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My fiance who is coming over has the best car insurance...she doesnt pay a dime--and its for all repairs.......car insurance in America is only for collision--not for regular repairs....why is that?

Hi does anyone know how much daycare costs in the Boston area? Are 2nd-income spouses actually quitting jobs if its coming out to be the same? For the second income v. day care?

You can try the UVC School of Dentistry clinic--should be cheaper

http://www.dentistry.vcu.edu/patients/clinics.aspx

Click on Urgent Care

Are people adding their immigrant-spouse to their insurance right away? I called my insurance and they said that it would go up $40 a month for a "Foreign License" fee....should we just wait for her to get her Mass driver's license and then try to add her on then? Also they said that it would go up by 100s!! if we cant give a driving record from the native country---how have other people been getting this driving record--have people been having trouble???

Hi this question might be redundant....but, on the back of I-94 it states that you have to surrender it when you leave the U.S. But if you are already an Adjustment Applicant with AP, then you don't have to surrender the I-94--I-94 just dies, no?---Since AP and later Green Card take control.

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"the interview went so well and it was so fast. Everybody was really nice to me, the guards, the cashier, the document collecting person and the interview person... I really like the US Embassy. Most of the documents we prepared were not needed. They didn't even ask for photos. They only asked for the applications, my passport, civil record, family certificate and the police statement... When they asked me for the application you had to fill, I gave them your whole financial package and the document collecting guy was really amazed. Then they called me to the interview room and the person there was a nice American guy. He made me raise my right hand to swear that all the information i'm providing is the truth. The only questions he asked were: Who is filing for your visa? How did you two meet? When? When did you see each other? What does he do for a living and what do I do for a living? He then gave me a paper needed to pick my visa next wednesday at 3pm.... So we're finally there ... All the email evidence i printed, the call history, plane tickets, photos, and post mail evidence were not needed!!! They didn't even mention these things..."

Go to Guides above---tells you exactky what to do after NOA2....oh, and Congrats!!

ok, got it....take the tax advantage, I shall.......)))))))

Cell-Phone Industry is recession-proof too. Apply to at&t, Verizon, T-Mobile, (not Sprint); and cell-tower companies like American Tower. We survived the 09 layoff accross the country..it did not hit our company. In fact they are in hiring mode now.

OK, but here is a problem with Abode

"You are not considered to have a tax home in a foreign country for any period in which your abode is in the United States. However, your abode is not necessarily in the United States while you are temporarily in the United States. Your abode is also not necessarily in the United States merely because you maintain a dwelling in the United States, whether or not your spouse or dependents use the dwelling"

If wifey moved here in November, she did not have a Tax Home back in foreign country anymore....thus, cannot use 2555 EZ either....

Just to throw a monkey wrench in the whole issue:

General Information

"If you are a U.S. citizen or a U.S. resident alien living in a foreign country, you are subject to the same U.S. income tax laws..."

Techinically, a K-1 finance who moves here, gets married, and is now together filing jointly is NOT living in a foreign country anymore, She is just a U.S. Resident Alien living here now.....

So technically, there is no place for her to report her foreign income from before she moved here.

Just married in November... My wife has not worked in the US this year. How will this effect income tax filing for 2008? Do I file jointly with her at 0 income? She has a SSN already.

Thanks

Did your wife work overseas this year? Foreign income has to be reported if you include her on your US income tax. Rin had no 2006 income tax (we married Oct 2006), so I filed "married filing jointly". If your wife had foreign income it will be have to be reported when you file (if filing "married filing jointly"), however a certain amount of foreign income may be excluded from US tax.

Check www.irs.gov and do a search for foreign income.

Just to throw a monkey wrench in the whole issue:

General Information

"If you are a U.S. citizen or a U.S. resident alien living in a foreign country, you are subject to the same U.S. income tax laws..."

Techinically, a K-1 finance who moves here, gets married, and is now together filing jointly is NOT a U.S. Resident Alien living in a foreign country anymore....she is just a U.S. Resident Alien living here now.....

So I believe no, she doesnt have to report income from her native country form earlier that year..

Just to throw a monkey wrench in the whole issue:

General Information

"If you are a U.S. citizen or a U.S. resident alien living in a foreign country, you are subject to the same U.S. income tax laws..."

Techinically, a K-1 finance who moves here, gets married, and is now together filing jointly is NOT a U.S. Resident Alien living in a foreign country anymore....she is just a U.S. Resident Alien living here now.....

So I believe no, she doesnt have to report income from her native country form earlier that year..

Wow.... no state income tax for you guys...I gotta move!!!

Hi all, the following 2 were not mentioned in the Mega income tax thread going on in the forum.

Out of curiosity:

1. Does anyone know if the foreign spouse has to report foreign income on the STATE taxes

2. Does the exclusion 2555 EZ work everywhere and anywhere, or only for certain countries?

Just married in November... My wife has not worked in the US this year. How will this effect income tax filing for 2008? Do I file jointly with her at 0 income? She has a SSN already.

Thanks

GREAT THREAD all!!)

Out of curiosity:

1. Does anyone know if the foreign spouse has to report foreign income on the STATE taxes

2. Does the exclusion 2555 EZ work everywhere and anywhere, or only for certain countries?

People get away with it because the burden falls on the United States to prove that the intent was not to be a tourist----a very hard thing to prove unless one goes into their office and says "Our intent was not to be a tourist"....Unless they fix that loophole, many a many people will be claiming touristic intents.

If you did AOS correctly, she should have signed a paper saying that she is responsible to SUPPORT YOU for at least 10 years or until you get citizenship.

Next time she pulls the "Im going to USCIS office" to you, respond with "So am I, with the 864 signed by you in hand"

woohooo September 2, 2009.

Thanks all...I guess we will wait to see what the Dr. here says. The Dr. in Beirut said 6 months. So maybe the Dr. here will say 1 month, or 2 months. But what Sardes said makes sense anyway be on the safe side and wait a couple of months..

sorry, not being clear - 90 days before the 2 years is up, she has to file for Removal....They DONT remind you to do this...so PLEASE mark your calendars---can result in a lot of troubel if you wait too long to Remove COnditions

Ok, so she comes, and you marry. As soon as you marry, file for AOS, and with the AOS also put in the applications for Work (EAD) and for Travel Document.

Basically, she cannot travel outside US from the moment she comes in as K-1 (1 time entry only--please dont leave) ........to the moment she gets a Travel Document.

Once she gets the Travel Document, she can go and come as she pleases as long as its less than 1 year. She can also work with the EAD.

Once the Green Card itself comes in, she can travel AND work as she pleases.

After 2 years, she has to file an application to remove conditions on her green card, and the result of that would be a 10 year green card....

On the 3rd year, She will file for Naturalization to Citizenship, so the 10 year green card will become null.

Have any girls run into this here--where the 3rd shot of your MMR will preclude you from getting pregnant?

Is it mandatory, is there a way with not having to deal with the Rubella shot?

No, they told us that MMR gets administered in 3 sessions, the last being Rubella, and from that point you need to wait 6 months before getting pregnant. This was coming from a Packet-3 listed Doctor from the embassy.

Always use whatever is latest on the USCIS Forms page---Fees and Forms...you cant go wrong. http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/men...00045f3d6a1RCRD