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

[ivannnaloveskiwi 0]

hi everyone,

just wanted you to know he went for his medical. he seen dr stone..nothing really said about vacinations. the doctor asked if he had chickenpox, mumps, measles

or hmm something else..he hadn't so they gave him an ejection for that ... i think MMR..and a tentus.. so the doctor was $125, MMR $ 80, tetnus $50, xray $80, blood

test $31 total..$371..cant say much more ...i wasnt there.. and he cant post becasue his computer broke..which is upseting soooo..NO SKYPE

[ivannnaloveskiwi 0]

oh...we've been laughing about the big xray...what the heck does he do with it?

and the doctor never looked at it..soo? lol whats it for? it's really big..dont think we can find a frame big enough! hahaha

anyone know?

[cdneh 3,112]

oh...we've been laughing about the big xray...what the heck does he do with it?

and the doctor never looked at it..soo? lol whats it for? it's really big..dont think we can find a frame big enough! hahaha

anyone know?

They are big

All the Dr is interested in is the report, which they would have taken out of the big envelope at the Dr's office. I got a copy of it in the post as well.

He takes it with him, on the plane, in case they want it at POE.

[kiwiana 2]

oh...we've been laughing about the big xray...what the heck does he do with it?

and the doctor never looked at it..soo? lol whats it for? it's really big..dont think we can find a frame big enough! hahaha

anyone know?

They are big

All the Dr is interested in is the report, which they would have taken out of the big envelope at the Dr's office. I got a copy of it in the post as well.

He takes it with him, on the plane, in case they want it at POE.

when i picked mine up from xray place, my eyes rounded like saucers when the lady came out and handed them to me!! i was like what the heck?? LOL!!

i then did a hike back to docs surgery, burning rubber from the soles of my jandals as i tried to speed along, with the large xray envelope flapping in my hand with each stride

I do hope we all don't have to lug that thing on the plane with us when we head to the US!! Or i will have to buy an extra seat just to house the thing on!!

so don't we have to show the xrays when we go to a civil surgeon over there to have a transcript done from our vaccination records?

During such stressful times over this whole process, it's good that one can get a laugh out of it. The size of the xrays certainly got me giggling

[cdneh 3,112]

oh...we've been laughing about the big xray...what the heck does he do with it?

and the doctor never looked at it..soo? lol whats it for? it's really big..dont think we can find a frame big enough! hahaha

anyone know?

They are big

All the Dr is interested in is the report, which they would have taken out of the big envelope at the Dr's office. I got a copy of it in the post as well.

He takes it with him, on the plane, in case they want it at POE.

when i picked mine up from xray place, my eyes rounded like saucers when the lady came out and handed them to me!! i was like what the heck?? LOL!!

i then did a hike back to docs surgery, burning rubber from the soles of my jandals as i tried to speed along, with the large xray envelope flapping in my hand with each stride

I do hope we all don't have to lug that thing on the plane with us when we head to the US!! Or i will have to buy an extra seat just to house the thing on!!

so don't we have to show the xrays when we go to a civil surgeon over there to have a transcript done from our vaccination records?

During such stressful times over this whole process, it's good that one can get a laugh out of it. The size of the xrays certainly got me giggling

I know...my flatmate was a bit stunned...'you have to take that with you ??"

I understood you take it on the plane...they may not want it at POE, but most people I've read here seem to follow that plan.

I have a question...I've read the instruction to pay the visa fee at the postshop...but what do you tell them you are paying for? Our little local postshop may have no idea either...

[kiwiana 2]

I know...my flatmate was a bit stunned...'you have to take that with you ??"

I understood you take it on the plane...they may not want it at POE, but most people I've read here seem to follow that plan.

I have a question...I've read the instruction to pay the visa fee at the postshop...but what do you tell them you are paying for? Our little local postshop may have no idea either...

I was a bit apprehensive when i went to our small post shop too. I took the pink letter with me and just said that i needed to pay a visa fee to the consulate general of usa. The guy opened up a notebook and there was handwritten stuff in it. He turned to a page that had listed the consulate general. he said to me.. the fee is $135?? I said no, its $235.80 and showed him the pink letter. He said oh ok.. he asked to look at my passport and then he typed some stuff into his computer and up came a print out receipt. TWO copies. One that says "attach to application" and the other one is the customers copy. It says American Consulate General and non IM US visa on it with the amount and passport number and surname of passport holder. so make sure you get two copies so you can keep one for your reference.

[cdneh 3,112]

Aha! I knew you'd know ! I'll not feel quite so silly at the wicket now

Good luck for tomorrow, and may the traffic from Big Day Out of it not get in your way!

I'm excited on your behalf

[kiwiana 2]

Aha! I knew you'd know ! I'll not feel quite so silly at the wicket now

Good luck for tomorrow, and may the traffic from Big Day Out of it not get in your way!

I'm excited on your behalf

Thank You!! I keep telling myself that i must go to bed but i am too excited and nervous at same time!! but i will have to get up after 5am tomorrow so better try and make an effort to get some sleep now!!

[cdneh 3,112]

Aha! I knew you'd know ! I'll not feel quite so silly at the wicket now

Good luck for tomorrow, and may the traffic from Big Day Out of it not get in your way!

I'm excited on your behalf

Thank You!! I keep telling myself that i must go to bed but i am too excited and nervous at same time!! but i will have to get up after 5am tomorrow so better try and make an effort to get some sleep now!!

Sleep well ..I know it won't be easy..be sure to let us know how it goes

[Michelle Kauffman 0]

Good luck for today Kiwiana

tho i'm sure that you're going to be fine I understand the butterflies, hehe i get them just thinking about my interview

[rubyred 0]

i have a question about marriage:

if we decide to get married here, before my visa expires, i don't want to have any kind of ceremony - i want to wait for a year, until my family can afford to come over. is it going to look bad if we don't have evidence of a proper ceremony? i feel like in between having an engagement ring, evidence of our relationship, and the explanation above, it should be fine... just looking for reassurance, really

oh, while browsing the forums today i came across this website: www.justanswers.com

it doesn't look super professional or anything, and obviously there are no guarantees provided with the answers, but i figured for $15 it was worth a try. i basically outlined our situation and the response i got was:

Given that the two of you are living together and intend to marry, the only concern of the immigration service will be the good faith nature of the relationship - it will not be "suspicious" that you have known each other and lived together. Plenty of people work on temporary visas and have a dating relationship that may or may not lead to marriage. The only issue will be the good faith nature of the marriage, and it sounds as though the two of you truly love one another. Given that, it will be significantly cheaper and easier to apply from within the US, assuming you do not have a two year home residency requirement attached to yourJ visa.

jordan is still skeptical and feeling very cautious but i'm getting more and more confident that marriage and AOS is totally the way to go for us.

[cdneh 3,112]

Kiwiana.....how did it go??? Inquiring minds...

[Kim & Chris 0]

oh...we've been laughing about the big xray...what the heck does he do with it?

and the doctor never looked at it..soo? lol whats it for? it's really big..dont think we can find a frame big enough! hahaha

anyone know?

They are big

All the Dr is interested in is the report, which they would have taken out of the big envelope at the Dr's office. I got a copy of it in the post as well.

He takes it with him, on the plane, in case they want it at POE.

when i picked mine up from xray place, my eyes rounded like saucers when the lady came out and handed them to me!! i was like what the heck?? LOL!!

i then did a hike back to docs surgery, burning rubber from the soles of my jandals as i tried to speed along, with the large xray envelope flapping in my hand with each stride

I do hope we all don't have to lug that thing on the plane with us when we head to the US!! Or i will have to buy an extra seat just to house the thing on!!

so don't we have to show the xrays when we go to a civil surgeon over there to have a transcript done from our vaccination records?

During such stressful times over this whole process, it's good that one can get a laugh out of it. The size of the xrays certainly got me giggling

I packed my xray in my check in luggage.....I hadn't read anywhere that they required it at POE and to be honest I had way to much other ####### to cart with me as hand luggage. They never requested it at all.

Got the marriage licence the other day so now we're rearing to go B)

[ivannnaloveskiwi 0]

hi everyone,

does anyone know when you get your visa does it have to be a round trip ticket or a one way..like on the vwp it has to be round trip...we were just wondering..

[cdneh 3,112]

oh...we've been laughing about the big xray...what the heck does he do with it?

and the doctor never looked at it..soo? lol whats it for? it's really big..dont think we can find a frame big enough! hahaha

anyone know?

They are big

All the Dr is interested in is the report, which they would have taken out of the big envelope at the Dr's office. I got a copy of it in the post as well.

He takes it with him, on the plane, in case they want it at POE.

when i picked mine up from xray place, my eyes rounded like saucers when the lady came out and handed them to me!! i was like what the heck?? LOL!!

i then did a hike back to docs surgery, burning rubber from the soles of my jandals as i tried to speed along, with the large xray envelope flapping in my hand with each stride

I do hope we all don't have to lug that thing on the plane with us when we head to the US!! Or i will have to buy an extra seat just to house the thing on!!

so don't we have to show the xrays when we go to a civil surgeon over there to have a transcript done from our vaccination records?

During such stressful times over this whole process, it's good that one can get a laugh out of it. The size of the xrays certainly got me giggling

I packed my xray in my check in luggage.....I hadn't read anywhere that they required it at POE and to be honest I had way to much other ####### to cart with me as hand luggage. They never requested it at all.

Got the marriage licence the other day so now we're rearing to go B)

Oh good to know...I haven't to try to manhandle that thing around