luck! They start celebrating Mardi Gras a month before the real Mardi Gras day, so we saw a few parades, got lots of beads. We left just before it got TOO crazy... we already had enough of all the yelling in the streets and drunk people and strippers everywhere Other than that we walked a lot, in the city and around, went to a nearby beach, went in the swamps, lots of nice things. And we ate a lot of seafood I didn't know it starts so early in the month! that s great! it sounds like you went at the right time there! and I m so jealous you got to eat seafood! I loooove seafood, but in Colorado it s hard to find fresh stuffs...	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-02-25 17:41:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ Feb 23 2009, 08:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello everybody! I just came back from a trip to New Orleans, it was really nice It's hard to come back to St. Louis, it's called here compared to Lousiana (30F in St Louis, 65-70F in New Orleans) Anyway, still nothing new about jobs, I had several interviews with recruiting companies (kind of like the SSII in France apparently) but most of the contracts they have, they need people with more experience than me. I've only worked a year and a half since I got my degree. Woaw! that s great! everybody keeps telling me New Orleans is great! I hope I ll visit it someday! You missed Mardi gras though! Did you guys did anything ? Too bad for the interviews I hope you ll find a job soon! One year and half sounds like good experience to me! I would hire you!lol Good Luck!	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-02-25 15:30:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Koakland @ Feb 17 2009, 04:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello all! Jeremy and I are doing well. He got his visa earlier this month, turned in his notice to his job and is preparing to move. He's moving to the US on May 14th. I've started planning for our civil ceremony (ceremony, license, dress, lunch, flowers etc). I do not like it. The K1 process was less stressful for me. A little bit at a time, I guess. Congratulation for the interview Koakland! You ll be together very soon now! And good luck with all the wedding preparation! I know that is very complicated to organize especially in such a short time!	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-02-25 15:25:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (C&D @ Feb 15 2009, 11:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello! I'm new to this France/America thread.. I'm the french half, my husband is the USC and in the US military. Do you know if it's possible to get an interview rather quickly with the US embassy in Paris? We're trying to have the USCIS and NVC parts of the visa process expedited because my husband is going to get deployed in Irak in the spring.. I heard it takes 2 months to have an interview in Paris.. So my question is: has anyone been able to bring their interview forward? If so, how? Any input would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!! Caroline Hi Caroline! Welcome on this thread! I'm sorry but I cannot answer your question, I have no idea... you should post this in a new topic and someone in the same situation as you might answer! So how are you doing the other french/americans?? it s been a while! Did you sent out your taxes? did you hear back from them? On our side we are waiting a little bit longer to send it! we just bought a house! yeaaah! and Obama signed today the 8000dollars credit for people who buy a house between january and August 2009! So, once we close on the house in March we will sent the paperwork at the same time to get this money too! How great is that! we are so lucky! a 8000 dollars gift! I also went today to my first group interview at wells fargo! it was a weird experience! but went better than I thought! cross fingers! Cecile did you find a job? how were your interviews?	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-02-17 17:29:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Sophie123 @ Feb 3 2009, 11:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hello et merci pour ta réponse ; là, je peux t'aider : en fait, si tu ne fais pas de contrat particulier, tu dépends effectivement de la loi de l'état dans laquelle tu habites. Et ça peut être très compliqué parce que parfois, tu dépends de la loi par défaut de l'état, parfois de l'état dans lequel tu t'es marié, parfois de l'état dans lequel tu as habité pendant les 2 premières années, etc. (et là, pour trouver de quelle loi tu dépends, un avocat peut réclamer BCP d'argent). En revanche, l'idée de faire un contrat, c'est justement d'éviter l'aléas de l'état dans lequel on se marie, on vit, etc. S'il y a contrat, c'est lui qui prévaut sur toutes les lois de tous les pays. le "will" dont tu parles, c'est bien. Personne ne veut que sa longue histoire se termine en divorce, mais les statistiques ne sont pas rassurantes, et parfois il faut prendre des précautions, même aux moments les plus incongrus. Regarde bien les pre-nups en ligne, parce effectivement, c'est compliqué, mais il peut y avoir des formules qui t'intéressent pour ton "will". Bon, je retourne faire des recherches sur les notaires Bonne journée ! Merci pour les infos! ; )	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-02-04 10:34:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Cecile and Bryan @ Feb 4 2009, 07:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Sophie123 @ Feb 4 2009, 12:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (lucie&damon @ Feb 3 2009, 09:40 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oui bien sur! moi je vais parler a 100% francais avc mes enfants, ce sera une vrai chance pour eux!.....et puis comme ca ils pourront plus tard faire leurs etudes universitaires en France, ca eviterait de payer des ponts aux etats unis! Non, mais cest vrai, ca cest un truc qui me choque et me traumatise! il est hors de question que mes enfants s'endette a vie pour payer 4 annee de fac! Tu m'étonnes ! Un immense mystère pour moi, le coût des études aux US. J'ai dit à mon fiancé que les études de nos enfants, ça serait en France ou ça ne serait pas En France, on trouve que 5000 euros l'année dans une école, c'est hallucinant, aux US, quand je parle de montants comme ça, on me rit au nez Je pensais un peu la meme chose, qu'on pourrait les envoyer en France pour les etudes superieures, mais je me demande un peu si ca vaut le coup... Ca doit dependre des diplomes, mais j'aurais peur que leur diplome francais ne vaut plus rien une fois qu'ils reviennent aux USA (je me souviens avoir lu un post de Lili qui disait qu'elle a fait ses etudes de compta aux USA et que personne ne veut d'elle en France parce que pas la meme facon de faire la compta d'un pays a l'autre) Alors est-ce que ca vaut vraiment le coup ? Pas si sur... Ca depend de quel diplome effectivement! Si tu fais aux etats unis deux ou trois annee de fac, ca ne vaux pas deux ou trois annee de fac francaise. Je bossais au relation international de la fac ou jai fais mes etudes, et les etudiants americains qui viennent de finir leurs etudes de lycee ne peuvent pas sinscrire a la fac. Il faut qu ils aient fait au moins deux annees universitaire aux etats unis pour sinscrire en premiere annee en France. Effectivement, en France on a un meilleur niveau d etudes au lycee. Bref au niveau mondial il vaut toujours mieux avoir un diplome francais que americain, a moins bien sur davoir ete dans une fac americaine qui fait partie de la Ivy league, ou d'avoir etudie une specialite qu on ne trouve pas en France.(surtout pour les sciences) Pour resume, si vous voulez envoyer vos enfants en France, noubliez pas de leur faire passer le bac avant, ou les envoyer une annee plus tot en France pour passer le bac en France!	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-02-04 10:12:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Aloha @ Feb 2 2009, 05:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bonjour! Comme Sophie je commence a m'inquieter! ca a l'air bien compliqué tout ca, taxes trouver un job... Bon c'est clair que je m'inquiete trop tot... on vient juste d'envoyer l'I129F en janvier et je perds deja le sommeil a me dire qu'on va avoir des RFE, qu'on ne trouvera pas de cosponsor, que je vais me planter a l'entretien (sacres genes pessimistes/stresses de ma maman)... Au moins mon cheri a decide qu'il allait prendre un leave of absence de 6 mois et venir habiter a Paris avec moi le temps que tout ca se passe pour qu'il puisse apprendre le francais (faudra bien que je parle francais avec les petits et qu'il comprenne! d'ailleurs... vous parlerez en francais a vos enfants? En tout cas ca fait du bien de lire tous vos posts! Bon courage pour tout!! Salut! et bienvenue! Ne stresse pas! tout va bien se passer! et c est difficile de se planter a l interview! En tout cas cest genial si ton fiance te rejoint pour 6 mois en France! cest vrai que l attente loin du cheri est la partie la plus difficile, donc si tu pouvais eviter ca ce serait top! Oui bien sur! moi je vais parler a 100% francais avc mes enfants, ce sera une vrai chance pour eux!.....et puis comme ca ils pourront plus tard faire leurs etudes universitaires en France, ca eviterait de payer des ponts aux etats unis! Non, mais cest vrai, ca cest un truc qui me choque et me traumatise! il est hors de question que mes enfants s'endette a vie pour payer 4 annee de fac!	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-02-03 15:40:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	QUOTE (Sophie123 @ Feb 3 2009, 06:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bonjour ! Oui, moi je compte bien parler Français à mes enfants... Mais j'ai de la chance, mon fiancé maîtrise bien la langue, déjà, donc on parlera les deux (et même un peu d'espagnol). J'ai une question un peu particulière : j'aimerais savoir si certains des couples franco-américains déjà mariés sur ce forum ont choisi un régime de mariage autre que le régime 'communauté des biens réduite aux acquêts' qui est le régime par défaut ? Si on fait un contrat, je me demande s'il peut être visé par un notaire américain (qui coûte environ 5$) ou si on doit faire ça devant un notaire français (qui coûte 490€ + le coût du voyage vers le consulat). Anyone here's done that? I'm writing this in french because I doubt it will make sense to people who are not french. Thanks a lot! Sophie Coucou! Nous on s'est marie a la mairie cest tout, donc le regime par defaut....Cest tres different aux etats unis qu en france, cest pas bien facile a comprendre je trouve....Enfin bref visiblement tu peux faire de pre nup ou meme des post nup si tu veux, mais Damon m'a dit que ca servait a rien, ca n est utile que pour les gens avec une grosse fortune...Pour l instant ce n'est pas notre cas! Par contre, ce qu on va faire cest qu on va ecrire des " will". On va ecrire nous meme un contrat en disant ce qu on souhaite qu il se passe en cas de deces de l un ou de divorce, et signer. Normallement juste la signature, cest suffisant mais bon comme tu dis ca coute rien de le faire signer par un notaire! cest toujours mieux! Ce que je comprend pas, c'est que jai lu sur pleins de sites que le contrat de mariage dans l etat dans lequel tu t es marie varie si tu demenages...Cest a dire que maintenant je suis sous le regime communauté des biens réduite aux acquêts, mais si je demenage dans un etat qui est sous un autre regime alors mon contrat de mariage change aussi. Auquel cas il est utile daller chez le notaire et faire modifier ca tout de suite! Mais Damon me dit que cest pas vrai, qu il n a jamais entendu parler de ca... Pffff... Pas facile, facile tout ca!	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-02-03 15:30:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	Desole pour cet emmelage de pinceau! lol Pour la france jai demande a mon pere dappeler lundi le fisc en France pour l international... je vous tiendrais au courant...	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-01-31 16:21:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	Hi all, this is Damon! I think we finally understand what we need to do for US taxes: Since Lucie passes the Substantial Presence requirement, we must file as a resident alien, married filing jointly. From what I understand, BONA FIDE residence must contain one full year, but it does not mean it must be the year for which we are filing taxes. Lucie was a resident for 2007, during which she visited the US on a tourist visa for a long vacation. She went back to France, and continued her residency uninterupted, UNTIL she got her K1. So we can claim 60% of the year as a resident, and is exempt for ($86,000 * 60%) under the foreign income exclusion treaty. We just need to fill out form 2555ez, and our normal 1040. Whew.	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-01-31 16:19:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	France/America couples	ok cecile. je viens de lire dautres choses sur le site de l IRS. On peut etre exempter si on peut prouver qu en 2008 on etait plus lie a notre pays dorigine qu au US ( ce qu on pourrait pense qu on est), mais ce nest pas applicable cette regle si une demande dAOS is pending...pffff	lucie&damon	Female	France	2009-01-31 15:25:00
Vietnam	married alittle over a year and just got her kids here	Good Luck to you, Asian culture isn't American. I'm sure it will work out in time. You both have to adjust and find a compromise that works for both of you. Ain't always easy, but the end result, Awesome! Cheers	chuckb	Male	Philippines	2008-08-09 22:06:00
United Kingdom	Adjustement of status	QUOTE (Roselinda @ Aug 12 2008, 08:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hey there! we meet again. lol hope all is well with you guys congrats on the wedding! ours is on 29th august. i've just posted a similar post to yours so i'm gonna keep an eye out on your replies. lol i'm pretty much confused as you with regards to my son who's 5 have you worked out how much exactly you'll need to send? i guess ours will be the same. it's all double dutch to us. we have to pay a fee for our kids right? any help appreciated! From the I-485 Instructions: 5. Biometric services. If you are between the ages of 14 and 79, you must be fingerprinted as part of the USCIS biometric services requirement. After you have filed this application, USCIS will notify you in writing of the time and location where you must go to be fingerprinted. If necessary, USCIS may also take your photograph and signature. Failure to appear to be fingerprinted or for other biometric services may result in a denial of your application. ---- What Is the Filing Fee? The filing fee for a Form I-485 is $930. An additional biometric fee of $80 is required when filing this Form I-485. After you submit Form I-485, USCIS will notify you about when and where to go for biometric services. The fee is $930 only (no biometrics fee required) for applicants under 14 years who submits Form I-485 independent from other family members. The fee for a child under the age fourteen years will be $600 when submitted concurrently for adjudication with the application of a parent under sections 201((A)(i), 203(a)(2)(A), and 203(d) of the INA. The fee should be $930 + $80 + $600. No Biometric for age 5. Assuming you are filing together for the AOS... ---- I-864 - I just made a copy of the I-864 without all the Supporting Evidence for the childs app. Seemed they were happy. ---- No one stated what Process K1, CR1, or K3? I'm assuming K1 because of the forms you mentioned. K-1 entitles you to work, you should apply for an SSN if your I-94 is valid for at least two weeks. If expiring within two weeks, they won't give you a SSN, don't ask me why... You can always go back and have the name changed on the SSN after the wedding. That and the NOA1 for the AOS should be enough to work without messing with any employment stuff. ---- I-131? That depends of when you plan to travel, I didn't mess with it, but the instructions say there is no additional fee if you file it and/or the I-765 with the I-485... ---- Additional information: B. Based on admission as the K-1 fiancé(e) of a U. S. citizen and subsequent marriage to that citizen. Attach a copy of the fiancé(e) petition approval notice, a copy of your marriage certificate, and your Form 1-94. ---- Had an arguement with the Interviewing Officer over this one! May be the only time I win with those guys! 13. Form G-325A, Biographic Information Sheet. You must submit a completed Form G-325A if you are between 14 and 79 years of age. G-325a is not required for a child under 14... ---- Good luck to both of you, I've been down this road and it can be bumpy!	chuckb	Male	Philippines	2008-08-12 20:42:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Suggestions for phone cards, etc. for Eastern Europe	I found this site doing a search. They claim to be the cheapest.. http://speedypin.com...e/cards/Ukraine	chuckb	Male	Philippines	2008-08-17 15:39:00
IMBRA Special Topics	prior dv	I hope someone who knows more about the process can help me out I had a D.V. seven years ago. I was arrested on 3rd degree assualt (wrecklessly causing bodily injury). It was plea bargained to chiminal mischief (damaged property of less than 100 dollars of value). on a defered judgement. I know I must send in copies of this, even though I withdrew the plea of guilty. I can't prove self devence, of extreme cruelty. What's going to happen? This is my only blemish on my record. I never even had a speeding ticket. If anyone else has similar circumstances, let my know how it played out. Thank you all in advance Unless you must answer "yes" to this question, the above doesn't matter. I don't see "criminal mischief" listed. Pay special attention the definition of the keyword "convicted". Have you ever been convicted by a court of law (civil or criminal) or court martialed by a military tribunal for any of thefollowing crimes: Domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and neglect, dating violence, elder abuse or stalking. (Please refer to page 3 ofthe instructions for the full definition of the term "domestic violence.) Homicide, murder, manslaughter, rape, abusive sexual contact, sexual exploitation, incest, torture, trafficking, peonage,holding hostage, involuntary servitude, slave trade, kidnapping, abduction, unlawful criminal restraint, false imprisonment oran attempt to commit any of these crimes, Thank you for the response. In my state, Domestic violence is "any crime committed between two persons in an intimate relationship". It was prosecuted as a Domestic violence case. my paperwork has D.V. all over it. how hadr will this be held against me? thank you.	r8rfanisi	Male	Moldova	2007-07-20 07:17:00
IMBRA Special Topics	prior dv	I hope someone who knows more about the process can help me out I had a D.V. seven years ago. I was arrested on 3rd degree assualt (wrecklessly causing bodily injury). It was plea bargained to chiminal mischief (damaged property of less than 100 dollars of value). on a defered judgement. I know I must send in copies of this, even though I withdrew the plea of guilty. I can't prove self devence, of extreme cruelty. What's going to happen? This is my only blemish on my record. I never even had a speeding ticket. If anyone else has similar circumstances, let my know how it played out. Thank you all in advance Edited by r8rfanizme, 19 July 2007 - 07:30 PM.	r8rfanisi	Male	Moldova	2007-07-19 19:27:00