US Immigration from Australia

Hello,

We live in NZ and are preparing to submit application for CRBA/passport (the Consulate here is open and processing such things). My question is on the form DS-2029, specifically questions 23/25, which ask for "Precise Periods of Time in US".

I assume based on "precise" that this requires my husband (the US citizen) and I (the Australian parent) to list each and every time we entered US immigration. Which will probably be about 2 pages, because as an international couple who lived in the US for 5 years, we traveled a lot (lucky us! But a lot of records will need to be tracked down).

However this gave me pause: reading the DS11-7 form (application for a passport) which we'll be submitting at the same time, it says in the Guidelines under "Proof of US citizenship" that if you claim citizenship through birth abroad to at least one US citizen parent, the CRBA will require "all of your US citizen parents' periods and places of residence/physical presence in the US and abroad before your birth."

There were many times when we traveled for vacation, such that our residence stayed "US" but our physical presence was abroad.

Anyway, presumably we need to list each and every trip we took outside the US (For my husband - since birth; for me - since I moved to the US) which is going to take sooooo long so before I do that, I just wanted to double check that's really what's required.

Thank you!!

Oh and also re. documents to show proof of husband's physical presence in US - he lived there until he was in his late 20s so he has high school/college transcripts, employment records and medical records. But we only have scans or print-outs from online records (e.g. medical office only provided electronic copies). Should we just bring everything we have? Or do we need to actually get original hard copies sent over to us from the US?

Thank you!!

Hi All,

I realize someone posted about having this issue back in January, but given all that's happened this year, I thought I might try again. The NVC has approved all of my Australian husband and I's documents, except for the National Police Check. They rejected our first upload October 20th, and it took nearly a month for my husband to get fingerprints done, mail them off, have them reviewed, and then a new PC mailed back to him. He uploaded a new National Police Check (Full Disclosure and matches exactly what the CEAC asked for) on November 18th, but they've rejected it again with no further explanation. Someone before had mentioned writing in the document comments that we did, in fact, upload exactly what was requested and available according to the Australian Federal Police (the issuing authority), but I wondered if anyone had luck with any other method? This is beyond devastating, really, and just feels incredibly helpless. What else can you do but follow the directions you're given??

**Note: We have an immigration attorney who is helping us, but she's not sure why this is happening either!

Hello,

I'm in a weird situation: Four years ago I travelled to the US under a J visa for a university exchange. While I was at my exchange university, I got a social security card so I could work part time for the school as an intramural soccer referee.

I returned to the US a couple of years later for my Masters under a F-1 visa and I used that same social security to again work for the school I was at part-time. I'm now in the US again after marrying my beautiful wife and currently waiting for my AOS and I-765 to be approved. But I have been offered a job. Can I use that social security card to work for this company? The card is 'active', and according the Social Security Administration the card is eligible for employment, but am I?

Guys, I have a I-944 question. Regarding additional income. I am including child support. However, it has two sections. Annual amount received. Is that how much I have received so far this year or just how much I receive every year? Then there is total amount of additional annual income received? Is that how much child support I have received in the whole history of my child.. Or what?
Thanks!

I swear there should be an age limit on these things. It feels like such a joke. My three year old has no education, bank accounts, credit history etc. Everything is basically NA. It makes her look like a really bad public charge and I know they will take the age into account but it does worry me. Anyone else gone through this?

I mean I have put our assets in the family section and she has health insurance at least lol..

Anyone else?