LAND DOWNUNDER

[Kath 0]

hi ya alex

your most welcome...im just glad you two made it without too many bumps...congrats again

hey there sharyna...i wouldnt worry too much about your luggage..i have always flown into lax and with quite a few flights with united and never had any problem with loosing my luggage...the only thing that we had probs with was the onboard luggage going from international to domestic...but that was last year so things might of changed..

take care and stress less mate you have made it this far just go with the flow and you'll be right chookie..

hi kelli

did ya get your drivers licence cant remember if ya told us if ya did...hope all is going well for you ...

nowt much more to say here..raining at the moment...and just passing the time away till i go pick robbie up from work..gawd i will be glad when i can afford a second car...then i can get more hours too at work lol

talk to ya all soon...

kath

[Kelli 0]

Hey Kath....I did get my drivers licence, and I drove most of the way to the bio appt (which is 5 hours away) and silly me turned onto the wrong side of the road I nearly had a heart attack as there was traffic coming...it was terrible!

[aussie angel 0]

HI EVERYONE

Just a reminder to any Aussies living in the States have you all removed your names off the electrol roll. with the election not far away you dont want to end up with a big fine.

http://www.aec.gov.au/

hey Kath hows it going sounds like life is great for you. good to hear i will have to email you and catch up soon

angela

[Kath 0]

hi ya angela

nice to see ya mate..how things going...you'll be removing conditions soon wont ya...

yeah go for it email me same addy mate...

and yeah life is good the only gripe i have is i dont get paid enough and working in a non union department store sucks...are you working over ehre angela...hows the ankle or was it the knee..

hi kelli..

congrats on the drivers licence mate...ohh havent done that one yet .. i have lost that urge lol but i have sat at a red light when i could of turn right lol..and i hate driving in the right lane when there is two lanes...

well i better get off here the ohio state game is about to start...

take care

kath

[vylex 0]

Thanks again everyone!

Thanks for the heads up Aussie Angel! I will make sure to have my wife notify them.

Congrats Kelli! LOL, I almost did that (me driving in Sydney). I turned onto George St. and almost turned into the right lane. My wife alerted me before I made that mistake lol. I just played it off like I was cutting the corner tight lol. She just looked at me rolling her eyes lol.

Kath, I see Ohio State won again.

Niphredil, I hear ya. I was stressed up until the date. However, you can help curb the stress by getting all the copies filed. We went through it 3 times. We read the requirements sheet and ordered everything according to it. We ignored the ones that didn't apply or were sent to the NVC. The only thing I would recommend bringing is some up to date financials. The AoS should be valid for 6 months from when it was submitted (ours was 3 months old) but I brought extra current paystubs just in case.

[SharynY 2]

i took my name off the electoral roll.... and told them i was leaving the country sooo.... yeah......

thanks Kath! i know i'll be fine........ im not checking in my luggage all the way - rather pick it up myself and check it in at domestic....... 6 days till i fly out and see my sunshine again!!

[Chocolot 0]

Hi Angela and all you other luscious Aussies, just a quick note

Aussies living overseas can get on the overseas electoral roll and still choose to vote,

they dont get fined if they fail to vote but they may be removed from the roll for the next election.

Many choose to get a postal ballot if they live too far from a consulate, and if you dont enrol as an overseas voter before 3 years has passed you wont be eligible.

Hope this helps, but if you want to return to Australia to live it may be more important to you.

HI EVERYONE

Just a reminder to any Aussies living in the States have you all removed your names off the electrol roll. with the election not far away you dont want to end up with a big fine.

http://www.aec.gov.au/

hey Kath hows it going sounds like life is great for you. good to hear i will have to email you and catch up soon

angela

[aussie angel 0]

Jayde

My kids is australia received a fine in the mail for me for NOT voting in a state election maybe states are different.

[SharynY 2]

hey guys

need a quick answer...

when you file for the AOS.. change of status thingo - that you do after you get married... do they do a recheck of financial support like they did in the beginning?

.... or because the consulate approved it, they dont need to check it again?

thanks for any replies!!!

[Kath 0]

hi ya sharyna

yep you have to submit another finacial support documentation mate..

we went the I-184EZ form...

aos guidelines

take a look at the above link mate it explains it all for ya..

take care and safe journey mate

kath

[SharynY 2]

hi ya sharyna

yep you have to submit another finacial support documentation mate..

we went the I-184EZ form...

aos guidelines

take a look at the above link mate it explains it all for ya..

take care and safe journey mate

kath

thanks Kath!! have printed everything i need.... minus the forms for working and leaving the country...... i'm not working for a bit sooooo wont need it.. at this point.

[Kelli 0]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KATH!!!!

hope you have a good one!!!!!

[Kelli 0]

ok, i posted this in the AOS section, but thought that I would post it in here to see if any of you guys can help...

Ok, so I got a RFE, asking for a few more things, then at the end it said that my joint sponsor doesnt meet the poverty guidelines and said I need another JS. Well, thats easy cause we already have someone who is above the PG, but my question is this....

when filing out the form for the new JS, do they tick that they are the only joint sponsor, or the second JS (as the other joint sponsor doesnt make enough, they should be wiped, shouldn't they?)This is for the I-864 form.

Any help would be appreciated!

Kellie

[Kath 0]

hi kelli

thank you so much...had a lovely day at my volunteer job ... i made a pav for them that i had been promising to make for ages...i tell ya it was like little kids in a candy shop...it was devoured..lol they loved it and was very interested in how it was made and how i got it crusty lol thought that one was a good comment lol

as for your question ..didnt they state what you had to do for them...wasnt your husband's taxes sufficient this time round but was for your visa...i did look to see what kind of answers you got..if your still not sure just give uscis a ring to doubly make sure your doing it right mate...

hope everyone is doing well..cold weather is coming ..the nights and early mornings are cooler now huh...anyone had snow yet...

take care

kath

[Kelli 0]

Hey Kath, I am glad that you a good day! I am hoping to make a pav for Christmas, I don't know how I will go as I have never made one before!

As for the silly RFE, I don't know what happened, but we have another joint sponsor that make well above the poverty guidelines, so I shall be sending that off hopefully Monday. I am so over all this #######, I just want to get back into the workforce, which means I have been getting really homesick, thinking that this will never end. Oh well, I will see how it goes this time around.

No snow yet, but it has been really chilly! I love it!

Take care!

Kellie