What Documents Should We Bring to the US?

[Charles C 0]

Our K-1 is approved and we will be moving my fiancee and her two daughter to the US in March or April. (yippee!) What documents should we bring from Honduras to the US that we might need at some point in the future? And further, should we get those documents apostiled (sic) in Honduras? We will bring birth certificates and the death certificate for the children's father... what else might we need? Thanks - our planning is well under way now and I want to have everything we might need when we get to the US.

Charles

[Inky 1,110]

Any medical information so the new doctors here can build a medical history for them.

[J and S 38]

Their school transcripts could be helpful as well (translated if possible).

I work in a school with a lot of immigrants, and it helps kids to get put into the proper courses if we have their transcripts from their country (middle school age or older....not sure if it would matter for elementary school age).

Edited December 30, 2011 by J and S

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Our K-1 is approved and we will be moving my fiancee and her two daughter to the US in March or April. (yippee!) What documents should we bring from Honduras to the US that we might need at some point in the future? And further, should we get those documents apostiled (sic) in Honduras? We will bring birth certificates and the death certificate for the children's father... what else might we need? Thanks - our planning is well under way now and I want to have everything we might need when we get to the US.

Charles

ALL documents/records of any kind. Apostilles not needed.

Some examples...medical documents, school documents, tax documents if any. Think about this, if you were moving to the next STATE over from where you live now, which of your personal documents would YOU bring?

ALL of them.

[SweetieUs 4]

Hi Charles! I was about to write to you an email to ask you about your process. I am so happy it was approved! Yay! Happy New Year!

Brunella

[amyandjorge 76]

Good question, I have been wondering if it will be helpful for my husband to bring his Honduran driver's license. Would that make getting OH license easier?

[Gary and Alla 3,694]

Good question, I have been wondering if it will be helpful for my husband to bring his Honduran driver's license. Would that make getting OH license easier?

No

But why would he leave it behind? Alla never drove before coming here, though she did have a Russian drivers license that she no doubt bribed someone for. She could barely keep a car on the paved part of the road when she arrived...in fact she often could NOT stay on the paved part. However, in Russia, combine a male drivers license examiner with a hot Ukrainian woman, "bloop-bloop eyes" and $20 USD and VOILA! You are a good driver! They have not surrendered their power as women to feminism and have no interest in "equality" with men and having to actually pass drivers tests!

At any rate she learned to drive here and despite her advanced age got slammed with an "inexperienced driver" insurance rate. What???????!!!!!!!!! "But I have had a Russian drivers license for 9 years!" Prove it. OK, faxed a copy of the license and translation and saved about $400 per year! Good thing we brought that along

Most states also accept foreign drivers license at least temporarily (Vermont does for 60 days) so then he has something until he gets a lisence here. Alla used her gumball machine drivers license as a drivers "learning permit" and started driving here on day 2 (we got the car out of the ditch on day 3 and tried again on day 4)

Simple answer....bring ALL documents. ALL. Documents. ALL.

Yes, that too...ALL