Age questions and general concerns

[BigCityDave 0]

Thats interesting, is that a saying of his? Sorry I have never heard that before.

Does he speak Hungarian still?

he says, "Igen, még mindig tudok!"

I have no idea what that means though ._.

Tell him, "Az tök jó hogy még tudsz beszélni magyarul, szerintem az fontos is hogy a mennyasszonyod is beszél magyarul is! De tudom hogy nagyon nehéz mert ez egyik legnehézebb nyelv a világon!"

Ja, és ha van barmilyen kérdésed akkor szivesen segitek.

Hát igen, 11 évet ott töltöttem, nem volt kellemes dolog. Nyíregyházan születtem, mindig a Keleti oldalon laktam Magyarországban. :< De most már minden rendben van! : )

Köszönjük szépen a segitséget! : ) És sok boldogsákot nektek!

Én is laktam Nyiregyházan! Arany János utcán, ami a a vasut állomás mellett van. Nagyon érdekes a hely ott és azt is láttam hogy az emberek beszélnek a szabolcsi akcentussal. Érdekes volt, de te is igy tudsz beszélni?

Miért akartál kimenni? Először probáltál bemenni amerikába?

Emlékszek az Arany János utcára! És az anyámmal jöttem ki Kanadaba, mert van itt család aki kijött még a 90-esekbe. De most hogy a szivem hölgye Amerikaba lakik, én is oda kell költözzek!

Az én Magyarom inkáb Kanadia-Szabolcs-Erdélyi! Nagyszüleim Erdélyben élnek, náluk töltöttem a nyaraimat gyerekként. És az utolso éveket Budapest környékén végeztem be.

Wow, az tök jó, most ott vagyok, Budapesten mert volt az interju a mennyasszonyommal az Amerikai követségen és sikerült! Szóval most együtt lehetünk Amerikában végre és az egy nagyon jó érzés. De ahogy mondtam neked, ha van egy kérdésed akkor kérdezd meg vagy küldj nekem pm-t ezen a web oldalán és igyekszem segiteni neked.

Congratulations! Thank you for the help and kind offer, we shall definitely keep it in mind. Good luck with your move, we hope it goes as smoothly as possible for you. Hope you enjoy the city and eachother, congrats again

Thanks

[bora bora 1]

OP, you're not the first couple on here that young - so don't worry as long as you're of legal age to get married (or have parental consent if needed).

As far as the USC being allowed in the interview room - it does depend on the consulate. I'm the USC and I was allowed to be interviewed with my (now) husband and the CO actually talked to me more.

[pushbrk 13,174]

People only get an RFE when they fail to provide correct information, or sufficient information. As in, they forget to include all required documents,evidence, or they provide incorrect documents/evidence, or they have had prior criminal convictions, etc.

I don't know how soon after sending the 129f do they get an RFE. Why are you worried about this? IF you included everything necessary then no reason to worry! B)

Wow youguys are pretty young. I'm 22. so you are 18 and your fiance is 17?

They won't turn you down as long as you have parental consent to marry. If you're over 18 you dont need it but your fiance will.

If you have parental consent then I doubt you'd get turned down as long as you have a bonafide relationship.

I was under the impression you needed a passport to go to Canada, as i thought this was required by law recently.

I would definitely start bringing your passport with you, not sure why you wouldn't, and get it stamped so you have proof.

Photos are good, emails are good,, phone bills, and not sure what you mean by money spent on trips? do you mean bank statements showing purchases made in the fiances country?

A)I just hope for the best and plan for the worst with the RFE since we are doing this without any sort of legal help, or help at all except for the internet.

B) I just turned 19 and he will be 18 (June 9) before I mail off our I-129F.

C) you don't need one, just a birth cert or citizenship card from canada. I do not have a passport.

D) money spent on trips - my bank statements showing money spent in canada, yes.

He will need a passport. The visa is glued to a page in the passport. I'd be getting your own passport too.

[HannahP 119]

When was the last time you crossed the border? You've needed a passport to fly across for a few years now and we needed one last year to drive across.

[junkupshoopwhat 0]

OP, you're not the first couple on here that young - so don't worry as long as you're of legal age to get married (or have parental consent if needed).

As far as the USC being allowed in the interview room - it does depend on the consulate. I'm the USC and I was allowed to be interviewed with my (now) husband and the CO actually talked to me more.

That is great! It would be the best if we could both enter the room, wouldn't want go through the interview alone, I get nervous easily.

People only get an RFE when they fail to provide correct information, or sufficient information. As in, they forget to include all required documents,evidence, or they provide incorrect documents/evidence, or they have had prior criminal convictions, etc.

I don't know how soon after sending the 129f do they get an RFE. Why are you worried about this? IF you included everything necessary then no reason to worry! B)

Wow youguys are pretty young. I'm 22. so you are 18 and your fiance is 17?

They won't turn you down as long as you have parental consent to marry. If you're over 18 you dont need it but your fiance will.

If you have parental consent then I doubt you'd get turned down as long as you have a bonafide relationship.

I was under the impression you needed a passport to go to Canada, as i thought this was required by law recently.

I would definitely start bringing your passport with you, not sure why you wouldn't, and get it stamped so you have proof.

Photos are good, emails are good,, phone bills, and not sure what you mean by money spent on trips? do you mean bank statements showing purchases made in the fiances country?

A)I just hope for the best and plan for the worst with the RFE since we are doing this without any sort of legal help, or help at all except for the internet.

B) I just turned 19 and he will be 18 (June 9) before I mail off our I-129F.

C) you don't need one, just a birth cert or citizenship card from canada. I do not have a passport.

D) money spent on trips - my bank statements showing money spent in canada, yes.

He will need a passport. The visa is glued to a page in the passport. I'd be getting your own passport too.

Yepp, got the passport taken care of last year on my own, so we don't have to worry about that!

When was the last time you crossed the border? You've needed a passport to fly across for a few years now and we needed one last year to drive across.

We actually crossed it last week, when I drove her to the airport. I live across from Detroit, in Windsor, so I make the trip quite frequently. They still accept Canadian Citizenship cards, birth certificates, and I think, possibly the new Ontario driver's license, but don't quote me on that one. I have a passport myself, so that is taken care of. She doesn't need to get anything stamped or done to her passport, which does not exist, so yeah, we won't worry about it though. Detroit-Windsor is fairly easy going with the border cross. When you cross the border from anywhere else other than Canada, that is when you need the passport. And I believe that requirement of the passport between Canada and America only exists if you fly from one nation to the other, but we always do internal flying, and then just cross the border on land.

Once again, thank you for all the help from everybody! We greatly appreciate it!

[macilaci 0]

Thats interesting, is that a saying of his? Sorry I have never heard that before.

Does he speak Hungarian still?

he says, "Igen, még mindig tudok!"

I have no idea what that means though ._.

Tell him, "Az tök jó hogy még tudsz beszélni magyarul, szerintem az fontos is hogy a mennyasszonyod is beszél magyarul is! De tudom hogy nagyon nehéz mert ez egyik legnehézebb nyelv a világon!"

Ja, és ha van barmilyen kérdésed akkor szivesen segitek.

Hát igen, 11 évet ott töltöttem, nem volt kellemes dolog. Nyíregyházan születtem, mindig a Keleti oldalon laktam Magyarországban. :< De most már minden rendben van! : )

Köszönjük szépen a segitséget! : ) És sok boldogsákot nektek!

Én is laktam Nyiregyházan! Arany János utcán, ami a a vasut állomás mellett van. Nagyon érdekes a hely ott és azt is láttam hogy az emberek beszélnek a szabolcsi akcentussal. Érdekes volt, de te is igy tudsz beszélni?

Miért akartál kimenni? Először probáltál bemenni amerikába?

Emlékszek az Arany János utcára! És az anyámmal jöttem ki Kanadaba, mert van itt család aki kijött még a 90-esekbe. De most hogy a szivem hölgye Amerikaba lakik, én is oda kell költözzek!

Az én Magyarom inkáb Kanadia-Szabolcs-Erdélyi! Nagyszüleim Erdélyben élnek, náluk töltöttem a nyaraimat gyerekként. És az utolso éveket Budapest környékén végeztem be.

Wow, az tök jó, most ott vagyok, Budapesten mert volt az interju a mennyasszonyommal az Amerikai követségen és sikerült! Szóval most együtt lehetünk Amerikában végre és az egy nagyon jó érzés. De ahogy mondtam neked, ha van egy kérdésed akkor kérdezd meg vagy küldj nekem pm-t ezen a web oldalán és igyekszem segiteni neked.

Congratulations! Thank you for the help and kind offer, we shall definitely keep it in mind. Good luck with your move, we hope it goes as smoothly as possible for you. Hope you enjoy the city and eachother, congrats again

[macilaci 0]

Dave en is Nyiregyhazarol szarmazom es 20-eve elek it az USA-ban, az arany szarvas mellett laktak valamikor! Lenyeg az szerintem az anyanyelvedet nem lehet elfelejteni, ugyhogy hagyd abba a nagykepuskodest hogy meg emlekszel es tudol Magyarul!

[BigCityDave 0]

Dave en is Nyiregyhazarol szarmazom es 20-eve elek it az USA-ban, az arany szarvas mellett laktak valamikor! Lenyeg az szerintem az anyanyelvedet nem lehet elfelejteni, ugyhogy hagyd abba a nagykepuskodest hogy meg emlekszel es tudol Magyarul!

Bocs ha még hibázok a nyelvel de azt mondhatom neked hogy nem vagyok Magyar hanem Amerikai vagyok!

[macilaci 0]

Dave en is Nyiregyhazarol szarmazom es 20-eve elek it az USA-ban, az arany szarvas mellett laktak valamikor! Lenyeg az szerintem az anyanyelvedet nem lehet elfelejteni, ugyhogy hagyd abba a nagykepuskodest hogy meg emlekszel es tudol Magyarul!

Bocs ha még hibázok a nyelvel de azt mondhatom neked hogy nem vagyok Magyar hanem Amerikai vagyok!

Dave,

Gratulalok nektek es sok sikertt mindkettotoknek! A nehezen legalabb mar tulvagytok! Hianyzik hogy nem irsz semmit arrol, mi a velemenyed, hogy ment az interju, milyenek voltak a kovetsegen stb.stb.

Udv:macilaci

[BigCityDave 0]

Dave en is Nyiregyhazarol szarmazom es 20-eve elek it az USA-ban, az arany szarvas mellett laktak valamikor! Lenyeg az szerintem az anyanyelvedet nem lehet elfelejteni, ugyhogy hagyd abba a nagykepuskodest hogy meg emlekszel es tudol Magyarul!

Bocs ha még hibázok a nyelvel de azt mondhatom neked hogy nem vagyok Magyar hanem Amerikai vagyok!

Dave,

Gratulalok nektek es sok sikertt mindkettotoknek! A nehezen legalabb mar tulvagytok! Hianyzik hogy nem irsz semmit arrol, mi a velemenyed, hogy ment az interju, milyenek voltak a kovetsegen stb.stb.

Udv:macilaci

Komolyan, igazad van azt meg kell csinálnom most!

És ne haragudj hogy rosszul beszélek, nehéz nekem ez a nyelv de lassan tanulom meg!

[Jenni and Bo 0]

Just a quick word in here

You don't need a passport to drive across the border until next year or to travel by water ( The Cat ferry from Maine to Nova Scotia is an example). I live in New Brunswick and when Bo came up in March, I drove across to Maine (Houlton/Woodstock) to get him from the Portland airport and they don't ask for a passport, just government issued ID.

LOL it was so funny the difference between the US customs people and Canadian...US asked for my ID (I have a passport because I fly down to NC), they checked the car, the trunk real fast. Going back across to NB with Bo, they didnt ask for ID at all, didn't look in the car...just said to have a safe drive

<3 Jen

[junkupshoopwhat 0]

When was the last time you crossed the border? You've needed a passport to fly across for a few years now and we needed one last year to drive across.

April 25 to Canada

April 29 back to US

May 22 to Canada

May 27 back to the US

I just have an original copy of my birth certificate along with my drivers license and they've never asked for my passport.

[junkupshoopwhat 0]

Dave,

Gratulalok nektek es sok sikertt mindkettotoknek! A nehezen legalabb mar tulvagytok! Hianyzik hogy nem irsz semmit arrol, mi a velemenyed, hogy ment az interju, milyenek voltak a kovetsegen stb.stb.

Udv:macilaci

Komolyan, igazad van azt meg kell csinálnom most!

És ne haragudj hogy rosszul beszélek, nehéz nekem ez a nyelv de lassan tanulom meg!

Milyen kicsi ez a világ! Minden Magyar Nyiregyházábol jön most már?! És gratulálok neked Dave hogy tanulod a Magyart!

Just a quick word in here

You don't need a passport to drive across the border until next year or to travel by water ( The Cat ferry from Maine to Nova Scotia is an example). I live in New Brunswick and when Bo came up in March, I drove across to Maine (Houlton/Woodstock) to get him from the Portland airport and they don't ask for a passport, just government issued ID.

LOL it was so funny the difference between the US customs people and Canadian...US asked for my ID (I have a passport because I fly down to NC), they checked the car, the trunk real fast. Going back across to NB with Bo, they didnt ask for ID at all, didn't look in the car...just said to have a safe drive

<3 Jen

Well we had no idea about this. Ash and I will look into getting an American passport for her as well then! Thanks for the additional information over this! And good luck with your K-1!!

People only get an RFE when they fail to provide correct information, or sufficient information. As in, they forget to include all required documents,evidence, or they provide incorrect documents/evidence, or they have had prior criminal convictions, etc.

I don't know how soon after sending the 129f do they get an RFE. Why are you worried about this? IF you included everything necessary then no reason to worry! B)

Wow youguys are pretty young. I'm 22. so you are 18 and your fiance is 17?

They won't turn you down as long as you have parental consent to marry. If you're over 18 you dont need it but your fiance will.

If you have parental consent then I doubt you'd get turned down as long as you have a bonafide relationship.

I was under the impression you needed a passport to go to Canada, as i thought this was required by law recently.

I would definitely start bringing your passport with you, not sure why you wouldn't, and get it stamped so you have proof.

Photos are good, emails are good,, phone bills, and not sure what you mean by money spent on trips? do you mean bank statements showing purchases made in the fiances country?

A)I just hope for the best and plan for the worst with the RFE since we are doing this without any sort of legal help, or help at all except for the internet.

B) I just turned 19 and he will be 18 (June 9) before I mail off our I-129F.

C) you don't need one, just a birth cert or citizenship card from canada. I do not have a passport.

D) money spent on trips - my bank statements showing money spent in canada, yes.

He will need a passport. The visa is glued to a page in the passport. I'd be getting your own passport too.

I only have one official copy of my birth certificate and you have to send that off to get a passport since my parents lost my last one My mom also got a copy of it recently and we are not on speaking terms, the state of Minnesota said that they only give out two at a time and that was just a few months ago.

I did all of the papers to get a new passport before visiting in April but I really can't afford all the fees now since I have to send the 455$ with the I-129F

[BigCityDave 0]

You should be able to order another birth certificate just for yourself.

This can be done online, just google online "ordering birth certificates"

Edited May 31, 2008 by BigCityDave

[TBoneTX 46,276]

Answers to the original poster's questions:

-- If you're both of legal age to marry in the jurisdiction where you plan to marry, you should have no problem. You might receive questions about your relatively "tender ages" in your embassy/consulate interview. There is a 15-year difference between my age and my fiancee's age; if I'm asked, I will pleasantly say "Last I checked, the legal age of consent to marry in Texas without anyone's permission is age 18 for men and age 18 for women. Furthermore, the Current Population survey conducted in March 2006 by the U.S. Census Bureau states that 53.7% of U.S. husbands are older than their wives, and we will be very happy to conform with that prevailing demographic. What's your next question, sir?"

-- You'd sure as HECK better be there at the visa interview!!! I wasn't at my fiancee's original interview, and she got the bum's rush after 3.5 minutes for "need more proof of validity of relationship" even though the Consul didn't even LOOK at the copious evidence that she had brought. Now, I must expend time and funds to make a special trip back down there. Regardless of whether your consulate SAYS (on its website, in advance, or anywhere) that "only the applicant is allowed in the interview," attend anyway, just in case.

Sadder but wiser. Si, man.

Edited June 1, 2008 by TBoneTX