Any Dutch/American couples??

[letty 1]

I know because my husband had to go and get a copy of his since he didnt' have one that in Holland they have what is called an "international" birth certificate. That just means that it has it in other languages and not just Dutch. When Pat got his, it had it in Dutch, English, French, German and one other that I can't remember now(probably Spanish but not sure). All you have to do is ask for this particular one from the city office where your fiance lives and they should be able to give him one without any problems.

As far as your birth certificate...since it's already in english you don't have to worry about it.

Little correction here, you can only get your birth certificate at the city office where your birth was registered, not the city office where you live right now. Many city offices offer the request service online, it's easy and fast, you only need your burgerservice nummer. When you order it online you can request an internation version and like Liz mentioned, it just has all the information in multiple languages.

Letty

[lizandpat 0]

Little correction here, you can only get your birth certificate at the city office where your birth was registered, not the city office where you live right now. Many city offices offer the request service online, it's easy and fast, you only need your burgerservice nummer. When you order it online you can request an internation version and like Liz mentioned, it just has all the information in multiple languages.

Letty

OOps...thanks for catching that, Letty!!

[Wooden Tulips 0]

Liz and Letty,

Thanks for the info. It's just something else to put on Mark's 'To Do' list. This is probably better--- he wont have to look through all his unorganized papers

Jeannine

[Wyld Blu 35]

MARRIED!!!!!!

-Blu-

[LindseyJohnnyK 1]

Congratulations Blu!

And Peet, thanks for the heads up. We haven't gotten anything from the CSC yet stating they have received our papers but hopefully we will get something within the next couple of days. I've also noted other getting interview dates for March and they also filed around the same time we did; I'm hoping this does in fact mean that Johnny will just get his green card in the mail and we won't have to bother with an interview. I'm not WORRIED about one if we do get one; it's just more or less a hassle and they haven't been nice at all here in the Orlando area where our interview would take place if we had one.

Welcome Jeannine! I hope your visa process goes smoothly and quickly. Seems like lately they've been very quick so you may even have your visa in a shorter time frame than most of us here.

[lizandpat 0]

MARRIED!!!!!!

-Blu-

WOOHOO...congrats you two!

[Wooden Tulips 0]

Welcome Jeannine! I hope your visa process goes smoothly and quickly. Seems like lately they've been very quick so you may even have your visa in a shorter time frame than most of us here.

Thanks for the welcome! And I certianly hope so.... but then again.... everyone does

I just hope it gets done within the average and I will be soooooooo happy!

[lizandpat 0]

Morning all!

Well, we're moving right along in the AOS process...we are finally able to view our cases online and they cashed the money orders yesterday as well! Soooooo...fingers crossed there aren't any RFE's and we get transferred to CSC!!

How is it going for everyone else???

Blu - Are you and John finally right away or will you wait a while longer?

[Wooden Tulips 0]

How is it going for everyone else???

I'm not answering cause I'm too new

Everything is slow. The snow, the waiting, and the lack of postings for jobs in education right now are getting to me.

Soooooo...... yeah.

Yesterday there were a ton of approvals and we moved up 10 spots on Igors list... I haven't checked today, we're probably back 5 That thing's annoyingly addicting. ---Not that it means anything.

An thought crossed Mark and my mind the other day.... what happens to his student loans when he emmigrates? Does anyone have any experience with that?

-Jeannine

[letty 1]

I'm not answering cause I'm too new

Everything is slow. The snow, the waiting, and the lack of postings for jobs in education right now are getting to me.

Soooooo...... yeah.

Yesterday there were a ton of approvals and we moved up 10 spots on Igors list... I haven't checked today, we're probably back 5 That thing's annoyingly addicting. ---Not that it means anything.

An thought crossed Mark and my mind the other day.... what happens to his student loans when he emmigrates? Does anyone have any experience with that?

-Jeannine

Sorry, you still have to pay them......LOL, would be nice if he hadn't to....

I don't have direct experience since I only had a "basisbeurs" and was granted to me when I graduate, but a friend of mine moved with his wife to Canada and just kept his Dutch bank account open (and filled) to pay his loan. You can make international transfers from here but they are very inconvenient and expensive. You better let Mark know that the banking system dates from the 50's or before that if you're used to the Dutch (online) banking system.....

Letty

[Wooden Tulips 0]

Sorry, you still have to pay them......LOL, would be nice if he hadn't to....

I don't have direct experience since I only had a "basisbeurs" and was granted to me when I graduate, but a friend of mine moved with his wife to Canada and just kept his Dutch bank account open (and filled) to pay his loan. You can make international transfers from here but they are very inconvenient and expensive. You better let Mark know that the banking system dates from the 50's or before that if you're used to the Dutch (online) banking system.....

Letty

Well I figured he would still have to pay them. he he. I was just concerned that it may be grounds for them to say "NOPE! YOU MUST PAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE!"

[letty 1]

Well I figured he would still have to pay them. he he. I was just concerned that it may be grounds for them to say "NOPE! YOU MUST PAY BEFORE YOU LEAVE!"

No, they won't tell you that. It's like when you own a house they won't tell you to pay it off first since that would be impossible for most of us. It would be more convenient if you could pay of your debt, but it's an issue between Mark and the IB-groep and doesn't affect your visa application.

[Wyld Blu 35]

Morning all!

Well, we're moving right along in the AOS process...we are finally able to view our cases online and they cashed the money orders yesterday as well! Soooooo...fingers crossed there aren't any RFE's and we get transferred to CSC!!

How is it going for everyone else???

Blu - Are you and John finally right away or will you wait a while longer?

I think you mean filing...lol...we are just waiting for our marriage certificate which I just sent away for this week. Then, on to the scary AOS...lol. BTW, we are headed back to Tx on the 13th.....Chicken wings? lol

-Blu-

[lizandpat 0]

I think you mean filing...lol...we are just waiting for our marriage certificate which I just sent away for this week. Then, on to the scary AOS...lol. BTW, we are headed back to Tx on the 13th.....Chicken wings? lol

-Blu-

I did mean filing...dang ditzy blond me...lol!

How long does it take to get your marriage certificate in CA??

WOOOHOOO....Boomer Jack's here we come...lol! Coming to look at more houses?? And flying in again?

Edited February 26, 2010 by lizandpat

[Wyld Blu 35]

I did mean filing...dang ditzy blond me...lol!

How long does it take to get your marriage certificate in CA??

WOOOHOOO....Boomer Jack's here we come...lol! Coming to look at more houses?? And flying in again?

Well, we got married in Vegas...so...they had it ready a couple of days later...but we were back in Cali by then. So, I had to mail away for it. Hopefully, we will get it next week. We are coming to look for more houses and are flying in on Fri...should get there by midnight. We gotta look for a hotel still.

-Blu-