Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Back in NZ! It feels sooo good to be home I have been driving all around Auckland and it is wonderful! Have also eaten a couple of meat pies hehe. I'm here for 13 days for my dads 60th, Evan will arrive on Sunday... can't wait! It's really hard to be away from him when I've spent the last 6 months seeing him everyday. My flight from LAX - Auckland was only half full because of the cancelled London - LAX flight that was to connect with ours. Everyone had a row to themselves in the plane! I heard stories of some people getting tickets for super cheap. The guy near me said he got a flight from North Carolina - LAX - Auckland - Sydney for $600 last minute! The airlines must be trying to sell the seats that would have been occupied by the people from London! Edited by Kelvan, 21 April 2010 - 02:53 AM.	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2010-04-21 02:51:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Thanks for the info about traveling, guys I spotted some hot crossed buns at the supermarket the other day! However, they were a lot smaller and they were made with white bread, not brown.	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2010-04-04 19:24:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Questions: Also, if your maiden name is used in NZ passport and married name is on the GC, what surname do you put on the airline ticket? Do you show your NZ passport when leaving USA airport to go to NZ? And then do you use your NZ passport when entering and leaving NZ? Then on your return to USA airport, you show your GC? I put my maiden name on my airline ticket! It says that you have to put the name which is to be the same name as your passport. My passport is still in my maiden name so that's what I did! I might also take a copy of our marriage certificate to have on me if anyone asks.	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2010-04-02 16:14:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hi everyone! I am going back to NZ to visit in two weeks! Does anyone know if I need to take anything with me besides my Green Card? Also, on the way back into the US, should I need anything else? I'm assuming I don't need to apply online 48 hours ahead like everyone else from NZ on the Visa Waiver Program.	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2010-04-02 12:54:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Thanks Kiwiana! I'm so glad it finally arrived, and no interview! My brothers and cousin are here right now in the US on a vacation so I am celebrating with them	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2010-02-15 08:49:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	GREEN CARD!!!!!!!!	Kelvan	Not Telling	New Zealand	2010-02-12 16:17:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Went in for my interview yesterday, and my visa was approved! I'm flying out on the 13th!	gwdenton	Male	New Zealand	2010-05-06 18:29:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	I emailed the Embassy and someone called me about an hour later to talk about moving the interview date forward. I was able to book an appointment for the 6th of May. I'd have prefered something maybe the week earlier but a couple of weeks sooner is still good.	gwdenton	Male	New Zealand	2010-04-14 22:22:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Got my interview scheduled for May 18. In other peoples experience of the Auckland Embassy, what do you think the chances of them moving my date forward a couple of weeks? Their online interview calender is free all the way through this month and next.	gwdenton	Male	New Zealand	2010-04-13 16:36:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Wish us luck, fellow kiwi types! My fiance is flying up to Auckland today for his interview tomorrow. Yeep! Good luck! I'm hoping to find out when my interview is this week.	gwdenton	Male	New Zealand	2010-04-12 07:26:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Cool, thanks for the info and advice. I might try emailing the embassy, but it sounds like i should be fine getting the medical done before my interview date is set.	gwdenton	Male	New Zealand	2010-03-15 21:10:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hello:) I got held up at NVC on AP for over 7 weeks. I went ahead based on having the AKL number from NVC and had the medical well before I was even out of NVC. You will be able to see by my timeline below the story Did you need to get forms needed for the medical before, and take them in with you, or were they able to give them to you when you went for the medical? I've tried to find copies of them online but haven't had any luck so far.	gwdenton	Male	New Zealand	2010-03-15 01:15:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey, I'm making my way throught the NVC, but was wondering if any of you guys knew the deal with the medicals in Auckland. Is there any way of going and getting the medical out of the way now, even though my case is still with the NVC and hasn't been sent off to the consulate, or is it better just to wait? Also to those that have gone throught the CR1 process through Auckland, how long after the approval at the NVC was the interview scheduled for? Thanks	gwdenton	Male	New Zealand	2010-03-13 00:06:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Just got my NOA2 for the CR1 today too, not far to go now!	gwdenton	Male	New Zealand	2010-03-02 15:38:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Long story but happy to help with any questions. I will have a look at what we were planning to send in to NVC. Thanks, that would be great. I'm assuming if everything needs to go directly to the NVC I won't need to bring another copy of all the documents with me to the interview as the Consulate would have recieved them all in the package from the NVC?	gwdenton	Male	New Zealand	2010-02-17 15:19:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey everyone, By the looks of it most of you went the K1 way, but I was wondering if anyone knew what I need to be sending to my wife for the NVC stage. We're still at USCIS, so the petition is probably still at least a month away from reaching the NVC, but I wanted to get everything ready and sent to her early so that there's no hold up when it finally gets there. From what I understand Auckland is one of the Appointment Post NVC Processing countries, and I need to send a copy of my Birth Certificate, and Police records, but should I be sending her anything else? Thanks	gwdenton	Male	New Zealand	2010-02-17 00:12:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	I thought it was about time I posted in here and said hi. I'm in Auckland at the moment and my USC wife is back in Nebraska. Just sent through our I130 for the CR1 at the end of last year.	gwdenton	Male	New Zealand	2010-02-09 22:20:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hello all! Sorry I haven't been on in awhile but we have had some problems. And right now we have a big problem. See, everything was going great. We got married over a year ago and things seemed to be great. But then things seemed to take a downfall and my mother passed away in march. If that's not bad enough, she was my husband's co-sponsor. We just now got finished taking care of business , moving out of the house and stuff that I've even thought of what to do about the whole sponsor thing. Some of my uncles have offered to sponsor him so finding one shouldn't be a problem. I just don't know where to start. And I've been in such a haze of depression I really didn't realize it'd been 3 months already. Do I call and report it or just mail in the new one and then report it? We adjust the permanent resident status in feb i believe. I don't even know what form to do or any of that. Should I call the misinformation line? Thanks	Lisaandtim	Not Telling	New Zealand	2010-06-20 16:56:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Kelzm we recently sent in our removal of conditions packet too. We sent it to VT. We sent in a few bank statements, insurance and life insurance policies with both our names and the deed to our house. I think Nic threw in a few other things but it did feel like a much smaller packet than the first time around. Nic wanted to send in my ultra sound ( I am 5 months pregnant) just to be cheeky but held off the urge. The next big concern is that they schedule our interview around my due date. Crossing our fingers on that one!	amaciar	Not Telling	New Zealand	2010-06-30 07:43:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Nic and I did go the CR1 route. We went about it in a bit of a backwards way and in the end I think we ended up going the DCF route. The Embassy in New Zealand kind of took over for use and said don't worry about NVC. Long story but happy to help with any questions. I will have a look at what we were planning to send in to NVC. I think the most complicated bit for us was the tax information but shouldn't be too big a worry if the USC is actually living in the US, which I hadn't been for a few years.	amaciar	Not Telling	New Zealand	2010-02-17 11:51:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	So my visa expired today and I still haven't sent in the AOS package, because for some reason the civil surgeon won't certify my I-693 form without a full immigration medical, which I do not NEED. Is it supposed to be this hard to get something signed? Anyway, my social security is still in my maiden name because it took 10 weeks to get so I haven't been back there yet, but I've used my married name on all the forms. Are they going to chuck a wobbly if I don't send in the medical form or am I worrying for nothing?	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2010-06-28 18:23:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Ok, first few questions: what would my current USCIS status be and do I have an alien registration number? It's been 8 weeks since I applied for a social security number, but since DHS entered my birthday in wrong that had to be corrected before I can get a social issued to me.. which is still pending. Can I apply for AOS and the EAD card without a social? Because it's probably going to take another 4 weeks or so and then longer to change my name. Thanks guys!	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2010-06-03 20:44:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey guys, a quick update: I'm now a married woman yay! Just came back from our honeymoon on the Oregon coast, now to start the AOS process! I'm probably going to have a lot of questions about this since most of you have already been through it. Hope things are going smoothly for everyone	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2010-06-01 14:21:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Is this the same process in NZ or do you just get it yourselves and take it along with you? Hi Emma, yep it's the same process here - the Embassy sends you a consent form thing to sign so that they can ask the NZ Police directly for it. So I'd just sign the form and give it to them, then send in the cert you requested when you receive it, maybe it'll help speed things along?	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2010-04-23 14:36:00
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	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2010-04-19 13:03:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hey everyone, just thought I'd stop by real quick to let you know I'm flying out in 6 hours!!! I'm not the biggest fan of flying so I'm kind of a wreck this morning but I'm sure I'll be ok, I just can't wait to finally get there. See you on the other side!	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2010-03-29 14:06:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	GREEN CARD!!!!!!!! Awwww YAY!!! Congratulations you two, that's awesome, and without an interview! You must be so stoked, enjoy the celebrations. Just an update for everyone, I'm getting ready to leave NZ in 6 weeks! I'm so excited but also really sad! How did you guys cope with leaving all of your friends and family behind??	zeddess	Female	New Zealand	2010-02-16 05:15:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	So just saying hi, my husband is a NZC and a USC and has been here for ten years. Weve been married now for 2 months. Applying this monday for a CR1, husband cant find a bloody job here in NZ. So moving to Florida for a job for him.	Tiger_Dime	Not Telling	0	2010-03-18 02:59:00
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)	Scars4Rich	Female	New Zealand	2010-06-14 04:27:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hi folks, we are doing very well, thank you. Glad to hear everything is going good for you all as well. Russell was unable to find work as a geologist here in Massachusetts but he began working with me (graphic design, websites, hosting, murals, computers.....etc) and we're doing very well. We will be opening our own store in the very near future...(so we can pay off that masters degree education haha). He also started bone carving (I know you kiwis can appreciate that). www.BoneDezine.com is a site he threw together to showcase some of his carvings. He is doing very well selling custom designs here so hopefully we can find a way to use it as a tax write off for our future travels. In october it will be 2 years we are married and it seems just now that things are finally settling back in. It was a loooong expensive road...but no regrets! Please do keep in touch. You all are forever a part of our journey! We wish you health and happiness.	KimandRuss	Female	New Zealand	2010-08-30 09:41:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Hello US/NZ friends!!! how is everyone???????????	KimandRuss	Female	New Zealand	2010-08-22 11:19:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	For sure. I mean really though, in one way I shouldn't be surprised. We have had such issues all the way along really. Remember or AP saga? This time I am telling her, either I see the green accept or we do it again. I don't care how many people are waiting in the queue either. That's her problem. Research here says that if you get two rejections, you need police clearances from every place you have lived the last five years. This is in spite of the obvious fact that I have already cleared these stupid hurdles, more than once, or I wouldn't be here in possession of a GC now would I?	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-12 22:07:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Why on earth do you have to go to TN? Because they don't do them in AR. Idiots. It's nearly 6 hours up and back just driving, it took us longer last week on account of the miserable weather. Woohoo!! I have my appointment for my biometrics. 12/28/2011 in Charlotte Yay!! You are on the mover	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-12 19:10:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	I've had mail. Not an RFE, but I have to go all the way back to TN for more fingerprints. They say the ones they took last week cannot be processed. :/	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-12 17:55:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Nope, not a word. I still can't stop smiling though Well think of it this way. If you ever have a really huge secret you are desperate to tell someone. Tell her..she can keep one I can't blame you for smiling...who would have ever thought things would turn out the way they have!	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-04 19:30:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Thanks It almost feels too good to be true. It's very strange how things work out. Just last Sunday when we took her to the airport I was inconsolable because I didn't know when I'd see her again. If the little minx had told me then what was going on maybe I wouldn't have needed so many tissues. You mean she didn't tell you before she left?! Oh boy...lol... that is like when they are little, and sometimes you would want to hug them on the one hand, and spank em on the other.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-04 19:08:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Thanks Guys I'm ridiculously excited. I thought that's how it might be so I'll go ahead and tell them to start the k1 process. As you say, we've already been through it so it will be a lot easier, less stressful anyway Excited?!? I should think so. I think it's wonderful news! You know, if we can help we will.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-04 13:34:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Reading around I may be wrong, it is possible it seems. But a lot longer than a K1.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-04 11:42:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	Ok let's see if this works Hey Guys, I have a very different type of question. My daughter came over for a 2 month visit from Auckland and met the guy next door, fell in love and now wants to come back as they want to get married (Trying not to smile like a cheshire cat ) So my question is this, would it be quicker for me to apply for her as an unmarried daughter over 21 or for her fiance to apply for her k1 visa? Or can we do both at once and see which one is quicker. It's just that I've been reading that the wait time for unmarried children over 21 can be over a year and sometimes a lot longer, while the k1 for me was quicker, about 7 months. I think you would need to be a Citizen before you could petition for her. So, I guess that is about another year right off the bat? It is probably quicker for him to do the K1. Bonus for that it, you already know all there is to know pretty much about how that one is done Congratulations. To Kelly AND you <3 !!!	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-12-04 11:27:00
Australia and New Zealand	NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!	We didn't have a lot either. We neither rent nor own, so we live with his Mother, so no lease or deed. No bills either. We sent the tax transcripts, copies of our drivers licenses that show this address, car insurance paperwork with both names on it. I had mail come from the Canadian Embassy that showed this address, so I sent that sort of thing. Bank statements covering the last 3 years, and I had the MIL sign a letter that stated we live here, and she obviously knows we are married. I sent about 5 pics in as well. This was a good post I thought, Brother Hesekiel put it down well and I tried to follow that as much as I could. http://www.visajourn...fe/page__st__15 I'd send them anything new you can think of. I did read where a couple sent the same things, but highlighted some..such as she wasn't on the lease, but the joint bank account showed the rent payments coming out of the account balance they shared.	cdneh	Female	New Zealand	2011-11-26 13:20:00