Montreal August 2011 Interviews!

[Tileeka 1]

Starting to feel official, got my SSN

[s&c1 3]

Starting to feel official, got my SSN

Great!!!! Now let the wedding fun begin soon!!!!

[M&Dj 3]

Applied and waiting for our new social security cards.

Received notice electronically for our AOS. Expecting NOA1 in the mail any day.

Now we wait...

[ralyse 31]

FInally doing AOS today and I have a couple of questions.

When it refers to the DS-3025 for vaccinations, is that the "Vaccination Documentation Medical Worksheet Two" that was on the outside of my medical? Under results, the following is checked off for me: Applicant may be eligible for blanket waiver(s) because vaccination(s) not medically appropriate (as indicated above)" And "not age appropriate" is selected for some of the vaccinations. Is this all I have to submit? It doesn't have a form number written anywhere on it.

This is probably really stupid... Where did you find your Non-Immigrant Visa #? On my visa there's a number in red that's printed overtop of the end of my husband's name so I can't really read it too clearly, is that it? or is it the "Control Number" at the top? (Which is basically just my case # with 0001 on the end)

[BellasCanadian 0]

FInally doing AOS today and I have a couple of questions.

When it refers to the DS-3025 for vaccinations, is that the "Vaccination Documentation Medical Worksheet Two" that was on the outside of my medical? Under results, the following is checked off for me: Applicant may be eligible for blanket waiver(s) because vaccination(s) not medically appropriate (as indicated above)" And "not age appropriate" is selected for some of the vaccinations. Is this all I have to submit? It doesn't have a form number written anywhere on it.

This is probably really stupid... Where did you find your Non-Immigrant Visa #? On my visa there's a number in red that's printed overtop of the end of my husband's name so I can't really read it too clearly, is that it? or is it the "Control Number" at the top? (Which is basically just my case # with 0001 on the end)

Yes, I included that form .. and a copy of the instruction forms for both the I-485 and the I-693, with the section highlighted that says if you had a K-1 medical within a year, that you do not have to complete a new one. I also attached a note with the date of the Toronto medical. I'm still worried about getting a RFE because he got the same "blanket waiver" plus he didn't have a flu shot at his medical (since it was in August) but because we filed AOS on Sept. 23 I'm hoping that was early enough to not be required to have one and maybe we will be ok?

And yes, the red number is the NI Visa number. I couldn't see it too clearly either but tried my best to figure it out

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Tentative wedding date is October 25th. It all depends on if we get our rings back from being sized in time!

When it refers to the DS-3025 for vaccinations, is that the "Vaccination Documentation Medical Worksheet Two" that was on the outside of my medical? Under results, the following is checked off for me: Applicant may be eligible for blanket waiver(s) because vaccination(s) not medically appropriate (as indicated above)" And "not age appropriate" is selected for some of the vaccinations. Is this all I have to submit? It doesn't have a form number written anywhere on it.

I have the exact same form, with the same box checked. I've asked before and always been told that's what to include.

Edited October 13, 2011 by Coconuts

[ralyse 31]

Tentative wedding date is October 25th. It all depends on if we get our rings back from being sized in time!

Oh, ring sizes. My husband's seemed a little big to me when we got it back at the end of August. I asked him multiple times if he thought it needed resizing, he kept insisting no. He wore it around the house for a day and claimed it was perfect, so I dropped it. What happens the day after our wedding? His ring slips off while we're opening presents at his mom's place and in front of a dozen friends and family, we have to go through the garbage bag full of wrapping paper to find it! It's now out being sized down

And my mother in law's printer just ran out of ink about 50% through the AOS stuff so I'm sitting here waiting for my husband to finish helping her with her garden so we can go get more, sigh.

[Penny Lane 8,159]

Oh, ring sizes. My husband's seemed a little big to me when we got it back at the end of August. I asked him multiple times if he thought it needed resizing, he kept insisting no. He wore it around the house for a day and claimed it was perfect, so I dropped it. What happens the day after our wedding? His ring slips off while we're opening presents at his mom's place and in front of a dozen friends and family, we have to go through the garbage bag full of wrapping paper to find it! It's now out being sized down

Men should just learn to listen to us in the first place.

I'm so nervous mine won't come back perfect. I'm sure it will, but this whole process has made me such a worrier. I don't believe anything will work out until it actually happens!

[ralyse 31]

I'm still worrying about my medical/vaccinations and wondering if its worth it to find a civil surgeon to transcribe the vaccination sheet... Everything I've read in the AOS forum seems to imply people often get RFEs over that... but on the other hand, I really don't want to spend the money if I can avoid it.

Argh.

[pocheros 101]

I haven't really looked at AOS yet because we won't be filing it till late November/early December And 3 weeks later I'm still waiting for my SSN because I wasn't updated in the system yet (even though I waited two weeks after POE) and they sent a request to USCIS >_< When I suggested we wait and come back in a few days the SSN lady insisted it wouldn't be any faster... Hmm I'm starting to doubt that! I'm wondering if Toronto Pearson is really slow sending out the folder that you give them at POE (because they send it to USCIS, right?) So I'm without health insurance till then...

I had so much luck with everything earlier in the process so I figured it finally caught up with me

Just a quick question, for AOS is a photocopy of the marriage certificate acceptable, or do they want an actual "official" copy of it?

[ralyse 31]

I haven't really looked at AOS yet because we won't be filing it till late November/early December And 3 weeks later I'm still waiting for my SSN because I wasn't updated in the system yet (even though I waited two weeks after POE) and they sent a request to USCIS >_< When I suggested we wait and come back in a few days the SSN lady insisted it wouldn't be any faster... Hmm I'm starting to doubt that! I'm wondering if Toronto Pearson is really slow sending out the folder that you give them at POE (because they send it to USCIS, right?) So I'm without health insurance till then...

I had so much luck with everything earlier in the process so I figured it finally caught up with me

Just a quick question, for AOS is a photocopy of the marriage certificate acceptable, or do they want an actual "official" copy of it?

I've read it's best to send an actual certified copy so we're sending one with the AOS packet... it was only 11$ to order from the country clerk and we got it two days later, so that made that decision easier.

And that's silly about your SSN, I say go back! I must've gotten a girl with experience with K1s or just generally good at appearing to know what she's doing because she had no questions or confusion and processed me really fast.

[Calli 2]

Tentative wedding date is October 25th. It all depends on if we get our rings back from being sized in time!

I have the exact same form, with the same box checked. I've asked before and always been told that's what to include.

October 25th is a fantastic day to get married!!! It's my birthday, I will always remember that Coconuts from VJ got married on my birthday! LOL

[Penny Lane 8,159]

October 25th is a fantastic day to get married!!! It's my birthday, I will always remember that Coconuts from VJ got married on my birthday! LOL

Well I'm glad I picked a good day.

[BellasCanadian 0]

I'm still worrying about my medical/vaccinations and wondering if its worth it to find a civil surgeon to transcribe the vaccination sheet... Everything I've read in the AOS forum seems to imply people often get RFEs over that... but on the other hand, I really don't want to spend the money if I can avoid it.

Argh.

I called around to at least 15 civil surgeons in my area .. and none of them would just transcribe just the vaccination portion without doing a new full exam. That was going to be another $250 bucks! So I figured I would take my chances and worst case, we get an RFE and have to do it/pay it later (but I'm still hoping we won't!).

I thought I read people only seemed to get an RFE is the original medical was "lost" in the transfer of paperwork?

[canada_socks 97]

I called around to at least 15 civil surgeons in my area .. and none of them would just transcribe just the vaccination portion without doing a new full exam. That was going to be another $250 bucks! So I figured I would take my chances and worst case, we get an RFE and have to do it/pay it later (but I'm still hoping we won't!).

I thought I read people only seemed to get an RFE is the original medical was "lost" in the transfer of paperwork?

Ouch.

I know Canadiana013 got an RFE because they misplaced her medical. Her interview was right before mine so I am half tempted to go get a second medical to cover my butt. How often are medicals lost?

Why would the vaccinations need to be transcribed? I am a little confused by this. I thought we just had to send in a copy of the sheet we got from the medical that had our vaccinations on it...