Anubicdarque

Yeah totally if that a pic of you in your profile? If so, I'll come over and say hi. Then at least we can keep each other company if it's a long wait.....

Yup that would be me though I might not wear the hat

My appointment is 9am 6 October too!!!! Guess I'll see you there after all

Whoot! I look foward to trying to work out which one is you from the croud that will prolly be there. We will have to remember to do the reviews afterwards

So do you have an interview date??

I think I do? I phoned up the NVC to ask how long it takes, just as a general question (Thank goodness I have unlimited skype calls to the USA with the amount of times I hit the redial to get though) and they turned around and said "Oh you have an interview date... Oct 6 at 9pm So me goes GWAH? cos I will have to run around organizing medical and transport to melb and sydney. But when I contacted the consulate.. they were more coy and I haven't received a email from them about it.... so I think I do? but I don't have the paperwork for it? They tested my email when I phoned them and it worked.. but still Id like to know for sure.. and with enough time to get the medical done etc.

I (and at least one other person here) got our emails saying that the NVC have got our paperwork and are sending them though to Sydney on the 7th of September. Does anyone know how long it takes usually between that email.. and one from Sydney saying "Oh hi, we have your stuff here, now its time to organise the interview" ?

I got the same email as you on the same day maybe we'll see each other at the consulate in a month!!!! Cross your fingers.

Here's hoping! I just hope that the NZ police check gets done fast..

I have the MOJ one, but I believe there is a separate NZ one, I have downloaded the form from the Auckland consulate, (I got the link from the reciprocal part of the state dept website) and filled most of it in, and sent a quick email off to the USATraveldocs support about the information needed for the Requesting Office, Email address for Requesting office and what my case number would be (just double checking before I email it in) then will scan it, and my passport and email it though to where they tell me (I asked if I email it right though to Auckland or to Sydney) So...... I will let you all know what happens. They may not need it and just want my MOJ one (it did as part of it, I think, ask if it was for immergration purposes)

OK now that I have rambled... now to wait for the email.. who comes first the one from the Sydney Consulate asking if I am ready... or the one from USATraveldocs to let me know what I need to know about the police clearance authorisation

Thank you Ryan I appreciate it! Now to let my wife know... and for me to dance around the room... Which one should I do first?

I got an email from the NVC about my IR1

this means they have gone though all my paperwork and are happy with it yes? and they will be sending it to the Consulate in sydney?

Thank you heaps.. I will do that now

I am doing my DS-260 and a couple questions I am not sure what to do.

It wants to know if I have previous employment.. I say yes.. it wants to know what jobs I have done in the past 10 years.. but I have been doing what I am doing now for the past 10 years. so I cant answer that one properly. Do I put in the job I had beforehand.. or do I just tick no

and second question is.. for the question about if I have been issued a US visa would the ESTA count? or do I just tick no?

thanks to you all for the help.

We have had my application go though to the NVC, and she has received the AOS bill, which the money has been sent to her, so that she can pay it electronically. However, It didn't come with the IV Processing fee bill, which I thought would be included, so we could pay them all at the same time, as I have seen in the instructions.

But when I go to the US embassy website for Canberra, they talk about the IV processing fee, (US$325) as being payable at Sydney, on the day of the interview (I think thats what it all means) (Web page here) So does that mean when the AOS is paid, I will then receive the email or letter from the consulate telling me that I can start on the DS-260, and then pay for it on the day of my interview?

I haven't found much information about this, Is this something that US and Australia have organised, where the beneficiary can pay at the consulate or am I totally confusing things?