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Indianapolis allows walk-ins. It's best to go late in the afternoon and after Tuesday.

I wouldn't worry about it. People have all sorts of different ring styles and some people don't even wear an engagement ring or sometimes even a wedding band. The material things like that shouldn't matter. I didn't have my engagement ring when I went for my interview as it was still being made.

Call USCIS and have it corrected immediately. This is not a minor clerical error and is now how your name is spelled on their database. You'll have to have it corrected before your biometrics and get a replacement biometrics letter. If you don't have this corrected it will continue to haunt you all the way to the GC being mispelled. I ignored a misspelled letter and I'm still waiting for a replacement correctly spelled GC 3 months later.

The cheapest and very safe way to transfer money is XEtrade. That's on the XE.com website. I used it and it was very easy. Depending on the bank that you want to bank with to open your own account you may need to hold you GC but you may be able to be added to your SO's bank a/c with just your K1. You will definitely need a SSN to open / be added to a bank account though. Go to your SSA office 2 weeks after arrival, but no more than 2 weeks before you I-94 expires, and apply for your SSN.

Good luck with the interview.

Unlikely but depends on what state you're in. Indiana for eg requires either GC or Employment card before they'll even talk to you about taking a test. And the invoice isn't accepted either.

That's definitely not normal behaviour. If he'd been like that during the time you waited for the visa but then settled down when you'd arrived I'd put it down to the frustration of waiting for the visa. If I were you I would think very hard about whether or not you want to commit your life to someone who acts like this; it sounds as if he's not very happy (and he should be thrilled, you're here!) and it's not making you happy either. I know that it's a big decision as you have uprooted your life to come to the US and you'd then have to uproot and go home but I think that your happiness (and possibly safety) is more important than saving face in this kind of matter.

I was thinking the same thing when I came over. The way that I saw it was, if my UK employer employed me as a freelancer and paid into my UK account then it had nothing to do with the US gov as I would still be paying taxes in the UK. That didn't happen btw because they made some lame excuse about the time difference.

Maybe if you work for UK clients and are paid into your UK account then you could keep on working? US / UK have a double tax agreement so there'd be no tax implications and it wouldn't be fraud. And, you might be one of the lucky ones who gets transfered to CSC and doesn't have an interview. But if you did, as Just Bob said, you'd just explain what you'd done to the interviewer.

Good luck with your move.

Indiana BMV aren't going to give you anything and when you finally move here and have all your docs sorted you will have to take the written and practical test. They don't recognise prior experience other than to give you a licence rather than a permit as a result of the testing.

I wouldn't count on anything because they constantly make administrative mistakes that render the documents invalid. I received my AP 2 within 2 months but couldn't use it to travel to my best friend's wedding due to an error. Hopefully you will receive it in time but don't make travel plans until you do because if you leave the country your husband will have to stay in the UK until he can get a CR1 visa.

If the immigrant is the one applying for a SSN then yes, they need to be present as the SSO will need to see them in person to confirm that they are the person in their passport, otherwise how would they prevent identity fraud?

I think that is a really good idea and I'd be interested to know how it goes if you decide to travel that way. Good luck with your move.

There are quite a few discussions about this on here and XE trade seems to be a popular choice. I used them and I think I only paid £15 in fees.

I believe that generally you just have to do the written test but I think that some states will just let you swap your licence. I think that you'd have to check the ND DMV website.

Did you leave before you were 16? Because I believe that you only need the police certs from places that you lived after the age of 16. I'm sorry that I can't help you with your questions though.

I totally agree. I had a breakdown like that when I went to visit my parents where they live just before we got approved for the visa. I think that even though we'd all moved away from NZ and been apart for 3 years at that point it was always in my mind that we'd all end up back there together eventually. I'm also an only child so I have the worry of what will happen when they get older and need help from me. However, we all talked about it and they wanted me to do what made me happy and not to worry about them. And now I'm here and married I am settling in, but I still want to go back to NZ to live with my husband so I'm working on him for that :-) I think that every couple works things out in a way that suits them. I'm sure that once you're here you will be happy and your mum will be happy for you. Good luck whatever you decide to do.

You leave the US on your US passport and you enter the UK (and leave) on your UK passport. You are entitled to work because of your UK passport but you need to have a National Insurance Number. If you don't already have one check out the website for the JobCentre Plus to find out about how to get an NI number. Your future employer may also be able to help you with that.

I am not surprised. From time to time they get things mixed up.

From time to time?! I think that should be on a regular basis they get things mixed up!

The only way to get the code is to call the expensive hotline and request it. The code changes each week and they won't answer any emails that don't use the code in the subject line. I'm also pretty sure that they can't answer any case specific questions unless you call on the expensive hotline. As to why they are different... who knows, maybe BT charges them huge amounts for having lots of lines?

Can you get travel money cards in the US? The UK versions you load the money you need (or transfer onto while overseas) onto the card and then the card doesn't charge fees or refunds them and it doesn't charge conversion fees either. You might look into that. That is the most fee-free way I can think of using a card abroad.

It's not just the US. My Kiwi father was in NZ for 2 months of 1980 and a few years ago NZ decided to change the rules so that he could not give blood. After years of doing so he became ineligible despite the likelihood of him carrying CJD being essentially nil. It's a silly rule, but I think that the medical field likes to get their knickers in a twist and protect themselves more than to just give in to common sense and proof of no transmission through blood. It's a shame for David, Justine, that as one of the rare people willing to donate blood he is denied the opportunity.

Along the lines of suggestions in young adult I would recommend Cynthia Voight (sp, sorry it's been years).

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I wouldn't worry too much. It took 1 month for my latest receipt number to appear online, nothing had happened during that month of course :-) It will hopefully appear at some stage. They don't always update their system in a timely manner.

Dear Ben,

You obviously didn't grow up near kiwifruit country, they grow on vines. As to your actual question: Your evidence seems to be more than sufficient for frontloading. It appears that as long as you can prove in some way that you've met in the last 2 years they approve the visa (barring any missing answers = RFE). The hard part is the interview and that paperwork. If I were you then I wouldn't have any worries about applying now, eh, mate :-) Kia Kaha and good luck.

If you have a World Market or Meijer they have a selection of British foods.