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You should be fine. There's never any guarantee of being allowed into any country unless you're a citizen of that country, just like condoms do not guarantee unwanted pregnancy. They just state "you should be fine."

I really don't hear of a lot of Americans turned away. I have one friend who frequently visits the Netherlands for long period of time, twice a year. Last time he entered, the Dutch border agent who stamped his passport jokingly said "Why don't you just move here?" to which my friend answered "Give me a visa to do so and I'll move tomorrow." Passport stamped, "welcome to the Netherlands", 75 day trip, no problem.

"I have a friend..." is not really empirical evidence of anything. Bottom line though is that while U.S. CBP and Canadian CBSA tend to assume you're an intending immigrant until satisfied otherwise, European border agents tend to assume you're just a tourist until they have reason to suspect otherwise. While CBP can turn travelers away on somewhat substantiated "hunch", European border agents generally turn you away only with substantial evidence. For example if you entered Oslo Airport with all of your life belongings and 15 copies of your resume printed in Norwegian.

So to answer your question - If you went for 90 days in December, you would have left in March. If you return in July, you should be fine.

Thank you so much! That's what I was needing to hear. To help understand what the deal is, I first traveled to see her in December for 3 weeks. Where we got engaged, exactly a month later she had an awful car wreck and I flew straight there and stayed for nearly 2 months. Now I'm planning to go back for the remainder of my 90 days period. So I don't want to have to worry about not being able to go back in July, which is when I hope to be able to bring her back to America with me and start our life!

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Thank you so much! That's what I was needing to hear. To help understand what the deal is, I first traveled to see her in December for 3 weeks. Where we got engaged, exactly a month later she had an awful car wreck and I flew straight there and stayed for nearly 2 months. Now I'm planning to go back for the remainder of my 90 days period. So I don't want to have to worry about not being able to go back in July, which is when I hope to be able to bring her back to America with me and start our life!

You should be fine :)

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See N-O-L-A's answer.

They only list all those others because some people need them depending on their age. If you're physician listed MMR and tetanus that's all you need. Hep A is for children 12-23 months old, Hep B is for anyone under 18. Rotavirus you're given at 6 weeks to 8 month old babies. (These are for immigration purposes, you can of course get these if that's a personal preference for you)

Do the same requirements apply for the AOS later on? You don't need anything extra then?

K-1: 12-22-2015 - 09-07-2016

AP: 12-20-2016 - 04-07-2017

EAD: 01-18-2017 - 05-30-2017

AOS: 12-20-2016 - 07-26-2017

ROC: 04-22-2019 - 04-22-2020
Naturalization: 05-01-2020 - 03-16-2021

U.S. passport: 03-30-2021 - 05-08-2021

En livstid i krig. Göteborg killed it. Epic:
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Do the same requirements apply for the AOS later on? You don't need anything extra then?

If you have everything the physician say you need you don't need anything more for AOS. You're all set.





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That's great, Maria&Seve. One less thing to think about then. I still never found out if you need to send in this form with the AOS, but you said you didn't, right?

11. I-693, Medical Examination of Aliens Seeking Adjustment of Status.I-693, Medical Examination of Aliens Seeking Adjustment of Status. If you are a K-1, K-2, K-3 or K-4 visa holder the I-693 instructions state that you are not required to have another medical examination as long as your Form I-485 is filed within one year of your overseas medical examination. If you are missing any shots from your overseas medical a I-693 vaccination transcription is required to be completed by seeing a Civil Surgeon to have certain portions of the I-693 completed and have the Civil Surgeon certify the form (sealing the original in an envelope and giving you a copy).

I kinda get the feeling that it's only needed if you need a new medical in the US?

K-1: 12-22-2015 - 09-07-2016

AP: 12-20-2016 - 04-07-2017

EAD: 01-18-2017 - 05-30-2017

AOS: 12-20-2016 - 07-26-2017

ROC: 04-22-2019 - 04-22-2020
Naturalization: 05-01-2020 - 03-16-2021

U.S. passport: 03-30-2021 - 05-08-2021

En livstid i krig. Göteborg killed it. Epic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBs3G1PvyfM&ab_channel=Sabaton

 

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Did anyone here sell their house or apartment after you were approved and before you left for the US? I'm a ittle nervous about this, that it'll take forever or so. =/


And the taxes next year, not sure how to "deklarera" the sale and the renovation from abroad.

K-1: 12-22-2015 - 09-07-2016

AP: 12-20-2016 - 04-07-2017

EAD: 01-18-2017 - 05-30-2017

AOS: 12-20-2016 - 07-26-2017

ROC: 04-22-2019 - 04-22-2020
Naturalization: 05-01-2020 - 03-16-2021

U.S. passport: 03-30-2021 - 05-08-2021

En livstid i krig. Göteborg killed it. Epic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBs3G1PvyfM&ab_channel=Sabaton

 

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Hello dear Scandinavians, I hope you are all doing well and that you're managing to stay patient in your journey :)

Me and my fiancée got our NOA2 10 days ago and we know that the next recommended step is to obtain our case number from the NVC. My question (I'm the beneficiary) is if I can call the NVC in order to obtain the case number, or does it have to be the petitioner? What will the NVC need to know from us in order for them to give us the case number? Just our names, or also our old case number with the USCIS? :)

Additionally, I have been struggling to acquire any kind of documentation on vaccines that I have received as a child here in Sweden. I've called every health care center (vårdcentral) that could have anything, but their files don't stretch back far enough. I have also requested my medical records from 'Journalarkivet', but strangely enough those records did not contain any information on my vaccines. Perhaps they simply made a mistake and I should try again. What did you other Swedes do to obtain evidence of vaccines you have received? Or did the medical examiner simply look at your year of birth to determine which shots you have been given?

I would greatly appreciate any help you can provide! :)

February 15th: Submitted I-129f.

February 19th: Electronic NOA1

February 23rd: Hardcopy NOA1

April 22nd: RFE

April 23rd: Submitted RFE response

April 28th: RFE received by USCIS

May 19th: Approved. Electronic NOA2

May 24th: Hardcopy NOA2

June 8th: NVC receive case

June 10th: NVC assign case number

June 17th: E-mail from US embassy in Stockholm

June 20th: Discover that J1 visa 2-year home residency rule not fulfilled. Filing for waiver of the 2-year rule.

June 30th: Sent documents for 2-year rule waiver to the Waiver Review Division at the Department of State.

June 30th: Sent documents to Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C. for No Objection Statement regarding 2-year rule.

July 6th: Medical examination in Stockholm.

---> July 14th: Interview at the US Embassy in Stockholm. Approved. Waiver for 2-year rule required before visa can be handed out.

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Hello dear Scandinavians, I hope you are all doing well and that you're managing to stay patient in your journey :)

Me and my fiancée got our NOA2 10 days ago and we know that the next recommended step is to obtain our case number from the NVC. My question (I'm the beneficiary) is if I can call the NVC in order to obtain the case number, or does it have to be the petitioner? What will the NVC need to know from us in order for them to give us the case number? Just our names, or also our old case number with the USCIS? :)

Additionally, I have been struggling to acquire any kind of documentation on vaccines that I have received as a child here in Sweden. I've called every health care center (vårdcentral) that could have anything, but their files don't stretch back far enough. I have also requested my medical records from 'Journalarkivet', but strangely enough those records did not contain any information on my vaccines. Perhaps they simply made a mistake and I should try again. What did you other Swedes do to obtain evidence of vaccines you have received? Or did the medical examiner simply look at your year of birth to determine which shots you have been given?

I would greatly appreciate any help you can provide! :)

It needs to be the petitioner who calls, I don't believe they will talk to the beneficiary.

I can't help you with the vaccination records, I live in Sweden but I'm from the UK so i requested mine from back home to bring to the medical.

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I got my vaccination records from the journalarkiv, they had most of it. There were only two vaccinations missing and my mother managed to find the papers in her home for those (plus the baby book where it says what date I had the chicken pox, not needed though).

I think they can take blood tests to see what vaccines you've had if you can't prove it? But I don't know how strict they are regarding this, most people who grew up in Sweden have had all the vaccinations anyway so they might not make a big deal out of it.

K-1: 12-22-2015 - 09-07-2016

AP: 12-20-2016 - 04-07-2017

EAD: 01-18-2017 - 05-30-2017

AOS: 12-20-2016 - 07-26-2017

ROC: 04-22-2019 - 04-22-2020
Naturalization: 05-01-2020 - 03-16-2021

U.S. passport: 03-30-2021 - 05-08-2021

En livstid i krig. Göteborg killed it. Epic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBs3G1PvyfM&ab_channel=Sabaton

 

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I got my vaccination records from the journalarkiv, they had most of it. There were only two vaccinations missing and my mother managed to find the papers in her home for those (plus the baby book where it says what date I had the chicken pox, not needed though).

I think they can take blood tests to see what vaccines you've had if you can't prove it? But I don't know how strict they are regarding this, most people who grew up in Sweden have had all the vaccinations anyway so they might not make a big deal out of it.

Yes, that is what they will do if you can't prove you had a vaccination. They will take a blood test to see if you have been vaccinated or not.





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Thank you everyone for your responses!

I have sent another request to the Swedish medical record archives and hopefully I will get what I asked for this time. If not, I feel reassured that there's always the possibility to get my blood tested.

February 15th: Submitted I-129f.

February 19th: Electronic NOA1

February 23rd: Hardcopy NOA1

April 22nd: RFE

April 23rd: Submitted RFE response

April 28th: RFE received by USCIS

May 19th: Approved. Electronic NOA2

May 24th: Hardcopy NOA2

June 8th: NVC receive case

June 10th: NVC assign case number

June 17th: E-mail from US embassy in Stockholm

June 20th: Discover that J1 visa 2-year home residency rule not fulfilled. Filing for waiver of the 2-year rule.

June 30th: Sent documents for 2-year rule waiver to the Waiver Review Division at the Department of State.

June 30th: Sent documents to Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C. for No Objection Statement regarding 2-year rule.

July 6th: Medical examination in Stockholm.

---> July 14th: Interview at the US Embassy in Stockholm. Approved. Waiver for 2-year rule required before visa can be handed out.

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Thank you everyone for your responses!

I have sent another request to the Swedish medical record archives and hopefully I will get what I asked for this time. If not, I feel reassured that there's always the possibility to get my blood tested.

Did you get vaccinations in school too? If you went to school in different kommuner your vaccination papers have "moved with you" to these kommuner, so it could be worth a try calling the kommun where you last went to school to see if they have anything.

K-1: 12-22-2015 - 09-07-2016

AP: 12-20-2016 - 04-07-2017

EAD: 01-18-2017 - 05-30-2017

AOS: 12-20-2016 - 07-26-2017

ROC: 04-22-2019 - 04-22-2020
Naturalization: 05-01-2020 - 03-16-2021

U.S. passport: 03-30-2021 - 05-08-2021

En livstid i krig. Göteborg killed it. Epic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBs3G1PvyfM&ab_channel=Sabaton

 

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I remember getting at least one shot during school. I will try to see if I can obtain evidence of that too. Thanks! :)

February 15th: Submitted I-129f.

February 19th: Electronic NOA1

February 23rd: Hardcopy NOA1

April 22nd: RFE

April 23rd: Submitted RFE response

April 28th: RFE received by USCIS

May 19th: Approved. Electronic NOA2

May 24th: Hardcopy NOA2

June 8th: NVC receive case

June 10th: NVC assign case number

June 17th: E-mail from US embassy in Stockholm

June 20th: Discover that J1 visa 2-year home residency rule not fulfilled. Filing for waiver of the 2-year rule.

June 30th: Sent documents for 2-year rule waiver to the Waiver Review Division at the Department of State.

June 30th: Sent documents to Swedish Embassy in Washington D.C. for No Objection Statement regarding 2-year rule.

July 6th: Medical examination in Stockholm.

---> July 14th: Interview at the US Embassy in Stockholm. Approved. Waiver for 2-year rule required before visa can be handed out.

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Jbda journalarkivet should have all info no matter where you got your vaccinations. Also, yes either of you can call nvc to get the info you need from them.

Noa 1 August 15th 2011
Noa 2 March 2nd


NVC case numbers March 22nd
My sons AOS and IV bill paid March 23rd (status in progress)
My sons AOS and IV bill shows as paid March 26
My IV bill paid March 26
Both packages sent on March 26
My IV bill shows as paid on March 27th
CC on both cases March 30


Current record holder of fastest through the NVC :D

Medical exam in Stockholm April 13th
Interview on May 16th !!!

POE Anchorage July 12th!! 2012

July 2015 n-400 in the mail

September 2015, interview

October 23rd 2015, Oath ceremony!!!!!​​

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You should be fine. There's never any guarantee of being allowed into any country unless you're a citizen of that country, just like condoms do not guarantee unwanted pregnancy. They just state "you should be fine."

I really don't hear of a lot of Americans turned away. I have one friend who frequently visits the Netherlands for long period of time, twice a year. Last time he entered, the Dutch border agent who stamped his passport jokingly said "Why don't you just move here?" to which my friend answered "Give me a visa to do so and I'll move tomorrow." Passport stamped, "welcome to the Netherlands", 75 day trip, no problem.

"I have a friend..." is not really empirical evidence of anything. Bottom line though is that while U.S. CBP and Canadian CBSA tend to assume you're an intending immigrant until satisfied otherwise, European border agents tend to assume you're just a tourist until they have reason to suspect otherwise. While CBP can turn travelers away on somewhat substantiated "hunch", European border agents generally turn you away only with substantial evidence. For example if you entered Oslo Airport with all of your life belongings and 15 copies of your resume printed in Norwegian.

So to answer your question - If you went for 90 days in December, you would have left in March. If you return in July, you should be fine.

Eerily coincidental that my sister is having the same problem doing the math with her trip to Norway this summer (literally talked about it today). She left Norway Dec 20th, 2015. She'f flying again to Norway June 10th. Accordingly, her 180 days restart June 17th. So this means she can stay in Norway until September 17th?

Also, if she leaves Norway within this time frame (she has a 10 day trip to China in July, and a 10 day trip back to USA), would this mean she can stay in Norway until October 7th, assuming her 90 days is paused when she leaves the Schengen countries?

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K-1

Nov 23, 2015: I-129F Packet sent to Dallas
Dec 8, 2015: NOA1 hard copy received - Notice dated Dec 1
Jan 16, 2016: NOA2 hard copy received- Noticed dated Jan 11

March 31, 2016: Interview- approved!

June 30, 2016: POE Boston

July 2, 2016: Married

AOS

July 7, 2016: AOS/EAD/AP sent to Chicago

July 18, 2016: NOA 1 hard copies received

August 11, 2016: Biometric walk in completed

September 22, 2016: EAD/AP Approval notice

November 14, 2017: AOS Interview- approved on the spot!

December 1, 2017: 2 year conditional green card received

ROC

September 16, 2019: I-751 sent

September 23, 2019: NOA1 and 18 month GC extension letter received- packet headed to Vermont

July 25, 2020: Approved, no interview

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