Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	check cashed	I found it on the front of my check above where I put in the date, I will check to see if any info.	SiennaBrynne	Female	Mexico	2009-05-02 07:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	check cashed	My Check was just went through this morning, it took awhile. Where is the case # on the check?	SiennaBrynne	Female	Mexico	2009-05-01 11:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Approved	Sweet, Congratulations!!	SiennaBrynne	Female	Mexico	2009-05-03 07:12:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Biometrics Notice - anyone waited for longer than 1 month for it?	I haven't gotten mine either, maybe there is more of a delay now many of the April filers have not recv'd yet, I am not worried yet but if I do not receive it within the next 2 wks, I will call.	SiennaBrynne	Female	Mexico	2009-05-09 14:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	APRIL FILERS!	I just got home from work and guess what was in the mailbox??? NOA1 and the name is right, on his conditional greencard it is wrong. I wrote them a little note asking them to please get his name right it caused us so much confusion applying for everything and when we moved out of state they put it wrong on his drivers license because the greencard is what they go by not marriage license, ss card, passport.	SiennaBrynne	Female	Mexico	2009-05-05 18:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	CSC I-751 Status List	Will someone please add me on the next update?	SiennaBrynne	Female	Mexico	2009-05-09 13:47:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 visa and british mental heath act	all i can find is this: (I) to have a physical or mental disorder and behavior associated with the disorder that may pose, or has posed, a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others, or (II) to have had a physical or mental disorder and a history of behavior associated with the disorder, which behavior has posed a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others and which behavior is likely to recur or to lead to other harmful behavior, or i don't know what they will consider bulimia and depression to be.	keithnadine	Male	0	2008-12-03 14:33:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 visa and british mental heath act	Hello i'm going to try and apply for a K1 visa, but my fiancee has been unable to work for the last year and a half under the mental heath act for bulimia and depression. Is it still possible for us to get a K1 visa on our own or do we have spend a ton of money on a lawyer? Guess i just want to know if anyone knows how the USCIS wil take this.	keithnadine	Male	0	2008-12-03 14:14:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	K1 or K3?	Hello, I wasn't really sure which forum to put this in (K1, K3?). Anyways, my g/f and I are both in the US now and she is due to leave on Jan. 15. I went to visit her in England 2 years ago and she came out here for about a month last year, so just getting married and filling for an A.O.S. is out of the question. We're trying to figure out if we should just get married before she leaves and then fill for a K3, or not and just fill for a K1. We really didn't want to go through the A.O.S. after she has already got the visa, but from what i read it sounds like we will have to that either way. We would really just like to which option would be easiest and/or less costly for us. Thanks in advance.	keithnadine	Male	0	2009-12-28 02:04:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F question 18	Thanks for the answers! It helped us out a lot	Clint5047	Male	0	2010-05-12 11:38:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F question 18	Al right, so I have answered the question with a 'YES', and wrote about half a page (1.5 spaced) first explaining how we met in 2005 and then explaining when/how we met in person the last two years. We're including pictues of those last two years, boarding passes and passport stamps. That should do it? Thanks! Edited by Clint5047, 12 May 2010 - 04:25 AM.	Clint5047	Male	0	2010-05-12 04:25:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures	I-129F question 18	Hi! I've been reading for a while. Me and my fiancé are finally putting our K1 package together, but while filling in the I-129F we got stuck at question 18, and I was hoping someone here could help us! Our situation is: We met in August 2005 in The Netherlands. Since then we've been visiting each other in both the US as the Netherlands as much as we could. Since I am now finally getting done with grad school, we are now starting our K1 process. The thing we were confused about regarding question 18 is whether they want to know if we have met for the first time in the last two years OR if we have met in person in the last two years. If they want the first, our answer would be 'NO', it they want the second, it would be 'YES'. Also the details would be different. The story of how we met is different than the story of how we met in the last two years. Thanks so much! Clint	Clint5047	Male	0	2010-05-12 04:09:00
USCIS Service Centers	Status on USCIS website AP/EAD	We filled Oct. 30th 2012, and for some reason out NOA's were returned to the USCIS being undeliverable. Funny thing is, is that we haven't moved so a changed of address didn't happen. That's been about the only weird thing that has happened on our end. The Biometrics appointment is Thursday Dec. 20th. Hoping we'll get our EAD within a couple of weeks. We didn't file for the AP due to the lack of avilable PTO on my end, just was extra paperwork. Good luck.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-12-17 16:04:00
Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)	Every one can track his Application here.	I used this tool and found my case status as 'ready'. It is possible that only select consulates are using this method until they all change over to online applications. To search use your case number the NVC assigned you.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-07-29 21:18:00
US Embassy and Consulate Discussion	Montreal consulate waiting time to book interview	We sent our Packet 3 and received Packet 4 (email) on the 8th. At the time the only 2 days available for an interview were September 17th and the 24th.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-08-13 08:04:00
Canada	PoE- Detroit or Sarnia	Once our Visa has been approved I believe we will be going through Sarnia. I'll be driving up for the interview and will have a nice lil UHaul trailing behind us lol.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-04-09 18:30:00
Canada	What is the timeline after receiving the NOA2 are we able to schedule an interview?	This is a general inquiry, we haven't received our NOA2 but should be expecting it sometime between the end of July and beginning of August. So we are wondering what some other VJers have gone through, what was your experience, was it a long process. Our consulate is the one in Montreal.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-06-10 18:06:00
Canada	Asked for I94	you should be able to open a bank account anywhere just with your passport. who refused you? any non us citizen can have a bank account here. This is not true, you need to have an SSN or a tax id number. I currently work in banking and have for 5+ years. I have seen some banks do it without however, but is not usually the procedure taken. Edited by Jen and Jon, 17 July 2012 - 11:10 AM.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-07-17 11:08:00
Canada	Fiance flying to Canada for my interview	I'm planning on accompanying my Fiance to his interview, whenever that may be , but am considering driving up. Maybe the last vacation to Canada for the year.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-07-19 09:51:00
Canada	Montreal Packet 3 Clarification	Thank you very much for the reply and clarification!	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-07-29 00:20:00
Canada	Montreal Packet 3 Clarification	Hello, I have a couple questions regarding sending Packet 3 to Montreal. While searching these forums I've found conflicting information. I send: DS-230 DS-156 x2 DS-156K DS-160 receipt checklist 2 photos copy of first page of my passport As for the checklist, I just check those off that I will be bringing those items to the interview correct? I don't send any of them along with the packet 3? Lastly, it just says 'birth certificate', it doesn't specify short or long form. For Montreal, does this matter? Thank you in advance for your replies.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-07-28 23:29:00
Canada	Montreal consulate	Ours was receieved the day after it was received at the NVC. Our Packet 3 took about a week to get logged though.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-08-10 08:18:00
Canada	Interview Wait Times in Montreal	Wow, That's a big jump from when we were able to schedule ours. Best of luck to you !!!!	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-08-21 08:35:00
Canada	Montreal Package 3 Processing	Sounds pretty legit. We expedited ours and Montreal got it logged within 8 days. We didn't have to worry about a holiday though either.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-09-06 10:04:00
Canada	Booking Appointment	We received our P4 on Aug. 8th and were able to get an interview booked that day for Sep. 17th.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-09-06 09:57:00
Canada	Heading Up for the Interview	Hello all, Wanting to know if anyone has experienced any problems coming from the States entering into Canada from Sarnia. I will be going with my Fiance to his interview on Monday, and was wondering if anyone has experienced any troubles when crossing over with this information as well. Just wondering about some experiences thanks	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-09-13 14:49:00
Canada	Thanks !!!!!!!! You all are amazing.	We wanted to reach out to all of the VJ members and say THANK YOU. This website was very helpful through our process and we will continue to use it until all is said and done. Everyone was very helpful and made the journey so much easier. Again, THANK YOU VJ!!!!!	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-09-22 09:38:00
Canada	DOS told me our case was received by Montreal, what now?	We expressed our Packet 3 as soon as we found out that Packet 3 was sent to us.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-09-28 08:41:00
Canada	last night in Canada...	Our interview was the 17th, I (USC) had drove up to accompany my fiance to his interview and was going to drive back Wed. or Thursday. Reality really hit when we started getting updates as to where hit passport was Wednesday night. He decided to come with me Tursday on the drive back home. Tears were shed and the process really flew by.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-09-28 08:39:00
Canada	Passport with Visa in my hand!	Congrats, Our process went very quick as well. Interview on Sept. 17th and we received his passport back the 19th, POE the 19th as well. Good luck with the rest of your journey.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-10-12 08:22:00
Canada	Do I need the SSN card before I get married?	You wont need an SSN to get married. All we provided when getting our marrage license was his passport. We applied for the SSN# 2 weeks after he was here and received it within 5 days.	Jen and Jon	Female	Canada	2012-10-20 10:14:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Checklist	Ugh. $80 dollars. Good catch. I would have missed that. You would think, since this is the third time I've paid for biometrics, that I would be exempt. My husband's passport should be enough to prove his citizenship, yes? I thought the checklist online said birth certificate or passport. I'll send in both just to be sure.	Kanadka	Female	Canada	2008-06-23 13:48:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Checklist	So, what do you think? Too little? Too much? Just right? - photocopy of both sides of your Permanent Resident Card - 2 identical color photographs, with your name and "A-number" written lightly in pencil on the back of each photo - photocopy of the inside of the front cover and signature page of your spouse's current U.S. passport - photocopy of your current marriage certificate - photocopy of IRS tax return transcripts for the last three years - check for $595 Thanks!	Kanadka	Female	Canada	2008-06-23 10:17:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Passport photos	Found the checklist. Thanks!	Kanadka	Female	Canada	2008-08-03 19:12:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Passport photos	Thanks, I'll take a look at it. I'm using the N-400 instructions, and I don't see anywhere in there that mentions sending photos, unless I'm missing it. I realize there is a lot more information I need to send (I have all that), I was just curious about the photos.	Kanadka	Female	Canada	2008-08-03 19:04:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Passport photos	Just want to verify - passport photos are not needed when filing N-400?	Kanadka	Female	Canada	2008-08-03 18:43:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Same sex marriage	That would be single then. Same sex marriages are not recognized when filing federal tax returns. Thanks for your help everyone!	Kanadka	Female	Canada	2010-02-15 17:41:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Same sex marriage	A friend of mine, who has been a legal resident / green card holder for over six years is about to apply for citizenship. Last year he married his partner in Boston, where same sex marriages are legal. When filling out the N-400 form - does he mention this marriage - or does he fill it out as being single, since it is not recognized on a federal level?	Kanadka	Female	Canada	2010-02-15 15:16:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Name change	I don't know the answer, but this is kind of cool, and nice. Thanks! I think he will really be surprised and it will mean a lot to him.	Kanadka	Female	Canada	2012-11-05 14:48:00
US Citizenship General Discussion	Name change	I'm going to apply for my American citizenship soon and I know I have the option to change my name when I do. As a gift to my step-dad (he's been my 'dad' for over 30 years), I'm thinking about changing my last name to his, but I want to know how this will affect my Canadian documentation/citizenship. Do I have to legally change my name in Canada too or do I just send the paperwork of my name change here in the USA and re-apply for all my Canadian documentation (SIN, Passport, etc...). Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks.	Kanadka	Female	Canada	2012-11-05 12:20:00