Scandinavians Part 2

[Tekri 20]

2 minutes ago, kaleya said:

Hey all. I have a question, and I could not find the answer on here anywhere with a search. Someone had asked before, but it was never answered (years ago in the original Scandinavians thread). 

 

So my fiancé (who is Norwegian and lives in Norway) and I got the checklist from the Swedish embassy today, so went ahead and filled out his DS-160 (it did not have us pay any fees, we just printed the confirmation page at the end). After that, we went to that ustraveldocs website for Sweden, and when we were filling it out we noticed it said in several places on the application that visa documents will ONLY be mailed to addresses in Sweden. It did not even give us the option to put Norway in the address area. As far as I understand, the purpose of providing the address is so that the passport can be mailed back to you with the visa inside afterwards, so we did not want to submit it before checking on this. He sent a message to the Swedish email address thing to ask for help, but we will probably not hear back from them for a while. Does anyone know what to do about this -- just ignore it, or are we using the wrong application, etc?

 

Thanks!

I had the same message. Just ignore. When you have submittet the application you can pay the fee. When thats done, the embassy Will email you and you can order an appointment for the interview. When thats clear, they email you the confirmation of the date, and the norwegian adress will show up. Home delivery. 

[kaleya 70]

7 minutes ago, Tekri said:

I had the same message. Just ignore. When you have submittet the application you can pay the fee. When thats done, the embassy Will email you and you can order an appointment for the interview. When thats clear, they email you the confirmation of the date, and the norwegian adress will show up. Home delivery. 

Awesome, thank you so much!

[spacetofu 8]

Hi all! I have a question, related to Sweden:
Hi yall. I got an RFE (Request for Evidence) for my I-130 petition for my CR-1 yesterday in the mail. I am a little confused what they exactly want. I gave them a call but the woman on the phone said she can't see the exact details and she recommended to browse some groups online or call my nearest Embassy... so here I am! 
My husband is Swedish and I am American. They said they received the English translation of a personbevis (I sent the 120 med all relationer/extract of the population register stamped and signed) which is the evidence I provided for us being married and living together, birth of our child, etc. They said they need a copy of the original Swedish language extract and then also an English translated copy with it. It doesn't say that it has to be a certified translator exactly, but it says someone who is competent to translate. I am wondering if sending the personbevis/extract of the population register which is signed and stamped by the tax agency/authority in English and Swedish is enough? The stamp and signature basically states it is the proper and true document, so I would think it means the English translation is correct. Has anyone had this issue? Did you just send that document? The other option would be to get the whole document translated by an authorized translator, but it would say the same exact information... and be more expensive to do. Though the letter doesn't exactly say that a certified translator is needed. 
Anyway, thank you for your help!

[Paul & Mallory 1,398]

Has anyone here ever retained dual citizenship between the states and Sweden with their process? My fiancé is considering this, and I like the idea, too. I assume this would come into play at the point of naturalization...? I'm not sure. I've done some research on it but all I can really find is just that both Sweden and the states allow dual citizenship, which we already know, lol.

[Scandi 4,102]

22 hours ago, Paul & Mallory said:

Has anyone here ever retained dual citizenship between the states and Sweden with their process? My fiancé is considering this, and I like the idea, too. I assume this would come into play at the point of naturalization...? I'm not sure. I've done some research on it but all I can really find is just that both Sweden and the states allow dual citizenship, which we already know, lol.

Yep, when he has been a LPR for 3 years and if still married to you he can apply for citizenship (naturalization). It won't affect his Swedish citizenship.

[Paul & Mallory 1,398]

Just now, Scandi said:

Yep, when he has been a LPR for 3 years and if still married to you he can apply for citizenship (naturalization). It won't affect his Swedish citizenship.

Ah - so it doesn't automatically revoke his Swedish citizenship, he'll already basically have both once he naturalizes here?

[Unidentified 2,930]

Just now, Paul & Mallory said:

Ah - so it doesn't automatically revoke his Swedish citizenship, he'll already basically have both once he naturalizes here?

Correct, they won't take his citizenship away so he would be a dual citizen. 

[nullaccount234 882]

35 minutes ago, Paul & Mallory said:

Ah - so it doesn't automatically revoke his Swedish citizenship, he'll already basically have both once he naturalizes here?

 

26 minutes ago, Unidentified said:

Correct, they won't take his citizenship away so he would be a dual citizen. 

Dual citizen and having a lot of fun doing his taxes  Or so I have heard.

[Unidentified 2,930]

1 minute ago, LizM said:

 

Dual citizen and having a lot of fun doing his taxes  Or so I have heard.

Oh really? How? 

[nullaccount234 882]

50 minutes ago, Unidentified said:

Oh really? How? 

I’m not sure how it is for dual citizens who’re residing in the US. But I have family members in Sweden who are duals and according to them it’s a pain.

[Paul & Mallory 1,398]

57 minutes ago, LizM said:

 

Dual citizen and having a lot of fun doing his taxes  Or so I have heard.

That bad? lol

 

 

1 hour ago, Unidentified said:

Correct, they won't take his citizenship away so he would be a dual citizen. 

That's so good to know!

[Unidentified 2,930]

1 minute ago, LizM said:

I’m not sure how it is for dual citizens who’re residing in the US. But I have family members in Sweden who are duals and according to them it’s a pain.

In what way? I know that some who lives elsewhere have to pay taxes in two places but I don't see that happening to us if we're not making any money or anything in Sweden?

[N-o-l-a 7,167]

1 hour ago, Unidentified said:

In what way? I know that some who lives elsewhere have to pay taxes in two places but I don't see that happening to us if we're not making any money or anything in Sweden?

 

Maybe they mean the burden of USCs to file taxes even when they live abroad depending on their income level?

 

 

[Paul & Mallory 1,398]

2 hours ago, Unidentified said:

In what way? I know that some who lives elsewhere have to pay taxes in two places but I don't see that happening to us if we're not making any money or anything in Sweden?

That's what I was thinking, so I'm curious to know if this is incorrect. Paul has nothing left in his name in Sweden as of end of 2017, and also left his job end of 2017 so has no 2018 and onward income generated in Sweden. There's nothing for him to claim.

[Unidentified 2,930]

11 minutes ago, Paul & Mallory said:

That's what I was thinking, so I'm curious to know if this is incorrect. Paul has nothing left in his name in Sweden as of end of 2017, and also left his job end of 2017 so has no 2018 and onward income generated in Sweden. There's nothing for him to claim.

Well I haven't paid any Swedish taxes for the last 3-4 years maybe more so unless I have messed up,  I don't think he needs to be worried about that. 

 

Edit: Or maybe I did fill out some kind of form at some point but I still have nothing to get or claim? I forget. Or if that only happened after I closed my Swedish bank account and transferred money. 

Edited March 28, 2018 by Unidentified