New 2011 LAND DOWNUNDER, Aussie Aussie Aussie Oi Oi Oi

[mateinone 2]

Hate to say it but NOPE! It's been over 2 years for me and while I no longer miss being able to call home whenever I want (well I do, just don't notice it as much) I still keenly miss family holidays. Or for instance Nov 12. Apparently my sister and her husband are going home to my parents for the w/end. It's my brothers birthday around then as well as my BIL's, not to mention my parents 30th wedding anniversary and we would all normally be home to celebrate. Chatting and what not. My sister is pregnant.. i won't be around for all that... ahh it sucks but yeah, it's not as bad as it would have been in the beginning.

Just on this... I could not have coped if I could not have had daily phone calls with my fiance for the duration of our relationship.

To achieve this I setup two skype 'online' numbers. One is a Kansas City number, the other is a Melbourne number. These both cost me $40 a year each.

I have both, because I want my family to be able to call me as easily as I can call them.

So then I also pay for a 'subscription' which is $16 a month, (or you can get 15% off if you pay for an entire year). This allows you to make unlimited calls to anywhere in the world (you could just pay $6 a month for a subscription to Australia).

Then what I do is setup 'skype to go' numbers, you get 10 of these with a subscription and you can change them as often as you like.

When I am in the US, these 'STG' numbers will be all Australian numbers and when I am in Australia (as I am currently) these are US numbers (ie my fiance's home, mobile, work, her parents etc).

I choose a locale for where I am and it will assign me a local number that will call through to them.

So lets say that I am in Melbourne (03) and I want to call my fiance who is in Kansas City (816).

I go online and I add her number as a STG number (816 111 1111) whilst having my locale in there and it will give me a number (03 9005 0005). When I call that phone number from any phone in Melbourne it will divert to her home phone, the same goes with her mobile, at no cost other than my subscription.

I also divert the skype (no extra cost) to go directly to my mobile (when I am in the US) and to my home phone (when in Aus). This means that if anyone calls my online number (one of the two I have registered) it will go to whichever phone I have diverted to and because I have my world subscription ($16 a month listed above) it costs nothing for me or the caller.

Anyway I find it cheap, in total I spend only

$80 (online numbers)

$192 (world subscription)

per year (or $22.67 a month) for phone calls and we talk for at least an hour and often many hours a day.

If that is not overly clear and you would like some more details, just let me know and I will provide a more thorough step by step guide.

[gc955 2]

Got my Bio done today, they let me walk in which was awesome.

I went to get my Social Security number, but I wasn't aware that It had to be done 14 days prior to my K1 expiring

I wasn't able to get it today but was told to come back once everything is sorted with my AOS.

Do they just need to see my Work Permit once i get it and GC?

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Got my Bio done today, they let me walk in which was awesome.

I went to get my Social Security number, but I wasn't aware that It had to be done 14 days prior to my K1 expiring

I wasn't able to get it today but was told to come back once everything is sorted with my AOS.

Do they just need to see my Work Permit once i get it and GC?

Yep. You can get it with the EAD then you can (but don't have to) go back with the GC to get the "work authorization required" removed. There are many reasons why you should go back and get that wording removed, mostly because with that wording there you HAVE to show your EAD or GC. If you don't have the wording you don't need your GC.

Congrats on the walk-in

[Travis and Meghan 24]

I used skype to go numbers a lot to talk to Travis before i moved here, they were amazing! i haven't set up any since moving though, i just have everyone call me instead, lol.

And congrats on the bio walk in!

[gc955 2]

Thanks guys

Will wait for my EAD and wait 10 days so all the info can be put in the system. The guy said it takes a while.

[Travis and Meghan 24]

haha, i like your patience, i check my case status and email twice a day :/

[Lainie B 465]

Thanks guys

Will wait for my EAD and wait 10 days so all the info can be put in the system. The guy said it takes a while.

It does take a while. I went in to the social security office 10 days after I got my EAD and it still wasn't in the system (I already had a SSN, I just needed the name changed). But they took copies of everything and said they would send me the new card once USCIS verified the information.

[bextavaz 4]

HELLO AUSTRALIA...

I've been neglecting you

Clearly I'm enjoying my time here in the USA far too much... even with the current state of the country... rofl.

Hope you and your families are all doing well... and I hope you'll all be celebrating Australia Day wherever you may be

I'm half tempted to ask for the day off so I can get the BBQ fired up and have some beers on the balcony... haha

<3 Bex.

[noremac 3]

I wish I could go to an Australia Day bbq here...hah

[Travis and Meghan 24]

I ended up finding some relatives here and they invited me to their australia day party. I think there's going to be lamingtons :D

[gc955 2]

Called the IRS to request tax return transcripts, they arrived but I just wanna check is it just an outline of how much my wife made and the amount of tax she paid? its on 2 sheets of paper for her jobs.

it doesn't say anything about a 1040 or 1099 on it. Is this all they need? I'm confused as we both don't know if this is the correct form.

Thanks

[VanessaTony 3,567]

Called the IRS to request tax return transcripts, they arrived but I just wanna check is it just an outline of how much my wife made and the amount of tax she paid? its on 2 sheets of paper for her jobs.

it doesn't say anything about a 1040 or 1099 on it. Is this all they need? I'm confused as we both don't know if this is the correct form.

Thanks

Does it look like this: http://www.irs.gov/image/tax_return_transcript_page_1.jpg ?? It should say "Tax Return Transcript" at the top.

[gc955 2]

Does it look like this: http://www.irs.gov/image/tax_return_transcript_page_1.jpg ?? It should say "Tax Return Transcript" at the top.

no. It is not as fancy as that, it is 2 pages and looks like this http://www.losthorizons.com/images/Val'sW-2%20Transcript.jpg

[VanessaTony 3,567]

no. It is not as fancy as that, it is 2 pages and looks like this http://www.losthorizons.com/images/Val'sW-2%20Transcript.jpg

That's a w2 transcript... that's not what you need. Is there an IRS office nearby where you can go in? Or can you call and get them to fax it to you? It's a "tax return transcript" that you need.

[gc955 2]

That's a w2 transcript... that's not what you need. Is there an IRS office nearby where you can go in? Or can you call and get them to fax it to you? It's a "tax return transcript" that you need.

Im online now ordering one, it ask's Type of transcript:

Return Transcript

or

Account Transcript.

Which one?

I will get them to fax it to me if i can't print it straight away