Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey everyone, just a quick update! We got a RFE a few weeks ago (December 30) due to my fingerprints being taken twice and still being unreadable. So we had to get the local police department to write a letter to say that I have no criminal record in the state of Kansas. I sent this back to USCIS the other day!	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2010-01-28 16:13:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	My travel application got approved!!! However, I also got a notice saying that they need to take my fingerprints again because they couldn't process the ones they took the other week They had A LOT of trouble getting my fingerprints, so what if it happens again?	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-12-04 18:47:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	I am in the graphic design industry I used to be the art director of Lucky Break magazine in NZ and before that I was a designer for good old Woman's Day xD Here in the US I would be willing to take on ANYTHING to do with design, as I figure it will be really difficult for me to find a job even in that field!	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-12-04 18:33:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (Zeddess @ Dec 3 2009, 01:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yay thanks! Whoa Kansas is a long way from the ocean! Do you ever miss it? I really want to go to Port Angeles because Twilight was filmed there hehe (shameful I know!) Snow is awesome! It snowed in Richland, my SO's town, on Christmas day last year and it doesn't often snow there, so that was pretty neat, felt just like being in a sno-globe. Where did you guys all live back in NZ? I can't wait to move from a big city to a small town Yes Twilight was filmed there xD I lived in Bucklands Beach, Auckland all my life until now. I miss Auckland, but I don't miss the ocean as much as I thought I would. I think I have adapted quite well to Kansas! However, we are thinking about eventually moving to San Francisco, similar climate to Auckland and way more jobs Does anyone here plan on ever returning to NZ to live one day?	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-12-03 12:38:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey congrats on passing your interview Zeddess! Not long to go now I have a friend who lives in Washington state, in a place called Port Angeles I'm in Olathe, Kansas. I looove our apartment, and I am actually dreading going to work now cos I love being in it so much hehe! We went for a walk tonight and it was 0C!!! ZERO! Can't wait til it snows! The first time is always the best I think hehe.	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-12-02 21:45:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Had my biometrics taken on Monday. The woman had LOTS of trouble getting my finger prints because apparently I use a computer too much and type on a keyboard which makes them harder to see She got them in the end though! And she said to expect an interview letter within 90 days! Oh and also, she asked for our marriage license. It didn't say to bring it on the letter, but luckily I brought everything just in case! Edited by Kelvan, 25 November 2009 - 12:36 PM.	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-11-25 12:36:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Thanks for letting me know guys! Well, hopefully they won't take too long! However, I have a feeling it might cos there's the Thanksgiving, Christmas and NYE period coming up And no interview? I wonder if that's how they are doing it now for everyone!	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-11-22 02:05:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey guys, we got a notice in the mail. We are getting transferred to CSC! Is this good or bad? I have no idea! Looks like we are going through the same thing as you cdneh?	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-11-21 11:28:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Yaaaay cdneh!!! It's about time	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-11-18 18:37:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey ivannnaloveskiwi, we are in the same situation right now! We filed our AOS a few weeks ago and have received our letter for a biometrics appointment. Yours should be arriving soon	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-11-13 15:50:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (cdneh @ Nov 5 2009, 12:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> 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. I hope it arrives soon cdneh. How long does it usually take? Megger: Welcome to the thread! Everyone here is very helpful so if you have any questions just ask! I wouldn't know what to do without them	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2009-11-04 11:56:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	hi everyone, question ..lol.. question...we've check the uscis web site checking on status.. nothing was said about the EAD, got the transfer letter to cali last week.. then today he got his EAD card in the mail... so does this mean he can find a job now?or do we still have to wait? i've seen on others that they knew their EAD was approved.. yet ours never said.. dont get me wrong I'm sooo happy ..yes .. just wondering!!	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2010-01-25 22:31:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	HI EVERYONE, HOPE EVERYONE HAD A GREAT XMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR.. MOVING ALONG ON THE AOS, A FEW BUMPS ALONG THE WAY... THEY WANTED US TO FILL OUT A I693 MEDICAL.. WAS A BIT CONFUSED.. THE I485 NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THAT FORM.. FOUND IT ON THE WEB.. WAS SOMETHING A CIVIL SURGEN NEEDED TO FILL OUT.. WE SENT THE PAPER ABOUT HIS VACINATIONS.. SO REALLY DIDNT KNOW WHAT THEY WERE WANTING..WORRIED THAT THEY WERE WANTING THE MEDICAL DONE OVER..BUT WE SHOWED THEM THE PROF FROM HIS MEDICAL IN NZ AND ALL HIS JABS (LOL, AS HE CALLS THEM) SO THEY FILLED OUT THE FORM, SEALED IT.. ( FOR A MERE $48.50) WELL WE THOUGHT .. A NEW MEDICAL ALL OVER AGAIN .. 300$++ SO WE DECIDED TO WAIT TILL XMAS WAS OVER..LOL AND IT WAS ONLY 48.50..WHICH WAS GOOD NEWS BUT THREW US YET ANOTHER MONTH BEHIND TO THE GOAL LINE..HE STILL HASN'T GOT HIS WORK AUTH.. BUT WE DID GET A TRANSFER LETTER TO CALI.. IS THIS GOOD?? KELVAN..YOU GOT TRANSFERED TOO..LOL MAYBE KC TRANDSFER ALL.. DID YOU GO BY THE AIRPORT FOR YOUR BIOMETRICS APPT? KINDA A RUNDOWN PLACE.. THEY HAD A HARD TIME GETTIN HIS FINGERPRINTS TOO..	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2010-01-23 15:42:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	hey everyone, well its filed..AOS checked off list..gosh i hate paper work.. they cashed the check .. must be a good sign.. we didnt get it back in the mail.. just wanted to say hi . hope everyone is moving along.. take care!!	ivannnaloveskiwi	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-13 12:19:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Merry Christmas to you too kiwiana! I hope everybody here is doing well and enjoying the holidays It's a beautiful Christmas day here, with a high of 24 degrees still waiting for my visa to be delivered though! will probably be next year now..	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-12-24 18:51:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Ohh that's right Kim, I knew I remembered you saying you might be moving to Portland. Searcy sounds like such a cute little town! the locals must be fascinated with your accent hehe. I think finding a job in the Tri-Cities shouldn't be too hard, it's not a huge place but they have one of the highest job-growth rates in the US what kind of job are you going to be doing Kelly? I hope you get your snow soon! kiwiana and cdneh - what parts of CA and VA do you two live in?	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-12-03 19:04:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (Kelvan @ Dec 3 2009, 03:45 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey congrats on passing your interview Zeddess! Not long to go now I have a friend who lives in Washington state, in a place called Port Angeles I'm in Olathe, Kansas. I looove our apartment, and I am actually dreading going to work now cos I love being in it so much hehe! We went for a walk tonight and it was 0C!!! ZERO! Can't wait til it snows! The first time is always the best I think hehe. Yay thanks! Whoa Kansas is a long way from the ocean! Do you ever miss it? I really want to go to Port Angeles because Twilight was filmed there hehe (shameful I know!) Snow is awesome! It snowed in Richland, my SO's town, on Christmas day last year and it doesn't often snow there, so that was pretty neat, felt just like being in a sno-globe. Where did you guys all live back in NZ? I can't wait to move from a big city to a small town	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-12-02 22:15:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Oh wow we're all going to be really spread out - I'll be in Washington state, I love it there, reminds me a lot of NZ. My SO's town is about a 3 hour drive southeast of Seattle and is a hell of a lot drier than the rest of Washington - 300 days of sunshine a year though! I love the consistency about that because the weather changes every hour in Akld and it's driving me nuts	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-12-02 21:41:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	QUOTE (cdneh @ Dec 3 2009, 01:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congratulations!!! Excellent news! I was wondering how it went Have you decided when you are traveling yet? Thankyouuuuu!!! I brought heaps of evidence with me like chat logs and photos and emails, but he didn't ask to see any of it, which I took to be a good thing. Although I don't think I'll feel truly relieved until I have the visa in my hot little hand! lol I'll be leaving NZ around late March/early April as that's when my SO can come over during his spring break and have me go back with him. It gives me a few months time to save up as much money as possible and spend plenty of time with my friends and family before I go, because we won't be able to afford to come back for a while Is it getting really cold where you are? Auckland has been having this awful humid and overcast weather, but definitely isn't feeling like summer yet!	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-12-02 20:21:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey guys, well I've been conditionally approved pending my police report clearance, which I'm sure will be fine lol. There was a loooooot of waiting around! The lady who gathered my documents was really lovely, and I think I actually spoke to the interviewer man for about 5 minutes, he just asked me the regular questions - how we met, how many times we've met in person, what he does over there, what I do over here, what our families think, etc. So hopefully I'll have my passport back with my visa in it sometime next week	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-12-02 18:28:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Thanks Kim and Kiwiana you can bet the first thing I'll be doing is rushing back to work to jump on here and tell you all lol! I'll be moving back to my parents this weekend so I can really concentrate on saving up as much money as possible to help support me over there (still not used to the idea of having to depend on someone else), so that's going to give me an opportunity to clean out a whole bunch of stuff! Glad I wasn't the only one that had to have the tetanus shot - my arm hurt like hell for a week!!	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-30 16:03:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Well I had to go back to the doctors because they found I wasn't immunized against measles or mumps... so now the medical is officially over, almost $500 later! Did it cost that much for any of you?? I also forgot to sign the police clearance form (whoops) and I only just received it back in the mail on Saturday. I couriered it to the consulate today although seeing as my interview is on Thursday, I doubt they're going to get it back from the police in time anyways. Should I contact them to reschedule my interview or do I just wait and see what happens?	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-29 22:54:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Aww hope you guys enjoy your first Thanksgivings! Still another year to go for me although I can feel it's definitely getting warmer here the last few days... summer is on its way!! I had my medical a few days ago, everything seems fine there so that's good! Interview is next Thurs so hopefully by this time next week I will have been approved but arrggh I feel so far behind!	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-26 15:37:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	WOOHOO finally! Congratulations cdneh!!!!	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-18 00:21:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	OMG so packet 3 was waiting for me as I got home from work tonight! I'm reading over it and it sounds fairly straightforward, just the medical that sounds confusing! I'm sure I'll be alright, I might go to the one in CityMed (near my work) as I've been there before and I'm pretty sure they have lab/x-ray facilities there too. geez I'm going to feel like I've had a warrant of fitness after all that poking and prodding! How soon after you send back the forms do they schedule you an interview? Also, what sort of amount of funds are they looking for me to have? I've barely started saving up! and I don't necessarily have any recent photos of us together... just some from when I was there in July and even then I think we're only together in one or two. It's actually kind of a relief to hear the interview is conducted so casually, I have this scary image of a small and dingy interrogation room with a bright light LOL. If they take your bag from you though does that leave you with nothing to entertain yourself (not even a book?) while you wait for the second part of the interview...? think that's all the questions for now! thanks for all the advice, I'd be lost without you guys	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-10 03:31:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Thank you so much for digging those out cdneh! that's really nice of you I work a little bit further up Queen Street from the Embassy in Auckland, which is pretty handy, and I'm not too far a drive from the doctors in Remuera either. I'm trying to compile a whole bunch of evidence for the interview (emails, IMs, text messages, phonecalls etc) but I'm still terrified that it's not going to be sufficient as he can't come to the interview and I don't have a ring yet. Did any of you guys go to the interview by yourself??	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-09 23:00:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Thanks for the congrats guys!! Still pretty nervous about the next stage but trying to be optimistic. Just a few questions... how long does the petition usually hang out at the NVC for before it comes to NZ? My fiance is starting to work on the affidavit of support but what are you supposed to do with it, or does the embassy explain these things in the package they send you? Silly questions I know but I just hate not knowing what to expect.. I hope you hear something soon on the GC cdneh. good luck with job hunting for you kiwiana and soon for kelvan! and congrats to kelzm for finding work too I feel sorry for that random Vietnamese couple on the page before that got denied a visa	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2009-11-09 02:23:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Congrats on getting married I didn't get a doctor here to certify the form. I just sent in the copy of the vaccination form that the doctor that did the medical in NZ gave me. It went through ok so I wouldn't be too worried about it. Probably more important to get your paperwork filed and then reply to any RFE you may get. At least that way it'll be in the system and underway Cdneh..... you're too kind...... No..I'm not lol..you are Kim! I sent the same thing for the vaccination as Kim. No problems either. We were transferred to CA and in due course we were right Edited by cdneh, 04 July 2010 - 08:07 PM.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-07-04 20:07:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hi there Kelzm......keep us posted as to how you get on. There's a few of us on here who'll have this coming up early next year and I know we all worry about having enough evidence. Also nice to have met Cdneh today I was nice to finally meet you ! Kim's lovely	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-06-28 13:40:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Can I just say: Go All Whites!	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-06-15 11:25:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hello Scarolette I did go over and read your thread, and I think the best advice is some of what you got there. A good Immigration lawyer is probably where you need to go. You may need a waiver, but one thing you do need is some sound advice. If you have contacts in the Embassy there I'd use them. There was another chap from AKL who had to get a waiver, and that was successful in the end. It was earlier in this thread I remember. There is a waiver forum on VJ that may help in a general sort of way : http://www.visajourn...content/records Wishing you all the best Also check this website out. Big section on waivers if you need one broken down country by country http://immigrate2us....forum/forum.php	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-06-14 11:26:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hi kiwis, I just posted a question specifically about NZ criminal background and my partner HERE if anyone has any advice PLEASE help a girl out! Hi, By the way I'm Scarolette (USC) Hello Scarolette I did go over and read your thread, and I think the best advice is some of what you got there. A good Immigration lawyer is probably where you need to go. You may need a waiver, but one thing you do need is some sound advice. If you have contacts in the Embassy there I'd use them. There was another chap from AKL who had to get a waiver, and that was successful in the end. It was earlier in this thread I remember. There is a waiver forum on VJ that may help in a general sort of way : http://www.visajourn...content/records Wishing you all the best Edited by cdneh, 14 June 2010 - 10:57 AM.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-06-14 10:54:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Isn't that the way when shifting house? Nothing seems to run smoothly on the day. It's good that it is finally over and you can now settle down into your new place. Did you move to a different town/city or stay in the same area? It's been pretty quiet in here lately.... Changed states. Now we are in Searcy Arkansas. You hooo...kim&chris In the same town and have no idea how to reach Kim. When they changed the website over, they wiped my message history, and that is where I had her email. And she was right. Hot place	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-06-13 16:13:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	We have shifted house The absolute most annoying and plagued by disaster move in the history of moving..but it's at least over.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-05-29 13:28:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Congratulations!	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-05-08 20:05:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Does anyone know how long, after sending consent for the police cert, it takes for the certificate to come through? Is the consent part of p3? I see that your p4's seem to come through quite quickly so I wonder if the process is quicker if the embassy requests the certificate because it took 6 weeks for the one I requested to arrive! Thanks, Emma Not sure on that one. I understood that if you are going through Auckland, so in the country, they would not accept a Police Cert you got on your own. Where you are not IN the country that may make a difference. It wasn't very long after I sent the consent form back to AKL that I was interviewed and it seemed to be about 10 days or so. They may get priority as they are a consulate	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-04-25 19:25:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Exactly! I'm not nearly as stressed about the AOS filing as I was about the 129F, since we'll be waiting for it together! That's what I thought as well	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-04-20 22:20:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Great! That's good to know, because I was getting stressed out about trying to find a civil surgeon to copy the vaccination info onto that I-693. Maybe we will try it that way, too. Well at the time I thought I would give it a go. The worst they could do was send me an RFE. We got held up at NVC for almost 7 weeks on AP before I got here, so at least I knew if they did send an rfe we would be waiting for it together	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-04-20 11:32:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey everyone! I've been in the US for a few weeks now, really enjoying it. Aside from all the wedding planning, we just bought a cheap little runaround car for me, it's even a manual! Looks like everything is going smoothly for all of you too I have a question about the I-693 form that you have to complete so that your vaccinations are recorded properly for the AOS - I don't have a copy of the vaccination worksheet that the doctor filled out at my medical, how am I going to prove that I've had them done so I don't have to have another one? I have receipts from the medical center but maybe I should try and obtain a copy...? damn Hello..congratulations on getting here, and on the car ! I had a similar problem. I had the sheet that I got from Dr Stone, and the consulate in Auckland had given me two copies of the vaccination report that had their raised seal on it. Dr Stone said his office would mail me a copy, and it hadn't turned up in a week so I rang them and they sent one out. You could give that a try. Worth the phone call if it saves repeating the medical, that gets spendy! The two copies that I got from the Consulate...I know I had them here. I even showed them to my husband and said "I need this when we file for the green card" When I went to fill out the paperwork neither one was anywhere to be found. I looked everywhere and never found them Still don't know what happened to them. So when it came time to file, all I had was the copy Dr Stone's office mailed me. I sent that in, and I sent them a copy of every receipt I had...for the titre test from my Dr, the receipts I got from the medical and exray and blood work that you have at the medical. I did not get anyone to complete I-693, and I didn't have a problem, did not get an RFE either. It seems the luck of the draw, some that filed when I did were asked to get the form done, but just as many were not. I decided as I was here, and if they wanted to RFE me..so what lol. I didn't have any trouble at all.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-04-19 23:45:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Congratulations ! They do answer email quite quickly...sometimes within hours	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2010-04-14 22:16:00