Courtney

Woooo hooooo

Just got an email from CRIS, my EAD card has been sent, it's been well over 90 days but at least I have it now.

I can now look for a job , I have my driving road test next tuesday, maybe I will get both my DL and EAD on the same day.

That's great news about the EAD card! Congrats! And good luck on the road test!

Seeing as you havent received your RFE yet, my guess is that it did not get delivered to your address for some reason and was sent back to the USCIS. They are just mailing it out again to the "address on record".

Entirely possible, because we've just changed our mailing address... but we did change our mailing address with USCIS and we even got notices from them at our new address saying they'd received our address change.

Oh well, i'll try to be patient and wait for the mysterious DOCUMENT OTHER THAN CARD OR TRAVEL DOCUMENT

Ok- i have a question. I received this notice on 8/22/08:

Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Request for Additional Evidence Sent

On August 22, 2008, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in this case I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

....So i guess they need more evidence... I can understand this. I knew I might be missing something... BUT... My question is why have they sent me this today:

Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: DOCUMENT OTHER THAN CARD OR TRAVEL DOCUMENT MAILED TO APPLICANT

On September 3, 2008, your document I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS was processed and mailed to the address on record.

I'm confused...

I'm confused too Did you mail back the RFE docs? If you did, maybe they're approving your AOS and sending you the GC.

Woooow!!!! very confusing..... I hope whatever they mailed to you would be the greencard itself.

God bless and stay positive.....

I still have not received the documents pertaining to the RFE, still waiting for that to arrive in the mail.

I'm pretty certain the RFE either has to do with needing an employment letter (i don't know how i could have forgotten to include that, but i did!), or the medical form that has to be filled out by the designated surgery (didn't realize we needed that til after we sent in the application).

I had a moment of OH MY GOD, could the "DOCUMENT OTHER THAN CARD OR TRAVEL DOCUMENT MAILED TO APPLICANT" be a refusal of the application? can they deny it, even after they've approved the AP and the EAD? It seems like that's quite a longshot, so I'm not really worried about it, but it did cause a moment of panic...

If no one here has experience with this, I guess I'll just have to wait for it to arrive in the mail

Ok- i have a question. I received this notice on 8/22/08:

Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: Request for Additional Evidence Sent

On August 22, 2008, we mailed a notice requesting additional evidence or information in this case I485 APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

....So i guess they need more evidence... I can understand this. I knew I might be missing something... BUT... My question is why have they sent me this today:

Application Type: I485 , APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS

Current Status: DOCUMENT OTHER THAN CARD OR TRAVEL DOCUMENT MAILED TO APPLICANT

On September 3, 2008, your document I485, APPLICATION TO REGISTER PERMANENT RESIDENCE OR TO ADJUST STATUS was processed and mailed to the address on record.

I'm confused...

I've got a question-- we filed at the end of May and got our NOAs for the AOS, EAD and AP, dated June 6th. Anyone else having trouble finding their case status online? I put in the case receipt number, and it won't bring anything up for me. Am I right to be putting in the number that starts with MSC? Has anyone else had this issue? I'm not terribly worried- we have our NOAs and the biometrics letter arrived shortly after the NOAs. I am just curious to see if there's anyone else that can't check their status online....

I read in other threads that some people have problems to view their cases online. Yes, the MSC number is the correct one and you can add the new numbers to your K1 portfolio. Sometimes it takes them a while to update the info into the system, some people were able to view their case online after having the biometrics.

Hang in there it will come.

That was true in our case. Our cases didn't show up online until after my husband has his biometrics appointment.

Thanks for all the replies- makes me feel better to know this isn't really abnormal at all:)

This part of the process seems far less stressful than waiting for the K-1 visa... I'm not nearly as high strung!

We made an offer an a house yesterday, and today we've gotten a response and accepted the seller's counter-offer. All very exciting. Now I will start worrying about money instead of the AOS process!

I've got a question-- we filed at the end of May and got our NOAs for the AOS, EAD and AP, dated June 6th. Anyone else having trouble finding their case status online? I put in the case receipt number, and it won't bring anything up for me. Am I right to be putting in the number that starts with MSC? Has anyone else had this issue? I'm not terribly worried- we have our NOAs and the biometrics letter arrived shortly after the NOAs. I am just curious to see if there's anyone else that can't check their status online....

I just thought i'd share a quick update... Now that we have the K-1 visa, today my fiance is en-route to the US so that we can get married in April! He is currently somewhere over the Atlantic Ocean on his way to be with me, and I am so happy and excited and anxious I could burst! I'm at work and trying to concentrate but it's tough... Knowing that all our stress and worry and planning is finally getting him HERE to be with me is an indescribable feeling. I hope that everyone here gets to know this feeling very soon- it's one of the best feelings, and definitely one I won't forget anytime soon! :energetic:

Would that lead to redundant taxation?

...what is redundant taxation?

Ok- i'm hoping someone here can help me before I start calling up accountants.

My fiance has just recieved his K-1 visa. He will be here in the US with me this week. He's from the UK and he's self employed, but currently doing drafting jobs for a UK company. He owns a home in the UK, and rents it out, so he will not be fully severing ties from the UK as far as banking and taxes go. (and i don't even know if that relates to our situation, but i think it might).

We won't be getting married for a little over a month, and he's got plenty of drafting jobs to do for the company in the UK while he's here before our wedding. Problem is- he's here on a K-1 visa, and won't have work authorization until we apply for AOS (and then get his EAD!). Could this be a problem as far has him working before he gets the employment authorization? And where would his income be taxable if he is allowed to work- in the UK since he's working for a UK company (that has no location in the US), or would he be taxed in the US, since he's working on US soil?

He has spoken with a tax attorney in the UK, and they seem to think that he'll be taxed in the US on income earned while working in the US, despite the fact that he's working for a UK company. Now, i'm pretty sure this will be a problem for our AOS- if he's been working in the US before he's allowed to, I'm pretty certain the US Gov't won't be happy. Any thoughts or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!!!

Good luck tomorrow to Gareth's Girl, Sadeyes and ericdraven! I'll be thinking of you all! :)

So whats the word from Courtney?? How could anyone forget to announce interview results??? I mean, we are all waiting!!!

let the poor girl get home...maybe she's stuck on some train

While I really do want to know how things went, I was really being a bit facetious in my post! Kind of like an "Are we there yet" kid!

I didn't forget to post! Have been busy getting back from London with my fiance, and are just about to sit down with his parents with a nice bottle of champagne and an Indian takeaway! My idea of celebration! We are APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really amazing how 7 months of stressing can culminate in a 4 minute interview! I went to the embassy with him, and he came away from his short interview beaming, and i was ready to start jumping up and down screaming, but that's not appropriate in the Embassy, so we did that when we got outside! We're very excited, and now our wedding on April 19th is a definite!

Thanks for all your well wishes, and I wish good luck to everyone awaiting their interview. It was painless for my fiance, and I hope it goes just as smoothly for everyone else!!!

i had interview at 10am on a tuesday, visa was in my hand by 9.30am thursday.

Had you gone back to Scotland when you received the visa, or do they require you stay in London to await the delivery of the visa?

Congratulations!!! That's really wonderful news!

Hey!

I just found out my interview has been scheduled March 10th at 9:30am. I have a problem though. I am meeting Rory in Mexico Feb 27th - March 9th for a pre-wedding honeymoon and I put this down on my packet 3 info. The trouble is I just realised my flight doesn't land in England until the morning of the 10th - way too close to the interview time. So annoying.

Has anyone received packet 4 then asked for the embassy to change the date? Should I write back to them explaining and also send them an email. The last thing I want to do is annoy them or delay the interview much longer - I wish I could call someone and speak to them about this. I could cancel the flights but would lose all the money. Ahhhhhh

Thanks for your help

Donna

I don't know about asking the Embassy to change the dates, but I can't imagine that's very easy!

What happens if you return from your trip early? Does the airline penalize you for changing your dates (rather than fully cancelling?) I know that US airways charges you $200 to change the dates, and also charges you the difference for the new flight, but I would think that would be less expensive than cancelling your trip entirely...

*edited to add Congrats on getting the interview date! * :)

My fiance is the UK citizen, and his interview is scheduled for 2/20/08. His package from the Embassy tells him not to bring anyone else with him. I've heard several cases where the US citizen comes along, although usually just waits in the waiting area. Did anyone bring their US citizen with them and have a problem where the US citizen couldn't get into the Embassy?

I have a question-- Has anyone in here taken their US citizen to their interview? My fiance was just reading his packet from the Embassy, and it tells him he can't bring anyone with him. I've read a lot of accounts in here where people have brought their US citizen with them, and so I'm wondering if those people were also told not to bring anyone, but did anyways. Any thoughts?

I don't want to spoil anyones good news... but i've seen where Cheryl and Josh posted somewhere else, and as far as i can tell it's not bad news

This may be a dumb question but I just called the NVC line (603 334 0700) to see if the London embassy had received my packet 3 and I was told they have no embassy related information at all. But people keep saying they get information from the DOS about packets 3 and 4. Is that a different place and telephone number all together from NVC?

Thanks!

I'm getting sooooo impatient - I can't believe i've held out this long and these last weeks are killers...... xx

I called the Department of State to get Embassy related info. 203-663-1225 press 1, then 0 and then waiting in silence for a "visa specialist" to pick up. Usually took me about 10 minutes to get someone. You'll need to give them your beneficiary's DOB or full name, and your LND case number (if you've gotten it. I think they'll take the number that USCIS assigned you as well).

Am I the only September filer to have the visa in hand? Ours was like divine intervention, or as close as you can get with the US government; from I-129F to visa in four months.

probably!!!!!

@courtney....congrats

Thanks Debz Good luck at your interview! I know you're worried, but i don't think you should be! I think the embassy is more interested in the validity of your relationship than they are in the fact that your co-sponsor isn't related to you (which was something you were worried about, if i recall correctly). The fact that you HAVE a co-sponsor, and they meet the requirements, should be all that's important. As long as you go into the interview with confidence that everything in your application is 100% true and accurrate, and you're friendly and have a smile on your face, you should do fine! Have you ever been to the US Embassy before? My fiance was initially REALLY nervous, but he took a trip into to London and checked out the Embassy, and realized it's not scary at all! I myself have been there (and up and down the street right by the Embassy for 3 hours- in the rain!). It's pretty straightforward-as I'm sure people on here have been saying. You find the right line to stand in outside the Embassy. Then, they allow your line into the Embassy, you go thru security (very similar to airport security), and then you're in!

OFF TOPIC: I never actually made it thru security when i went to the Embassy, but not because I was a threat! I was working as a nanny then, and I had tagged along to the Embassy for the family I was working for at the time. They were there to get a passport for their infant daughter. I made it thru security fine, but the mother had a bottle of perfume in her purse, and it was confiscated at security. She got really angry and made a pretty big scene, and they told her she'd either have to dispose of the perfume, or go to the post office and "post it to herself". The mother told them she had NO desire to leave her perfume with the postal service, and it was a "very expensive perfume", (Chanel Madmoiselle and the bottle was only 1/3 full), so she threw the bottle at me and told me to take care of it while they were in the Embassy. And thus I was out in the rain, (slave girl that I was at the time) babysitting a bottle of perfume. I walked up and down Grosvenor Avenue for 3 hours. In the rain. But at least there was a nice little coffee/pastry shop right near by! And that was the first day i ever spent in London. Good times ;-)

I just called DOS and we have an INTERVIEW DATE!!!!!

February 20th, 2008, at 10:00am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please add us to the list! :) :)

OMG....I just got through to DOS and we have an interview date already.........yaaaaaaaaaay :dance: :dance: NOw I just hope we pass it.

Oh it's for Feb 14

YYYAAAAAYYY!!!!!! I'm so excited for you!!!!

...maybe that means we're right behind you?!?

Good luck to you!

Hi

I am waiting for packet 3 to come through but just wanted to ask a few quick questions:

1. Do we only return Part 1 (pages 1&2) of the DS-230-1? What happens to part 2? Do we fill this out at the interview?

2. How do you email the embassy re. interview dates. I'm hoping to have one as quickly as possible so i'll email the embassy once we've returned packet 3 if that will help.

3. Vacinations - I have some of the original childhood records that i've had most of them. Can I take these 20+ year old records to my medical?

Thanks and good luck to those with interviews coming up!

My fiance just had his medical, and the doctor told him that he didn't need his vaccinations for the K1 visa, just for the AOS once he's in the US. (if you're applying for something other than the K1, you can probably disregard my advice)They told him that it would cost him about 60 pounds to have the vaccinations done at the medical, but that his own GP would probably do them for free (and they have). He also found out that unless his vaccinations were less than 10 years ago, he was going to have to have them done again. SO you can take your vaccination history with you to the medical, but I wouldn't expect you'll need them. My fiance practically knocked himself out finding his, and didn't need them in the end at the medical.

Good luck!

Monogaz also got an approval.

Click here for the October filer thread

I don't even want to see the October filers thread. It will only make me more depressed. I hate VSC.

I stay away also.........it is so depressing.....good for them but sucks for us......VSC is hosed

Got our medical exam date today-February 2nd!!! Can any UK people tell me whether your fiance's needed to bring their vaccination records to the medical? The embassy website says fiance visa people don't have to, but the medical people are saying yes. Any insight would be helpful.

Hi Steph-

my fiance just this minute got back from his medical in London. He asked the doctor about his vaccinations, and the doctor told him that the vaccinations aren't for the K-1 visa, they're for adjusting status later on. So although the vaccinations aren't necessary for the K-1 visa, you'll have to get them (or show proof of them) for the AOS part of the process. If you don't have all the necessary vaccinations yet, you can get your GP to do them (usually for free), have them print out a copy of the vaccinations that were done, have the doctor sign and stamp it, and then it's ready for the adjustment of status part of the process. Hope that helps!

THANK YOU! That is extremely helpful. Did he get his interview date? Now I am worried about how far out they schedule that. I don't want to wait anymore!

We don't have an interview date yet, because we're still waiting to get back our police certificate. Don't want to send off the completed checklist until we have all our ducks in a row! Right now it looks like London isn't scheduling them that far out, or at least as far as I can tell they aren't. On the London embassy interview thread, I think the furthest they are scheduled right now is 2/14/08 (obviously this is only info compiled from the VJ people that have found that particular thread!)

@Mirla- my fiance had his shots done too, but his surgery lost the record of it. He's got some basic info from his childhood, saying he had the initial shots. Now he'll have to get the booster shots that are required for the US. Check with your doctor (or whomever might have given the shots) to see if they have any kind of record, and if you can get the basic record, you will just need boosters. I'm not sure what they'll want you to do if you can't find any record of your shots.... good luck! glad to see you've finally got the NOA2!!!

Monogaz also got an approval.

Click here for the October filer thread

I don't even want to see the October filers thread. It will only make me more depressed. I hate VSC.

I stay away also.........it is so depressing.....good for them but sucks for us......VSC is hosed

Got our medical exam date today-February 2nd!!! Can any UK people tell me whether your fiance's needed to bring their vaccination records to the medical? The embassy website says fiance visa people don't have to, but the medical people are saying yes. Any insight would be helpful.

Hi Steph-

my fiance just this minute got back from his medical in London. He asked the doctor about his vaccinations, and the doctor told him that the vaccinations aren't for the K-1 visa, they're for adjusting status later on. So although the vaccinations aren't necessary for the K-1 visa, you'll have to get them (or show proof of them) for the AOS part of the process. If you don't have all the necessary vaccinations yet, you can get your GP to do them (usually for free), have them print out a copy of the vaccinations that were done, have the doctor sign and stamp it, and then it's ready for the adjustment of status part of the process. Hope that helps!

You know the fresh smell of spring/summer? When you can smell the dew on the grass and the sun is bright and the birds are singing - I kinda feel like that at the moment and I don't quite know why But I want to feel like that in my new life as well so that makes me want to start it now!! I know I'll have down days too but I am making the most of this wonderful feeling - I mean what a big adventure!!!

It's so funny you say that Aly- I feel the same way this morning! It may only be January 8th in the deep dark winter of the Northeast (US), but I've got a skip in my step and I could be walking on clouds! My fiance got his medical appointment this morning- 15th of January... We've just received packet 3 and are still waiting on our police certificate before we send back the package... But things are moving so quickly now, and I feel like skipping!! ANNND - after weeks of 10 degree temps (Fahrenheit), today it's in the forties! . Feels incredible! Like summer! (well, not really, but compared to the temps we've been having, it's very refreshing!)