LAND DOWNUNDER

[Loke 0]

It didn't/doesn't really hurt, just looks bad (so I thought I would share it with you all )

My police check certificate came today - I'm not a criminal - wohoo!

I opened it...I hope that wasn't a bad thing to do...

[SharynY 2]

i opened mine... and its addressed to you and concerns you so why shouldnt you open it? :-P

i'm just reading your timeline and it says Mailed packet 3 back to sydney

for K1 its so different as they wrote in the letter that i'm not to mail them anything of the requirements as i need those to present at the interview............

[Loke 0]

oh, by packet 3 I just meant the DS230 form...I must have been tired when I did that. But it does seem that the packets are different for K1 and K3. I didn't get a form to return with my document checklist, I was just asked to advise them in writing when I had collected everything. I have already told them I have done that, although I am still waiting on medical results and Rings' affidavit of support. I will have them both well before my interview is scheduled though. If the mail works the way it should...

[SharynY 2]

ahhhhhhhh so should i tell them i have everything?

because my fiance has mailed me so i'm waiting on that to arrive....

and the medical stuff they will have by end of week............

i might add on my name change certificate just incase they dont like my birth certificate which has that info on it..........

[Rings 10]

Does it say to advise them when you are ready to schedule the interview? I think it never hurts to be too careful...then again I have come to love harrassing the USCIS... i still have not gotten my NOA2 and they keep telling me they have requested it to be mailed. *huffs*

[SharynY 2]

yeah it does... there is aform to sign and send to them when i'm ready and have it all.....

[Loke 0]

I'm working on the principle that if I know I am going to have everything in time then that's as good as having everything already...it's not strictly true but by the time the letter gets to them and they schedule my interview and mail the appointment I will have everything so I hope I can cut a week or two off the waiting time.

[SharynY 2]

sounds logical...

i'll wait a week and then mail them the form.....

[jezz85 0]

Hey Sharyna,

I expected it to be a while before I got my interview but my interview date was pretty soon after I posted them the notice that i was ready for the interview! Remember when I stressing that i wouldn't get that tax thing back from DF in time Just something to consider. Anyway, check out my time line.

Edited June 20, 2007 by jezz85

[Chocolot 0]

Hi Guinavere

i know the feeling about struggling with bureaucracy, I immigrated to Oz many years ago. Now after our journey to get me to the US we have to decide on the timing to do the reverse for De-jay.

I know how you feel about the grandbaby's, my 1st grandaughter was born just after Christmas, after 4 grandsons!

I am hoping to pick others brains about spouse visa's for Oz, but good luck with your reverse, its all difficult, this changing the country where you live

cheers Jayde

Qu

I will be going to Denver too! It's my hometown, but Melbourne has been home for just over the past three years. My hubby and I were married at the registry in Melbourne and just recently had our 3rd anniversary. I went through so much paperwork to get my permanent residency here in asutralia and the thought of going through it in reverse to get to Denver is quite intimidating. But with my father's declining health and my mother needing me closer, it looks like I really don't have much choice. I so hate the fact that they have done away with the DCF!

[SharynY 2]

yeah i'm waiting until i have everything..... better safe then asking them for another interview date...

[Niphredil 0]

Hi there

I'm kind of a returning visa journey-ist. As you can see from my mis-shapen journey, USCIS lost/failed/took the money and ran with our last petition, but they seem to have finally taken their head out from between their buttcheeks and actually did something

It's only now that I'm starting to get nervous. Before, I was so pessimistic that nothing was going to happen like last time, and now that things ARE happening, I'm caught offguard. I dont want it to take forever, and yet, I dont want to go so fast I mess it up hehe.

I've been reading about the medical exam and am happy to hear it's not the psychological thriller I'm expecting it to be (I'm NOT a doctor person, random stranger poking me in weird places, NO SIR! hehe)

So hopefully I can try and be of some help I suck at writing down dates, so my timeline maybe a bit... difficult

[SharynY 2]

i got a letter from the consulate - my mom just called me to tell me that but she didnt open it up to see what it said... so i have to wait till tonight - however - i didnt tell them i was ready yet but they have my medical so i dont know what they're going to say...............

has anyone had this?

[jezz85 0]

Sorry, Not me Sharyna. I didn't hear anything else from them until after I sent them the form to tell them I was ready for my interview.

Maybe they've started sending letters to let you know they've received the doctors stuff, I know that I emailed them to ask them if they'd got it because I was paranoid that maybe it got lost in the mail and I'd turn up to the interview and they'd say "what doctors stuff?". The fact that nobody else on here on downunder had their doctor send it in to the consulate helped THAT anxiety as well. Anyway, it was correct afterall.

I'm sure that the letter is nothing to worry about, maybe they took the doctors stuff as a sign that you're ready for the interview, it would make sense that they're trying to process people quickly because of the disruption to business that is coming up.

[SharynY 2]

yeah its what i think...

with the APEC meeting coming up their trying to process everyone as quickly as possible....

i got my fiance's stuff today in the mail too!!

yay!!!!!

means now i'm just waiting on my name change certificate and we're good to go!!