NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!

[ivannnaloveskiwi 0]

hi everyone,

i'm so happy for everyone that mde it throught and the ones in america...WELCOME! i'm leaving the 28th for nz, i'm so excited.. just to be with him again takes my breath away..LOL now i get to see what it feels like in different country.. learning new money.. and being the person that talks funny.. HA HA. Its still makes me sad that we aare not one of the lucky ones to finially be able to actually live our lives together..and once again our happiness depending on a date on the calender when you have to leave each other again. I HATE THAT..the 90 day count down ...BUT.. i'm hanging in there..taking it one day at a time..an hopefully we will be able to be together soon!

wishing everyone well and happiness!

[Dave_n_Genna 0]

Hmmmm... can someone tell me how long it takes to get a marriage license and what is required?

Do we need her SS# before we get the license?

Ivannna - I hope you have a great time in NZ. I really enjoyed my trip there last year.

[rubyred 0]

what state are you in? we're in california, and we just walked into the county clerk's office, waited about 20mins and got the license. not sure how long the certificate takes to arrive, though - we're not getting married for another few weeks. pretty sure you don't need an SS# for it.

you need to take your birth certificates (copies are fine) and valid photo id (passport/DL), and it cost $84 in california.

Edited March 15, 2009 by rubyred

[Dave_n_Genna 0]

what state are you in? we're in california, and we just walked into the county clerk's office, waited about 20mins and got the license. not sure how long the certificate takes to arrive, though - we're not getting married for another few weeks. pretty sure you don't need an SS# for it.

you need to take your birth certificates (copies are fine) and valid photo id (passport/DL), and it cost $84 in california.

Thx for the information!

We are in IL.

I'm assuming that the only AoS thing we have to do BEFORE the wedding is the SS#.

[Kim & Chris 0]

what state are you in? we're in california, and we just walked into the county clerk's office, waited about 20mins and got the license. not sure how long the certificate takes to arrive, though - we're not getting married for another few weeks. pretty sure you don't need an SS# for it.

you need to take your birth certificates (copies are fine) and valid photo id (passport/DL), and it cost $84 in california.

Thx for the information!

We are in IL.

I'm assuming that the only AoS thing we have to do BEFORE the wedding is the SS#.

Yes I got my SS Card a couple of weeks after I arrived here, (they recommend 2 weeks after you arrive to alllow time for processing your POE paperwork).

If you google getting married in IL it should tell you what you need to know about ID requirements etc.

Straight after the ceremony, (it was just us & the JP), he filled in the necessary bits at the bottom of the license and we took it from there to the County Clerks Office and they did their bit and then gave the whole thing back to us as our marriage cert. After that we went to the SS Office and changed my name on the SS Card, and that was it.

While it's similar in most states, some of them do vary a little so you do need to google it for your state or contact your local County Clerks Office as they're normally the office that issue them.

Good luck

[rubyred 0]

dave:

IL county clerks office

[Lisaandtim 0]

dave:

IL county clerks office

Hey again all!

I have a dumb question. On the I-485 it asks for the Nonimmigrant Visa Number. I forgot which of the billions of numbers they have given us this is and I can't find it on any of the forms. Anyone know which one it is?

[Kim & Chris 0]

Hey again all!

I have a dumb question. On the I-485 it asks for the Nonimmigrant Visa Number. I forgot which of the billions of numbers they have given us this is and I can't find it on any of the forms. Anyone know which one it is?

Well after all the investigating I did on here before I put mine in, I read that another applicant said the woman at her interview corrected her form to read the red number on your K-1 visa. It's on the right hand side just above all the guff at the bottom.

[Kelvan 0]

Thanks Michelle! Wow 4 days to go for you!!!

Evan arrives here for his 2 week holiday on Sunday!!!

cool, i bet you can't wait, how soon do you plan to go to the states, after your interview?

I am thinking around July/August

Interview is tomorrow!!! I'm a little nervous, but glad I won't be alone. Just figuring out where to park now. Might have to get the ferry!

[Kelvan 0]

APPROVED!!! Well, actually only partially because I had to take home my passport as we are going to Australia on Monday! So as soon as I return it I will get my visa!!! The consulate also advised me that I might want to renew my passport while I'm still in NZ as it expires next year so I will have to do that as well.

[cdneh 3,112]

APPROVED!!! Well, actually only partially because I had to take home my passport as we are going to Australia on Monday! So as soon as I return it I will get my visa!!! The consulate also advised me that I might want to renew my passport while I'm still in NZ as it expires next year so I will have to do that as well.

Congratulations !!!

[Lisaandtim 0]

APPROVED!!! Well, actually only partially because I had to take home my passport as we are going to Australia on Monday! So as soon as I return it I will get my visa!!! The consulate also advised me that I might want to renew my passport while I'm still in NZ as it expires next year so I will have to do that as well.

Congrats! Have fun in Australia too!

[Michelle Kauffman 0]

APPROVED!!! Well, actually only partially because I had to take home my passport as we are going to Australia on Monday! So as soon as I return it I will get my visa!!! The consulate also advised me that I might want to renew my passport while I'm still in NZ as it expires next year so I will have to do that as well.

hey guys, sorry it's late coming but CONGRATULATIONS!!

i haven't really spent much time near the computer since i got here (Harmony, NC), spending too much time in my honey's arms hehe

[Michelle Kauffman 0]

Thought i'd add a copy of my email to the folks back home

The flight out from Auckland was held back for approx 2 hours, which meant we missed the connecting flight to Charlotte from LA. Luckily the airline decided to send us to the LAX Hilton for the 8 hours we had to wait for the next flight. They also gave us lunch and dinner vouchers, so we had the most expensive burger for lunch and the absolutely best steak dinner I've ever had in my life, for dinner.

Immigration at LAX was a breeze. I got into the same queue as my daughter, the one for visitors as the other line had a sign that said for US permanent residents and US passport holders only. I had read about horror stories but it was a breeze, the immigration guy at the window just asked me a couple of questions about how long I'd known Rob and when were we planning to get married, it was quick and painless but man he had no sense of humour at all.

Finally flew into Charlotte airport at 0600hrs Sunday morning, 9 hours late but at least we were finally there.

I really can't express how happy I was to see Rob, it was truly like I was finally home and could finally relax and rest. Since Kelly and I have arrived we have mainly been shopping and sleeping. Poor Rob was dragged from shop to shop as we looked for rings and dresses, finally have everything we need.

In the middle of it all Rob had a doctors appointment and then they made an appointment for him at the hospital to test his lung function. It was all good news, Rob can be very stubborn and for some reason I won't bore you with, he hadn't been back to his doctor since I went with him in April 2008. But we had a very frank talk with the doctor and the doctor agreed that as Rob's condition seems to be stable, & he can carry on a conversation without getting breathless, he agreed with Rob that there was no immediate need for him to have a lung transplant, which is why we were at the hospital for the lung function tests, the doctor wanted a base line to compare Rob's progress too. All in all I'm very happy about our visit to the doctor, while Rob cannot come off the o2, we can put off the transplant for the forseeable future and he put Rob's worries about the addiction to o2 to rest. The doctor says the addiction is physiological, not psychological and therefore when Rob no longer needed the o2 his body wouldn't crave it. We're still waiting on the results for the lung function tests but I'm very optimistic.

We're waiting on some things I ordered online to arrive and when they get here we'll head off to the court house and get hitched (hehe)

Rob is going to have to put some of his things in storage, because there is no way that I fit with all my stuff into his bedroom, so we're organising that over the next few days while we wait for our packages.

Tomorrow we're going to be shooting Rob's gun and his fathers shotguns, well Kelly will, I'll probably just watch.

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Now a question for those already here, what's with the bread and can anyone recommend a brand that doesn't smell quite so bad?

[rubyred 0]

THE BREAD!!!!!!!!!

yes, i feel your pain michelle - i had actually been warned about it, but still... i would KILL for some vogels or bergen or something! don't even bother with bread from any supermarket, you really have to go to a good bakery to get anything decent.

a friend of mine has promised to send over some cadbury drinking chocolate - hot chocolates here are totally inferior. don't be fooled by the cadbury caramel creme eggs: they're british cadbury so it tastes very different!