September 2014 Filers

[Brian318 0]

Biometrics completed today on schedule - in and out of the Varick street office in NYC in 15 minutes. Fingers crossed that New York speeds up a bit, right now it is a super long wait to get scheduled for an interview.

Congrats! EAD comes first!!!

[msdynamite 57]

Hey guys, random question, does anybody have any experience with requesting a last name change with the social security administration? My wife wants to change her last name but from what I've seen they are requesting certified copies of our marriage certificate and stuff. A copy from the NYC City Clerk costs 15 dollars and then again I am not sure if they need certified copies of her passport too or what?

Could I just go there in person and show them our original marriage certificate? :S

This is the social security administration's instructions (on type of card click on corrected): http://www.socialsecurity.gov/ssnumber/ss5doc.htm

from what I know you have to appear in person anyways and bring with you the marriage certificate,passport and the EAD with the new name on it, if she already has a SSN.

"Important

All documents must be either originals or copies certified by the issuing agency. We cannot accept photocopies or notarized copies of documents. We also cannot accept a receipt showing you applied for the document.

Get a certified copy of a document showing a birth, marriage or divorce that took place in the U.S.

Name change

If you need to change your name on your Social Security card, you must show us a recently issued document as proof of your legal name change. Documents Social Security may accept to prove a legal name change include:

• Marriage document;
• Divorce decree;
• Court order approving the name change; or
• Current U.S. immigration document.

If the document you provide as evidence of a legal name change does not give us enough information to identify you in our records or if you changed your name more than two years ago (four years ago if you are under 18 years of age), you must show us an identity document in your prior name (as shown in our records). We will accept an identity document in your old name that has expired.

If you do not have an identity document in your prior name, we may accept an unexpired identity document in your new name, as long as we can properly establish your identity in our records."

so this states that either originals or certified copies are accepted.

Edited October 2, 2014 by msdynamite

[icv21 110]

random question:

Everybody has health insurance already?????

What kind of company you are with and are you with your husband/wife or by yourself???

And if you don't mind... Around how much you pay?????

I don't have one yet for economic reasons. My husband is self employee and he is with Humana but I know I will have to get one by myself or wait until I have a job.

With Obamacare it's an obligation to have health insurance or at the end of the year you have to pay a fine.

I opened a post the other day asking if anyone knew when does it starts counting ( about the fine ) and a girl answered with EAD.

I'll leave the link here: http://www.visajourn...tart/?p=7272234

If any of you have any more info about it feel free to share I'm very lost about this Health sistem.

( my husband left today because his job he will be out the country for a month I have all my in laws near to ask things but I know they are busy to be asking 24/7 so I'm kind of dealing and trying to learn about everything by my own while my husband is gone )

[Danielle8572 6]

random question:

Everybody has health insurance already?????

What kind of company you are with and are you with your husband/wife or by yourself???

And if you don't mind... Around how much you pay?????

I don't have one yet for economic reasons. My husband is self employee and he is with Humana but I know I will have to get one by myself or wait until I have a job.

With Obamacare it's an obligation to have health insurance or at the end of the year you have to pay a fine.

I opened a post the other day asking if anyone knew when does it starts counting ( about the fine ) and a girl answered with EAD.

I'll leave the link here: http://www.visajourn...tart/?p=7272234

If any of you have any more info about it feel free to share I'm very lost about this Health sistem.

( my husband left today because his job he will be out the country for a month I have all my in laws near to ask things but I know they are busy to be asking 24/7 so I'm kind of dealing and trying to learn about everything by my own while my husband is gone )

I have health insurance through my husbands job. It costs him about 100 every two weeks. There are places you can get insurance but not sure about the price. There is also a visitor insurance you can use until you have your green card but it's not very good. You may have to go to an outside company. You won't need it until you have a green card as far as I know. Also when you get your EAD and you find work looking for someone who offers benefits is an option. I know its not that easy.

[icv21 110]

I have health insurance through my husbands job. It costs him about 100 every two weeks. There are places you can get insurance but not sure about the price. There is also a visitor insurance you can use until you have your green card but it's not very good. You may have to go to an outside company. You won't need it until you have a green card as far as I know. Also when you get your EAD and you find work looking for someone who offers benefits is an option. I know its not that easy.

Thanks for writing!!! Someone mentioned about the visitor insurance in some random post but I when I looked at it it didn't convince me... Like you said doesn't seem very good.

If I can wait until I have the GC I will relax then. Since my lifetime style is not very extrem, I'm mostly all day inside the house haha so not much can happen to me!

But I now I will need it sooner or later because I will run out of birth control pills.....

In Spain you don't need prescription you literally walk in the pharmacy and get them from a shelf are and $15 here already asked in several places and they won't sell them without prescription and going to a doctor without insurance is pricey. So I'm collecting info in case the EAD takes too long

Thanks!

[Stoaty 3]

If you're out of birth control, find a planned parenthood and explain your situation, they should be able to help you on a sliding scale. I used them for birth control during the brief period I was uninsured and they were very helpful.

Once you are employed, many employers offer insurance through their company. If not, you should be able to get on your husband's insurance. There's always the option to also buy, but through your employer is easiest.

[JamaicanBarbie 2]

Ugh! I hate waiting...does anyone have any suggestions on how to make the time go by quicker. I start a new workout regimen tomorrow and I feel like that still wont be enough. I hate feeling useless...my wife is trying so hard to not make me feel that way but its like a dead silence when you don't hear or see anything. Lol i keep checking the mail.

[Brian318 0]

We received our biometrics letter today.

our appointment is 10/17. I'm gonna try to walk-in tmr.

[Danielle8572 6]

We received our biometrics letter today.

our appointment is 10/17. I'm gonna try to walk-in tmr.

That's awesome! Congrats! When did you apply and get accepted?

[minh6969 1]

Hi everyone,

Does the waiting time for notification of acceptance take up to 30 days?

I seriously can not get over with this first phase of waiting. I keep thinking they might lose my package somewhere in uscis facility.

[chad+stef 0]

We still waiting also, on the website it said call after 10 days so my husband did yesterday, its there but nobody looked at it we should give them another week

[Stoaty 3]

Our status moved to Testing and Interview today, but I know that pretty much means nothing and that we could languish on that for months. It was exciting to see a change anyhow! I didn't get a text message about it.

[JamaicanBarbie 2]

Our status moved to Testing and Interview today, but I know that pretty much means nothing and that we could languish on that for months. It was exciting to see a change anyhow! I didn't get a text message about it.

Awesome news! Hopefully in your case they will move a little quicker than normal!

Waiting on my Biometrics appointment...torturreeeee! :/

[Stoaty 3]

Our EAD is in card/document production now! Is there anyone else in this thread filing in NYC? I know at this point its alllll about the local office.

[Snorlux 58]

Our EAD is in card/document production now! Is there anyone else in this thread filing in NYC? I know at this point its alllll about the local office.

omg thats great congratulations! That was really fast.

We are filing in NYC too but our NOA date is September 30th and we only got the hard copies 2 days ago.. I haven't even got my biometrics letter yet :/

Awesome news! Hopefully in your case they will move a little quicker than normal!

Waiting on my Biometrics appointment...torturreeeee! :/

Just noticed we send our package on the same day but mine was delivered 2 days after yours.. Will be following up on your timeline since we will be getting our updates really close