Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Canada	Weather & Road Report	Snow snow snow here! Almost a foot of it! And 6-8" or more expected today! Gotta love lake effect snow Picture is of my car with less than an hour of snow resting on it. It's really coming down steady out there! Attached Files  snow.JPG   32.48KB   5 downloads	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-12-11 09:27:00
Canada	Weather & Road Report	it's about 30F here right now, but wind gusts from 30-50MPH Also calling for 3-6+ inches of snow, but I doubt we'll get it. We'll see, I guess!	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-12-08 13:30:00
Canada	Weather & Road Report	QUOTE (Krikit @ Nov 18 2009, 10:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (ScooterMac @ Nov 18 2009, 10:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Krikit @ Nov 18 2009, 10:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh wow. That's beautiful. I picture a cold wind with that, though. lol You got that right! The wind can get pretty chilly coming off the lake - in the winter, it's our own personal snow machine That's lake Erie (about a mile from my house), and we get TONS of lake-effect snow. I have experienced the pleasure of Erie, PA's lake-effect snow on a number of occasions. lol It's a bit of a pain (especially for those who aren't used to driving in white-out conditions!), but I LOVE our winters. We're close to several ski/snowboarding/tubing hills, and the Peninsula is beautiful in the winter. I love the ice dunes that form just off-shore (just don't try to walk on them! )	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-11-18 10:58:00
Canada	Weather & Road Report	QUOTE (Krikit @ Nov 18 2009, 10:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh wow. That's beautiful. I picture a cold wind with that, though. lol You got that right! The wind can get pretty chilly coming off the lake - in the winter, it's our own personal snow machine That's lake Erie (about a mile from my house), and we get TONS of lake-effect snow.	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-11-18 10:48:00
Canada	Weather & Road Report	Weather looks a lot like this today (pic is from yesterday, but it's beautiful again today!!) Attached Files  lake.jpg   269.47KB   6 downloads	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-11-18 10:16:00
Canada	Establishing credit score in US for Canadians	I got really lucky; our mortgage broker accepted my (great) Canadian credit history at face value, while I've never had so much as a US credit card. I figure the mortgage should be good for building US credit. Did I mention we bought a house? We bought a house. You should also mention that other mortgage brokers you spoke to were completely flabbergasted by what to do with your (Canadian) credit and offered to give us a loan based on my income/credit alone (which wasn't going to get us anywhere). Our realtor was great at helping us find a mortgage company who would work with our situation. Edited by ScooterMac, 16 March 2012 - 09:54 AM.	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2012-03-16 09:54:00
Canada	What's For Dinner - Part Deux	Last night was homemade burgers and parmesan garlic fries.... Tonight, we're debating between going out and making something. I'm gonna let Spoom decide	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-12-29 15:37:00
Canada	What's For Dinner - Part Deux	We had lemon garlic marinated chicken, fettuccini alfredo, and sweet corn for dinner last night. It was awesome. Tonight....no clue. Work from 7am-7pm, then a meeting til whenever our service agreement for the youth center is renewed. Hopefully I'll be in bed before midnight!	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-12-21 10:07:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Cinq	Hey guys, if you all get a chance, please vote for my youth center in the refresh everything contest (http://www.refreshev...m/nwyouthcenter or text 102945 to 73774). We run on ~40K/yr and provide services to 400+ kids in grades K-12. I'll give more details if anyone wants them, please just ask. We're going to be adding a quiet study area (have you ever tried to do homework with 50 kids running around you? ), making a bathroom handicap accessible, adding a summer learning program for middle/high school age group, and a whooole bunch of other stuff. Sorry if this isn't kosher to post this here - I tried to ask a mod yesterday, but didn't get a response Please please please please vote if you're in the US (or get your sweetie to vote, if they're the USC!). We're in 84th place and need to get into the top 10. Oh, and the kids get to dye my hair whatever color(s) they want if we win. I promise pictureeeeesssss!	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2010-10-05 07:01:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Cinq	Oh tomorrow, I wish you'd hurry up and get here.	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2010-09-30 11:58:00
Canada	Off Topic Part Cinq	That is just crazy!! Seconded. You pay for what you get, in most cases (and particularly when it comes to childcare, from what I've seen). Hooray, I remembered VJ exists! Myyyyyy bad. Sorry guys, things just got way hectic around here after we finished the AOS and I sort of dropped off the planet. I'll try to do better in the future!	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2010-09-29 10:42:00
Canada	Where are the Canaliens?	QUOTE (Sam and Ben @ Dec 3 2009, 01:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Haha, Scooter, I like your boat. Gracias. With where we live, it only made sense We live about a mile from the lake, so we're hoping to have a (small) boat in the next year or two. Until then, we swim a couple times a week in the lake - during the summer, of course - and walk the lakefront and the ice dunes in the winter.	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-12-03 13:09:00
Canada	Where are the Canaliens?	Hurrah, I beat google maps into submission, and added us to that map as well!	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-12-03 13:01:00
Canada	Where are the Canaliens?	QUOTE (Krikit @ Dec 3 2009, 11:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (ScooterMac @ Dec 3 2009, 10:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> When I was in Montreal, Spoom and I stayed with friends and went out to have a few drinks with them one night. When we got there, the bar was pretty quiet (hockey game was still going) but by the time we left, it was PACKED. At one point, we could see a line of girls wound 'round the bar waiting to get into the bathroom. After the line subsided a bit, my friend and I hopped in line and were patiently waiting.....when some fairly large, very drunk girl shoved past us. She walked into the tile floor area of the bathroom, pulled down her pants, peed on the floor, and then fell over. I don't know that I've ever laughed harder in my life. Sorry, your line lineup comment made me think of that story OMG. Yeah...we went home and used the bathroom there instead	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-12-03 11:03:00
Canada	Where are the Canaliens?	QUOTE (Krikit @ Dec 3 2009, 10:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (ScooterMac @ Dec 3 2009, 10:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Signed in, marked us and got the heck out! NEXT! It's like a long lineup for the bathroom! (Only females will understand that. lol) When I was in Montreal, Spoom and I stayed with friends and went out to have a few drinks with them one night. When we got there, the bar was pretty quiet (hockey game was still going) but by the time we left, it was PACKED. At one point, we could see a line of girls wound 'round the bar waiting to get into the bathroom. After the line subsided a bit, my friend and I hopped in line and were patiently waiting.....when some fairly large, very drunk girl shoved past us. She walked into the tile floor area of the bathroom, pulled down her pants, peed on the floor, and then fell over. I don't know that I've ever laughed harder in my life. Sorry, your line lineup comment made me think of that story	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-12-03 10:57:00
Canada	Where are the Canaliens?	Signed in, marked us and got the heck out! NEXT!	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-12-03 10:46:00
Canada	Where are the Canaliens?	QUOTE (Krikit @ Dec 3 2009, 10:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Aaaargh!!!!! QUOTE (Wyatt's Torch @ Dec 3 2009, 10:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Part of the fun of driving from Vancouver to Washington D.C. will be the journey itself. I've got a nice big Michelin road atlas and a basic understanding of North, East, South and West...(and I'm pretty sure I need to be going South and East...) And that's it. No GPS here! Hurray for road trips! QUOTE (Wyatt's Torch @ Dec 3 2009, 10:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Krikit @ Dec 3 2009, 07:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I figured it out!!! (I think.) - Goto www.quikmaps.com - Login = VJ Canada - Password = USCIS "Login Unsuccessful" Maybe it's case sensitive? VJ Canada uscis Still unsuccessful	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2009-12-03 10:27:00
Canada	Don't you love it when...	......when begging for volunteers to help with ANYTHING at the youth center finally pays off, even for a day. I had a retired couple show up yesterday at opening with a whole bunch of food, and they proceeded to stay and clean for an hour or so. They're coming back on Saturday, which is our work day to finish the new basketball court and clean the place well with the kids not there. I also had a mom stop by for a couple hours to help supervise the kids and help me clean (cleaning is a large part of working with teens, I've found ). It wasn't an easy day, but it would've been a hell of a lot harder without help. Now, if I can just start getting people to come on a consistent basis.	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2010-02-05 07:42:00
Canada	Fellow Canadian VJers removing Conditions..	Hail, hail, the gang's all here....good to see some familiars! We're just starting to pull our stuff together, back to the USCIS grind...	ScooterMac	Female	Canada	2011-12-30 07:50:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 additional evidence requested. What to send	Did any of the people who are writing the letters send or give you holiday cards and do you have the envelopes from those cards, addressed to you both? Maybe you could try sending copies of the cards and the accompanying envelope with the affadavit letters. The cellphone brings up another suggestion. If your bill comes with an itemization that shows the numbers called and calls received, start going through it. Circle or highlight the calls you made to each other's cell phones and the calls from each cell phone to your home phone. Good Luck! Hello, Thank you everybody for giving an great advise. My letter is not yellow one, it`s blue one that requests more evidence to support the petition. So, I guess the documents I submitted was not enough to get approved. I submitted 2years Tax return transcript, joint checking account statement, joint health insurance card, marriage certificate, State ID showing same address, cellphone bill address to both our name, flight tickets for our trips, Pictures. I didnt send the affidavit letter because I didnt think that it was that important that time, but I guess actually they are. My husaband is going to have his mother and sister and friend write them for us. As for another evidence, I will ask my landlord to write a letter to prove that we live together as you sujested. Also, we have a dog together, so I will send the pictures of us three too. We lived together even before we got married, so we dont relly have joint utility bill other than cellphone, It`s like homephone bill is on my name, cable and electricity are on my husband`s name, so as for the utility bill I dont have anything else to send. So, I will resubmit copies of the documents I have already submitted plus affidavit letters and letters from landlord, this year`s tax return, and lots of photos. I hope they are enough. BTW, In the RFE letter, it stated the example of documents that I can submit, such as tax return, bills, etc. then, there is this clause "affdavits should be supported, if possible, by one or more types of documentary evidence listed above" Would you please somebody explain to me what that means? Does that mean it has to be notarized? or they also have to submit tax return or some sort? I thought all they have to do is write a letter and have them notarized, but now I am really confused. Thank you again. [/quote]	pallyn	Not Telling	Jamaica	2006-07-09 13:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	how long can you be abroad?	i thought i would share what i found online after a little bit of searching. does anyone have anything to add to this? any experience with traveling abroad for a while? The primary rule surrounding Green Cards is that you lose it if you give up your US residence. So in theory, if you, for example, show up with a moving van on the border to Canada or Mexico, there is a chance that a BCBP officer who notices this can question you and possibly revoke your Green Card right away. The more common criterion, though, is time based. There are three important time limits to know about. * If you are absent for less than six months, you will rarely have a problem. It is BCBP's job to prove that you abandoned your residency. Absent that, you are considered to never really have left. * If you are absent for more than six months but less than a year, the burden of proof reverses. It becomes your job to prove that you are still a permanent resident. This is based on the concept that after six months, you have to be readmitted and have to prove that you are still admissible. As a side note, after an absence of more than six months, the various criteria for admissibility apply again, too. For instance, if you in the meantime had become inadmissible, say through an HIV infection, you might have a problem. * If you are absent for more than a year, your Green Card will be considered almost automatically abandoned. Once that happened, there is usually no recourse. However, if through some miracle the immigration officer didn't ask you how long you have been out of the USA when you return, then you may be in luck and able to keep your Green Card after all. You should in this case not leave the USA for a very long time, and make it your bona fide residence again.	rising spring	Female	Canada	2006-12-13 18:32:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	how long can you be abroad?	my husband and i are getting seperated (no divorce just yet). i recieved my 2 year green card two months ago. not sure if i will be getting my 10 year card in two years, it really depends on how things go from here. but for now, i am wondering how long i could go back to canada right now without affecting my status in the US? would i be able to go back to canada and work for a couple months, or would that look really bad? are there specific laws about that? any advice would be much appreciated.	rising spring	Female	Canada	2006-12-13 17:43:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	newbie = I just sent the I-751	Hi IM new to the forum...here is: I entered on a k1, got married etc...got my greencard and everything went super smooth! today mailed the I-751 with the new fee 275.00 filling jointly. It'll be there by tomorrow afternoon and ... Well, my card ony expires on 03/03...so we are filling withn 90 days... we organized the copies of documents in a big sturdy Ring Binder with tabs..... put a Cover Letter form, form, money order, and we sent all the copies off: permanent res. card front and back, copy of marriage license, welcome notice my passport page stamped with the i 551 , my husband's passpor, since he is a citizen my driver's learn permit (I'm still working on getting the drivers license) electrical+ water bill in my husband name, showing our address Joint taxes for years 2003 , 04, 05, 06 3 affidavits, from a neighboor, family, and a friend, 2 are notarized.... a few photos taken in several occasions with family joint health insurance cards from two different insurers letter from the company my hubby works stating that I' have been his beneficiary since 2003 a few benefits statements from the health insurance showing joint insurance bank statements from our joint account 2005, 2006 , bank notice from 2007, medical bills and letters from 04/ 05 /06 from doctor's office on my name evelopes/letters/holiday cards addressed to both of us from 2003 to 2006 a few magazine covers for my subscription, netflix a few miscelaneous bills/invoices/receipts, on my name showing our address . ************************************************ My husband wanted to send less docs, I end up adding more, just in case..Some items may not be necessary I know we are suppose to show evidence from all years...as we are simple people, living in a tiny town in in the country side, we don't have mortgage, loans or car title jointly, or anything fancy....s o I hope we did just fine, and that the documents we sent are enough proof. It would be easier if they visited us to see that we are married : Well, now I'm really anxious...I don't get why people have to send evidence, if they are married, and not divorced.? I hope we did just fine ...and that they soon remove the conditions...and I will share my experience as this progressess! Good luck to you all! Meredithpa	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-01-23 12:46:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	newbie = I just sent the I-751	Hi there, yes, maybe we overdid a little...but the way it is organized in the file, doesn't look like a lot ... but, I guess there was no need to send copies of notices or passport ... We sent to Vermont....I'm hoping for a speedy approval... meredith Wow thats some list.... we have to file in Aug this year and I am starting to get together our stuff... Hope you get a speedy approval... Good Luck Kez	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-01-23 12:49:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	newbie = I just sent the I-751	Hi IM new to the forum...here is: I entered on a k1, got married etc...got my greencard and everything went super smooth! today mailed the I-751 with the new fee 275.00 filling jointly. It'll be there by tomorrow afternoon and ... Well, my card ony expires on 03/03...so we are filling withn 90 days... we organized the copies of documents in a big sturdy Ring Binder with tabs..... put a Cover Letter form, form, money order, and we sent all the copies off: permanent res. card front and back, copy of marriage license, welcome notice my passport page stamped with the i 551 , my husband's passpor, since he is a citizen my driver's learn permit (I'm still working on getting the drivers license) electrical+ water bill in my husband name, showing our address Joint taxes for years 2003 , 04, 05, 06 3 affidavits, from a neighboor, family, and a friend, two are notarized a few photos taken in several occasions with family joint health insurance cards from two different insurers letter from the company my hubby works stating that I' have been his beneficiary since 2003 a few benefits statements from the health insurance showing joint insurance bank statements from our joint account 2005, 2006 , bank notice from 2007, medical bills and letters from 04/ 05 /06 from doctor's office on my name evelopes/letters/holiday cards addressed to both of us from 2003 to 2006 a few magazine covers for my subscription, netflix a few miscelaneous bills/invoices/receipts, on my name showing our address. ************************************************ My husband wanted to send less docs, I end up adding more, just in case..Some items may not be necessary I know we are suppose to show evidence from all years...as we are simple people, we don't have mortgage, loan or car title jointly, or anything fancy....so I hope we did just fine, and that the documents we sent are enough proof. It would be easier if they visited us to see that we are married : Well, now I'm really anxious...I don't know why people have to send evidence of marriage, when they are married...? I hope we did just fine ...and they soon remove the conditions...and I will share my experience as this progressess! Good luck to you all! Meredithpa	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-01-23 12:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	How to get e-mail updates about i-751 case???	NOw I can't find the page.... I know it is there, somewhere on their homepage.... you probably have just register on the website... to get automatic case status updates as they process M. Hello again, I guess it may be a stupid question but I am a newbie and have _no_ idea where and how to get an e-mail notice from USCIS about my i-751 case... Could anybody pls tell me in which webpage i should go and how I can set up an e-mail alert? Thanks!!!	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-01-24 13:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	anyone signed on the usci to get notice by email??	Has anyone signed in the USCI site to get notices by email??? I was wondering if that is a good thing to do? thanks!!!! meredithpa	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-01-23 13:04:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	are there many I 751 that are called for an interview?	Hi back.. I was wondering... have many people in this thread been called for an interview after the i-751??? Meredith	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-01-24 17:41:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Last name change after Green card	when I got married, I changed my name too... I have my husbands last name...since then. My SS, all my papers are married name, and in the petition where they ask for alias , I always put my maiden name...so they can link one to the other. Now, I think...that is funny, because my passport is in my maiden name.....and my US ID's are all married name...It is a bit confusing , I wonder how people track back. Oh well. this is not a problem anyway. Monica She changed her last name to yours. That seems like it would be a point in your favor demonstrating that you have a legitimate relationship. I would make sure when you reference the name change that you include your marriage cert, which would be the document that "links" her maiden name to her married name. I know you already submitted this, but it helps to have it right there. Good luck!	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-02-01 10:20:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Date on green card or notice date on notice of action letter?	Hi there, Not before 90 days, WITHIN 90 days... if you send to early they will send it back to you. Monica date on greencard....	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-02-01 10:03:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Me and wife planning on going to vacation to Germany while I-751 form is processing	Hi there Maybe you can travel before you file the petition... one thing I know...once you send in the petition...you'd better be home... I filled my 751 a week ago, wich was like 1 month and 10 days before the expiration date... and I already got one notice, and I'm waiting for more Just remember that, things with the immigration are very tough...I mean, if you fail to do something you can get the card denied very easily... So this is my opinion, I think, this is the final step for me, as well as for your wife...So, I would avoid anything that could jeppardize the process... Unless you are sure you can come back to US in time to prepare and send out the 751, I would suggest you stay here. my two cents Meredith Hi all, I'm a US citizen and my wife (who is from India) has been here for nearly 2 years as a conditional permanent resident. We both are getting ready to file the I-751 form to remove the conditions on her permanent residence sometime next month. Her conditional permanent resident card will expire in May. We both want to go to Germany to visit some of my own relatives that are there and of course see Europe. Me being a US citizen, I can go to Germany without any visa requirements, however, for my wife I have to get her a tourist visa to Germany, which we can get sponsorship for from my relatives in Germany. We are thinking about going to Germany in end of April/early May and coming back right before her conditional permanent resident card expires and after applying for the I-751 and starting that whole process. Will it be an issue for her to go overseas and can that affect her getting her final 10 year green card after the I-751 processes? Any help on this will be appreciated - just trying to decide whether if its worth going on vacation to visit relatives in Germany at this time or not or should I wait out till she gets her 10-year green card and then plan my vacation (which could be more than a year from now).	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-01-31 13:42:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 my first notice from VA!	Hi they received my papers on the 24th, and today I got the receipt they cashed the money... Actually I sent one fee 275 , the new fee. one single western union money order...and the receipt was for both biometrics and application..I noticed one fee had a " manual receipt" words by it... so I don't know ...maybe when people send two different checks, they have to process two receipts, and god knows where each one comes from... so now, basically I am on waiting mode...for the biometrics... Monica That's great news! You're on your way! May I ask when you sent in your I-751 to Vermont Service Center? I sent mine on Dec. 7th, it was received at the VSC on Dec. 9th, the check was cashed on Dec. 14th...but I've yet to hear a single thing.	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-01-30 22:36:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 my first notice from VA!	Hi there folks... I got a receipt I got a paper that is a Finger Print Receipt. it says they collected my 275 fee, fingerprint and I-751 and I see a application number on the top, EAC followed by numbers, and below on fingerprint fee there is another EAC followed by different numbers... however folks I don't see any instruction for the biometrics...willl this come later???????? Monica 30/ january 2006 = Finger Print Receipt Notification from Va	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-01-30 08:44:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	affidavits letter	I got one from my neighboor, other from sister in law, and other from my husband's co worker who have been here in several occacion. all were typed... I would think it should be typed, that is what I plan on doing. Are relatives ok to write the letters, or non-relatives only?	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-02-03 15:42:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Sent I-751 package to VSC mid-January, still no NOA?	Hi there, I sent mine to Vermont also, I got the receipt in five days ...pretty quick, however, I'm waiting for the second receipt... well I consulted laywers, and they said that usually the biometrics, comes a couple of weeks after the first... but who knows???? Sometimes time vary ...I don't know why Meredith I basically have a similar question to you. We have a trip planned for Scotland in June, and are applying in Feb. I hope it works out for you! (and me too!)	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-02-03 15:45:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	I-751 List of evidence	That's good! you didn't send pics, but you sent other strong evidences... It is nice to know that you got approved ! thank you for your list! Hi folks. Glad my list is useful. As you can see from my timeline, I was approved without sending any pictures of us, so it can be done. I sent the strongest evidence I had, and pictures was not part of it. Crazielady - yep just a copy of GC, no passport copy needed.	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-02-05 16:31:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Vermont Service Center UPDATE: NOA Received Today!	The processed the receipt the next day they got my package.... so, I hope I get the extension and biometrics pretty soon... I'm anxious.....I hope Vermont does it quick... Meredith Congratulations! I am waiting for my NOA as well for the I-751 sent in late January to VSC. Hope we are right behind you.	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-02-05 16:47:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	FINALLY HERE	hi there, good to know that!!! that is why I have seen people getting both NOA and Bio in the same day... Meredith! I got my NOA and Biometrics Appointment notice the same day too, only from Nebraska SC. Good luck for a speedy approval.	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-02-07 12:52:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	Taxes and Removing Conditions...	I don't know much about taxes, nor does my husband. who is an american citizen but this is my own experience.... My husband has used the same accountant guy for several years... so, when I got in the US, and after we got married , after I got my SS, it was time for taxes, and we went to see this accoutant he did our tax jointly, and as I didn't earn any income, in the tax paper just have me as housewife....I didn't work that year. So that is how the accountant does ours to this day. The only difference is that last year I was working from home, so this time he also declared my income I guess, and the accoutant registered a sole proprietorship in my name, so besides taxes, I also pay estimated taxes... so, I don't know...One thing I don't feel like learning is how to fill taxes, or estimated taxes... that's my experience. Meredith Hi YuAndDan and Everyone Else, Lol...I have thought about joint filing with my spouse, but there's one problem: my spouse doesn't file taxes, because of their situation (and yes, it's legal, but I can't get into the specifics of it here on VJ). So am I then to file my own taxes? Ugggh...Help.... Ant Joint filing with spouse? Umm the only reason why it would be legally correct to not file taxes is if your spouse made less than the minimum filing requirements... Is this the case for you?... it is pretty rare that one does not have to file taxes...	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-02-07 12:38:00
Removing Conditions on Residency General Discussion	how often are people called for interviews on I-751	I had an interview for my AOS, to get the greencard, and I remember I took more evidences with me...But at the time the interview was like 10 minutes it was so quick...But I guess it is pretty common for AOS> I had to go down all the way to Philadelphia for that. The interview lasted like 5 to 10 minutes. This time I put a lot of evidences, everything that is required and even more... I sure hope I'm not selected for an interview... Meredith yep a couple from Puerto Rico recently got called for an I-751 interview....forget his name though	meredith pa	Female	Brazil	2007-02-08 10:29:00