KK_Shanks

I did mention it, but will have to see how it plays out, not being able to do anything for possibly up to a year might cut my desirability off at the knees.

Courier bag arrived at work on Monday morning (yesterday), had passport and papers in there. I gave him the bad news, he was pretty bummed, but he was happy for me.

Not so much of a job offer, more that my boss doesn't want me to go and has asked if I can keep doing what I am doing now but from another country. But it seems the answer is a resounding no, so I'll be delivering him the bad news on Monday. Thanks for the advice guys and gals, I'm glad I didn't go with my intuition and end up getting myself in trouble. But in good news, I checked the consulate for updates on my visa application today and WooHoo, I have an approval status, I checked my courier bag and that is on its way to me too. Very exciting, but also scary.

I will be entering on a K1 visa. Does that give me the EAD?

I have no intention of breaking the law so I would like the legal answer if it is known. All going well, I should have my visa approved in the next week or so and I am planning to move to the US in mid September. (yes it is within the 6 months of the medical) I talked to my boss about me moving to the US and he has asked if I would be interested in continuing working for him but remotely in the US. I would like to help them out if possible, but obviously I cannot get a green card until I have got married and completed AOS which I plan on doing ASAP. Does my lack of green card stop me from legally working US based jobs only or does it stop me from working ANY jobs when I live in the USA? If I cannot work ANY jobs then so be it, but I would like to help my boss out if I can, and if i can't, I'll probably help him out where I can for free to keep myself busy rather than be <DELETED> sitting around and playing video games all day (as fun as that does sound, it's not very productive) TIA

Give them a day or two to send an email.

If your visa was approved on the day of your interview you will receive an email once it has been printed and posted back to you.

Based on my experience in NZ, I would allow at least 2 weeks, if not 3 weeks between the medical and interview and surely, it would be far cheaper to fly twice QLD to Sydney than to stay in Sydney for over a week.

So I went to my interview at the consulate on Friday 5th April as planned, I believe the interview went well, I had all my paperwork checked and plenty of questions about our relationship, and I think they gave everything the tick, at least as far as I could tell (found it hilarious that they didn't check any of the evidence of relationship that me and my fiance painstakingly compiled - LoL) However, because they had not received my medical results from Citymed, they declined my application and on hearing this, my world imploded. After getting over the initial shock of being told I was declined, I did my best to understand what the next steps were but my brain was spinning and I don't think I took it all in. I think they said they will re-review my application once my medical results arrive. But they gave me back my passport (keeping all my other paperwork) and I was told I would need to return my passport when they re-review the application. But I'm not sure if I need to take the passport there in person or whether I can courier it to the consulate. Flying up to Auckland for another trip adds a significant cost to an already sizeable bill for flights, medical and application. I'll be honest, hearing my application was declined was probably one of the lowest points of my life in recent years. I would have much rather they worded it that the application was put on hold pending medical results because that would not have been so much of a shock to the system. If it is of any relevance I did receive notification from Citymed 3 days before my interview to say there was no issues with my medical and they would be forwarding the results to the consulate, so I had no reason to think they wouldn't be there already. I guess it would be good to know, has anyone else from out of Auckland have their application declined pending the medical results and what did you have to do with your passport when they got back to you and roughly how long did it take to finish the process?

Just had my K2 medical yesterday at Auckland Citymed at 1:30pm. Great experience. For a nervous time, they treat you with respect and are very professional and quick. Timeline (give or take a few minutes), appointment was at 1:30pm, I got to Citymed about 1:10pm I caught a flight from Wellington to Auckland, landing around 12pm. Went straight out the front of the airport to catch the Skydrive bus which got me to Skycity about 12:50pm. Walked from Skycity to Citymed in about 10-15 minutes at a casual stroll pace. It's all downhill. Reception checked my paperwork and the nurse called me in to put me through the paces of taking vitals and measurements. Doctor called me in and did a bunch of questions about my medical history, things like hospital stays, medications, family history, pysch issues, drug/alcohol dependencies, STD history etc Then a bit of a check for breathing, heart rate and reflexes. Nothing major or invasive. Back to the nurse for a couple vaccination updates and blood draws then off to radiology out the back of Citymed for a chest x-ray and I was done. 15-20 minute walk back to Skycity for the bus back which got me to the airport around 4pm. (Don't forget to hand over your paperwork to the front counter at Citymed when you leave) So I think that my timeline was pretty much as good as it could get at 4 hours from airport doors to airport doors. But I would definitely allow more time than 4 hours for bad traffic or flight delays or longer wait times at Citymed. All in all I 100% rate the Citymed experience. I thought it was going to be a bit clinical and stiff, but they were super nice.

Did you complete the application and pay the fee?

Show me a screen grab of what stage you have got to. (cover any personal details)

How did you go with your first tax filing? I still don't know what I'm going to do with my assets over here in NZ. It sounds easier to just sell my house and send the money over to buy a house in the US. Shame I cannot just wind up my Kiwisaver and do the same.

So I'm a complete idiot. I just checked back on https://www.usvisascheduling.com/en-US/ and there was the option to schedule the appointment. I have no idea if that was always there and I just missed it or it has only appeared recently. I have not received any notification from the US Consulate that I should schedule the appointment which is what I was waiting on this past 3 weeks. So I'm scratching my head. Anyhow, if you are reading this and have been waiting for the go ahead from the consulate to schedule your appointment, go the website above and see if you too have the option to schedule. It was the easiest part of the process so far and I did it in 2 minutes. I was scared to press submit for half of that time because it seemed just a little too easy. First flight to Auckland and last flight home to Wellington is booked for the 5th April and I've just emailed the doctor to schedule my medical. I hope the rest of it is this easy.