France/America couples

[Lili 3]

Je suis francaise mais je suis aux USA depuis 6 ans donc ca se perd un peu. Quand mon hubby francais sera meilleur, j'aurais l'occasion de parler francais plus souvent.

Les gens qui s'occupent de la ligne telephone d'USCIS n'ont aucune experience en matiere d'immigration. Ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font et donnent des informations erronees. C'est dingue!

[lucie&damon 0]

Je suis francaise mais je suis aux USA depuis 6 ans donc ca se perd un peu. Quand mon hubby francais sera meilleur, j'aurais l'occasion de parler francais plus souvent.

Les gens qui s'occupent de la ligne telephone d'USCIS n'ont aucune experience en matiere d'immigration. Ils ne savent pas ce qu'ils font et donnent des informations erronees. C'est dingue!

Ah, ok! C'est vrai que 6ans ca fait pas mal de temps!

T'as plus qu'a avoir des enfants et tu pourras parler francais avec eux au moins!

[Lili 3]

Je ne veux pas d'enfants. Je n'ai jamais eu l'instinct maternel, peut etre que ca changera avec le temps mais j'en doute fortement.

Et toi?

[keweul 1]

Salut,

Sorry I'm not writing this in french but my french isn't that great...grant it I'm french by birth (born in St. Martin) but had an english education....so with that said....My passport is currently in my maiden name and I would like to change it to my married name...I live in NJ...what are the steps? I know I have to be registered with the french consulat but don't think I can do that until i get Greencard...what's the procedures i have to follow...

Merci pour vous temps

[Koakland 0]

Salut,

Sorry I'm not writing this in french but my french isn't that great...grant it I'm french by birth (born in St. Martin) but had an english education....so with that said....My passport is currently in my maiden name and I would like to change it to my married name...I live in NJ...what are the steps? I know I have to be registered with the french consulat but don't think I can do that until i get Greencard...what's the procedures i have to follow...

Merci pour vous temps

I don't have any information to help you but I'm kinda glad that I can finally understand something on this thread. I've been kinda afraid that I'm missing something important because every thing has been in french for awhile. I've been asking my fiance to read it and let me know if we're missing something important. Anyhoos, can't help but I'm glad to be finally understanding something

[lucie&damon 0]

Salut,

Sorry I'm not writing this in french but my french isn't that great...grant it I'm french by birth (born in St. Martin) but had an english education....so with that said....My passport is currently in my maiden name and I would like to change it to my married name...I live in NJ...what are the steps? I know I have to be registered with the french consulat but don't think I can do that until i get Greencard...what's the procedures i have to follow...

Merci pour vous temps

Hi!

I think you are depending on of the New York consulate. Here's the link to all the documents you need to ask for a new passeport :

http://www.consulfrance-newyork.org/spip.php?article342

Apparently you need to wait for your EAD or GC!

[lucie&damon 0]

Je ne veux pas d'enfants. Je n'ai jamais eu l'instinct maternel, peut etre que ca changera avec le temps mais j'en doute fortement.

Et toi?

Il va falloir alors que toi et ton mari travaille enormement le francais pour qu'il soit bilingue

moi jai un enoooorme instinst maternel, un peu trop d'ailleurs!lol, je sais deja que je serais une mere poule!

Mais bizarrement je ne suis toujours pas prete je pense a en avoir! C'est un tel changement dans un foyer! Il faut beaucoup de courage pour se lancer!

[keweul 1]

Salut,

Sorry I'm not writing this in french but my french isn't that great...grant it I'm french by birth (born in St. Martin) but had an english education....so with that said....My passport is currently in my maiden name and I would like to change it to my married name...I live in NJ...what are the steps? I know I have to be registered with the french consulat but don't think I can do that until i get Greencard...what's the procedures i have to follow...

Merci pour vous temps

Hi!

I think you are depending on of the New York consulate. Here's the link to all the documents you need to ask for a new passeport :

http://www.consulfrance-newyork.org/spip.php?article342

Apparently you need to wait for your EAD or GC!

Merci,

I think I'll wait for my greencard (i'll need it for my interview coming up 12/04) and that way i can to everything all at once: register my marriage, kids and with the cosulat so I can get my Livret de famille...BTW...I'm not renewing just getting my name changed I think that they'll issue you the same expiration date and simply update the last name...Thanks for the link...

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Salut,

Sorry I'm not writing this in french but my french isn't that great...grant it I'm french by birth (born in St. Martin) but had an english education....so with that said....My passport is currently in my maiden name and I would like to change it to my married name...I live in NJ...what are the steps? I know I have to be registered with the french consulat but don't think I can do that until i get Greencard...what's the procedures i have to follow...

Merci pour vous temps

I don't have any information to help you but I'm kinda glad that I can finally understand something on this thread. I've been kinda afraid that I'm missing something important because every thing has been in french for awhile. I've been asking my fiance to read it and let me know if we're missing something important. Anyhoos, can't help but I'm glad to be finally understanding something

I kind of forgot that not everyone speaks French on this topic.. sorry.

The conversation started about whether or not I should apply for "inscription consulaire" (consular registration), and then it ended up being about how to get the French citizenship and when to apply for it (and also for the US citizenship).

[lili&kai 0]

youhou guess who made it to DC/Virginia yesterday?

it's never been that easy to pass the custom. I just said "thanksgiving" and "couple of weeks".

next time it will be with my visa in hand hopefully!

and in the meantime youhou I'm enjoying Kai

sorry for not writing in english in a few posts... that was just lazyness.

Kai had to work on his French to understand what we were saying which was good though!

and by the way he hasn't 2 nationalities as I said. my mistake: he is only american. and he is in the army so he won't take any other citizenship it's not allowed. I've never thought about that before but it make sense..

have a great week end !

Lili and Kai (making yuuummmmiii breakfast!)

[lucie&damon 0]

youhou guess who made it to DC/Virginia yesterday?

it's never been that easy to pass the custom. I just said "thanksgiving" and "couple of weeks".

next time it will be with my visa in hand hopefully!

and in the meantime youhou I'm enjoying Kai

sorry for not writing in english in a few posts... that was just lazyness.

Kai had to work on his French to understand what we were saying which was good though!

and by the way he hasn't 2 nationalities as I said. my mistake: he is only american. and he is in the army so he won't take any other citizenship it's not allowed. I've never thought about that before but it make sense..

have a great week end !

Lili and Kai (making yuuummmmiii breakfast!)

Waow! That's great!!

Have a nice holiday!!

[Lili 3]

I don't mind writing posts in either English or French. I am lazy to write french. It takes me a while to have my brain functioning in the right language.

Have fun Lili!!

[keweul 1]

Salut,

Sorry I'm not writing this in french but my french isn't that great...grant it I'm french by birth (born in St. Martin) but had an english education....so with that said....My passport is currently in my maiden name and I would like to change it to my married name...I live in NJ...what are the steps? I know I have to be registered with the french consulat but don't think I can do that until i get Greencard...what's the procedures i have to follow...

Merci pour vous temps

I don't have any information to help you but I'm kinda glad that I can finally understand something on this thread. I've been kinda afraid that I'm missing something important because every thing has been in french for awhile. I've been asking my fiance to read it and let me know if we're missing something important. Anyhoos, can't help but I'm glad to be finally understanding something

LOL I totally agree with you...I haven't had anyone to speak french to in 10yrs so I"m very rusty...but hopefully i'll be able to teach my kids the "little" I do know hehehe

[lili&kai 0]

hello!

I've got my interview day ! December 18th

now I need to fly back to Paris (yeah I'm still in Virginia enjoying cold and sunny winter ).

so I'm wondering : shall I fly through JFK? I need to decide now cause I'm taking my round trip from here. It would cost us an extra 300 dollars but If it means I can start working a few day after I get here (time to get SSN) it is worth it...

any of you did this?

Lili (and Kai)

[Lili 3]

hello!

I've got my interview day ! December 18th

now I need to fly back to Paris (yeah I'm still in Virginia enjoying cold and sunny winter ).

so I'm wondering : shall I fly through JFK? I need to decide now cause I'm taking my round trip from here. It would cost us an extra 300 dollars but If it means I can start working a few day after I get here (time to get SSN) it is worth it...

any of you did this?

Lili (and Kai)

Congrats on the interview date! That is pretty quick.

If I were you, I don't think I would do it. The work authorization is for three months only. Your first goal is going to prepare your wedding and get settled down. A month might have passed by, by then. The economy sucks so if you want to work just for money, you will most likely get minimum wage.

Let's say you make $7.5 an hour and get (lucky!) 40 hours a week. You are looking at $1200 a month, after taxes you might come to $900. So with the two months left on your work authorization, you have officially made $1500 ($1800-$300)!!

It seems a whole lot of nothing for a whole lot of effort.

But no, I haven't done it.

You are only getting married once, enjoy it!

Edited December 4, 2008 by Lili