July '08 filers

[Cham 3]

how long is the sponsor and co sponsor responsible for the immigrant is it 2 years or 10.....one minute i here 2 one minute 10...sigh

I think it is until the immigrant has 40 quarters of work under their belt.

40 qtrs of work or becomes a citizen. I think the spouse's work counts, too.

COOL thank you!!

well then he is working 5 jobs!! ROFL...j/k

[Shannon ♥ Nick 0]

Congrats on the co-sponsors, jobs and green cards

Jeremy received 2 contacts for jobs yesterday so I'm feeling pretty good. Not quite interviews but requests for more information on his background and tests of his IT knowledge so hoping for the best...

Fingers crossed for ya !!

[Koakland 0]

Congrats on the co-sponsors, jobs and green cards

Jeremy received 2 contacts for jobs yesterday so I'm feeling pretty good. Not quite interviews but requests for more information on his background and tests of his IT knowledge so hoping for the best...

Fingers crossed for ya !!

He has an interview on Wednesday. Hoping for the best!!!

[Shannon ♥ Nick 0]

Congrats on the co-sponsors, jobs and green cards

Jeremy received 2 contacts for jobs yesterday so I'm feeling pretty good. Not quite interviews but requests for more information on his background and tests of his IT knowledge so hoping for the best...

Fingers crossed for ya !!

He has an interview on Wednesday. Hoping for the best!!!

Yep Good Luck!!

Oh we got our "Welcome to the United States" letter today !

[cdneh 3,112]

Congrats on the co-sponsors, jobs and green cards

Jeremy received 2 contacts for jobs yesterday so I'm feeling pretty good. Not quite interviews but requests for more information on his background and tests of his IT knowledge so hoping for the best...

Fingers crossed for ya !!

He has an interview on Wednesday. Hoping for the best!!!

Yep Good Luck!!

Oh we got our "Welcome to the United States" letter today !

[Cham 3]

OKAY quick questions

EXACTLY what forms does the co sponsor fill out?????

I dont want to miss ANYTHING!

thanks guys

and should I include a reason why he was out of status for so long? Such as me trying to find the extra work?

I am so confused!

[Koakland 0]

Congrats on the co-sponsors, jobs and green cards

Jeremy received 2 contacts for jobs yesterday so I'm feeling pretty good. Not quite interviews but requests for more information on his background and tests of his IT knowledge so hoping for the best...

Fingers crossed for ya !!

He has an interview on Wednesday. Hoping for the best!!!

Yep Good Luck!!

Oh we got our "Welcome to the United States" letter today !

[Aubrey 10]

He has an interview on Wednesday. Hoping for the best!!!

Best of luck to him!

Yep Good Luck!!

Oh we got our "Welcome to the United States" letter today !

Congrats!

OKAY quick questions

EXACTLY what forms does the co sponsor fill out?????

I dont want to miss ANYTHING!

thanks guys

and should I include a reason why he was out of status for so long? Such as me trying to find the extra work?

I am so confused!

Girlie, the guides! Joint sponsor fills out the same paperwork as you do to show financial support (the affidavit form and supporting docs).

[Corinthians 7]

Good Luck with Biometrics.

[cdneh 3,112]

Good Luck with Biometrics.

I'll send best wishes for this as well

[Terri and Seb 0]

Hi everyone! It's been a long time since I've posted here. Things are going pretty well for us. Sebastian found a job in June (took him about 3 months from POE to find one). It's a software job, but there are no benefits and the pay is kind of a joke after you take into account his costs for health insurance. But at least it's in his field and he can get his foot in the door in the US job market. Seb also got his drivers permit, though I'm way too scared to ever let him drive my car. He's.....unsafe.

I changed my major and am now in the tedious process of applying to grad schools. Many of them are back in the UK, so I hope immigration doesn't give us too much hassle with that so long as we get a reentry permit and such. If we're not in the UK we'll either be in NYC or Hawai'i so regardless, life will be much more exciting than rural Pennsylvania!

We're also planning our U.S. reception for Thanksgiving weekend as well as our UK reception in February. I'm super excited because even though we're married, it doesn't really seem like we are since we didn't have the same kind of rite of passage of celebrating with our closest friends and family.

That's what's new with us! I'm glad to see all the progress here! I know it isn't going smoothly for everyone, but hang in there. Best wishes

[Corinthians 7]

I changed my major and am now in the tedious process of applying to grad schools.

So no more nursing? What kind of grad programs? Good Luck.

[Terri and Seb 0]

Nope, no more nursing. I did an internship this summer and everyone I worked with was absolutely miserable. The pay is good, but those poor nurses are severely overworked, underpaid and burnt out. I just couldn't see myself in that role. I guess there's a reason the burn out rate is 10 years for nursing.

I'm looking into grad programs in social work and counseling now. We'll see!

[Corinthians 7]

I'm looking into grad programs in social work and counseling now. We'll see!

Good luck. I'd be tempted to look at advanced practice nursing. Social workers I know have to see some pretty brutal things; but I guess that depends on what kind you do.

[Aubrey 10]

@Terri & Seb: Welcome back, strangers. It's good to hear you're figuring things out. Grats to Seb on his job. Getting a foot in the door in this economy is a great start, for sure. Count your blessings.

Andy's biometrics went fine (though he waited 2 hours even though he got there at 8:30 with a 9am appointment), and we got home and his EAD card production was ordered. AOS case was touched (I'm sure just updating that he did his biom.). Finally he can start applying for work. FINALLY. I am crossing my fingers he can get an entry level IT tech position, but we're both willing to settle for SOMETHING to start with. Hoping my temp job lasts at least until he's employed... it's starting to slow down a little, but they haven't run out of pimple faces for me to retouch just yet.

Cheers everyone.