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[CarolineM 0]

MELLIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Congrats! That is so awesome! We're in the waiting process now!! VSC just happens to be in a huge slow down right now - so I'd say there's nothing but more waiting to come!

how is Scott? The girls? Everything going well? I'm not around too much anymore but I just saw you had posted!!!!

Hope all is well

C

[Katz 0]

Congrats TracyOZ!!!! Sorry to hear the drama and anticipation! Glad you and your kids are here now!

Also was that mean lady some big Samoan looking lady? If so I know who you're talking about! She seemed like a bitter lady! When my wife was issued her visa they added additional alias note at the bottom that worried us because it misused my wife's middle name as her last name. We were worried it would be an issue at POE. Anyhow, we emailed the consulate and they asked us to come back the following day. When we did come and eventually got called up to the booth, that bitter lady was really curt..."where is your appt. You can't come here without an appt....blah blah blah..."

I shoved the visa and the printed email asking us to come back. Everyone else was very nice though, especially the interviewing officers.

Anyway glad that you made it through! Luckily we had no issue with the misprinted note at POE at LAX. The folks there were nice to my wife so I was happy.

LOL. I think I had that same lady, too! She was fairly decent with me, but she wasn't so nice to the others that had to see her. One couple I saw whilst waiting to be called up again almost had a fit. The woman had a police clearance that was only JUST expired or something, and the consulate emailed them saying it would be okay to use for the interview on that day... The Mean Lady didn't agree. Oh man, the woman was like "We flew all the way from MELBOURNE for this interview, and THIS CONSULATE gave us that information! They said it would be FINE!" etc, etc... I don't know what came out of that, but the couple were mad as hell.

Tracy, sorry that you had to go through all that awful drama - what a nightmare! But congrats on finally making it over here! I arrived on May 15th. LOL. The immigration officer I had said I was his 3rd K-1 - ever! And he was training a new guy. Another guy came over to watch the officer process my papers. They thought it was interesting. Haha.

[SharynY 2]

thanks Vylex!!

still waiting on interview date for green card or green card itself and its dragging!!

does anyone know how long they take?

should i give them a call?

i filed in Feb and had my bio appt in March......

hi everyone!!!

[aussie angel 0]

Hi everyone

WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED OUR 10 YEAR GREEN CARD HAS BEEN ORDERED

IT WAS RATHER QUICK CALIFORNIA SEEM TO BE WORKING RATHER FAST

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THOSE WAITING FOR APPROVALS

ANGELA

[HednJimmy 0]

Hi all!

It's been a while since I have posted-just waiting patiently for the NOA2 and planning something resembling a wedding ha ha!

I've been getting antsy lately, as I know most of us are. My fiance is going to have to fly 3 hours to Brisbane to get his medical, and then fly to Sydney for his interview on what I'm assuming is different days. If we were to get the vaccination worksheet from the certified doctor, could we schedule the medical NOW?

Also in regards to the police Certificate and the affadavit of support-if we were to get these now, does anyone know how long they are valid for? That way we can get them out of the way and have Packet 3 ready to send when it gets sent to us!

On a side note...51 days until I go to Australia and visit my fiance! We will be staying a few days in Townsville/Magnetic Island...anyone familiar with the area have any good places to stay/eat/tour? Much appreciated

Heather

[densusan 0]

Hi everyone

WE HAVE BEEN APPROVED OUR 10 YEAR GREEN CARD HAS BEEN ORDERED

IT WAS RATHER QUICK CALIFORNIA SEEM TO BE WORKING RATHER FAST

GOOD LUCK TO ALL THOSE WAITING FOR APPROVALS

ANGELA

Hi Angela,

Congrats on the 10 year card!!! Mine went to Vermont in February and I think it will be a very long waiting game going by timelines of others lodged with Vermont. I think when Kath does her removal of conditions she gets to lodge with California which is lucky because they seem to be approving very quickly.

Hi to everyone else........hope everyone is doing well.

Susan

[hollywood79 0]

Congrats to all of you getting approvals!!

I laugh at the stories about the mean lady at the consulate!! I think I had her too, mine was Maori if it is the same as your mean lady! She told me I was missing docs when I wasn't and said my visa would be denied. It wasn't but they still gave me the wrong type of visa, idiot's!

[SharynY 2]

I'm still waiting for my appt for my green card lol ...

its been over 2 months since they got more information from me and its frustrating to wait.... i know i got pushed back in the line for it......

[kaffy 2]

Hello all. Anyone else here doing DCF through Sydney at the moment?

[kaffy 2]

^adding to the above post

Husband (USC) has his I-130 appointment in Sydney this Thursday. I will fly down with him we'll do some sightseeing while we are there. He's starting grad school in September - very last minute decision, believe me had I known we'd be moving back this August I would have started the DCF process months ago. I've booked his air ticket already for 22 August but I havent booked my ticket yet as I don't know how long my visa will take to process. I am hopeful though that if I am organised enough and the Consulate is kind to me that I can make it over there by early/mid-September. Am I being realistic or is it just wishful thinking?

[Delilah'sMan 0]

Could someone give me a basic idea of the Affidavit checklist, so I can then tell my sponsor exactly what she needs to provide. I've read the guidelines, tips etc on this site but I know some things are different for each country and I don't want her to do anything that she doesn't need to do.

If anyone who's gone through the process could list the forms, letters etc that they needed, I'd be very grateful. Thanks!!

[Liam and Sam 2]

Could someone give me a basic idea of the Affidavit checklist, so I can then tell my sponsor exactly what she needs to provide. I've read the guidelines, tips etc on this site but I know some things are different for each country and I don't want her to do anything that she doesn't need to do.

If anyone who's gone through the process could list the forms, letters etc that they needed, I'd be very grateful. Thanks!!

Here is what I supplied with my affadavit of support form:

copies of paystubs for 2007 (if you have direct deposit make sure to cross out the acct number)

copy of 2007 Federal tax return

copy of 2007 W2 (I had two from different employers)

letter from my employer stating employment length, salary, good standing, etc

I think that was it. I was a bit worried that they'd ask for a bank statement and whatnot but they were happy with what I turned in. As long as your well over the poverty line requirement then I don't think they have any problems.

[Delilah'sMan 0]

Wow that's pretty simple. Thank you!

[densusan 0]

Wow that's pretty simple. Thank you!

It's been a while since we did this but I am almost positive that we included a letter from my husbands local bank stating that he held a checking account with them. They also included what the balance was at the time of letter, the average balance over a period of time and how long he had been operating the account with them. We also included the usual things, tax returns, w2's and payslips which were spread over a period of time. Hope this helps.

Sharyna.....................HANG IN THERE!

[Kath 0]

hi ya all

how u all going? been ages since i have been in but keeping an eye on you lot through emails from this forum..been busy in the garden, working and just enjoying life with hubby..just finished building a deck out back and we are now maintaining a huge vegie patch...im sick of pulling out maple trees out of it ..lol...the maple tree sheds these werley things that are seeds they are all over the patch and the lawn...

congrats to all those visa approvals and to angela and susan on getting your 10 year greencards...i will be doing mine at the end of july...bet its a great feeling to not worry about USCIS for 10 years lol...

hi ya susan..not long before your off on that plane home mate..hope you have a great flight...will ring ya before you leave...

hi kaffy

not sure on what the dcf for sydney is doing now a days..you could always email the consulate to give you a rough idea of the waiting time...you will do fine im sure...

hang in there sharyna...we all know what your going through..the waiting is the hardest to do i reckon in this whole process from start to finish..

on the 25th i have been here 2 years gawd i dont know where those years have gone..i just spoke to my sister in law in oz and she said it only feels like you left last week lol..i have relatives coming over in late august so that will nice to talk to other aussies for a while lol .. its amazing how u miss the accent ...not a day goes by at work without one customer saying to me ..ohhhhhhhhh i love your accent...drives me nuts cos they just want to chat to me and i cant do that on the registers lol

well take care will make more time to drop in ...

kath