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Looks like you have a little ways to go. Right now the average between NOA1 and interview is about 310 days. http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/irstats.php?cfl=$cfl

Check out this guide: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/irstats.php?cfl=$cfl

You're at the part "What happens After You Mail the I-130 Out" Right now you are waiting for your NOA2 and then you will assemble a list of items including the I-864. As far as I know the income requirements are pretty cut and dry but you have time to figure out how you are going to get it organized. You can combine your assets and generate income to meet the guidelines or find a co-sponsor who can meet the guidelines. The instructions are here: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/i-864instr.pdf

Good luck!

Their family plus your husband.

Wow, well the only answer I'm sure of is C: How to write the latin american name.

You write First Name, Middle Name(traditionally there isn't one), and Paternal Maternal Last Name together (they call it "compound last name")

Example: Juan Cruz Gonzales or Senor Cruz in Mexico becomes Juan Cruz-Gonzales or Mr. Cruz-Gonzales in the U.S.

I asked the same question here and was given the wrong answer many times over! DO NOT put the maternal name as the middle name like we did!!! (ex Juan G. Cruz) It backed up our SS# 6 weeks and we had to change the way we filled everything out for the AOS (from K-1). Luckily we caught the problem... The SS office says the name needs to be "exactly how it appears on the passport" and to them that is a compound last name.

I wish I could help you more but we used the I-129F for the K-1 (fiance)visa. Though your status says K-1 I think you are actually doing the CR-1/IR-1 (marriage)visa, right?

Sacemos el SS primero de casar pero algien puede despues si quiere... La cosa es que si algien va a cambiar su nombre cuando casar (mas comun para los esposas) es mas facil para sacar el SS despues el cambio del nombre para que no necesita hacerlo un segundo vez con el nombre nuevo. Pero si el immigrante no va a cambiar su nombre puede hacerlo cuando quiere.

No es necesario para AOS a tener un SS, solo para trabajar o sacar un cuente del banco y cosas como asi. Por eso hicimos como 4 semanes despues de cruzando. Mas temprano de 2 or 3 semanas y ellos por la oficina de SS no van a tener el immigrante por el systema de computadora y puede tardar mucho.

Buen Suerte en tu entrivista Sara&Michael!!!!!

Es muy facil! Primero necesitas una "marriage liscence" y segundo el ceremonia para estar valido tu casado. Nosotros hicimos los dos juntos por los oficinas de el "County Clerk". Debas llamar primero para saber el costo porque es un poco diferente cada lugar, pagamos menos de $100 por los dos. Tambien debas preguntar si uds. necesitan una cita o puedan ir cuando quieran. Tuvimos una cita, llegamos 10 minutos temprano para llenar una forma sobre cambiando mi nombre y permiso para casar y lo firmimos. Traemos IDs (mi ID de CA y el passaporte Mexicano de mi esposo estaba bien) y effectivo porque aka ellos no acceptan tarjetas ni checkes. Tuvimos el ceremonio y despues esperamos 10 minutos para ellos a hacer el certificado. En total estaba un medio ahora y salimos con todos necesario para el paquete AOS!

Felizidades!

When my husband was given his sealed black envelope containing the medical results for our K-1 visa in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico he was given a separate disk that had his chest x-ray showing his negative TB results. We had read on the forums over and over that it wouldn't be needed again and we could throw it away. We decided to go ahead and keep it anyways...

Some weeks later here in the U.S. we go to get his vaccines for A.O.S. and in that process they routinely do a skin test for TB that lo and behold comes out with a positive reaction (means he had been exposed to it sometime in his life). Normally at that point they would have had to do a chest x-ray to confirm that it was not active in his lungs and therefor contagious. Even if one could reasonably deduce that since he was permitted into the US just weeks before under the condition that he did not have active TB that he does not now have it. It would have cost us a couple hundred bucks.

But fortunately we were able to find a sympathetic radiologist to view the disk that we had miraculously kept and on his own time write up a report verifying the absence of TB in my husband's lungs and send it to the doctor who was then able to complete the vaccination report and pass along the sealed envelope to us to send in with the AOS.

I am not throwing one single scrap of anything away until this whole process is complete!!!!!!!!!!

Just wanted to add this experience to the archives...

prep.mac- FYI to edit your signature go to your profile, click on "edit my profile" and then it will show you many tabs- choose "change signature" and it will take you to a page with a text box where you can put your timeline or whatever. Click "save changes" at the bottom and whatever you put will show up on all your posts- past, present and future.

For the medical and ASC you do not need to bring photos. You will, however need two "passport sized photos" to bring with all your forms and other evidence to the interview.

http://ciudadjuarez.usconsulate.gov/step2_iv.html

Lopez Mateo.

They took my husband's photo when he went to his appointment. I don't remember reading that they would before hand, we weren't sure until they did.

Your fiancee will get a six month temporary visa when she enters, there will be an expiration date on the sticker that they will put in her passport. You must marry within the 90 days and then do the AOS and receive the green card within this time or she will be "out of status". I was worried about that at first but I've read on the forums that being "out of status" is not a huge deal, especially if your AOS papers are being processed.

So the answer is that there is no actual "time limit" to file for AOS but you should look at the date they print on the visa and try to get the papers in by that time to be safe!

Wow congrats Ashex!!! That's great news!!!

I'm not completely sure how it's determined, though it is greatly income based there are many factors. Just having a job does not disqualify the family at all. The pregnant woman meets with a case worker and the worker determines the programs that the woman is eligible for. I found this link on this internet for Medi-caid, I think it will clear up many of the questions being asked:

http://www.americanpregnancy.org/planningandpreparing/medicaid.html

"Medicaid is a government sponsored health insurance program for low income families who have no medical insurance or inadequate insurance. All states offer Medicaid or a program similar to Medicaid to help pregnant women receive adequate prenatal and postpartum care."

"In the 'categorically needy' group, this will cover pregnant women whose income level is at or below 133% of the Federal Poverty level. (Check with your Medicaid office to find out what this number is for your state.)

In the 'medically needy' group, this will cover pregnant woman who make too much money to qualify in the 'categorically needy' group."

"...Medicaid has many ways that someone can qualify—and even though income makes up part of the eligibility requirements, it is not solely based on that... people who make a middle range income may qualify if they fit one of the qualifying groups and can fall back on options such as “share of cost” (which works like a deductible before full coverage begins.)"

If you don't qualify for Medi-cade an example of another kind of assistance is AmeriPlan: http://www.americanpregnancy.org/planningandpreparing/affordablehealthcare.html

"AmeriPlan is a discount plan that is currently available in all states except Alaska. AmeriPlan saves people up to 50% and more on their health care services. Benefits include physician, hospital, and ancillary services (i.e., lab work, tests, x-rays). Since AmeriPlan is not insurance, all pre-existing conditions are covered."

Beyond that there are even more options for assistance:

"If you are delivering at a hospital, you can contact the accounting office and talk to someone about setting up a payment plan or ask if they offer a sliding scale. Many hospitals do offer these, but they are not utilized because people do not know what is available to them."

"If you are having an uncomplicated pregnancy you may want to consider giving birth at a birthing center. The estimated cost of a delivery and prenatal care at a birthing center is about $3,000 – $4,000. This is half of what it would be for a delivery at a hospital. Many birth centers also provide sliding scales, payment plans, and accept Medicaid."

I had my baby at a birth center that was in a wing of our local hospital and I was very happy with our care. The main difference was that birth centers do not have an infant trauma unit, I would have had to be transferred if that facility was needed.

Though the U.S. is notorious for our lack of insurance compared to other developed countries I found that coverage for pregnant women is actually adequate! We're no Sweden but we've got the basics. Wishing you the best for your new family!

I just had my baby here in California 4 months ago under MediCal and it was a wonderful service. It is available to all pregnant women from the beginning of the pregnancy through two months after birth regardless of your citizenship status. I was also told that if I did not qualify that I was eligible for other state services to cover partial expenses, in addition each hospital also had privately funded "scholarship" opportunities. Being in the U.S. without insurance can be a scary thing but pregnant women DO have coverage. Also look into the many programs available for babies and young children. Just so you know, the coverage your baby is eligible for will not be affected by your immigrant status.

It was an accident, I was trying to do what I was told/read but I messed up. I admit it, sometimes when I read the forms I get confused. I admit that I am not a professional and this is my first time doing anything like this and I make mistakes. I just hope I have not risked the status of my husband and that they will go easy on me with a RFE.

When you want to cross by land at El Paso POE they tell you which one to go to. I think its just so they don't get bogged down at one or something like that since it's a really busy one. This only applies to crossing CDJ to El Paso, otherwise you can cross by any land or air POE you would like!

BTW: all the taxi drivers seem to genuinely think that everyone needs to "activate" their visa at the border before getting on the plane. That's not true! You just board the plane with what they give you at DHL: your sealed envelope and your passport with the visa inside, you fill out a small form on the plane or when you arrive and take it all to the immigration at the airport.

Okay well I just investigated the answer to my question and I see that many people disagree whether 2 photos count for the whole packet regardless of EAD/AP or if 2 photos are needed for each form when filing concurrently. I guess I'll just wait and see if I get RFE'd!

Do we really need 6 photos???!! We just sent in my AOS packet with a total of two passport sized photos in a baggie with "photo of: [my husband's name]" written in felt tipped pen and attached to the G-325A. We included the EAD (I-765) but did not file for AP. Did I miss 2 photos that should have been included? Or is it okay to have the 2 count for the whole packet?

Heeeeey June filers!!! Excited to be on board!!!! We're really looking forward to the EAD in August. Wishing you all a quick and easy journey.

We crossed by car starting around noon on a Thursday. We waited about 1.5 hours in the car in line to get to the P.O.E. and then about an hour inside to get the paperwork completed. People crossing by bus and by taxi waited right along side us. However there is a covered pedestrian walkway right along side the lanes that goes directly to the exact same P.O.E office. We sat in our car and watched all kinds of people stroll on up while we scorched in our vehicle.

If you are looking for the quickest way over I suggest to take a bus or taxi to the border and then just walk up to the P.O.E., then when the paperwork is complete call another cab on the U.S. side. Though if your fiance has never been to the U.S. that might be a little complicated. My friend took the bus across and they were confident they could get her from the CDJ station to the El Paso station in 2 hours which they did. I wondered how the bus handles it if you are crossing with paperwork to do at the P.O.E., maybe they leave you behind and you can get on the next one?

By the way there are a couple P.O.E's and inside the envelope that he will receive DHL there is a paper that tells him which one he needs to go to. If you are calling them you might want to try them all just to be prepared.

Yeah!!! Good luck!!!

Ours was two weeks later It was because the ASC fingerprinting system was new and the prints did not show up in the computer on the interview day so he had wait then have them redone. Things like that can always happen.

Most people in the last few months in Mexico have been reporting 2 or 3 business days though some have gotten them the next day and the consulate says it can be up to 15 business days before you hear anything.

If you want to book a plane ticket I strongly suggest getting travel insurance or looking into the penalties for date changes and cancellations. I'm glad we did!!!

My husband is from Mexico and when he went to his medical (as a fiance with the K-1) he did not have to receive any vaccines. Just last week we went to the civil surgeon with NO vaccine history and was just given two injections: Tetanus and MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella in one shot). That was all they required! It may be different for your country though I was previously under the impression that all K-1 visas had the same US entry requirements.

I'm so glad to hear things are all in place!!!! You are a champ for getting through that mess- 3 times... whew. Can't believe you're so close!!!

We just went a few days ago to get the shots here in the US because my husband had no records and they gave him MMR (measles, mumps, rubella) and Tetanus and asked if he had chicken pox as a kid (which he did otherwise they would have given the viracela). That was all that was required.

Buen suerte! Que les vaya bien!!!