Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	Let us know what they say	kaffy	Female	Australia	2009-03-04 00:45:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	QUOTE (kat loves matt @ Mar 4 2009, 04:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Now I don't know what to do - open it and make copies or leave it sealed and have no evidence that I ever received the results. Email the consulate and they will be able to tell you what to do Though it does make more sense to have the results sealed.. unsealed means that people can tamper with it and change information Edited by kaffy, 04 March 2009 - 12:19 AM.	kaffy	Female	Australia	2009-03-04 00:18:00
Asia: East and Pacific	LAND DOWNUNDER	that's weird.. in Brisbane they handed everything back to me in an unsealed envelope with instructions to make copies of everything when is your interview?	kaffy	Female	Australia	2009-03-03 23:53:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Noi suntem Roman! Where are my Romanians?	Cluj-Napoca (Eu) si Vilcea-Timisoara (Ea) stau in Seattle, astept raspuns la K1 sa fiu iarasi linga iubita mea	Sebas&Lily	Male	Romania	2009-10-30 15:36:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Question about the G-325A form regarding "last address outside the United States"????	hmm good question because I was going to ask something similar...in that same line on the form, since I was born in Romania but lived in the US as a US citizen now for 13 years, was I supposed to put my original address back in Romania when I was little?	Sebas&Lily	Male	Romania	2009-10-30 15:50:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Hello Romania!!!	reply X 5	Sebas&Lily	Male	Romania	2010-06-25 11:39:00
Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)	Hello Romania!!!	QUOTE (1 lady in red @ Mar 31 2006, 09:51 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Chicago here I am from Cluj-Napoca and my husband from Slatina (o ardeleanca si un oltean ) hehe wow interesting combo, I am from Cluj-Napoca and my fiance from Vilcea (ardelean si olteanca) haha	Sebas&Lily	Male	Romania	2009-10-30 15:20:00
Australia and New Zealand	Questions about process	Hello everyone. I'm an American and my husband is Australian. We decided to move from Australia to the US last year, and so started the I-130 process. We just received the NOA2 approval email. Currently we are in the US. I transferred back here with my company. My husband is here on a visitor visa. We know he has to go back to Australia for the interview, but we would like to minimize the amount of time he has to spend there. Particularly as I'm seeing that the Sydney consulate appears to be very slow right now. My question is this. What msut be done back in Australia? For instance, can we do the police report from here? If so, do you know where we can get fingerprints? Can he do the medical here? If someone can help us understand the steps and where they have to be done, that would be great. Thanks Anne and Mark	abarnes	Female	0	2013-03-23 10:32:00
Asia: East and Pacific	May have to go to Australia instead	Well, my fiance and I were all ready to file the paperwork for him to come to the US. We gathered all the documents and were just about to send everything in when something came up. We now might have to change plans and I might need to go to Australia instead. I know this site is only set up for immigration into the US, but can someone point me in the right direction for looking the other way?	abarnes	Female	0	2007-08-02 17:19:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	all the booths in Seattle were set up to take biometics too.. I think they were just being snooty	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-08-21 23:47:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Got back from out honeymoon this morning, and it was such a nice feeling to come back into the US using the citizen/resident line! 20 minutes between getting off the plane and getting on a shuttle outside the terminal to get home! And we got a lovely CBP officer to boot Welcome back! Which airport is this through? When I flew back to the Seattle in March my husband and I were instructed to go through the non-US citizen line because I had a green card and they needed to take my biometrics. Kind of annoying! As a side note, my tickets and my passport were in different names. (Passport in maiden, ticket in married). It wasn't a hassle, I carried a copy of our marriage licence with us and showed both my green card and passport when checking in with Aeromexico. ditto this, but I didn't carry my marriage license Edited by kaffy, 21 August 2010 - 11:45 PM.	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-08-21 23:43:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Nope, unfortunately not	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-07-28 22:26:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	No, the ESTA is only necessary for visitors coming to the US under the VWP	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-07-22 21:50:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Congrats on the green cards girls! I got my biometrics letter for my I-751 today so it seems like USCIS is getting things done	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-07-06 22:22:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	But do we even need a joint sponsor? Will my previous income here in Oz actually satisfy proof of support for the I-864? So confusing. Yes, you will need a co-sponsor. No, your previous Oz based income will not satisfy proof of support. The only way it will satisfy the I-864 is if it continues after you move back to the States. The majority of us that file DCF use co-sponsors	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-07-03 18:39:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	oh wow, we're a boring couple. we met in person	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-06-29 21:43:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Sydney	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-06-27 16:20:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Hi guys Can't remember if I've updated recently, but I'm in Seattle! Flight was good, LAX was a nightmare ... unorganised so and so's .... anyways, the whole flight went super fast, even considering I had my 5 month old with me lol. Vanessa OMG I am so glad you are out of that house! It's very sad that that Monster In Law is the way she is, but at least Tony knows what she's like and wont put up with her #######. How dare she refer to you as a stranger! Reading that made my blood boil. At least now you guys can move on and be together happily, with NO stresses!! *big hugs* xx. HUGE congrats to Deb n Steve and James and Candice! Absolutely wonderful news guys!! xx welcome to Seattle!! sorry about the rain.. the rain.. the rain.. it's seriously been raining for like 1 month straight	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-06-02 21:00:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	oops and the main reason I came into this thread was to let any Aussies living in the Portland area that if you a craving a meat pie, check out Pacific Pie Co. I've known about them for a while and yesterday was finally in the area around lunch time so I popped in and grabbed a quick lunch there. It's no four'n'twenty mystery meat goodness but it's still very yummy and fairly authentic (I think the woman's husband is Aussie). The meat pie actually tasted a wee bit like one I've made from taste.com.au before but this was a much quicker way to satisfy my craving Attached Files  IMG_3181.jpg   44.73KB   1 downloads	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-05-16 16:11:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	^ Um.. wow. Sorry to hear you're having such a tough time with her. MIL stands for monster-in-law, right? Did you meet before you moved over?	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-05-16 16:08:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Australia Post... sea mail. They were the cheapest of all the options out there and we didn't have that much stuff (I think we sent about 7 or 8 boxes total.. then flew with the rest of our stuff) Everything arrived in the suggested time frame and nothing was lost	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-05-08 23:37:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	I don't hate it here... in fact I disliked living in Australia more than anywhere else I've lived (5 countries and counting) and couldn't wait to get the heck out of there for good America has treated the two of us far better than Australia did. For one I've never experienced any sort of discrimination here whereas I'm quite sad to say, my (American) husband did when we were living in Australia.	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-05-02 16:22:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	hahaha! another stupid question.. do these NOA1/NOA2/RFE things come via email or snail mail? geez i sound like such a noob	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-04-24 21:11:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Oh good, nice and easy then. Thanks Astrid	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-04-24 21:08:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Hey guys I'm preparing my removal of conditions application and was wondering how does USCIS like packages to be presented? Manila folder? Staples ok or not? Colored dividers and indexing? How about photos? Any advice would be much appreciated	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-04-23 00:19:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	60 months?? wow what kind of visa are you applying for? Yes, there are non fiance/e petitioners on this website too. Some of us were petitioned by our spouse, or other family members	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-04-12 21:28:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Thanks for the welcome back Seatac is a really easy airport to come in through. Are you flying directly into there or will you clear POE somewhere else?	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-04-04 09:32:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	It's funny about the whole voltage thing in the US ... I have blown up 2 Aussie hair dryers over there but my GHD straightener works fine! Lachy's DSi takes longer to charge and so does my mobile though. I'm selling all my electricals before I go, like Lachy's consoles (PS2, Wii, DSi etc). Your GHD is probably dual voltage (marked 110-240V) while the hairdryers you blew up are strictly compatible with Aussie voltage only. When I moved I only brought my electronics that are dual voltage (laptop, cellphone, camera, epilator, etc) and got rid of everything else (electric toothbrush, dyson, etc)	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-04-03 02:13:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	HI Aussies, just returned from my two week trip abroad. Had an awesome time with my family and friends and it was nice to get away for a bit. I came back through Seatac and had no issues with my passport and green card being in different names (maiden and married). One thing that I wasn't expecting though was that despite having a green card, I was still directed to go through the visitor's line !! The US citizens line was reserved strictly for US and Canadian passport holders..?? Is this the same in other airports? Anyway, it's great to be home.. got a busy couple weeks ahead as we will be moving into our new home Vanessa- congrats to your mum for winning the mixer and that's so nice that she's mailing it to you! Aside from the voltage issue that others have mentioned... have you looked into how much it will cost to mail it here? Cos they are quite heavy and it might end up costing more than the price of a new one here .. ? Your mum could always sell hers and send you the money to buy one here (with cash to spare)	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-04-03 02:10:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	closed on our new house today and tomorrow we're leaving for a 2 week vacation overseas will be my first trip o/s since moving here (my trips to canada don't count). I look forward to coming back through the US citizen/permanent resident line	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-03-18 22:12:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Congrats on the approval!!!! I think "regular" American pb tastes too processed and fake	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-03-10 23:34:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	I don't think Promite is Kiwi, I've never heard of it... Pretty sure Marmite is Kiwi though (or there's a kiwi "version" of it).. I remember seeing it on the supermarket shelves growing up (but never eating it )	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-03-07 22:46:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	It's okay. Neither can my brother. Me though.. mmm vegemite on toast. Marmite is a travesty and insult to vegemite. Ick :S wait, there's a difference?? I know marmite is a kiwi thing though, right? re: white gravy.. I've only ever had it once and that was with chicken fried steak at a diner. it wasn't awful but I'm glad we don't typically eat those type of foods in the northwest Though my favorite Aussie thing is chicken salt. Mmmmmm....so good on fries. mmm that makes me think of KFC chips	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-03-07 18:37:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	I guess I'm not a true blue Aussie.. I can't stand vegemite/marmite/etc!!!	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-03-07 17:56:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	When you say "2 months out" what do you mean? You know of course that you need to apply in the 90 days PRIOR to the greencard expiration date right? 2 months out from the start of the 90 day window I want to have my paperwork ready to send off from day 1 Would be GREAT if you could start a thread	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-03-04 09:10:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Have any Aussies filed I-751 removal of conditions recently? Or will be doing so in the coming months? Would love to know if there's a complete & recommended guide out there We are two months out and I need to start getting organized	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-03-04 00:46:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	They do receive a TYPE of packet 3 by email but it's not the same as ours. This is the letter they get sent in lieu of ours: http://canberra.usem.../iv/DS-2001.pdf and here is the link of documents etc they receive in lieu of the K1 list: http://canberra.usem.../iv/family.html yep, this is the same as what I received. The email was titled "PACKET 3". Those two links are included and the rest of the email says Forms required Form DS-230 Parts I&II — Application for Immigrant Visa and Alien Registration Form DS-2001 — Notification of Applicant Readiness Form I-864 — Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the Act Form I-864A — Contract Between Sponsor and Household Member Form I-864EZ — Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the Act Form I-864P — Poverty Guidelines Form I-864W — Intending Immigrant’s Affidavit of Support Exemption Form I-865 — Sponsor’s Notice of Change of Address A medical examination is required, for further information; please refer to the following website: http://canberra.usem...iv/medical.html. To obtain a list of the Panel Physicians, please refer to the following website http://canberra.usem...iv/doctors.html . Medical forms are only obtained from the Panel Physician. If you need to obtain a police certificate for Australia, please refer to the following website: http://canberra.usem...ertificate.html. Please visit the State Department website on www.uscis.gov if you need to obtain a police certificate for another country. Please send the completed DS230 Parts I & II forms immediately. Do not sign DS230 Part II. You should begin to collect all items applicable to your case that is listed on the following pages. Please do not fax forms DS-230 Parts I & II. The original forms must be mailed. When you have gathered all documentation, complete & mail all applicable documentation with the DS-2001 form and checklist to the U.S. Consulate General, Sydney. You are required to furnish the original of each document PLUS one photocopy. That office will contact you with your immigrant visa interview time. Your original documents will be returned to you at the time of your final visa interview. Immigrant visa processing times vary. There may be unexpected ineligibilities that become apparent only at the time of your interview which require additional time and processing. For this reason, you should not make any irrevocable arrangements, such as purchasing non-refundable tickets, selling your home, or quitting your job, until after your immigrant visa is actually approved and issued to you. Sincerely, Immigrant Visa Unit U.S. Consulate General, Sydney(TY) Edited by kaffy, 04 March 2010 - 12:33 AM.	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-03-04 00:31:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	Vanessa's thread is great for info on PCC and Medicals but if you're doing CR1/IR1 and not K1 you won't get a Packet 3. I thought everyone that files for an immigrant visa receives Packet 3? Mine came as an email with a link to the instructions on the Consulate's website. (But then again I filed via DCF so I guess it could be different) The medical he can do when he receives his interview letter as the medical goes to the interview with him and does not get sent with his DS230 package. Are you sure? I thought the medical has to be done at the same time everything else because you are supposed to send them in with your police check and the rest of your paperwork in order to schedule the interview. Edited by kaffy, 03 March 2010 - 10:40 PM.	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-03-03 22:38:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	My husband is going to add me to his health insurance very soon, so once I know how much the pill costs I will share the details! You should be able to find this out now if your husband knows what his prescription coverage is Most plans typically offer 3 levels of co-pays.. i.e. $5 generic, $10 preferred, $20 non-preferred for a 30 day supply If you take a branded pill (i.e. yaz, seasonale) you'll usually pay the higher price but if you take the generic version the costs are usually comparable to Aus (if not cheaper)	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-02-28 01:02:00
Australia and New Zealand	LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi	oh I should mention mine was a generic one though so if you take a branded one it'll cost more but it should be comparable to what you're paying in Aus	kaffy	Female	Australia	2010-02-26 22:15:00