JoannaV

List all your addresses from the past five years.
Then, list your most recent address abroad where you lived for more than a year.
I know it can seem confusing because you are repeating some of the same information, but it is because the form is also used by people who have lived in the US for the past five years so in their case the second question would elicit new information :-)

Indeed it is perfectly fine. What would not be so fine is if you leave the US then enter again using your B-2 visa with the intention of staying and immigrating.
You can either stay in the US now, apply for adjustment of status and don't leave.
Or, if you have to return to China, you can apply for spousal visa. How long are you planning to stay in China before you want to move to the US?

The system is stupid and needs changing.
However given that it is the way it is, personally I could only ever do it the "proper" way.
However I don't want to scare people away with biased advice, so I try to balance my comments by telling people what they can do. And I honestly do want the best for everyone so I'm more than happy for someone who happens to be in the US with no knowledge of the process and then adjusts status. In your friend's (acquaintance?) case, her husband has already uprooted himself from Mexico and is currently in the US. He may as well adjust status. There really isn't a risk of being denied, not really. The only person I'm actually a little annoyed at is someone vaguely related to me who bugged me for immigration advice and then did the VWP/AOS thing despite having plenty of time to have done it correctly...
A little while ago there was a potential problem with adjusting status from VWP. Or maybe it was just VWP with overstay. I can't remember. But there were delays and maybe even denials, can't remember. But that has since been resolved so there is no longer that concern.

The system is stupid and needs changing.
However given that it is the way it is, personally I could only ever do it the "proper" way.
However I don't want to scare people away with biased advice, so I try to balance my comments by telling people what they can do. And I honestly do want the best for everyone so I'm more than happy for someone who happens to be in the US with no knowledge of the process and then adjusts status. In your friend's (acquaintance?) case, her husband has already uprooted himself from Mexico and is currently in the US. He may as well adjust status. There really isn't a risk of being denied, not really. The only person I'm actually a little annoyed at is someone vaguely related to me who bugged me for immigration advice and then did the VWP/AOS thing despite having plenty of time to have done it correctly...
A little while ago there was a potential problem with adjusting status from VWP. Or maybe it was just VWP with overstay. I can't remember. But there were delays and maybe even denials, can't remember. But that has since been resolved so there is no longer that concern.

There is nothing wrong with maybe getting married and then applying for CR-1. NOTHING. What's fishy is the situation of entering on VWP with the intent to maybe adjust status. So personally I didn't and wouldn't do it. But marrying and applying for spousal visa, 100% ok.
Lol this is the one bad thing about being a good responsible person who researches everything online. Sometimes it is better not to know so much.
Anyhow, look forward to helping you in the future once you've applied for one petition or the other :-) Have a safe trip!

There is nothing wrong with maybe getting married and then applying for CR-1. NOTHING. What's fishy is the situation of entering on VWP with the intent to maybe adjust status. So personally I didn't and wouldn't do it. But marrying and applying for spousal visa, 100% ok.
Lol this is the one bad thing about being a good responsible person who researches everything online. Sometimes it is better not to know so much.
Anyhow, look forward to helping you in the future once you've applied for one petition or the other :-) Have a safe trip!

Just relax. Continue developing your relationship, work your jobs, let her work for Disney, when you both feel you are ready to marry do so, and then come back and ask about immigration advice :-)

No, he doesn't need to include the family members that live in the same house unless they are dependant on him/ he lists them on his tax return for a deduction. Just living in the same house is not the same as being a household member for the I-864.

When I shipped stuff the packing list I provided the company and thus customs said stuff like "Box 1: 91 books; Box 11: CDs, books, cassette tapes, DVDs, posters, pens pencils & misc.stationery." Everything I shipped was stuff I'd had for over a year, so I don't think I had to provide any value. Remember also replacement value isn't the same as retail value.

No.

No.

Not sure about taxes, but his SSN is his for life :-)

Not sure about taxes, but his SSN is his for life :-)

The London interview won't ask anything about your wedding, nor will they be interested in photos etc.

The forms are written in the US where a state is always part of the address. (Houston, Texas, USA) Canada has provinces comparable to states. (Calgary, Alberta, Canada) In the UK, you don't have states/provinces so my thinking is putting a dash or n/a for state/province is correct. London is a city, right? In the US or world in general, most people don't even know London has boroughs--it's London, England or London, UK. But I know people have put their own interpretaion on this all with success so I don't think the borough is a dealbreaker.
Examples of things people have put--
London, n/a, United Kingdom
London, -- , England
London, England, United Kingdom
Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom (where a county is substituted for state)
This answer is as clear as muddy water, so sorry I don't have a good answer on how to make a city with boroughs fit a US form or if you should try. I would go with what is on the I-129F for consistency. Nobody in London is going to review your answers/documents until you're standing before them at interview. If they bother to notice what the birth certificate says and have a question, then you can explain in person what you told us. No need to explain in a letter nobody will read.
Just my opinion because people have put many different things or nothing for "state" and been approved.

The explanation that follows is really the only exceptions. Even if you become the citizen of a country which requires you to renounce your UK citizenship, as far as the UK is concerned you won't actually lose your citizenship until you go into a British Embassy and submit the citizenship renunciation form.
Only abnormal exception I can imagine is if you engage in treason or something...
With regard to state pension: http://dwp.gov.uk/international/benefits/state-pension/state-pension-arrangements-in-social/#usa

As swingman's link explains, question 31 isn't asking about those who are accompanying the immigrant but those who are "accompanying" the immigrant, aka immigrating with the immigrant. Helpful terminology, huh.
However, don't worry about if you sent it off with you listed. I've known people do this before, and as far as I can tell they just ignore anything in this section if it is wrong. It would be important to fill in this section correctly if there really were other immigrating, but when that's not the case it's normally fine to have filled it in wrong :-)
Remember by the time of the interview you will need to prove income for a larger household than you have right now. Other than that, this shouldn't affect anything. You'll just have to get the child's passport etc sorted out before you can move. I'd take the child's birth certificate to the interview.

Getting back to this question that was never answered or some misleading answers were given about how long the petition takes. It's availability of a visa that takes a long time.
If it was his father who lived in the US, then an approved I-130 petition would only get him a place in line waiting for a visa. There are only so many visas available each year in the category of adult unmarried son/daughter. Right now (April 2012), the people who have made it to the front of the line to get a visa have been in line since April 1, 2005 if Dad was a US citizen. If Dad was a permanent resident, then the ones at the front of the visa line got there January 15, 2004 or before. Since your boyfriend does not have an immediate relative (parent) in the US, there is nobody that qualifies to bring him here, so the times don't apply to him.
There is no numerical limit on visas for fiances or spouses of US citizens(you). He would not have to line up and wait for years for a visa to become available. It will still take 2-3 months after the petition is approved to process the paperwork in London for that immediately available visa. You can start now and petition him as your fiance (I-129F). Or you could marry him first and petition him as your spouse (I-130).
The basic fees
Spouse route = $738 + £259.50
$420 (USCIS) I-130
$88 (NVC) Affidavit of Support fee
$230 (NVC) Immigrant Visa fee
£35 ACPO Police certificate
£210 (Knightsbridge Doctors) medical exam
£14.50 (DX Secure) Courier fee
Fiance route = $1650 + £259.50
$340 (USCIS) I-129F
$240 (Embassy) Visa fee
£35 ACPO Police certificate
£210 (Knightsbridge Doctors) medical exam
£14.50 (DX Secure) Courier fee
$1070 (USCIS) Adjustment of Status/Work Authorization/Advance Parole

Really sounds like you have nothing to worry about. Just remember to answer all the questions based on where you live (eg UK), except for the question that asks if you are currently in the US, as you will be, but make sure to indicate that you will be interviewing in London. We filed our I-130 whilst I was visiting the US, and everything went smoothly :-)
As for your list of worries, no worries! The only one that could potentially cause a delay is your work in countries such as Libya, in that it might cause a slight delay, but it shouldn't actually be a problem. If you're a nuclear engineer it might take slightly longer again

As far as removing conditions after 2 years, this is irrelevant.
As for citizenship, there is a certain requirement. You have to have been physically present in the US for at least 18 months in the past 3 years, and not have been out of the US for more than 6 months at a time. So you'd be fine to take those vacations :-)

As far as removing conditions after 2 years, this is irrelevant.
As for citizenship, there is a certain requirement. You have to have been physically present in the US for at least 18 months in the past 3 years, and not have been out of the US for more than 6 months at a time. So you'd be fine to take those vacations :-)

As far as removing conditions after 2 years, this is irrelevant.
As for citizenship, there is a certain requirement. You have to have been physically present in the US for at least 18 months in the past 3 years, and not have been out of the US for more than 6 months at a time. So you'd be fine to take those vacations :-)

As far as removing conditions after 2 years, this is irrelevant.
As for citizenship, there is a certain requirement. You have to have been physically present in the US for at least 18 months in the past 3 years, and not have been out of the US for more than 6 months at a time. So you'd be fine to take those vacations :-)

If they gave you a MMR shot and it is recorded on your DS-3025 then you do not have to get the second one. You get a waiver from USCIS because it wasn't medically appropriate to give you the second shot the same day. I mentioned in the other thread that the newish shot nurse at Knightsbridge needs to study the "Technical Instructions for Panel Physicians" and the entire US immigration because she's giving out misleading information.
Here. study all these links and you'll see where I'm getting this info. http://www.cdc.gov/immigrantrefugeehealth/exams/ti/panel/vaccination-panel-technical-instructions.html
In the link called Procedure for Completing the Vaccination Documentation Worksheet you'll find the discussion of the waivers. And further down find
◦Vaccination history incomplete: Applicant may be eligible for blanket waiver(s).


Completion of a vaccine series is not required to conclude the medical examination, because such a requirement would require multiple visits to a panel physician and could lead to unnecessary delay in the immigration process. If any of the boxes under the "Not Medically Appropriate" heading was checked, the "Applicant may be eligible for blanket waiver(s) because vaccination(s) not medically appropriate (as indicated above)" box must also be checked. This box will probably always be checked because some vaccines may not be age appropriate for the applicant.
For K1s adjusting status. They (USCIS adjudicator for AOS)will go by your visa medical date if you get the shots recorded on the DS-3025...at least one in a series.
Here's a Q&A from USCIS along the same lines about completing a series. From this page http://www.uscis.gov/portal/site/uscis/menuitem.5af9bb95919f35e66f61476543f6d1a/?vgnextoid=3384cc5222ff5210VgnVCM100000082ca60aRCRD&vgnextchannel=6abe6d26d17df110VgnVCM1000004718190aRCRD


Q. Certain vaccine series can only be completed with multiple visits to the civil surgeon. Am I required to complete the entire series before the civil surgeon can sign the Form I-693?
A. You are only required to receive a single dose of each vaccine when you visit the civil surgeon. You are encouraged to follow up with your private health care provider to complete the series. Once you have received the single dose appropriate at the time, the civil surgeon can sign and certify the Form I-693.
And from the Dept of State http://travel.state.gov/visa/laws/telegrams/telegrams_4657.html (way down the page)


Although applicants are not required to complete the vaccine series , they are encouraged to receive as many additional doses as possible prior to travel to the United States. The vaccinations required by the CDC include: 1) vaccinations against vaccine-preventable diseases explicitly listed in INA 212(a)(1)(A)(ii), and 2) vaccinations recommended by the ACIP for U.S. immigration purposes.
So I'm saying you do not need the extra shot or have to prove it to AOS if your original DS-3025 is complete. Look at your DS-3025. If it has the ALL of the following items, you don't need an I-693 (Adults 19-49 yrs old).


1. Shots marked with a date (at least one of a series)
• MMR
• Td or Tdap or DT or DTP or DtaP (One no longer than 10 years ago, ie.have a booster)
• Varicella or VH written by it if you had chickenpox
• Influenza **see note below because you are most likely okay without it.

2. Everything else marked not age appropriate or insufficient time interval or contraindicated
3. RESULTS section filled in with "incomplete" and "may be eligible for blanket waiver" ticked.
4. Signed and dated by the doctor If it's not completed like (1-4) that then see a civil surgeon for the I-693. If it is complete, send a photocopy of your DS-3025.
The USCIS is supposed to have your K1 medical files, but sometimes lose them or fail to match them up with your AOS. Do not get another exam unless you get an RFE that says they do not have results of your medical. It means they lost them, but you are probably stuck with paying for a new exam. Those kinds of RFE's are not about the immunizations or the form I-693; they are because USCIS failed to match up your other medical exam results with your AOS application.
**Note on flu shot: Flu shots are required for adults of all ages (changed Nov 2010) if your UK exam was between (Oct 1 and March 31). But if the AOS adjudicator picks up your case when it is not flu season, you will be excused. And the reverse is true. The adjudicator picks up your case during flu season, but sees it was NOT flu season when you had your medical exam, you are also excused because the date they go by is the date of your exam to determine if you were current on that date. Keep in mind that if you go to a civil surgeon for an I-693, then you are resetting the medical exam date for immunizations and you may have to get second doses of shots or a flu shot to become current on your new immunization date of record.

If you do end up having to pay for everything out of pocket, home birth with a qualified midwife would be the cheapest option. Of course you can't guarantee that you won't end up having a high-risk pregnancy and needing to be in the hospital and undergo various costly procedures. But even then, it is what it is. You'll set up a payment plan afterwards and somehow you will make it through.
I believe there are some means-tested benefits you can receive. It will vary state to state. However, there are certainly certain programs which are geared towards supporting the child and so will provide services to pregnant women regardless of their status.