Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	hey everyone. thanks for your support!! i'll let you know as soon as the consulate repllies to my email... i bet they have me on auto trash cause i've emailed them so much lol............... Elle congrats on your green card!!!	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-05 16:51:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	27th june late afternoon i mailed them packet 3 (the form to tell them i was ready)......... recieved their letter yesterday july 4th...... i'm venting every minute lol.... Edited by sharyna, 05 July 2007 - 12:18 AM.	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-05 00:17:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	apparently they start slowing down late july - and then august - close last week of august and first week of september....... but i'm emailing them to make sure it wasnt a typo.......................... i hope it was lol...	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-04 23:59:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	hey rings... thanks hun for your support......... i'm emailing the consulate yeah. to confirm that and my interview date... so hoping its a typo lol.....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-04 23:40:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	also another question... if i can drag my fiance here for my interview - is he allowed in to the consulate with me for my interview?............ i want him here as moral support.............	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-04 22:28:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	yup... APEC i think it is............. plus all the huge amount of visas.... yeah we're not happy but what can you do??	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-04 22:08:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	quick note everyone... got my interview letter last night.... i dont have my interview until (brace yourself) october 10th............ 3 months wait :-(.... not happy.	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-04 21:08:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	lol Rings.... your sooooooo in love. thanks Loke!! i hope to hear some thing soon.	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-03 22:40:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	I have been trying to 'catch up' on this aussie thread...even from a couple of weeks back is a long read! Looks like most of you are moving right along....approved, interview, waiting to come to the USA....congrats to you all. My fiance and me have been going through this god awful process for the last year now and I think we are so close now....Finally!!! I am getting so excited! We have got to see one another 1 time in the last year! He has rec'd his packet 3, I mailed all my paperwork (affidavit of support, etc) 1 week and 2 days ago...so hopefully he will get that anyday now. He has applied for his police certificate, he has his medical scheduled for tomorrow and is supposed to pick up his court records tomorrow as well. I think he is about set to let them know he is ready for his interview!!! (Can't wait) I do have a couple of questions.... How long does the police certificate normally take? He applied about a week ago - should he call the police station to check on it or give it more time? When do you think they will stop scheduling interviews until after this APEC thing? I am hoping that his interview will be sometime in the beginning part of August....if he mails back his packet next week, how realistic do you think that is? Do you recommend that he waits until everything is in hand before sending back paperwork stating that he is ready for his interview, or how risky would it be to go on and send it in before having everything in hand? I know these questions have probably been asked before....I just recently (finally) found the Aussie thread on vj. We have ran into so many complications throughout this process....I just hope hope hope everything from here until the end goes perfectly....and eventhough I've tried to be patient, I just want to be done with this so we can be together! Thanks! Kym hi kym... i'm waiting for the consulate to send me a letter for a interview time and day.... police certificate took them 2 weeks exactly, if your fiance has his medical with Dr Waks for example - that doctor sends everything to the consulate directly so you dont have to worry about it.... i do suggest he wait till he has everything then he can send in the form saying his ready and just wait...... Apec - i know that they close for one week..... thats all i know sorry!!	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-03 19:03:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	congrats!!!!! i'm dreading mine.... whenever that is!! - its my birthday day after tomorrow - .... i'm hoping for some good news at least a letter telling me when the interview is.	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-03 01:14:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	bugga so i do need to get them lol.. i used the aussie ones for my medical.... ok... looks like i need new ones.... lets hope i look prettier lol.... photos have a bad habit of making you look like your having a really bad day...........	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-02 23:05:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	I Sent it last tuesday......... it'll be a week roughly including weekend.......... lets hope i get it today.. otherwise i'll email them...... i'm sure they love me by now rofl..... thanks jezz!! hey rings - the pics i have are the ones you get when you ask for passport pics at the chemist etc...... white background - face shot (look very pretty lol).....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-02 22:49:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	thanks rings!! i was dreading having to get the american ones... they cost so much more lol	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-02 21:51:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	Hi guys!! congrats Loke and rings!!! yay!! finally you can both get on with LIFE!!! Ok guys have two questions for you........... what is the min or max time frame the consulate takes to send you packet 4 and 2nd question the two photos you have to provide them with....... can they be standard Australian size photos? (visa/passport) or do they have to be the american size passport photos? thx in advance for any replies!!	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-07-02 21:09:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	hi guys i've been reading posts from all over the world about how they have to send packet 3 back to their consulate - now would they be using Packet 3 as a general name for the form you post back to the consulate to tell them your ready?...	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-28 22:35:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	its just a day and its old wives tale - friday the 13th is what you make of it..... your getting married!! woo hoo!! if that isnt a good reason to make friday the 13th good.... besides not every month or year the 13th falls on a friday....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-28 17:41:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	oh camping!! yay!! i drive here in sydney with one hand... my car is auto but i still like to use one hand.....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-28 00:35:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	i havent been able to log back into the USCIS site.... forgot my password lol.....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-28 00:08:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	rofl i had to look at your timeline..... is it just me or are they a bit behind?	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-27 21:32:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	thankyou!! see how we go kath i emailed you that form.... just incase you check here before your email lol	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-27 17:38:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	yay!! i just posted the form off to the consulate to tell them i'm ready! and i picked up that name change certificate too as back up incase my birth certificate isnt enough for them.....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-26 23:48:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	i reckon so too .. take that with ya along with the letter from the consulate to the interview but only hand it over if they ask about the overseas police certficate... kath thats what i'm thinking.... on a need to know basis as it were... and you know what that means right? i can send in my form to say i'm ready!!!!	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-26 21:55:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	ok the letter is on the consulate letterhead and says: To Whom it May Concern This is to certify that Miss Sharyn XXXXXXX, Australian and holder of Australian Passport number xxxxxxxxx she is not able to obtain a Police Clearance Certificate from Uruguay due to lack of documentation required. and its signed by the Uruguayan consul jorge Puoy and dated today's date .... so i think that will suffice and show proof that i did actually go and ask and try to get one.....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-26 21:52:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	and the US consulate replied to me also they said that if i wasnt issued with a ID card then i didnt need to apply for a police check in uruguay - ... i printed out that letter too to keep incase i need it.	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-26 21:45:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	major update guys!! the uruguayan consulate emailed me the letter! to both my email addresses... this is the letter... now your thoughts - do you think this will suffice? as i dont have the documentation they require for them to do my police check? its in pdf form.... i can upload in jpeg form if noone can read it.	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-26 21:09:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	day before my birthday - ..................... two days of celebration once i'm over there!! thanks kath for that!!	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-26 20:36:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	thanks kath and rings!!	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-26 20:27:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	hey guys the uruguayan consulate chick said she would send me a letter stating why they cant look me up in their system. i should get it tomorrow (thursday)... if not i'll call her on friday just to ask if theres anything i can help her with - as opposed to asking her if she's done it (might not go down well).... since she was a bit nasty about it in the beginning.. now just a offhand question - when do you actually pay the processing fee for the consulate? is that with packet 4? oh and no i havent recieved a reply from the US consulate - i did email them telling them that the other consulate couldnt help me - and what other avenue i could use... Edited by sharyna, 26 June 2007 - 05:30 PM.	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-26 17:29:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	thankyou Rings.. ... well the woman from the URuguayan consulate called me and basically told me that i'm stupid because i cant remember with clarity my child hood - from when i was 16 to 21 - i turn 35 next month - am i stupid?? are you supposed to remember with clarity your childhood?.... i remember bits and pieces of it.............. so what am i going to do? i'm going to go to the US consulate and explain to them and give them the name of the chick at the other consulate and tell them what she told me..... that if i dont have a ID card i cant get a check done, and that she was rude etc etc.................. breaking point people..... i believe 90% of me that the US consulate wont make a big deal out of it, it was 14 years ago - and i've got a clean record that the australian police and vouch for since then till now....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-25 22:49:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	i drove home on my lunch break and got all the certificates i had from when i studied over there, i'm faxing it over to the consulate now - hopefully they can help me. am also writing them a letter saying how much i appreciate their help - and if they cant do a check for me if they would mind writing me a letter with the consulate letterhead stating why they cant..... seriouisly i dont think the US consulate will make so much hoo haa over it, i've got absolutely everything else they want of me.....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-25 22:09:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	hey kath yeah i thought about that - but the woman at the uruguayan consulate was no help so i'm wondering if there'll be anyone else at that consulate that will be just a bit more helpful..... i'll work on this today from work.....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-25 17:45:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	thanks guys for your support!! here is an update - i did live in that other country from 16yo to 21 - and i went thru a side door at the sydney US consulate and spoke to a woman - she was very helpful but surprised that i had her number - "we're not supposed to talk to the public" she says. but she helped me. i do need a good behaviour certificate from Uruguay - so i rang the Uruguayan consulate - and the woman taht answered the phone said "if you dont have a ID Card we cant do a behaviour check on you" and well - heres the punch line. you can only get a ID card if you were borne in that country - which i wasnt - i am australian by birth, so i was never able to get one. so i've spoken to my fiance - and he's agreed that i should go ahead to my interview and explain all this to the US consular officer that does my paperwork and the one that does the interview (theres two people involved right?).... I mean how can i get something if the Uruguayan consulate has told me the above?..... and it was 14 years ago that i came back from there - so its a bit rich asking me for something that happened 14 years ago.... but anyways.... does anyone have any advice?... i'm getting my name change certiifcate as back up today or tomorrow - and then i'm set to send in my form and tell them i'm ready for my interview..... thoughts anyone? **ps kath - your post is soooo sweet... very very heart felt..... Edited by sharyna, 25 June 2007 - 05:19 PM.	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-25 17:17:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	hey everyone ok that letter i got from the consulate? some silly person (still really annoyed about this lol) - misread my biographic data form and sent me a letter saying that i needed a police certificate from Montenegro Serbia and get this - my form says that i lived in Montevideo Uruguay South america for 5 years. so i called the consulate - "sorry the visa immigrant section does not take calls - they only reply to faxes and emails" so i emailed the consulate on friday night and told them what had happened - i have yet to hear from them. this is so annoying!! especially since i'm ready for the interview already! and its south america so i'm 60% sure i wont need a police certiicate from them - but i emailed the Uruguayan consulate and asked them for advice on how to get a certificate if the US consul required one. so far no answer. so what do you all think?	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-24 20:42:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	oh yay on the license kath!! i did ask her to open it but she was on the road and couldnt do it. i'm guessing they may of just mailed me to let me know they got the medical from Dr Waks.... either that or the pending APEC meeting is hurrying them up to get everything up to date and people thru? i'm hoping its the latter lol.....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-21 20:42:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	yeah its what i think... with the APEC meeting coming up their trying to process everyone as quickly as possible.... i got my fiance's stuff today in the mail too!! yay!!!!! means now i'm just waiting on my name change certificate and we're good to go!!	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-21 20:26:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	i got a letter from the consulate - my mom just called me to tell me that but she didnt open it up to see what it said... so i have to wait till tonight - however - i didnt tell them i was ready yet but they have my medical so i dont know what they're going to say............... has anyone had this?	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-21 20:01:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	yeah i'm waiting until i have everything..... better safe then asking them for another interview date...	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-20 16:26:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	sounds logical... i'll wait a week and then mail them the form.....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-19 23:01:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	yeah it does... there is aform to sign and send to them when i'm ready and have it all.....	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-19 22:21:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	ahhhhhhhh so should i tell them i have everything? because my fiance has mailed me so i'm waiting on that to arrive.... and the medical stuff they will have by end of week............ i might add on my name change certificate just incase they dont like my birth certificate which has that info on it..........	SharynY	Female	Australia	2007-06-19 22:15:00