mattj74

On 30/03/2018 at 10:13 AM, sydneybaby said:

This is where people have mailed their application in.  I went through a lawyer and he didnt want to file online and said that the only time difference was about 2 to 3 days for the initial center to scan in the information and create file.  The processing at the local office is not affected by being mail or online or so he said.  Time will tell.

Why do people mail them in when you can do it online (where they can flag up errors and ensure that your submission is correct) and it must be much faster to submit, not to mention not having to go through the hassle of mailing.  I"m honestly curious why all applications aren't required to be done online these days?

We filed N-400 online on 3/3/18 and got setup with biometric appt on 3/10/18, the appointment was yesterday 3/28/18.  USCIS says to expect completion by 3/2019 so I guess we'll see when we get an interview date.

What's the deal with these lockboxes?  Anyone know what those are?

Filed N400 online on March 3, 2018 - pretty straightforward and had a scheduled biometric appointment done on March 10.  The appointment was March 28.  Arrived half an hour early in Pikesville, MD and was seen right away, very quick in and out.

The estimate for case completion is March 2019 - we're hoping it goes through faster than that.

Is this the best place to put this timeline information?

Hi,

DW and I have a dilemma regarding visiting schools in anticipation of move to the U.S. DW has green card interview at London embassy this week. It looks like my new job in Baltimore will start week of Nov 3 so I need to fly across in anticipation of then in 3 weeks time. Our daughters will attend school but we need to visit some of them to figure out which we'd like to send them to.

It's quite a tight timeline. Due to DW's job she may not fly across with the kids until perhaps 2 weeks later. Ideally they would come across at the half term school holiday in England during last week of October but the timing doesn't look right.

Has anyone been in this situation? At this point we're thinking that when they fly across in November that they just have a week or so off while we visit schools and sort out any paperwork,etc. this could be pushed out if we can't get rental lease in order to prove we live in the school district.

I was wondering if anyone may have been in a similar situation and did things differently? Or if anyone had any ideas that we might not have thought of. This is our biggest stress as we want to be sure they're in the right school and also that we can rent in the right place.

Thanks.

Hello,

DW and I are doing DCF through London embassy and have got as far as her having the medical (this past week).

I'm currently looking for jobs in Maryland as we want to be sure one of us is employed if we move. I'm originally from Baltimore but have been in the UK for 12 years.

I'm trying to make sure there's not a US domicile issue at the interview. We have readily convertable assets that can cover the I-864 so don't require a job offer for this (although ultimately we'll want one in place before moving across).

The conundrum is whether to send off the Application for Readiness to the embassy this week knowing that it'll probably be 3-6 weeks for an interview, I don't know whether I'll have a job offer in this timeframe or not.

I don't have my own house in the USA although I do have credit union account with some money there but I've had that the entire time I've been in the UK. I've seen other threads about getting moving quotes or presenting information about schools in the area. I'm obviously not ready to buy a house or even setup a rental lease until a job offer comes through.

The one possible saving grace is that my parents live in Baltimore so could I simply put their address as where we'd be living? Would I need a letter from my parents to say we'd be living there?

Part of the conundrum is whether to wait until a job offer comes through and then send in the Application for Readiness knowing that I may have to fly over earlier than my family in order to start the job in time or send it in now without any knowledge that a job offer would come through anytime soon.

I know the visa is good for 6 months so we'd actually have until probably April to use it which would give plenty of time to find employment, but the domicile question worries me, I'm worried the embassy could deny us on domicile grounds.

Thanks for any help!

Hi

We have approved I-130, filled in DS-260 and got police certificate. Medical appt is on Tuesday. We'll be sending in the application for readiness hopefully within the coming weeks/month to state we're ready for an interview appt at London embassy.

I'm trying to get a rough idea of the wait time from sending the application for readiness so I can get an idea if it's 1 week or 1 month or 1 quarter or however long the wait might be for the visa (spousal) at the embassy. Anyone have fairly recent experience of this?

Thanks

Hi all, I'm new to this forum having been pointed here by the uk-yankee.com site.

I am a USC with 2 USC children and a UK citizen wife. I have an inkling of an opportunity to transfer within my company from UK to the USA. I don't know any details yet but it's possible that a short-ish transfer (to work on a specific project) could be 3 months, maybe up to a year. I understand DW could come over for up to 3 months on the visa waiver but were it longer than 3 months that probably wouldn't work.

My first thought was DCF. I don't know whether my company would do anything for her (some sort of visa) as I'm already a USC so there's no need for them to do any paper-work for me.

Does anyone know what options I might have? It's possible it may be a few months off, so I was thinking that should it look like it can happen then we could begin DCF. I've heard that it can take anywhere from a few weeks up to 5 months.

Lastly, this is potentially way off, but upon arriving in the USA, I understand DW would have an unconditional greencard. Would it then be 3 years before she could apply for US citizenship?

DW was in the States with me from 1998-2002 and even had a greencard for about 6 months prior to leaving in 2002, immigration has since confiscated it and put something on the record to say we're moving aboard to UK where we've been living the past 8 years. Do I assume that the previous greencard would not be reinstated?

Thanks.