Mving... where to begin!?!?!

[Yellowhead 12]

Sacramento is still nice. I completely understand about the upack thing, I was fortunate enough to have a terminal located in the city I moved from. The main reason I went that way over uhaul is cuz the price for the truck was the same, but upack included gas and all that, where the uhaul gas would have gotten rediculous. Oh, and paperwork wise, just so you know, it was super easy. Photocopy of my bio page and visa, that was all they needed, as well as a packing list which I had to make for taking my stuff across anyway.

I had mine medical in Toronto, but I would recommend getting the list of vaccines needed for your age, and getting them done at your GP before hand. The only thing I have heard is the medical ppl can be a bit picky on the Td/Tdap - requiring ppl to have the Tdap, so if you are due for your booster you might look into that. One of the people who has had their medical more recently might be able to say whether this is still the case, as my info is from someone who had their medical last fall. You might get more info on that if you make a seperate post as well, not sure how many ppl will see it buried in this topic. In general for the interview, my best advice is to just breathe. I know thats a lot easier said than done, but I promise the whole ordeal just seems scarier than it really is. Once its all over you will look back on it and laugh.

And don't feel bad for having questions, we all did at some point, thats what we're here for! (Not sure if its still the same, but VAN was scheduling interviews in about 2 months last year when I was going through MTL. Our NOA1-2 process took about 3.5 months last year. I would generally say anywhere from about 5-7 months was what people going through VAN were looking at when I went through, compaired to the 8-10 at MTL)

I am heading to my family doctor next week for a physical, so I will make sure to get her to update everything then. I actually have my TDAP, which I got about 2 months ago after getting bit by a dog in the USA. So that should be fine. Otherwise I have not had vaccines for about 15 years, so I probably have a nice list to acquire. YAY!

5-7 months approx sounds excellent. I think we timed things nicely (minus the change in fees - could have waited to pay less for I-129f!). Originally we were going to get a lawyer but I could just not figure out what they would be doing with our case that would warrant $2500 so we opted to do it ourselves. I think we are coming along nicely with it all

Has anyone had to do a co-sign for the affidavit of support? Any issues there generally? We are going to have my future father in law co-sign so we have no issues. My fiance is a part-time student at the moment.

[Danu 19]

Canada doesn't have issues with the co-signer, just make sure you get their tax transcripts as well and you'll be all good to go

Most of the other vaccines are ones you would have gotten as a baby or in school (measles/mumps, Hep B) Theres a list here to show what they ask for for ppl 18-64

http://www.panelphysicians.com/Pages/Age6.htm

Only thing to keep in mind is some of them aren't age appropriate (like you don't need the flu shot unless you are 50+) but the list isnt very long.