Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Australia and New Zealand	Shipping Companies + Costs	LOL cj, yep wasn't happy with united either, virgin has such better service and price as well, doesn't sound snobby at all! I flew usa to Australia 4 times before my husband and I married, since then we've done heaps of trips to the US and my hub said "united is awful do we have to fly them again"? LOL     no, we don't!!! cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2013-12-12 02:47:00
Australia and New Zealand	Police fingerprint/name check in Sydney	your welcome!, I think I read on here somewhere that certain states it gets mailed straight to the consulate and other states it goes to you interesting that the cost varies from state to state too, ours was $120 all up	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2013-12-15 16:31:00
Australia and New Zealand	Police fingerprint/name check in Sydney	hi my husband and I jumped the gun a bit and had the police check done already, you get a certificate not a copy of your fingerprints, and it should come straight to you. The paperwork has a water mark etc...and I would imagine is the document that you will need to take in hand. oh, wait, did you have it done in usa or Australia?? hope this helps	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2013-12-13 03:59:00
Australia and New Zealand	anyone obtained police fingerprint/name check in NSW for K-1 visa?	My understanding is that you need the Australian FEDERAL police check, it depends on what state you live in if the results are posted to you or to Canberra   your local police station can do the fingerprints, however, as we were told "our police station is not always manned with those that can do the fingerprinting"   cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2013-12-17 02:18:00
Australia and New Zealand	Pre-paid envelope? Anyone completed their Sydney interview recently?	good luck with the interview would love to hear what they asked and how you went cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2013-12-18 01:11:00
Australia and New Zealand	AUSSIES! Who did you ship with!	having flown back and forth aus to usa and also shipped, I pack as much as possible in suitcases and pay the extra to take more bags, sea mail may be an option but it takes 3 months, remember too your final destination some us airlines charge for each bag my family keep saying can't you just get the stuff stateside?? ahhh, NO not all of it LOL, although am looking forward to buying new items, our lounge suite is showing its age after 15 yrs but will sorely miss the beautiful qld made queen bed and dresser congrats on approval!	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-01-19 09:29:00
Australia and New Zealand	Help about timing & interview rescheduling....	I would email again, I sent an email before and it took them four days to answer cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-03-20 05:00:00
Australia and New Zealand	What was your processing time?	sure now you tell me to marry in the usa LOL, we married in 2000 in Oz such is life cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-04-02 23:18:00
Australia and New Zealand	Way Down the Road...	snag from the first time my aussie hubby visited the usa he was amazed at the prices of everything with economy of scale, think of the 335 million population vs 25 million and how people in each country spends......   moved to oz in 1999 from usa, and overall the three biggest costs I believe now are housing affordability, be it buying or renting... HUGE petrol/cars utilities/food we have lived in two states in OZ, and it is not getting any easier. private health insurance has gone up every year since its intro in 2000 the job situation in oz is not great either with many companies letting people go, in the hundreds and thousands...... no easy answers, I suppose you have to accept that Australia is very expensive to live in wait till you see the price of a dozen eggs if soft drink got to you!! LOL (or as my sister said "wow a carton of beer here is crazy") best of luck cheers from down under	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-03-07 00:13:00
Australia and New Zealand	super and liquid assets? help!!!! please!!	lil, have already taken money out of super yes it can be done, there are some reasons and it has to be documented, there is a dollar limit too darin, thank you thank you so much, have looked at the info it seems to have a lot of variables, I guess perhaps the most important is what decision will be made, just knowing that some have accepted it is some good news. yes, it is for the Australian home. we have two cars that we own outright and are looking at selling one of those now. appreciate any and all replies!! cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-12 01:31:00
Australia and New Zealand	super and liquid assets? help!!!! please!!	has anyone used the amount in their super as part of their liquid assets? currently you can withdraw money from your super ( although be it a tax penalty)   we are afraid that with no sponsor and our house not yet sold, we should show the money in our super or maybe even take some out....   has anyone used their primary residence only in the affidavit of support? head spinnin' and worrying.... cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-11 08:15:00
Australia and New Zealand	Packet 3	thanks mate no gmail, have no emails from consulate at all, email I sent came back with a generic reply, may try and send fax or snail mail	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-25 17:24:00
Australia and New Zealand	Packet 3	oh salt I did that once with inbox email, we just don't think to look there but then remember after having something missing just once I think!   I am wondering why when I check online it says that the nvc provided me with an interview date for Sydney and they didn't..... and my case was sent to the Sydney consulate and I believe received at this stage a week plus ago and I have received nothing from them at all.....	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-25 16:29:00
Australia and New Zealand	police checks australia	no worries sweet it's a bit like that... one thing we didn't know, not all aussie police stations/locations do the fingerprinting we just got a certificate posted to us that said name and fingerprint all good blah blah, it has watermarks and other security features yes have been told the check can take up to 4 weeks, ours took 2 1/2.......   how did the way of doing things at Sydney change? just curious..... not sure I helped you at all, the nvc seems so much more full on that first stage NOA1 stuff ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh LOL	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-11 08:57:00
Australia and New Zealand	police checks australia	kristy the answer seems to vary widely, we did the fingerprint just to make sure. I can't seem to get an answer if there is a time expiration for the check, some say 6 months, some say 1 yr, some say none. the consulate gives one answer, immigration another, and aussie police another LOL think we did the same as maree getting ahead LOL, when you rang what did they say? cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-10 02:46:00
Australia and New Zealand	We got our interview date!!!	oops congrats lils, not salt ahhhh 4 hrs of sleep last night sorry mate congrats	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-31 05:48:00
Australia and New Zealand	We got our interview date!!!	have been married 14 yrs and got a so called "expedite" at nvc and still no interview date for Sydney, mail from my family usa way moves faster than a file LOL!!!   congrats to you salt, there is no rhyme or reason to it, I hope we make it back to the states before my immediate family member has any more issues with their stage IV cancer.   we are now at the 7 month stage of all this, and when we get all done stateside............ whoa am I ever going to get soooooooooo loud! I hope my other half is able to treated like the "special immigrant he is", you know tick the box for not born in usa, tick the box for special this and that, LOL   hang in there jaja, looked at your time, wow absurd mate!	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-31 05:45:00
Australia and New Zealand	when to put house on market in current market???	not much interest in prop market LOL	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-06-10 08:00:00
Australia and New Zealand	when to put house on market in current market???	we have been notified that our case has been sent for expedite to Sydney.........   being that the property market is more buyers now then sellers and some only want 30 or 60 day contracts, when would you put house on market?   our qld home took 7 months to sell, it is so unpredictable, we are thinking 1 July end of tax year...... any thoughts advise?? cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-23 17:56:00
Australia and New Zealand	Questions re: the new Packet 3 process for the U.S. Consulate in Sydney!	thanks mate   there seems to be no new process for the packet three for IR-1....... yep all organised and done, had hoped it would be "please bring all your paperwork to interview", but not the case was all sent express post and waiting for interview date....... yep, don't think "only on a tues" will do for an expedite and the next lot of school holidays are approaching we have to do our medical in Sydney as our state doesn't offer any place so rather than do two flights, we are patiently waiting for interview date to book in medical so we don't have to pay for two lots of flights to Sydney and have been told the medical is only valid for 6 months too   any new things with interview process?	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-06-11 17:20:00
Australia and New Zealand	Questions re: the new Packet 3 process for the U.S. Consulate in Sydney!	hey darin and josh just a question on the newer process???   I finally got an email reply, Sydney consulate has not received our info from nvc, and to get packet 3 ready.......... um we are supposedly getting an urgent medical expedite, should they not give us an interview date and have us bring all the forms then???	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-29 04:43:00
Australia and New Zealand	Questions re: the new Packet 3 process for the U.S. Consulate in Sydney!	thanks for the replies!!   I checked it it says your case is in transit to the consular section and your interview date was provided to you by the nvc, but it wasn't!     help!!!	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-25 15:56:00
Australia and New Zealand	Questions re: the new Packet 3 process for the U.S. Consulate in Sydney!	gday crym how do you see or know its at the consulate?   we have an urgent medical expedite due to mum having stage IV cancer in usa, we only got an email from nvc with case number and that it was sent (we are guessing it goes electronically) cheers mate	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-23 17:51:00
Australia and New Zealand	anyone with recent sydney medical info?....	wow can only imagine getting the lot   thanks Weston did not think of that and believe it is only the tet so will have to do	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-06-12 06:34:00
Australia and New Zealand	anyone with recent sydney medical info?....	sweets you beauty!! thanks ringing gp now to book in apt with GP made my day mate cheers and good luck yes it helps mate	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-06-11 18:17:00
Australia and New Zealand	anyone with recent sydney medical info?....	thinking of getting some of the immun. stuff done now at local regular GP..... already have Tetanus and proof of it     so will be based on age... time of year.... (flu or no flu)   I hope they have good availability to book in.......	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-06-11 17:24:00
Australia and New Zealand	My interview experience - Auckland	li............ one minute?!!  cheers mate and congrats	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-06-13 03:48:00
Australia and New Zealand	sydney interview	yes yes yes we got a date, have a lot to do now doing the happy dance cheers to all for the assistance with questions so glad didn't pay $3000 to the lawyer ...........	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-06-19 15:46:00
Australia and New Zealand	Post NVC questions IR-1	sni what number are you ringing?   I would think ten days after may be just a wee bit too close, but I follow murhpys law LOL	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-06-15 04:07:00
Australia and New Zealand	After the I-130 is approved... Help please!	will private message you   started process last year, just one more step to go, we have been selling items for months, house on market it's all happening	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-07-03 04:15:00
Australia and New Zealand	After the I-130 is approved... Help please!	numbers 3 and 7   every medical is different age dependent and vaccines etc.... get the blood test for immunity done a month or so before you do your medical it will save you money   you have 6 months after your medical is done from what we were told regardless of date that the approve the visa   wow I look back now on how far we come, take a deep breath and expect delays here and there and best of luck to you cheers haven't even thought of health insurance yet as we have to get rid of all of our stuff and sell our house yet........ LOL ahhhh fun fun	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-07-02 04:23:00
Australia and New Zealand	Some questions (IR1 visa)	lirpa your process is going really really fast so pat yourself on the back I have learnt that every single case can be different, I would have the joint sponsor as a back up ahead of time just in case   when things start to move forward a lot it goes super fast and is a lot easier cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-07-21 09:03:00
Australia and New Zealand	sydney sukie and more...	sweets I gotta message you   don't know what a 221 g is? LOL not on here much flat chat with everything LOL cheers!	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-07-21 09:06:00
Australia and New Zealand	sydney sukie and more...	what a wild ride........   good to meet you sukie and I think "Jennifer", sorry after a weird day memory is shot again LOL   we were not approved, but know what we need to do pretty easy , we don't have to go back to syd   I had so much fun at the metal detector who knew that my wedding rings would set off alarm and I would have to get special wand LOL   and then getting stuck in lift at hotel, OMG   wish had more time to chat, hope to hear you all got approved!! did anyone else have their ears pop in lift on way to floor 59? LOL   cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-07-01 08:00:00
Australia and New Zealand	Does the embassy schedule your interview date or can you do it yourself?	they schedule it for you but you can change it, they will require you to reconfirm the appt believe they are almost always on a tues cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-07-22 01:47:00
Australia and New Zealand	Updated Australia Police Certification info - May 2014	yep mee we decided to get the fingerprint one done just in case, don't wait further delays if can be avoided.......   how long did it take the consulate to answer your email?  mine seem to be 3-4 days	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-06-13 04:06:00
Australia and New Zealand	Updated Australia Police Certification info - May 2014	yeah the conflicting makes it hard sukie......... how long is the fingerprint valid till? I ask as we had it done and is dated nov 7, if it is only 6 months would have to do it again at $120 (in the state we are in) if valid for a year all is good, I think.......... LOL LOL sorry just read above, going on 4 hrs sleep no excuse haaaaaaaa	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-08 16:34:00
Australia and New Zealand	Updated Australia Police Certification info - May 2014	I can't answer that as am not that far what did you give nvc donkey? fingerprints or just name? I am not sure if the checks are valid for 6 months or 1 year?......	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-08 16:22:00
Australia and New Zealand	Updated Australia Police Certification info - May 2014	Sukie thanks for posting we did fingerprints and name check in our state and it was $120 for  both my question....... Understand the check is only valid for 6 months, which ours was done 7 nov, as we have now been shipped to the NVC, would that mean we have to pay $120 to have both done again, or just the name check one? thank you	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-08 04:47:00
Australia and New Zealand	length of validity for police check australia	had fingerprint and name police check done dated 7 November 2013 when the first package was sent. The fingerprint cost was $120 that including name as well.   as it is now 6 months later, will the nvc require just a name check or will another full one be required? I have had no luck in getting through on the number in the US and thought perhaps someone else would have in the past few months gone through the process. cheers	razspaz13	Female	Australia	2014-05-06 16:54:00