catrocks

Every visa waiver is valid for 3 months. I have entered the US about 5 times with one and never had any problems, and I've never had to show a return ticket so I don't see why they would say "well since your ticket says you're leaving December 18th you're forbidden to stay longer" since you're allowed to stay for up to 90 days.

I visited my H once when we were going through the K1 process, and I was never informed that I should bring things to show ties to the UK. I remember that the officer asked what the purpose of my visit was and I said "to see my boyfriend". Well I guess the officer saw my engagement ring and asked how long we'd been engaged and when we were getting married etc, to which I told him we'd get married when I had my K1. I remember when I'd been admitted to the country and walked away from the officer, he said (nastily!) "JUST DON'T STAY HERE ILLEGALLY'. Which bugged me but what are you gonna do! Anyway, bottom line, he never asked me to prove anything (though in hindsight, I should have brought a letter from my university or something to prove that I had ties).

I wouldn't worry too much about it, the visa waiver is very easy - she won't even have to fill anything out until she's on the plane, and then it's just minimal info.

The Oath of Citizenship means that you renounce all ties to any other country. You can be sympathetic towards your homeland, as I am fond of many countries (Philippines, England, Australia, Canada, Israel, Mexico, etc....) But it means that if worse comes to worse in the time of war you would defend the United States against any country, including your country of birth. This is what it means and if it does not mean that to you then this is not the country for you and you are hear for less then genuine reasons.

Hmm.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if that is true then how do you explain duel citizenship?

I am here because I fell in love with a USC and wanted to be with him, and it made more sense for me to move than him.... so is that not a genuine reason just because I wouldn't want to fight against my birth country? Seems you are very judgmental.

And on that note, I know USCs who would not want to fight in this war anyway because they believe it is wrong. But how can they be here for less than genuine reasons when it's their home country?

You're certainly entitled to your opinion.

Bring Branston Pickle!!! It costs $5.75 at my local British store for a tiny tiny jar.

Your UK driver's license is good for a year. I still drive on mine (though I've only been here 4 months) but I think once I have my SSN and green card I have to go take a test and then I get my Ohio license.

Plus, it's fun when you're asked for ID to show the UK license because they have no idea if it's real or where to look for the date of birth.

So I guess if we just get my mother-in-law and my friend/ my H's coworker (who is also our neighbour, hehe) to do it then it's ok? I'm already anticipating that this will be very not fun but nevermind

Thanks for the replies, any others would be appreciated.

P.S. This may be a stupid question, but would we use the lawyer as our notary (I'm not sure how these things work here in the States) or would I have to find a notary myself?

Hi,

We have not got a date for our interview yet but our lawyer sent us a list of documents we will need to start collecting for the interview.

I wanted to ask people here who have already had their AOS interviews how they went about getting this piece of evidence:

1. AFFIDAVITS: A (notarized statement) from at least three people attesting to your current marital relationship. These affidavits should state the their name, address, status in the United States, relationship to you and/or your spouse, and how he/she is knowledgeable of said facts. At least one of these affidavits should be from a neighbor. The affidavits should be detailed and informative, not general statements.

Any advice would be appreciated, thanks

Hmmm.... I was told by my lawyer that I would have to wait for my green card before I could apply for my ssn. They never said I could have done it during the K1 process.

Soooo losing faith in my lawyer, fast

I photo-copied both my marriage certificate and the NOA and keep a copy of them in my purse. I'm scared to keep the original in my purse in case I lose it.

I won't have that problem because after all the bs we went through to get the marriage certificate, we got 10 originals from the county court! So far we have used one.....

yea I decided not to change my name at all. Too hectic lol.

Probably not the best way to deal with things, but ya. I just decided to stick with my own.

I'm starting to wonder if maybe I shouldn't have just done that! I like my married name though plus it's easier for people to understand when I say it in my lovely British accent

Thanks! I think I will start carrying my marriage certificate and NOA around with me too! I can't believe I didn't think of it. Grrrrr.

I don't know if any of you have come across this problem but I wanted to share so that I can hopefully prevent extra stress for some people!

Ok, short story, I got my K-1 in July and came to the US in August. We were married September 15th and sent off the AOS package at the end of October (delay was due to our county court never receiving our marriage certificate and us having to run around getting a copy, but that's another story!). On 11/7 we were sent an appointment notice for our biometrics test in Cincinnati.

So, our appointment was yesterday at 2pm. My husband had to take the afternoon off work (and it's a busy time right now so it wasn't very convenient but what are you gonna do!) and we went down with our appointment notice and photo ID (which is what the notice said to bring). In hindsight, I probably should have brought everything I had with me just in case, but since our lawyer did not advise us to bring anything besides what we were told by USCIS I didn't really think about it.

Anyway, the support center would not accept my ID... why?? Because the appointment notice was issued to me in my married name, and my passport/ drivers license are still in my maiden name. We needed to bring the marriage certificate to prove I was the same person.... and of course we didn't think to take it. It's about an hour's drive so there was no way we could get home, get the marriage certificate and make it back down there before they closed.

Luckily the people there were very kind and understanding, and have made our case a priority, so we can go back any time without an appointment and get the biometrics done. Our lawyer says this is the first time this has happened with one of his cases, so I don't know if other people bring their marriage certificates just in case or what! Anyway I just wanted to share this to hopefully prevent it happening to someone else!

Cat

I'm from the UK and my husband is from Ohio - we've been together 4 years - the first part we were physically together and the last 2 years we were long distance. We finally got married September 15th of this year (after a relatively quick K-1 process) and are now in the lovely AOS process.

I only wish I had discovered this forum when we were applying for my K1 - it was difficult as nobody I knew really understood or could sympathise!