Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (Kelvan @ Aug 24 2009, 04:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey guys, I am getting together my AOS forms. I am following the guide on VJ. However I realised I had received a 2-page document from the NZ consulate when they sent me the yellow package back in Auckland. Inside it read: "When you file your Application to Adjust Status Form I-485 you need to include your I-94, Arrival Record, a copy of the Fiance(e) Petition Approval Notice I-797, your marriage certificate, your I-9 and vaccination supplement form, not the entire medical report - which is in your visa package and taken by the inspecting officer at the Port of Entry." 1. What exactly is the Arrival Record? 2. I can't seem to find the form I-797 anywhere on the uscis website! Is there a chance these instructions for the consulate are outdated? Should I just follow the instruction guide on VJ? From what I remember the consulate instructions are kind of right but the instructions on VJ are more comprehensive. I followed the VJ instructions but made sure to incorporate everything on the consulate papers. I didn't get my vaccination sheet transcribed and I didn't get the TB jab. They never knocked me back because of it.	Kim & Chris	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-24 23:44:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (ivannnaloveskiwi @ Aug 23 2009, 01:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hey all! hope your all doing great..well he arrived on the 9th with no problems..but when he arrived in los angels he had filled out the wrong arrival card , so they had him fill out the right card, then they open the mysterious brown package, looked at a few pages, showed it to another officer and then took him into another room..they rechecked through everything and commented about being process through bangkok and said they were surpised it was approved? which we found very disturbing but couldn't keep him from entering being it was approoved.. maybe this was just there opion or we just got very lucky..i dont know which..lol..ok care.. he's here! we've been busy planning our wedding and being together and basking in the glory of not have the 90 day gloom hanging over our head..we were married at the courthouse yesterday short but very sweet..so now were all married up and ready to go go go ... YEAH AOS!!! waitng for that certified marriage licence to get the show on the road!.. kelvan - we are in missouri north of kansas city..how close are you? and i see your poe was 2 days before my fiance..or hehe my hubby.. ok everyone.. the queations on the AOS are starting..social security card.. can you do that when ever? and being transfered to california.. from reading the thread in the past pages.. how do you do that? is that something we wanna try to do? is it better to be transfered to california? could someone explain this please..and where do we mail the AOS? lol..were lost all over again.. Well congratulations on arriving here safely and on your marriage You can go and apply for your social security card anytime after you've been here for 2 weeks. It's best to get it sorted as soon as possible while your I-94 is still valid and has plenty of time left on it. Just go to your local office and take all his ID, Passport, Birth Cert etc with you. Then it should arrive in the mail around 2 weeks later. As for being transfered to California after you apply for AOS......... that is purely the luck of the draw. They seem to transfer cases to CA when they're snowed under at the Missouri Service Centre. If your case is transfered then it means you won't have to go for the interview. I was so relieved to find that mine was transfered as I didn't have alot of the evidence they wanted. The best thing you can do is go to the Guides section above and go into all the guides in the Adjustment of Status section, they've got one there for SSN too and you should definately read through that before applying for SSN. If you're not sure of anything just ask, that's what we're here for	Kim & Chris	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-23 08:12:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Aug 23 2009, 01:17 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Kim & Chris @ Aug 22 2009, 07:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I got my Green Card in the mail today...........talk about knock me over with a feather, I wasn't expecting it for ages yet Ana - do those online tests I sent you, my confidence soared after I kept repeating those over and over till i got them all right. You'll be fine Congratulations!!! I'm not sure what the GC looks like yet but does it have an expiry date on it at all? That's wonderful that you don't have to worry about uscis till 2011!! yay!!! Thanks Ana - The GC is very official looking, although the front of it is very similar to the EAD card, and the only green thing on it is the writing on the back at the top that says permanent resident card. And it has a very shiny large metallic strip on the back with what looks like all the presidents heads on it extremely minute and a repeat of your details and pic, the same as on the front. Yes it does have and expiry date on it. Mine says Card Expires 08/12/2011 and under that Resident Since 08/12/09. Just got to set a reminder in outlook so I don't forget to renew in the 90 days preceeding the expiry date. Here's an addy so you can see one. http://euobserver.co...ile3/oKlD9Z.png I guess the last online status update on USCIS meant the card was on the way. I just wasn't expecting it so soon. Here's what it said. Application Type: I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS Current Status: Approval notice sent. On August 18, 2009, we mailed you a notice that we have approved this I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS. Please follow any instructions on the notice. If you move before you receive the notice, call customer service.	Kim & Chris	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-23 07:40:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (cdneh @ Aug 22 2009, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations!!! Thanks Cdneh, one more trip to the SSN to have conditions removed and I'm done.....till 2011 anyways....lol You and Ana will follow fairly soon and it'll all be just a distant blurr....lol	Kim & Chris	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-22 21:31:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Aug 20 2009, 04:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Kim & Chris @ Aug 20 2009, 12:03 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (kiwiana @ Aug 19 2009, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Kim&Chris and cdneh: Anything arrive in the mail today from uscis? I applied for a state ID over 5 weeks ago and still nothing in the mail yet. They do state on the receipt,(they gave me) that it can take up to 60 days!! Hope it arrives soon as I wanted to show it as ID at the interview next Friday. Hi Ana...... no nothing in the post today, but I did receive another email from CRIS to say that my I-485 was approved and something was mailed to me on Aug 18th to that effect. Could be the welcome letter I got a few days ago but I received that on the 16th so maybe something else is coming. Who knows.....lol Interview next Friday eh!!!! Not long now and it'll all be a distant memory for the next two years. uscis are funny. You don't hear anything from them for months and end up phoning them about EAD etc and now you keep getting emails from them!! Maybe they are making up for lost time! yes interview next Friday (28th). I have started to make photocopies of recent documents etc to take with me. I just hope i don't forget anything. To be on the safe side, I will take folders full of documentation from the I-129f era right up to now (even though they won't want them) The interviewers eyes will probably pop out of their heads when they see me arriving with arms full of folders We've only been married just under 6 months now and its hard to acquire evidence in both of our names in such a short space of time. So hopefully what we do have will be enough. My SO has been taking me out for driving practice almost everyday this week. He says I am ready to take the driving test NOW but I am not so confident. I think i will wait till after the interview.(get one nerve wracking thing out of the way before i venture onto another ) I got my Green Card in the mail today...........talk about knock me over with a feather, I wasn't expecting it for ages yet Ana - do those online tests I sent you, my confidence soared after I kept repeating those over and over till i got them all right. You'll be fine	Kim & Chris	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-22 18:31:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Aug 19 2009, 04:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Kim&Chris and cdneh: Anything arrive in the mail today from uscis? I applied for a state ID over 5 weeks ago and still nothing in the mail yet. They do state on the receipt,(they gave me) that it can take up to 60 days!! Hope it arrives soon as I wanted to show it as ID at the interview next Friday. Hi Ana...... no nothing in the post today, but I did receive another email from CRIS to say that my I-485 was approved and something was mailed to me on Aug 18th to that effect. Could be the welcome letter I got a few days ago but I received that on the 16th so maybe something else is coming. Who knows.....lol Interview next Friday eh!!!! Not long now and it'll all be a distant memory for the next two years.	Kim & Chris	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-19 23:03:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Aug 17 2009, 02:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Kelvan @ Aug 17 2009, 11:35 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey guys, I'm going to apply for a SSN on Friday. Does anyone know what document I should bring? Birth Certificate, drivers license, passport with I-94...? Edit: I just read the SSN guide on VJ so I think I Have an idea of what to bring now Good luck at SSA! Let us know how you get on. yes you will need birth certificate,(any marriage/divorce certificates, if birth certificate is in different name to passport), passport with I-94. I also took along the SSA document "POMS section RM 00203.500" I don't have the website addy for the document but maybe Kim or cdneh can tell you or maybe google it. The document just says that you are allowed to get a SSN on a K1 visa (section C of the document) As you are applying for it in your maiden name you shouldn't have any problems I got my Welcome To The United States Of America letter in the mail today It says my GC should arrive within 3 weeks...fingers crossed Kelvan ..... here's the link that Ana is referring to. Let us know how you get on. https://secure.ssa.g.../lnx/0100203500 Ana did you find out if we go back to SSN once we get GC and have the conditions taken off it?? (Valid for work only with DHS autorization), I can't remember if it was you that was asking about that a while back.	Kim & Chris	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-17 21:57:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (cdneh @ Aug 16 2009, 08:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Kim & Chris @ Aug 17 2009, 11:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (cdneh @ Aug 16 2009, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've heard from my NZ flatmate that her Mum died last night. At 103 years old. Feeling a bit bad that I can't be in two places at the one time Oh that's sad Cdneh............ I know how you feel........my Aunt, who has been more like my mum since my own mother died years ago, is in the later stages of cancer. It tears me up that I can't be in two places at once. We need a Tardis LOL.....Beam us up Scottie .....	Kim & Chris	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-16 21:15:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (cdneh @ Aug 16 2009, 05:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've heard from my NZ flatmate that her Mum died last night. At 103 years old. Feeling a bit bad that I can't be in two places at the one time Oh that's sad Cdneh............ I know how you feel........my Aunt, who has been more like my mum since my own mother died years ago, is in the later stages of cancer. It tears me up that I can't be in two places at once.	Kim & Chris	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-16 18:40:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Aug 15 2009, 12:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (cdneh @ Aug 14 2009, 07:12 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations!! At last!!! I had one today, this time the AP. So now we wait for the GC Congratulations on the AP!! Well done Cdneh.......almost there Ana, you're next	Kim & Chris	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-15 06:33:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Aug 30 2009, 07:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> JUST checked mailbox and my state ID has finally arrived!!! YAY!! only took 6 weeks and 5 days!!! Just looked at the ID card and they have my birthdate WRONG!!! can NOT believe it!! Will this be a problem do you think? They have me down as 28th instead of 23rd. The month and year is right. The day is wrong. Argh that is terrible!!! Sorry you have been through so much Ana, with the interview lady etc. At least she let you off the hook. Who would have thought they'd be so strict about evidence! Just makes me realise I need to get my act together, so far we only have an apartment lease in both our names. Will open a bank account soon as my SSN arrived a few days ago!	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-08-31 11:36:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Aug 27 2009, 08:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Our interview is on Friday morning and I have been getting everything ready for it. I'm not really sure on everything i have to take so i am just going to take like 4 folders of stuff with me (from I-129f to present) and hope for the best. We don't have a lot of things in joint names. I don't have a US drivers licence which means we don't have joint car insurance yet. All we can do is present them with what we have got. It has been like 6 weeks and three days now since i applied for state ID and still nothing!! After the trouble i had getting a ssn i thought the state ID would be a bit better (hassle free). How long did you guys have to wait to receive your state ID's? Ahhh sorry you're having to wait for your state ID! We were looking at apartments the other week and some woman denied me from one of the places! She said my mother-in-law who was with me could look but not me because I didn't have a state ID or state-issued drivers license! I was sooo annoyed. Hope yours comes soon! I need to get one as well.	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-08-26 21:04:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Thanks so much guys! I understand it a lot better now I am slowly, slowly getting the forms completed. I just wanted to start filling them out before the wedding so I wasn't in a mad rush after our honeymoon! We are going to apply for our marriage certificate today!!! Edited by Kelvan, 26 August 2009 - 10:51 AM.	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-08-26 10:50:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey guys, I am getting together my AOS forms. I am following the guide on VJ. However I realised I had received a 2-page document from the NZ consulate when they sent me the yellow package back in Auckland. Inside it read: "When you file your Application to Adjust Status Form I-485 you need to include your I-94, Arrival Record, a copy of the Fiance(e) Petition Approval Notice I-797, your marriage certificate, your I-9 and vaccination supplement form, not the entire medical report - which is in your visa package and taken by the inspecting officer at the Port of Entry." 1. What exactly is the Arrival Record? 2. I can't seem to find the form I-797 anywhere on the uscis website! Is there a chance these instructions for the consulate are outdated? Should I just follow the instruction guide on VJ? Edited by Kelvan, 24 August 2009 - 04:44 PM.	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-08-24 16:43:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (ivannnaloveskiwi @ Aug 23 2009, 04:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hey all! hope your all doing great..well he arrived on the 9th with no problems..but when he arrived in los angels he had filled out the wrong arrival card , so they had him fill out the right card, then they open the mysterious brown package, looked at a few pages, showed it to another officer and then took him into another room..they rechecked through everything and commented about being process through bangkok and said they were surpised it was approved? which we found very disturbing but couldn't keep him from entering being it was approoved.. maybe this was just there opion or we just got very lucky..i dont know which..lol..ok care.. he's here! we've been busy planning our wedding and being together and basking in the glory of not have the 90 day gloom hanging over our head..we were married at the courthouse yesterday short but very sweet..so now were all married up and ready to go go go ... YEAH AOS!!! waitng for that certified marriage licence to get the show on the road!.. kelvan - we are in missouri north of kansas city..how close are you? and i see your poe was 2 days before my fiance..or hehe my hubby.. ok everyone.. the queations on the AOS are starting..social security card.. can you do that when ever? and being transfered to california.. from reading the thread in the past pages.. how do you do that? is that something we wanna try to do? is it better to be transfered to california? could someone explain this please..and where do we mail the AOS? lol..were lost all over again.. ivannaloveskiwi, congrats! Can't believe we entered the US 2 days apart I'm in Overland Park, Kansas so not incredibly far away. I am loving the weather right now Oh and I got my SSN on Friday, it was really easy! Just make sure you read through the guide on VJ before you go	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-08-24 15:03:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (Kim & Chris @ Aug 18 2009, 12:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Kelvan ..... here's the link that Ana is referring to. Let us know how you get on. https://secure.ssa.g.../lnx/0100203500 Yay thank you Kim & Chris!!!	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-08-19 09:54:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey guys, I'm going to apply for a SSN on Friday. Does anyone know what document I should bring? Birth Certificate, drivers license, passport with I-94...? Edit: I just read the SSN guide on VJ so I think I Have an idea of what to bring now Edited by Kelvan, 17 August 2009 - 11:40 AM.	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-08-17 11:35:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (Kelvan @ Aug 27 2009, 03:50 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks so much guys! I understand it a lot better now I am slowly, slowly getting the forms completed. I just wanted to start filling them out before the wedding so I wasn't in a mad rush after our honeymoon! We are going to apply for our marriage certificate today!!! Congrats!	amaciar	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-08-26 15:11:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Nic and I have been back in the states for a year tomorrow. I can't believe how time flies. We also have our two year anniversary on the 20th. It is nice to finally be settled in together in a place we know we will be for more than a year. Everyone seems to be moving right along and before you know it you will be in the same boat as us. Contemplating the process of removing conditions! Does it ever really end?	amaciar	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-08-18 15:07:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Aug 29 2009, 02:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (ivannnaloveskiwi @ Aug 29 2009, 01:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> THANK YOU ANA MORE QUESTIONS..LOL.. i'm about to freak out again and i dont think this a question anyone of you can answer since it hasn't applied to you.. but you remember the reason why our visa denied to begin with? the criminal reason? on the AOS the questions you check yes or no..part 3,#1 question b. have you ever been cited, charged.. blab blab for breaking any law... in or outside the united states..after everything we went through over this and once again here it is staring us in the face again..so the problem..they want a court certified copy of the complete arest record..well we had one and sent it on the fiance visa but never got it back and never made a copy.. yeah that's right..WE NENER MADE A COPY!! #######! so now he's here in the US of freaking A and we have to get another copy of the court record..and do we have to do I864 and another G325A??? this isn't on the letter from the consulet in nz after he got his visa.. it just said the I485 and I765 was all that was needed...i thought this was going to be easier???HELP!! Can you contact the place that issued the court certified copy of the complete arrest record and ask for a copy of it? Was it issued in nz? yes you will have to fill out a sponsor form I-864 and a G325a form. If you deal with one form at a time. It is not so overwhelming. Before you do send out the AOS package. Give us all a run down of what you have etc and we will all help you to see that you have everything ready to go!! I know it seems like a difficult task but you guys have made it thus far with obstacles in your way. you can do it!! YES IT WAS ISSUED IN NEW ZEALAND, HAVE TO WAIT AND CALL.. JUST GOING TO PUT US BACK YET SOMEMORE TIME,,BUT MAYBE THAT WILL BE BETTER..IDK....THANKS ANA!	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-29 16:35:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	I HAVE YET ANOTHER QUESTION... OK, THE I864 AFFIDAVIT OF SUPPORT... WELL ATM ..LOL... I DONT HAVE A DANG JOB.. QUIT TO GO TO NEW ZEALAND..BUT WILL HAVE ONE SOON. I WAS WAITNG TO GET MARRIED AND THE AOS DONE BEFORE I WENT BACK TO WORK... ANYWAY I NEVER MADE ENOUGH TO SPONSOR HIM ANYWAY, MY VERY RICH UNCLE IS BUT..WHICH I864 FORM DO WE FILL OUT.. DO I NEED TO DO ONE TOO? THIS IS VERY CONFUSING..DIDNT THINK I'D HAVE TO DO THIS AGAIN.. #######.. I WOULDNT OF QUIT MY JOB..SHOOT THIS IS GETTING WORSE BY THE FORM... I'M FEELING LIKE I JUST CUT OUR OWN THROATS BY ME GOING TO NZ!!!I THOUGHT WE WERE DONE WITH THIS. DO YOU KNOW LONG YOU HAVE TO FILE THIS AOS.. MAYBE WE SHOULD WAIT UNTILL I'M BACK TO WORK..BUT I NEED TO GET THIS AOS FILED SO HE CAN WORK AND HELP OUT..DAM THIS IS CRAZY..BEING SEPERATED MAKES YOU CRAZY.. YOU CANT MAKE THE RGHT DESCIONS ALL YOU THINK ABOUT IS BEING TOGETHER!	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-29 16:30:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Aug 29 2009, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (ivannnaloveskiwi @ Aug 29 2009, 10:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> HI EVERYONE ! question, do we need to wait for the social security number before we file the AOS? or can we do it with out it? ANA.. what is the AP FORMS? is that another from the AOS and the EAD?.. gosh i thought this was going to be easier..lol.. and more passport photos ..omg! As far as i am aware, you don't HAVE to wait for the ssn to apply for AOS. Kim or cdneh or others may know for sure if it is vital to write it down or not. At the interview she asked me to show her my ssn card regardless. But if you feel more relaxed about getting it first, then generally it should only take 2-3 weeks to arrive in the mail. The AP is Application for travel document (form I-131). If your SO wants to travel overseas (back to nz for a visit?) while you are still waiting for AOS to be approved then you will need the travel document to be able to re-enter the USA again. The AP form alone is around $300 but you can send it in with your AOS form and the EAD form for free!! so if you did want the document it would pay to send it now with the AOS package and save some $$$'s Here's the link to the immigration forms: http://www.uscis.gov...00045f3d6a1RCRD It does all seem a little daunting at first but if you take it one form at a time, it kinda works itself out! I lost count of the number of times i went over each form and making sure i filled out everything correctly and checking to see if i have the right documents to submit with it. Just remember to send in only photocopies of your legal documents. If they want to see the originals they will either ask you to send them or to show them at the interview. The non immigrant visa number is on the visa that is stuck in the passport (has photo of your SO on the left of it) If you look to the bottom right of the visa there are numbers in red (to the left of it is the Petitioners name) The red numbers is the non immigrant visa number. THANK YOU ANA MORE QUESTIONS..LOL.. i'm about to freak out again and i dont think this a question anyone of you can answer since it hasn't applied to you.. but you remember the reason why our visa denied to begin with? the criminal reason? on the AOS the questions you check yes or no..part 3,#1 question b. have you ever been cited, charged.. blab blab for breaking any law... in or outside the united states..after everything we went through over this and once again here it is staring us in the face again..so the problem..they want a court certified copy of the complete arest record..well we had one and sent it on the fiance visa but never got it back and never made a copy.. yeah that's right..WE NENER MADE A COPY!! #######! so now he's here in the US of freaking A and we have to get another copy of the court record..and do we have to do I864 and another G325A??? this isn't on the letter from the consulet in nz after he got his visa.. it just said the I485 and I765 was all that was needed...i thought this was going to be easier???HELP!!	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-29 13:17:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	LOL SORRY, WHERE DO YOU FIND THE NONIMMIGRANT VISA NUMBER? there are like 10 different numbers on the visa? sorry for being so dumb!	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-29 10:27:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	[quote name='ivannnaloveskiwi' date='Aug 29 2009, 11:15 AM' post='3264852'] HI EVERYONE ! question, do we need to wait for the social security number before we file the AOS? or can we do it with out it? ANA.. what is the AP FORMS? is that another from the AOS and the EAD?.. gosh i thought this was going to be easier..lol.. and more passport photos ..omg! [/quot	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-29 10:25:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	HI EVERYONE ! question, do we need to wait for the social security number before we file the AOS? or can we do it with out it? ANA.. what is the AP FORMS? is that another from the AOS and the EAD?.. gosh i thought this was going to be easier..lol.. and more passport photos ..omg!	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-29 10:15:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Aug 28 2009, 10:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well for some reason it has seemed to be the longest day ever today! We arrived for the interview 15 minutes early. We had to go through security check first by having bag etc put through xray machine and had to walk through the metal detector 'doorway' Cell phones weren't allowed so we left them at home beforehand knowing this. When we got to the second floor and walked into the waiting room, there was a security guy who looked over the interview letter then told me to place it in a tray by the front window and take a seat and wait. There were like 40 people in there waiting. I was like omg this is going to take forever!! people that came in after us were all called for an interview and we just sat there and sat there. About an hour and 15 minutes later with about one family left waiting, we were called to a room. The lady told us to raise our right hand and swear to tell the whole truth etc. She then asked for passport, marriage certificate, drivers licence etc. I told her i didn't have a US drivers licence yet. She looked at the marriage certificate and said.. Do you have the 'right' one. I looked at my SO puzzled and said to her.' That is the right one'. She said 'no no it isn't'. i said 'yes, yes it is'.. She said no, you need to give me the one that is fancy looking with a border, like a diploma. I said to her that we sent away for the marriage certificate and this is what they sent us. We had opened a bank account and got ssn with it with no problems. She said, well when you apply again to remove conditions in 2 years, you need to bring the 'right' one with you. (oooook! ) She asked to look at our wedding photos so she could choose a few to photocopy and keep. As she looked over them she saw the ones of us kissing after we got pronounced husband and wife and she said ' no, no kissing ones' (not sure why?) She ended up just taking two from of our wedding.(one of them was when my SO placed the ring on my finger) She then asked me how many times i had been to USA. Did my children (they are adults now) live in nz. How did we meet? She asked my SO if he had ever been to nz and where did he work. She asked me if i worked. All the time she was talking she was flipping through our rather large file she had infront of her. She got to the I-1693 and faltered. She said, 'i see that the civil surgeon you saw here did not fill in the form correctly. You will have to take it back to him and get him to fill out the one part he missed'. My heart SANK with a thud! She said 'once you get it done, you can sent it back to me and then i will approve the AOS'. I said to her "but i got it all done at the doctors. If i go back he will make me redo it all again" She cut me off kindly and said 'no he wont you just need him to fill out the part he missed'. I was NOT happy and could feel the tears well up in my eyes. She took the documents we gave her (marriage certificate etc) to another room to photocopy them. When she came back, she sat down and said.' I have just been talking to my supervisor about the medical form. I know you are not happy about this, so i asked her about it and she said that it will be ok. You won't have to go back to the doctor'. You have been approved and will take 4-6 weeks for the GC to arrive. She then said, 'But when you come back to me in 2 years time to remove conditions you will need a LOT more things in both of your names to show me. You have very little here. We will want to see joint health insurance, car insurance, life insurance, credit cards etc. You will need to show lots of things. I said to her. 'well it is hard to get evidence together when we haven't even been married 6 months'. She agreed but reiterated about evidence in 2 years time. And that was pretty much that. The interview wasn't an interrogation or anything like that. It was pretty casual and she seemed to just be going through the motions of what is required at the interviews. I am soo glad it is over though for two years!! yay!!!! congrats anna!! thank goodness its all over..your good for 2 yrs!!!	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-29 09:55:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (Kelvan @ Aug 24 2009, 04:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (ivannnaloveskiwi @ Aug 23 2009, 04:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> hey all! hope your all doing great..well he arrived on the 9th with no problems..but when he arrived in los angels he had filled out the wrong arrival card , so they had him fill out the right card, then they open the mysterious brown package, looked at a few pages, showed it to another officer and then took him into another room..they rechecked through everything and commented about being process through bangkok and said they were surpised it was approved? which we found very disturbing but couldn't keep him from entering being it was approoved.. maybe this was just there opion or we just got very lucky..i dont know which..lol..ok care.. he's here! we've been busy planning our wedding and being together and basking in the glory of not have the 90 day gloom hanging over our head..we were married at the courthouse yesterday short but very sweet..so now were all married up and ready to go go go ... YEAH AOS!!! waitng for that certified marriage licence to get the show on the road!.. kelvan - we are in missouri north of kansas city..how close are you? and i see your poe was 2 days before my fiance..or hehe my hubby.. ok everyone.. the queations on the AOS are starting..social security card.. can you do that when ever? and being transfered to california.. from reading the thread in the past pages.. how do you do that? is that something we wanna try to do? is it better to be transfered to california? could someone explain this please..and where do we mail the AOS? lol..were lost all over again.. ivannaloveskiwi, congrats! Can't believe we entered the US 2 days apart I'm in Overland Park, Kansas so not incredibly far away. I am loving the weather right now Oh and I got my SSN on Friday, it was really easy! Just make sure you read through the guide on VJ before you go That is very close..your kansas ,we're missouri..lol... i've explained to my kiwi the rivals between the two states..he's forever saying he's in kansas and i'm forever saying no your in missouri..lol..we went and got our social security cards on thursday..had to have my name changed..and yes it was very easy, the man at the counter talked forever to my husband..they just love the accent here..lol	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-29 09:41:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	hey all! hope your all doing great..well he arrived on the 9th with no problems..but when he arrived in los angels he had filled out the wrong arrival card , so they had him fill out the right card, then they open the mysterious brown package, looked at a few pages, showed it to another officer and then took him into another room..they rechecked through everything and commented about being process through bangkok and said they were surpised it was approved? which we found very disturbing but couldn't keep him from entering being it was approoved.. maybe this was just there opion or we just got very lucky..i dont know which..lol..ok care.. he's here! we've been busy planning our wedding and being together and basking in the glory of not have the 90 day gloom hanging over our head..we were married at the courthouse yesterday short but very sweet..so now were all married up and ready to go go go ... YEAH AOS!!! waitng for that certified marriage licence to get the show on the road!.. kelvan - we are in missouri north of kansas city..how close are you? and i see your poe was 2 days before my fiance..or hehe my hubby.. ok everyone.. the queations on the AOS are starting..social security card.. can you do that when ever? and being transfered to california.. from reading the thread in the past pages.. how do you do that? is that something we wanna try to do? is it better to be transfered to california? could someone explain this please..and where do we mail the AOS? lol..were lost all over again..	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2009-08-23 01:56:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Nov 4 2009, 06:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (cdneh @ Nov 3 2009, 04:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Not a peep. There are a few of us in the June AOS thread in the same boat, transfers to CSC, that haven't heard a thing. I laugh now to think we all were pretty happy about that, as it was meant to be so much quicker. A lot of people from the same time that had interviews have already got their cards. I will be so pleased to get this over with..for a while Good luck on the job front...lol..I have never heard of a group interview! It's has to be coming soon. It's been like 4 months now hasn't it? Fingers crossed that it comes through VERY soon and then you can put it all behind you for the next 21 months (come on CSC get a move on!!) Nearly 4 months since the transfer...we filed in June.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-04 09:59:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (megger @ Nov 4 2009, 02:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi everyone! I just filed our petition this morning. My fiance's only been back in NZ (Chch) for 3 weeks and it's already driving me mad! It's good to have other people in the same boat to keep my spirits up. Good luck to all of you! Welcome to the thread! Nice to see a new face from time to time! If we can help, just ask	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-04 00:46:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Nov 4 2009, 10:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Zeddess @ Nov 3 2009, 04:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi guys, So we finally got the NOA2! YAY!!! I know it's not huge news but it means that the wait is over at last (it was a looooong 3 months) and now things will start to move quickly and become more real and scary. No doubt I'm going to have a lot of questions in the coming weeks about all the forms and the medical and the interview, eeeeek. Very sad to hear about your aunt, Kim. it was lovely that you were able to spend that time with her though. Yay!! Congratulations!! The rest of the process should go fairly fast now Congrats Kelvan on receiving the NOA's for the AOS! It shouldn't be long until you receive the appointment letter for the biometrics! Speaking of AOS.. cdneh any news on the GC?? I have been looking for jobs. Went for an interview for seasonal work in retail last week. I arrived at the appointment to find four other ladies also there for the same appointment time. It was a group interview!! (I have never attended one of those before) Of course all the ladies had usa work experience and then there was me! ( I'm not holding my breath on hearing back on that one) Kim have you had any luck with job hunting? Not a peep. There are a few of us in the June AOS thread in the same boat, transfers to CSC, that haven't heard a thing. I laugh now to think we all were pretty happy about that, as it was meant to be so much quicker. A lot of people from the same time that had interviews have already got their cards. I will be so pleased to get this over with..for a while Good luck on the job front...lol..I have never heard of a group interview!	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-03 16:47:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (Kelvan @ Nov 4 2009, 08:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Woohoo I'm so happy for ya Zeddess! I read on VJ that the wait times for the I-129F part is only 5 months right now! That's a huuuge improvement from the 8 months it took us kelzm: Congrats on your job! I am expecting my work permit in about 3 months, so I too will be looking soon. I think I will start looking in a month or so for volunteer work (i.e. free work experience) at a place so that I can get something on my resume. We'll see how it goes though. I'm a little worried it'll be hard to find a job close by in my field. We received our NOAs today for our AOS etc. Now just waiting for the biometrics appointment letter etc! Is there anyway to track the progress of our AOS forms right now? Congratulations to you too! You can follow the AOS papers at the same website you followed the K1, you just enter the numbers off your notices. If you haven't got an account from then you can make one really easily. https://egov.uscis.g...omerRetrieve.do	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-03 16:01:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (Zeddess @ Nov 4 2009, 08:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi guys, So we finally got the NOA2! YAY!!! I know it's not huge news but it means that the wait is over at last (it was a looooong 3 months) and now things will start to move quickly and become more real and scary. No doubt I'm going to have a lot of questions in the coming weeks about all the forms and the medical and the interview, eeeeek. Very sad to hear about your aunt, Kim. it was lovely that you were able to spend that time with her though. Congratulations! That was way way quicker than ours!	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-03 15:51:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	I think somebody was lost ^ ^ ^	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-10-29 21:38:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Oct 23 2009, 07:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (cdneh @ Oct 22 2009, 02:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ah..it's just so maddening. Two touches and then nothing. People who filed long after we did are getting approvals and it is starting to get up my nose a bit. What are we..chopped liver???? Still no word yet? It's got to be close.. especially as you have had touches on it. They like to stretch it out don't they? Surely you will hear by next week! or maybe it will just turn up in the mail without any email notification That's wonderful Kim that you have finally got your cds on the storage unit I had to leave most of my cds behind when i left and I have a deep passion for music so it was very hard to part with them but i managed to bring about 50 with me (without jewel cases in suitcase but now have cases), so that was good. They have a home amongst my SO collection so we are all united as one! awww!!!! LOL! How hard are you guys finding it for a job? I'm even wondering if the employers look at my application form or whether as soon as they see NZ on it as past work history they just abandon the resume? I'm finding it extremely hard!! Some say they want experience but how can you get any kind of USA work experience if no one will hire you? *sigh* The perennial problem eh? I have an American Qualification which we had to re-cert every 2 years and you 'd think that would help. Don't mind me, I'm just finding the wait a bit exasperating at this point. We have only shown the recent 2 touches in the 4 months since we filed and were transferred. Shades of the K1 all over again. Maybe my picture makes me look dodgy	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-10-22 15:15:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Ah..it's just so maddening. Two touches and then nothing. People who filed long after we did are getting approvals and it is starting to get up my nose a bit. What are we..chopped liver????	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-10-22 14:29:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (Kelvan @ Oct 21 2009, 10:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I went to the bank to put my name on Evan's account because we are married now. They said they needed a government form of ID. SO I went to get a Kansas state ID card today and they said they can't give me one until my status has been adjusted because my I-94 expires on November 5. They need it to be valid for 60 days at least to give me a state ID How did you guys all get a joint bank account? We went and opened a new bank account, as he didn't have one at all, believe it or not lol...we went to Bank of America. We weren't married at the time, but I had my SSN number. No trouble at all, the only ID I had was my passport and NZ drivers license at that was fine. After the wedding, and getting the SSN changed to the new name, we went bank to the bank and changed the name there. I took the marriage certificate, but they didn't want to see it. Maybe the various banks have different, and silly, requirements?	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-10-20 17:51:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Oct 18 2009, 06:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (cdneh @ Oct 17 2009, 11:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Kiwiana..how did the driving test go??? They had got my birth date wrong on my state ID and i was still waiting for the new one with the correct information to arrive in the mail. But when i arrived for my appointment for the driving test, i was informed that the birthdate was still wrong and that a new state ID was never issued or in the system!! So i had to get all that fixed first! so more photographs and thumb prints!! We then waited for almost two hours sitting in the car outside.( lined up with everyone else). Then finally it was my turn! By this time i had knots in my stomach but the guy that was testing me was very nice and put my mind at ease. I didn't have to do a three point turn or parallel park. I did have to park alongside the kerb and reverse in a straight line. I felt the rear tyre touch the kerb and thought ' Oh no!' I was surprised that my test was much shorter than the others that went before me ( i have a feeling they were running out of time as they still had lots of others to test before they closed for the day) and soon i was back at the DMV. He said to me: "Congratulations! you have passed!". I was ecstatic!!! He handed the form to me that he had to mark off and i had gotten 95% out of 100 (knocked -5 off) He wrote on the form ' Good Job!!!' So i am soo glad that is over! We got car insurance for me yesterday and today was the first time i went out on my own!! It feels good to finally have that little bit of independence back!! Congratulations!! I knew you would be fine!! Lot of drama over the stupid ID thing..what a pain all that is. You hear so much about errors that are not your fault that hold you up. Okay now if I had to wait lined up for that long in the car I would be a total wreck. I hate to parallel park and will go to any length to avoid it lol...if it means walking farther that's fine with me ! Well done...you have that all behind you	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-10-18 19:12:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Kiwiana..how did the driving test go???	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-10-17 11:46:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (kiwiana @ Oct 17 2009, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (cdneh @ Oct 16 2009, 06:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have NO idea what on earth is going on. We had an email, and I looked and there is a touch tonight. They transferred us in July and I don't know if they have sent it back to a local office, or if they are working on it at CSC. Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS Current Status: This case is now pending at the office to which it was transferred. The I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS was transferred and is now being processed at a USCIS office. You will be notified by mail when a decision is made, or if the office needs something from you. If you move while this case is pending, please use our Change of Address online tool to update your case with your new address or call our customer service center at 1-800-375-5283. Hopefully the touch is a GOOD sign! i would think that it would still be at the CSC. Maybe they have finally picked the file up and are in the middle of processing it right now!! I have my fingers and toes crossed for you!! Man I hope so. I am over these people and their whacked out system	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2009-10-16 20:05:00