NEW ZEALANDers heading to the US and their USC spouses - POST HERE!

[cdneh 3,112]

We have seen each other through a lot when you think of it. From the start. I shudder to think how much harder this all would have been without all of you !

How right you are........ without this site and the people on here who help out and point you in the right direction I doubt we'd be where we are now

I wonder. My husband wanted a lawyer to do the K1, I dunno why but he did. He was useless, the lawyer, as they so often are.

When we struck AP after the NOA1 he insisted that there was no such thing for k1's, and that some one told us the wrong thing at NVC and not to worry about it we would already be on the way to the AKL consulate just the same.

He never once responded to a single email I sent him, but he would answer my fiancee. In spite of many requests that he CC me, and answer me, he never did. Some of what he told Chase about the things we needed, and the paperwork to file were dead wrong. I preferred to go by VJ.

Once we finally got out of AP, we never bothered to tell him. I figured for all he was interested, to blazes with him. For all he knows I am still stuck waiting on interview

So once we came to file for the AOS I was adamant that I do it myself. I thought I at least would have the right info, which is more than I can say for the lawyer.

And when we got transferred, which is meant to be so much faster, and again a delay, I was awake nights thinking...I should have got that vaccination paperwork transcribed...did I sign that bit of paper, are they going to be happy with the support docs....

I was SO relieved once we got the email that said we were approved.

And I came right here to say so

[kiwiana 2]

I know for a fact that i wouldn't have been able to get through this without the information and knowledge of VJ and its members.. We had originally sent in the I-129f papers around April of 2008. We had no idea what we were doing and heaven knows what uscis thought when they received our forms. The whole package was a mess. They returned it to my SO about 5-6 weeks later with the money order we had sent.

Then i found VJ online and sent in the correct forms etc and the rest they say is history!!

cdneh: It doesn't sound like your lawyer was very clued up on the process either!

[Kelvan 0]

Had my biometrics taken on Monday. The woman had LOTS of trouble getting my finger prints because apparently I use a computer too much and type on a keyboard which makes them harder to see She got them in the end though! And she said to expect an interview letter within 90 days!

Oh and also, she asked for our marriage license. It didn't say to bring it on the letter, but luckily I brought everything just in case!

Edited November 25, 2009 by Kelvan

[cdneh 3,112]

I know for a fact that i wouldn't have been able to get through this without the information and knowledge of VJ and its members.. We had originally sent in the I-129f papers around April of 2008. We had no idea what we were doing and heaven knows what uscis thought when they received our forms. The whole package was a mess. They returned it to my SO about 5-6 weeks later with the money order we had sent.

Then i found VJ online and sent in the correct forms etc and the rest they say is history!!

cdneh: It doesn't sound like your lawyer was very clued up on the process either!

Newp..he was a total turkey

And another good thing about VJ..we all got to meet and hang out here

[kiwiana 2]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

How are you guys spending the day? It's the first thanksgiving for me in the USA. We will be going to my SO sisters place this afternoon. Will be meeting family members I haven't yet met. Am a bit nervous about it all.. LOL!!

[cdneh 3,112]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

How are you guys spending the day? It's the first thanksgiving for me in the USA. We will be going to my SO sisters place this afternoon. Will be meeting family members I haven't yet met. Am a bit nervous about it all.. LOL!!

Dinner here tonight :thumbs:

You'll be fine ..enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

[Kim & Chris 0]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!!

How are you guys spending the day? It's the first thanksgiving for me in the USA. We will be going to my SO sisters place this afternoon. Will be meeting family members I haven't yet met. Am a bit nervous about it all.. LOL!!

Happy Thanksgiving to you guys too

It's my first one as well, I arrived last year the day after Thanksgiving so it's like my anniversary as well...almost....lol This time last year I was winging my way high above the pacific.

Chris' kids live 2 doors down from us now but have gone to their half sisters place about 3 hours away for Thanksgiving so it's just me and me fella for a cosy turkey dinner

I plan on going big for Christmas though

[kiwibelcanto 3]

Aww hope you guys enjoy your first Thanksgivings! Still another year to go for me although I can feel it's definitely getting warmer here the last few days... summer is on its way!!

I had my medical a few days ago, everything seems fine there so that's good! Interview is next Thurs so hopefully by this time next week I will have been approved but arrggh I feel so far behind!

[cdneh 3,112]

Aww hope you guys enjoy your first Thanksgivings! Still another year to go for me although I can feel it's definitely getting warmer here the last few days... summer is on its way!!

I had my medical a few days ago, everything seems fine there so that's good! Interview is next Thurs so hopefully by this time next week I will have been approved but arrggh I feel so far behind!

Congrats on the getting the medical done Zeddess...I'll be wishing you well for the interview!

[Kim & Chris 0]

Aww hope you guys enjoy your first Thanksgivings! Still another year to go for me although I can feel it's definitely getting warmer here the last few days... summer is on its way!!

I had my medical a few days ago, everything seems fine there so that's good! Interview is next Thurs so hopefully by this time next week I will have been approved but arrggh I feel so far behind!

Yes congrats Zeddess, not long to go now

Well I just cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner and didn't kill anyone........always a bonus

[kiwiana 2]

Had my biometrics taken on Monday. The woman had LOTS of trouble getting my finger prints because apparently I use a computer too much and type on a keyboard which makes them harder to see She got them in the end though! And she said to expect an interview letter within 90 days!

Oh and also, she asked for our marriage license. It didn't say to bring it on the letter, but luckily I brought everything just in case!

It seems a problem they have at the biometrics as the woman had trouble with a few of my fingers too. Good to hear that apart from that all went ok. Hope you get the interview letter soon!!

Aww hope you guys enjoy your first Thanksgivings! Still another year to go for me although I can feel it's definitely getting warmer here the last few days... summer is on its way!!

I had my medical a few days ago, everything seems fine there so that's good! Interview is next Thurs so hopefully by this time next week I will have been approved but arrggh I feel so far behind!

Congratulations on getting the medical done!! Wow! not long to go now till the interview. Very best wishes for next Thursday. Let us know how you get on!!

Well I just cooked my first Thanksgiving dinner and didn't kill anyone........always a bonus

sooo funny!!

Dinner here tonight

You'll be fine ..enjoy!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

Hope you had a lovely dinner!!

[kiwibelcanto 3]

Well I had to go back to the doctors because they found I wasn't immunized against measles or mumps... so now the medical is officially over, almost $500 later! Did it cost that much for any of you??

I also forgot to sign the police clearance form (whoops) and I only just received it back in the mail on Saturday. I couriered it to the consulate today although seeing as my interview is on Thursday, I doubt they're going to get it back from the police in time anyways. Should I contact them to reschedule my interview or do I just wait and see what happens?

[Kim & Chris 0]

Well I had to go back to the doctors because they found I wasn't immunized against measles or mumps... so now the medical is officially over, almost $500 later! Did it cost that much for any of you??

I also forgot to sign the police clearance form (whoops) and I only just received it back in the mail on Saturday. I couriered it to the consulate today although seeing as my interview is on Thursday, I doubt they're going to get it back from the police in time anyways. Should I contact them to reschedule my interview or do I just wait and see what happens?

They didn't have mine back at the time of the interview either and the lady said to still go along, anyway, that will be one major thing out of the way. They will just say that the final result will be dependent on the police report, and if you know there's no problem there then you know you'll get a big fat ok from the consulate You won't have to wait long.

Can't remember how much my medical was, I think it was around 2 or 3 hundred all up. I had to have an updated tetanus shot which was $40. If I knew about it beforehand I would have gone to my doctors and got it done for virtually nothing, but you don't know these things and you just want to get it over with.

Won't be long now and you'll be running around trying to get all your packing done

[kiwiana 2]

Well I had to go back to the doctors because they found I wasn't immunized against measles or mumps... so now the medical is officially over, almost $500 later! Did it cost that much for any of you??

I also forgot to sign the police clearance form (whoops) and I only just received it back in the mail on Saturday. I couriered it to the consulate today although seeing as my interview is on Thursday, I doubt they're going to get it back from the police in time anyways. Should I contact them to reschedule my interview or do I just wait and see what happens?

Congrats on getting the medical done and that all went well the medical cost me $125, then $50 for tetanus (like Kim, i had to have one aswell), $80 for xrays and $31 for blood test. So in total $286!

Very best wishes with your interview this week!! let us know how you get on!!

[kiwibelcanto 3]

Thanks Kim and Kiwiana you can bet the first thing I'll be doing is rushing back to work to jump on here and tell you all lol!

I'll be moving back to my parents this weekend so I can really concentrate on saving up as much money as possible to help support me over there (still not used to the idea of having to depend on someone else), so that's going to give me an opportunity to clean out a whole bunch of stuff!

Glad I wasn't the only one that had to have the tetanus shot - my arm hurt like hell for a week!!