krautlaus

I agree with Aloa
Also, for all USCIS you-have-soandso-many-days-to-do-this-requirements, I always use this wonderful website http://www.timeanddate.com/date/dateadd.html

Pretty easy - look at the guides here on VJ and go through the instructions on form I-485 - they're very self-explanatory
1. http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1k3aos
2. http://www.uscis.gov/i-485
3. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/

First, make sure you're well prepared. I personally like to get all the documents in chronological order to make sure I have everything that I need and that I can find it in an instant. Be organized.
Secondly, just stay calm and be confident but do not get cocky.. that's the best advice anyone can give you basically!
I see it this way - as long as you have a genuine, loving relationship and sufficient evidence, you will be absolutely fine!
Getting here was the hardest part, sticking around is much easier
All the best tomorrow!

Congratulations...
Check out these pages :
http://www.visajourney.com/content/k1k3aos
http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/235331-aos-ead-ap-from-k1-the-aussie-way-doc-list-included/
and please read the instructions for form I-485(and then I-864, etc.) - they are very self-explanatory and you'll know what you need.
Good luck

Mike you sure are ready to head out and leave There's nothing to separate you from Amber anymore. I always say that long distance relationships are actually so much stronger and more intense because of the distance; because you talk so much more than every other couple, because we have such different problems to get though...
I'm sure you'll have a great time in the US. This process is going to be long and strenuous but it is sooo worth it. I wish you guys all the best!
My dad is kind of the same with the whole computer relationship etc. He loves his god darn TV but he cannot stand computers... oh well.. all the best to you guys... I think I'll take another peek into the german forum

Oh I hear you. I think everyone was a little worried when they found out I met a USC and just couldn't stop talking about it.
Earlier this morning I saw this quote of Edward Thomas in someone's signature and it seemed as though it was speaking straight from my heart: "The simple lack of him (orig. her) is more to me than others' presence."
There is no question about leaving behind your family and friends - even though you love them - when there's this one person halfway around the globe that you can't stop thinking about - and that's why (most) everyone here is doing this.
I lived with my parents up until a couple of months ago (that sounds really lame but I did it for the visa) and I was the last one to leave the nest - believe me, there was some serious tear shedding - from both sides. I'm going to miss seeing my niece grow up and it was tough seeing how much people actually cared about me leaving but I'd made this choice to come live in the US and I am glad I did it.
I think marriage and migration are two way separate things that you deal with on two completely different emotional levels but I can see how some people could say that. For me, it wasn't the question whether I was ready to immigrate to a whole new country, rather than just a given - I wanted to be with this person and he just so happened to live in the US.
It was interesting to see how e.g. my best friend was the one to constantly question my decision to leave - because we had in fact been inseparable for the past 16 years and all she wanted for me was to be happy - and she really made sure my husband would make me happy.
There's no remedy for feeling homesick. You're going to miss home and you're going to feel out of place and that's just how it is. The US is so different from most countries in so many ways, D included. There's a point where you realize that you're not just on vacation anymore.. you're building a life - and finding employment is going to be a b!tch, let alone making enough money to make a decent living without a good paying job.
I for one know that I will go back to school and do what I really enjoy (I was stuck in a career that I did not want to pursue myself) and I know that it'll be tough (and expensiiiive) but this is the right place for people with a lot of determination and will power.
I always say how I wasn't abducted to Mars or anything - there's still trains and planes to see me again. And thank god there's Skype! Seriously.. think back 10 years and go figure..

It's not a big deal at all.
I think I ticked the box 'legal alien allowed to work' because that's what you are as a K-1.
There is a form in the Guides that explains that K-1 visa holders are allowed to apply for a SSN which I also printed out and brought with me but no one wanted to see at the SSA. All they needed was my marriage cert and a copy of the K-1 / I-94.
See Step-by-Step Guide to getting a Social Security Number (SSN):