Nicola&Matthew

Congrats, thats awesome!!! It gives us all recent file-er's some hope!!!

Best of luck on the rest of your journey!

Payment of 1/ I-485 $325 and 2/ Biometrics test $70

I-485

G-325A (all 4 pages)

Copy of the non US citizen Spouse Passport

Copy of the non US citizen Spouse K-1 Visa form Passport

Copy of the non US citizen Spouse valid I-94

Copy of the I-797 Notice of Action

Copy of the intending immigrant’s birth certificate

Copy of the non US citizen Divorce Decree

Copy of the US citizen Divorce Decree

Copy of the Marriage Certificate

2 Passport -type photos (non US spouse)

I-693 Supplement

I-864-Affidavit of Support

Copy of the US citizen Birth Certificate

Copy of last 3 years tax returns

Copy of 3 recent Pay slips

Letter of Employment

I-765-Application for Employment Authorization

Payment of $180.00

2 Passport type photos

Copy of I-94 front and back

Copy of the Passport Biographical page

Copy of the K-1 Visa from Passport

Looks good to me, you have pretty much everything that we sent off in our AOS package. Dont forget to photocopy the front and back of the I-94 and to write your alien number on the back of your passport photo's in pencil!

Good luck!

I don’t believe it!..

We got our NOA 1 for both the EAD & AOS today 01 May ! Received on April 24th 2006 Notice date is April 28th 2006!

I wasn’t expecting an NOA 1 quite so soon!.. I'm shocked!..

Oooh congratulations thats rather promising!!!! Hopefully we should be getting ours soon all going well, our file was recieved on April 28th!!! <touching wood> We have similar timelines!!!

Any immigration issue that makes it easier for illegals rather than the decent law abiding people is bound to cause high emotion and debate on this site, look at the boat we are all in!!!

I guess if you look at good ol' fashioned British queuing . How peed off are you when someone cuts in the line when you have correctly joined the queue at the back and have been patiently waiting for X amount of time?!

And only one more thing is it good to get a Visa/Immigration Law firm to do the paperwork to make sure there are no mistakes?

We used a lawyer to prepare our K1 application and to be honest it was a complete waste of time and money! I have just sent off our adjustment of status application (something you have to do once you are in the US) and I have done it all myself by using visajourney members and the guides on here. You have to do what you feel comfortable with. However do read through the guides and check out the example forms, it's pretty clean cut and if you get stuck there are so many people on here in the same boat who will be able to help!

Good luck on starting your journey!

Nicola

As others have said

I would recommend the letter from the temp agency and for sure his return ticket

Also I would like to recommend being honest! As when I came through MSP airport a few weeks after getting our NOA2 I had prepared myself with a bundle of information like your fiance has collected. I never had to show it but was asked directly "and why should I let you through?". To which I told him that we were currently going through the K1 visa process, where we were at with that and that I could show him my proof that I would be returning, I also told him that it wouldn't be worth my while staying in the country because it would mess up our visa and we would be a separated for longer. He asked me lots of questions trying to trip me up, which is why I recommend you be honest with the POE officer. After that he then let me through warning me to make sure that I left the country once my trip was over!

Good luck to your fiance, it's fairly nerve racking going through this when you are halfway through getting your visa!

Nicola.

I had a similar question recently to you check out the LINK.

I dont fancy waiting another however many weeks to get it back in my married name, so any advice on how to go about changing names without waiting weeks for a new card would be greatly appreciated.

You will have to wait for a new card to be sent out, no two ways about that. Possibly because it's only a name change it shouldn't take as long as your first card as you are in the system. Ensure that you change your name prior to the two weeks before your I-94 expires!

Also do i have to hand over the ssn card i recieved yesterday when i go to apply to have my name changed, if i do can i make a record of the number and use it when, if, i need to while i wait for my new card

Do not give your original card back, say you don't have it on you! Your SSN number will be the same as your first card so you will still be able to use it.

I personally would do it sooner rather than later (because I did it later and there was a bit of a rush to get things done!)

Good Luck

Nicola

< Hums the Kia-Ora tune which slowly turns into the UM Bongo tune >

Any one remember the UM Bongo ad's???

Good news my I-693 is almost ready!!! However I've just found out that my school never passed on the information that I had my TB injection to the doctors... GRRRRRR!!!

I'm wondering if there is a health implication of having this injection twice? And I was wondering what the proceedure will be when I get it done. I know I need to have it, and recontacting the school is not an option, it would be easier to get it done!

Please reassure needle-phobic-nicola!!!

Thanks

Adding us!

ALABAMA:

Shari (& British hubby, Keith) - Birmingham, Alabama

Miranda and James (another future British hubby!) - Huntsville, Alabama

Welshcookie - Mobile, Alabama (eventually)

ARIZONA:

BlueRaiderUK - Michael & Ashley - Mesa, AZ

ARKANSAS:

SpriteyStace (Stacy & Paul) - Stuttgart, Arkansas

CALIFORNIA:

Ladybutterfly444 - San Diego, California

lynzm22 (lynsey and Jason)- Lancaster, California

Daisy - hubby is north of Palmdale, California

Perfect - South Orange County, CA

ddchucksgirl - northwest Lost Angeles, CA

robinklake - Myself and UK fiance are in sunny Santa Monica, CA!

Purple Hibiscus - Huntington Beach, CA.

Els and Brian-Riverside, CA

Englishsammy (Sam (not there yet!) and Roshon) - Fresno (Woohoo laughing.gif ), CA

Andrew & Fiona - Stockton, CA

COLORADO:

Ladybird216 - Western Colorado

Boiler - Boulder County, Colorado

Cmltdg (Tiffany - US & Caspian - UK) Aurora, Colorado

CONNECTICUT:

Jayke (and hopefully within the next 3 weeks her British hubby) - Connecticut

Bradfordplip - Time split between SE Michigan & NE Connecticut

nickels&dimes - Connecticut (Nickels=Sheril UKC & Scott USC)

FLORIDA:

Kerry - Central Florida

Munchkins (Val and Alan ) - Jacksonville Florida -to be with daughter and family

atothelkini (Alan, N.Ireland) - Tallahassee, Florida

missyandneil - Orlando, Florida

Kate, Josh & bump - Tallahassee

LisaD - Lisa Daytona Bch FL, David Sunderland...he'll be here soon!

Lawrencetoland - Josie and Damian - Orlando, FL and Astoria, NY

lynnd227-Lynn (from New Jersey) and Liam (from Northern Ireland) to Palm Beach County

GEORGIA:

Crazy Brit - Covington, Georgia

Matti_n_Kelli: Hiram, Georgia

IDAHO:

MeandMyGeordie - Sher (USC) & Steve (Newcastle upon Tyne) South Central

Idaho, Twin Falls

ILLINOIS:

pj1959us (hubby David)---central Illinois

Luv2teach77 (And her handsome british Husband ) - Trenton, Southwest Illinois

(Near Missouri border)

JJM8081(British fiance Joe)--Chicago suburbs

poppy33usa - just on the illinois side of the illinois/missouri border in the st louis metro area

jpkeswim - Southwest, Illinois near St. Louis Missouri

Crisscat - (Sharri & Neil ) Southern IL 65 miles southeast of St Louis MO and not far from alot of you here in IL LOL

Yorkie - Chicago, Illinois

Frances (Yorkshire hubster, VJ username falcozappa) - Chicago

Circus-of-Power(Paul and Catherine) Central IL

morning75-Jim(Somerset, UK) and Amy-Hopedale, Illinois

INDIANA:

Annelizabeth - Southern Indiana

Andy(uk) Patricia - Near Indy, Indiana

Baileyj - Southwest Indiana

IOWA

Ktun - Kate (originally from London) & hubby Craig. Iowa/Nebraska borders, 2 minutes over the bridge from Omaha Nebraska.

KENTUCKY:

Itsmeitsmeitsree! (Billy and Becky) - Lexington, Kentucky

MAINE:

clmarsh (Christina & Chris): Portland, Maine

MARYLAND:

Terry & Jeannine.... Towson, Maryland

MASSACHUETTS:

matanddanni-Southampton,MA

Kezzie - Boston MA

MICHIGAN:

Bradfordplip - Time split between SE Michigan & NE Connecticut

euro (Amanda) & Mark(USC)..Brownstown (near Detroit)

sanctifyer - somewhere near detroit in mid 2006

badbabe113 - Rockwood Michigan (near detroit)

David(alias Scotty)Scotland to Livingstone County to be with Bess

lizaanne (USC) & Simon (Brit) - Detroit area -one of these days, if this process ever ends

Charlie76 - Michigan, Detroit area

mary&tom - Southeastern Michigan

Alison and Scott - Otsego in Plainwell, Michigan

Colin(Keigwyn UK) and Lisa - Escanaba way up in the UP

MINNESOTA:

Chrissy25 - Southern Minnesota

britsngrits - Twin Cities of MN - Paul-Peterborough

JayJay - Minnesota Lake, near Mankato about 2 and a half hours away from the twin cities

Tucker (Minneapolis) and Fiona (St. Boswells, Scotland) - Twin Cities

MrsDarby-Oliver (England) and Alicia (Minnesota)-now both living in Minnesota

MISSOURI:

DaniChristine - Dani (USA) and Anthony (Northern Ireland)

Rosie420 - Waynesville, MO (Right in the middle!)

MONTANA:

wherezdabearz - John (USA) and Alison (UK) hope to be living together in Missoula (that's where da bearz are...) from end of Jan 2006

techgirl - Terry (USA) and Davo (UK)- Flathead Lake (western MT)

NEW JERSEY:

Gemma12nEl - Bergen County New Jersey

VisagirlNJ - My fiance will be moving to Hudson County, NJ in APril

Jodyangel - South Jersey

NEW YORK:

Louandmikek3 - Long Island, New York (Louise, UK and Mike, US)

DavidUK- Manhattan, New York

Gwen75 - Manhattan, New York

Shakysgirl- Russell (UK) and Patricia (US)- upstate NY

Donna(dmd01708) Oneida County, Upstate New York

Estella76 - Marie (US) and Adam (UK) - Queens, NY

Peachbythebeach - Me (US) Hubby (UK) - Long Island

NORTH CAROLINA:

Jo1973 - Durham, North Carolina

saturn5man (Neil) - Near Raleigh, North Carolina

Jaylen Brit(UK) and LenJayUS (US) - Lenior, North Carolina (from this year)

mullensgirl (UK) Chris (USC) Eventually Jacksonville NC

OHIO:

TenderCats (hubby) - Ohio

Widge - NE Ohio

Helen - Columbus OH

martinleach-Martin (St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK) to Westerville

sassasdave - David (Gateshead to Westerville)

OKLAHOMA:

Sukie175 (Sarah) - Gage, NW OK (near Woodward)

OREGON:

Pam & Dave, Portland OR

ZZZZZZ (aka Pam & Dave) Portland OR/ Southminster UK

blandas - Move from Loughborough (just south of Nottingham) to Oregon.

PENNSYLVANIA:

Broma25 - Bucks County, Pennsylvania

Britjohn- Delaware County, Pennsylvania (near Delaware border)

cheeky^Wolf - (Helen will be there soon) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Pumpkinsnook - Berks Co, Pennsylvania (arriving 17th August - 13 days and

counting!)

Antone and Lyanthya - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Abby(PAX) and Ewen - Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (likely moving to NYC, NY in the summer of 06)

Helen (soon to be in Pittsburgh, PA) & Dave (USC)

bettenan (Bette & Richard) Beautiful Bucks County, PA

SOUTH CAROLINA:

zenaelarabi - (Oxfordshire to Columbia SC)

pink_cloud-Charleston, South Carolina

TENNESSEE:

govols- (Karen & Tony-from England)-Middle Tennessee

TracyTN (and future hubby ChasUK) - Nashville, TN

Memphis - Mike Wooten future wife Adele (mrsw2b UK)

TEXAS:

Geordieluvr (aka Andria and her Geordie Peter) - Richardson, Texas

medicjeff (wife Jane from the UK) Austin, Texas

Melo (aka Anita from London) & Paul now in Odessa, Texas moving to Houston, Texas

silent whispers - San Antonio, Texas

tamarae (Shawna & Ciaran from the UK, arriving soon) - Lubbock, TX

UTAH:

HuffyTheSlayer - Salt Lake City, UT

VERMONT:

Lou - Central Vermont

VIRGINIA:

naiku - Northern Virginia (whenver this process is finished)

mijkij (also NoVA)

Litlemo (aka Ally - Geordie,,, Greg - USC)

MrsBeer:30- N.Virginia

KikiDoug - (Kiki, from England...Doug, from the USA) - living in the very SW corner of Virginia!

WASHINGTON:

arwensun1965 - Kent, WA

samantha_lou - Vancouver, WA

Alana (US) & Ewan (Scotland) in Des Moines, Washington......

torpedo_bob, Camas,Washington

WEST VIRGINIA:

Margyw- West Virginia

rebeccajo (and robertwesley - Wes) irishman & southern gal in West Virginia

Girona40 - Curt (USC) and Glenys, Michael and Sarah (UK)

WISCONSIN:

Michelle(USC)andCraig(England)...northern Wisconsin...border of UP of Michigan

Badgerbabe - Green Bay, Wisconsin

SteveLaura/LauraSteve - from London, UK to Milwaukee, WI

Moonlite-just north of Milwaukee

AllSerene-near Milwaukee I think?

Mellie(and Scott)-near Milwaukee

Nicola&Matthew- on the boarders of MN

UPDATE

No squash in liquid form found anywhere as yet, however the search continues.........

In the mean time, Target has a great "own brand" cool aid/crystal light/country life etc lemonade, raspberry iced tea and raspberry lemonade for only $1.77 per tub (loads cheaper than the previously mentioned brands!)

I'm feeling a lot more reassured that i'm not the only person who is missing that sugary syrup we fondly call squash!

Nicola

Congratulations!!! I would check out the guide's on here and utilise the example forms they are very useful when filling out all the forms! It's easily done, I promiseAOS GUIDE LINK

Good luck!

Take what I posted to the office and start yelling for the offfice manager if the service rep says you can't do it.

LMAO will do!

We had to wait until Claudeth had something from the USCIS in her married name like the EAD or GC befor SSA would change her name. They wouldn't accept the marriage certificate

Goodness, I hope this won't be a wasted trip... I will go with an army of information to support my application to change my name! I'm going to go prepared!!! GAWD DAMN IT GIMME MY CARD!!! hehehehe

Yipppeeeeeeee sister-in-law has come through for me!!!! She's taking me up there tomorrow

If anyone is reading this and has their SSN in their maiden name and needs to change it to their married name, keep an eye on your expiry date of the I-94, learn from my (and probably others) mistakes and do it way before the 2 weeks is up on your card!!!!

It saves getting grey hairs and worrying!!!

DO NOT give up your SSN card until you receive the new one. Say the dog ate it. LOL

Mdyoung thanks for that tip, I will definately not take it with me!!!

Thank you so much for the support you guys have given.

Regards

Nicola

Thanks for the replies. My I-94 expires on May 9th so i'm trying to get one of my sister in laws to help with a lift. I have a feeling that i'm not gonna make the 2 week deadline but i'm gonna try my damndest to get it.

So I guess if unable to change my name on the card, once I get EAD and a job it will have to be in my maiden name until I get the green card right? Then I can file another document with the SSN office to change my name?

Thanks once again (I am kicking myself for not realizing how much time I had left on the I-94)

Nicola

Quick question, I have my SSN which is in my maiden name. They wanted me to go back when I have our marriage certificate to change the name to my husbands surname. My I-94 is almost about to expire ( 2/3 weeks left on it), I am wondering where I stand.

Is it possible to change the name later or is this going to cause me problems. I have trouble getting to the local SSN office as it's so far away and with most of my in-laws working full time it proves to be quite difficult. I just want to save us as much hassle as possible and do things on a needs must!

Any advice or experience would be helpful. Thanks

Nicola

I've noticed over the past week or so that there have been many questions with regards to the I-693 form in the AOS forums. The questions all seem to be the same (but worded differently!). I would like to suggest a sticky topic on the top of the AOS forum to address this issue as it seems to be a hot topic!

Thanks

Nicola

Being almost vegetarian, I can't imagine anything worse! However I have just joined allrecipes.com and doing a search I found it! It's got a 3 star rating and all ingredients should be easy to get hold of. There's also loads of recipe's on there that are "traditional" for places over the world!!! I myself can't wait to make xmas pudding, mince pies and xmas cake.... yuuuuumy!!!

Steak and Ale Pie link

Happy cooking!

Nicola

i think that once you have a legitimate record of receiving the vacciniation, no matter where it is from the civil surgeon must accept this and make the necessary ticks on your application. maybe someone here could confirm this?

Thats correct, you have to get your vaccination history transcribed by a civil surgeon designated by USCIS and have it recorded on the I-693 form.

Special Instructions:

The medical examination must be conducted by a civil surgeon who has been designated by USCIS. For the most current list of civil surgeons in your area, please check our Civil Surgeons Locator. To obtain by telephone the names and phone numbers of the designated civil surgeons in your area, please call USCIS' National Customer Service Center at 1-800-375-5283. You will be asked to provide your zip code. Please have a pen or pencil ready to write down the list of civil surgeons in your area.

Missy I would call up as many places that are easily reached to find the best deals as it seems to be hit and miss! I would also read through the forum posts for the past few days as this issue seems to be a hot topic at the moment!

Good luck

Nicola

The link to the civil surgeon finder on the USCIS website is HERE. And definately do a search to find the best priced place, some members have been stung for loads of $$$'s as other people have pointed out!

Good luck

Nicola

I was searching the AOS forum for this particular issue and I found someone who got some good advice about this. On my form I've put "date unknown at present" and then the supplement I wrote

"I qualify for Advanced parole as I entered the US on a K1 visa, and am applying for the advanced parole in connection with my Adjustment of Status application.

I require a multiple entry advance parole document so that I may visit my family in England."

Which seems to be sufficient. I'm sorry that I can't remember the original post that I got this information from, but if you use the search engine I'm sure it will come up!

Nicola

I'm getting the same thing done tomorrow! I called up loads of places and most ranged from $100+ , one place I called were charging $200 with vaccinations at $75 . Luckily I found somewhere that will charge $25 for the form to be filled in and i'm getting the chickenpox vaccination for $18. It's an approved site in Minnesota. I would recomend calling all of the approved places up within reasonable driving distance and choose the cheapest.

Good luck

Nicola

Isn't the issue that her county is listed under both the Milwaukee & St. Paul lists???

Nope its under the Minnesota list according to the posted web link! Which is alll good!!!

Hey, I learn something new every day I don't know if you want the St. Paul office though. They're slooooooooooooooooooooow.

I'd sooner drive 40 minutes to St. Paul rather than the several hours to Milwaukee!!! Hell we went through Nebraska (when it was slooow!) and survived, things can't possibly get slower than that!!!

Thanks for your help!

Nicola

Strange because Eau Claire is listed under Minnesota and our county is listed there too!

The St. Paul District serves Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. The following Wisconsin counties are serviced by the St. Paul USCIS office. (See the Milwaukee USCIS Who Are We for the Wisconsin counties serviced by that USCIS office.) Adams, Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Buffalo, Burnett, Chippewa, Clark, Douglas, Dunn, Eau Claire, Iron, Jackson, Juneau, La Crosse, Lincoln, Marathon, Monroe, Oneida, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Portage, Price, Rusk, Sawyer, St. Croix, Taylor, Trempealeau, Vernon, Vilas, Washburn, and Wood.

I guess i'll keep our fingers crossed and hope that we end up with MN as our district!

Thanks

Nicola