ljandjl

Hi Everyone - wondering when to start worrying.

"On October 30, 2015, we scheduled an interview for your Form N-400, Application for Naturalization , Receipt Number NBC********. We will mail you an interview notice. Please follow any instructions in the notice. If you move, go to www.uscis.gov/addresschange to give us your new mailing address."

We haven't moved & it is Nov 17th. At what point do you contact the office to say you haven't gotten your appointment notice? It seems like so many people got their appointment letters w/i 3-4 days after being scheduled. We don't want to miss the interview & we'd like to have more than 1-2 days to prepare! Anyone have a similar experience?!

Smaller fees, such as fees to get the police certificate, certified translations if applicable, copies of birth certificates, etc. For us it ended up being less than $100, but it will vary!!

I really doubt it, esp. with a co-sponsor. If you were going without a co-sponsor, then maybe.

I have returns from 2009 & 2010 to show, but I had no income in 2011, so no return. They told me to check the box saying i have no return...My co-sponsor provided the 2011 return.

I kind of have the opinion of keep it as simple as possible - I'm not going to go out of my way to provide extra info they aren't requesting! That said, we interview on the 31st, so if I find out something differently I'll let you know!

I think, yes, though I'm far from an expert on the topic!

Also, are you earning enough interest that you need to file a tax return for "income"? If not, I would think you could just write $0.

The same was true for us - our sponsor is far above the minimum requirement, so we weren't concerned. At the same time, I didn't want to make a dumb mistake!

They claimed that the income requirements pertain ONLY to the sponsor, not the beneficiary, even if/when the beneficiary is part of the household. So there you have it.

Hey Bron - just as an update, I got a hold of the embassy in Frankfurt & they told me I was to write $0 for household income, despite the fact that my husband actually has an income here in Germany - so now we know

Have you voted on an absentee ballot? If you're still voting in the US that's apparent intent to maintain/reestablish domicile.

Exactly!

Technically our income is not zero.....but it won't continue in the US as far as we know.

With the co-sponsor it doesn't really matter, I just don't want to come this far & then get it wrong!

Working on the I-864 - my (USC) current annual income is zero, but my husband's, of course, is not. Since it's foreign-earned income which will end when we go to the US, do I include it on the I-864?

I can think of arguments for each side

btw, we have a sponsor who exceeds the requirements, so the approval shouldn't be an issue

As a note for future readers: a very nicely worded email does the trick

The receipt number was on the form I had to send back to the embassy.....and in my excitement to do so I didn't write it down! Is there a loophole or do I just have to sit patiently?

Hi all - we received our NOA2 on July 6 & sent the DS-230/etc back on July 10, prior to receiving the packet from the embassy (still haven't gotten it). Anyways, my question is - how do you know when it's been received by NVC? Do you need your case number, which I so brilliantly forgot to write down before sending the forms back in?! Or do you get a letter?

Can you call without the case number?

Thanks

"All documents not written in English or in the official language of the country in which the interview takes place MUST be accompanied by a translation in English"

So, as long as the interview is in Poland & they'll accept the documents in Polish. However, if you're going crazy with worry than you can just have them translted & give yourself peace of mind :)We're DCF in Germany & we can submit either German or English civil documents.

I'm not familiar with the card you're talking about, so take this with a grain of salt - however, if it's not a social security number, the you've kind of answered your own question, haven't you?

Thanks, DK. 86 days of testing my patience, but finally it arrived Monday I would have been calling them!

I actually already have a flight book (late August) & we decided not to book my husband's, as we didn't know when it would all fall in place. But based on what you just mentioned, I think we'll do that - we'd both love for him to come in September, so that's what we'll write!

Hi everyone - I'm sure this question has been asked & answered a hundred times, but I can't seem to find it here. We got the NOA2 today & one of the required bits of info is "date of proposed travel" - what are acceptable answers? Is a month & year (i.e. September 2012) sufficient? Can we write "to be determined" or "unknown"?

I can't imagine they'd expect a specific date........

thanks!

No problem - a coworker of my husband's let us know about the group. We've had some luck with Toytowngermany.com as well - all in all, we've gotten rid of almost 1/2 our things in about a week, so I'm pretty pleased!

DK - where are you? We in the Franken region & there's a great English speaking "buy sell swap" group on facebook - we've gotten rid of a lot of stuff already from that site alone! You might want to see if there's something similar in your area!

CONGRATULATIONS! How perfect that it came on the 4th of July

We decided to terminate our apartment least, which requires a 90 day notice - so we have it through September & if for some crazy reason he's still here I guess he'll stay with friends...Still a lot to do, like selling everything we own, but at least we're making progress, albeit extremely slowly. Patience was never my strong suit.

Ugh........85 days since NOA1 & still no word. I'm trying to be patient, but I'm leaving Germany in 7 weeks & it would be nice if my husband could come with me - or at least if we knew when he'd be coming! With the 4th, etc I'm sure we won't get anything this week either.

I'm glad the others are moving right along, just wish I was part of that club

I think you're mistaken. UK marriage laws are different than Germany's, and UK is known for imposing more requirements on getting married than other countries. But yes, it shouldn't be a problem as long as OP figures out what the requirements are.

I'm mistaken about my experience?! I didn't say she was set & there wouldn't be any problems - I'm well aware there are differences between Germany & the UK....or any other 2 countries in the world. But the student visa bride club is a rather small one, just sharing my experience. As it turns out, it looks like everything will work out nicely for her!

That is not true. Only court documents need to be translated to English by a certified translator. All other documents can be in German.

http://germany.usembassy.gov/visa/iv/step4/

I'm not arguing what's on the website, just reporting what the Consular official wrote to me. I know plenty of people submitted German & English documents - I also didn't mind spending 15 minutes translating a birth certificate to be sure , esp after they told me it was necessary (maybe they need to read their own website!)

Well not to throw gas on the fire, but considering it's free to file federal taxes online - why wouldn't you just do it & report zero income? Take 5 minutes, it's free, and then you have a legit 1040 to turn in instead of a letter that is going to come under the scrutiny of someone who may be having a "difficult" day & not very helpful!!

Living abroad as a student for 2 years I wasn't required to file........but knowing we were going to be applying for a greencard in the future, it was well worth that 10 total minutes of my time to have 3 years of tax returns to turn in with the I-864.

Ok, that's good to know! I guess it depends on who you talk to - I must have gotten someone that was having a rough day

OK, great. He made the appt specifically for his TDap & MMR boosters, but the doctor said he doesn't need them yet, hence the letter. I really think we're fine, but wanted to check! If not, then whatever, he gets an unnecessary vaccine - small price to pay!

D.K. - I'll assume no news is good news from you!

Good luck & thanks again

Hi guys - quick question.

My husband was at his regular doctor yesterday & had the immigration immunization requirements with him. He asked the doctor about MMR, tetanus, etc. The doctor said he's current on all immunizations & varicella immune. The doctor wrote a letter saying all of this.

I know we'll still undergo a medical exam, but will this be accepted by the examining physician? Obviously we're not interested in unnecessary vaccinations, and since they're free at a regular doctor but cost money at the immigration exam, if he had to have them then we'd rather do it beforehand!

Anyone else have a similar experience?