Scandinavians Part 2

[Scandi 4,166]

4 hours ago, JosephineAndBobby said:

That makes me very happy to hear that I in some way could help just a little!
And great for you guys that your case on the way to the embassy! You much closer now! congratulations
We haven´t heard anything yet and haven´t called yet either, we were hoping to recieve a NVC  email about them sending our case to the embassy here yesterday or today, but nothing yet, so we´ll call probably Friday and hear 😊
 

NVC sending an email? Is that something new? Wasn't like that back in 2016 when we filed. They do send out a regular letter though, but that takes many weeks.

 

You should always call, give then at least 2 weeks from NOA2. Often it takes up to 30 days for NVC to receive your case and register it.

 

And to add.. the checklist the embassy sends out via email often goes to the petitioner. So make sure your US fiancés check their emails carefully (including spam folders etc).

Edited March 20, 2019 by Scandi

[DatMotorcycleRide 3]

@JosephineAndBobby Thank you! Arrived at the embassy, waiting for the checklist! 😄

 

@Scandi yes, they sent an email to my boyfriend (petitioner), but he had to provide his email when calling NVC the first time. Somehow they didn't have it in the system from the case strangely enough..  

Thank you for mentioning that the checklist is usually sent to the petitioner, I was wondering if they would send a regular letter or not.  

[Jo&Bob 83]

22 hours ago, DatMotorcycleRide said:

@JosephineAndBobby Thank you! Arrived at the embassy, waiting for the checklist! 😄

 

@Scandi yes, they sent an email to my boyfriend (petitioner), but he had to provide his email when calling NVC the first time. Somehow they didn't have it in the system from the case strangely enough..  

Thank you for mentioning that the checklist is usually sent to the petitioner, I was wondering if they would send a regular letter or not.  

That´s Great!! Now you can book the interview!

We called in and got our case nr., we didn´t make the 19th shipment, but I´m still very excited about having the case nr. now, and I have just booked my Medical and we are ready for our case to hopefully be shipped off on April 2!
I hope there is´nt a long wait for the interview though! (I´m kinda starting to hope for at POE end ogMay and June wedding  
Since they have received your case, do you know how long a wait there is for the interview at Stockholm?
 

[DatMotorcycleRide 3]

16 minutes ago, JosephineAndBobby said:

That´s Great!! Now you can book the interview!

We called in and got our case nr., we didn´t make the 19th shipment, but I´m still very excited about having the case nr. now, and I have just booked my Medical and we are ready for our case to hopefully be shipped off on April 2!
I hope there is´nt a long wait for the interview though! (I´m kinda starting to hope for at POE end ogMay and June wedding  
Since they have received your case, do you know how long a wait there is for the interview at Stockholm?
 

Ah, great news!! Congrats!! Have you started assembling paperwork for package 3?

 

I was was trying to book the interview yesterday, but they don’t want anyone to book before they got the checklist so I am waiting.... on the website it said “first available interview date April 11”... but since it’s only Thursdays I fear I will get 18th... We want to go travel before POE so I am hoping for things to move forward ASAP so we can book the tickets ... but I fear the processing time after interviews can be very long sometimes so I don’t dare plan anything yet! 

 

If you are from Denmark, do you need to go to Stockholm for the interview? 

[Jo&Bob 83]

9 minutes ago, DatMotorcycleRide said:

Ah, great news!! Congrats!! Have you started assembling paperwork for package 3?

 

I was was trying to book the interview yesterday, but they don’t want anyone to book before they got the checklist so I am waiting.... on the website it said “first available interview date April 11”... but since it’s only Thursdays I fear I will get 18th... We want to go travel before POE so I am hoping for things to move forward ASAP so we can book the tickets ... but I fear the processing time after interviews can be very long sometimes so I don’t dare plan anything yet! 

 

If you are from Denmark, do you need to go to Stockholm for the interview? 

Yes, I have started, I think I have pretty much everything ready to quickly assemble and then my fiance is gonna ship his over once he has all his stuff  

Okay, I see there is a bit waiting time then.. Oh well I hope for us both we´ll be lucky and there is a slot open fast! And maybe you are lucky the 11 th will still available once you have the packet!   Do you know how long it normally takes to receive the packet after CEAC says "Ready"?

That sounds so nice that you guys will travel a bit first!

Yes I´m from Denmark, but all Danish, Norwegian and (ofc) Swedish citizens have to go to the Stockholm embassy for the K1 interview

 

[DatMotorcycleRide 3]

17 minutes ago, JosephineAndBobby said:

Yes, I have started, I think I have pretty much everything ready to quickly assemble and then my fiance is gonna ship his over once he has all his stuff  

Okay, I see there is a bit waiting time then.. Oh well I hope for us both we´ll be lucky and there is a slot open fast! And maybe you are lucky the 11 th will still available once you have the packet!   Do you know how long it normally takes to receive the packet after CEAC says "Ready"?

That sounds so nice that you guys will travel a bit first!

Yes I´m from Denmark, but all Danish, Norwegian and (ofc) Swedish citizens have to go to the Stockholm embassy for the K1 interview

 

I’ve tried checking similar timelines and it says 1-2 days only so I am hoping for today! If my bf doesn’t have the email when he wakes up I will maybe try to call them today.. 

 

I will message you so we don’t flood this thread!  

[myjourney2018 52]

12 hours ago, JosephineAndBobby said:

Yes, I have started, I think I have pretty much everything ready to quickly assemble and then my fiance is gonna ship his over once he has all his stuff  

Okay, I see there is a bit waiting time then.. Oh well I hope for us both we´ll be lucky and there is a slot open fast! And maybe you are lucky the 11 th will still available once you have the packet!   Do you know how long it normally takes to receive the packet after CEAC says "Ready"?

That sounds so nice that you guys will travel a bit first!

Yes I´m from Denmark, but all Danish, Norwegian and (ofc) Swedish citizens have to go to the Stockholm embassy for the K1 interview

 

 

12 hours ago, DatMotorcycleRide said:

I’ve tried checking similar timelines and it says 1-2 days only so I am hoping for today! If my bf doesn’t have the email when he wakes up I will maybe try to call them today.. 

 

I will message you so we don’t flood this thread!  

You can find a copy of the checklist on this forum with some searching, it's a bit old but it's the same as the new checklist.  Stockholm is very efficient and fast, my fiance had her interview last month.  Also my recommendation is to book the interview a couple of weeks after your medical so they have time to send your medical to the embassy or else your approval will pend on the embassy getting the medical.  Wish y'all the best of luck

Edited March 22, 2019 by myjourney2018

[AlexDRavn92 37]

I am from Denmark and will have to do my interview at the embassy in Stockholm.

 

I heard from some people that it's a good idea to schedule the medical examination, when the I-130 gets approved?

Can anybody confirm this?
and is it allowed to do so, because to my understanding the medical office will send the results to the embassy, but if they haven't received my case yet, will that work?

[Jo&Bob 83]

1 hour ago, AlexDRavn92 said:

I am from Denmark and will have to do my interview at the embassy in Stockholm.

 

I heard from some people that it's a good idea to schedule the medical examination, when the I-130 gets approved?

Can anybody confirm this?
and is it allowed to do so, because to my understanding the medical office will send the results to the embassy, but if they haven't received my case yet, will that work?

Hi,
I´m a K1 filer, so not sure it applies to i-130! so dobble check it and hopefully someone with more knowlegde will jump in.  But I´ll to share what I´m doing.
We got our NOA2 and once we had our NVC case nr. I was able to schedule my medical even though I don't have an interview at STK yet, they´ll just sent it to the embassy anyway i guess, and the Dr. make it very clear that the medical will only be valid for 6 months. I hope there won´t be too long after I have done the medical that the embassy will have recived the case.

Again, I´m not sure what waiting time and process you are looking at since I´m K1 filer

 

[Scandi 4,166]

2 hours ago, AlexDRavn92 said:

I am from Denmark and will have to do my interview at the embassy in Stockholm.

 

I heard from some people that it's a good idea to schedule the medical examination, when the I-130 gets approved?

Can anybody confirm this?
and is it allowed to do so, because to my understanding the medical office will send the results to the embassy, but if they haven't received my case yet, will that work?

Since your case is i-130 it will be stuck at NVC for a long time, unlike for us who went the K-1 route. So I'm not sure someone with an i-130 should do their medical that early in the process..

[AlexDRavn92 37]

1 hour ago, Scandi said:

Since your case is i-130 it will be stuck at NVC for a long time, unlike for us who went the K-1 route. So I'm not sure someone with an i-130 should do their medical that early in the process..

I heard other people from the same Service center as me and applying for the IR-1/CR-1 visa, waiting 6 weeks to get their case number at the National Visa Center.

 

[Ralph2CO 2]

Your input - comments on shipping boxes from Stockholm to Denver, CO

 

Do you have any good experience or recommendation for a company that can ship boxes from Stockholm to Denver, Colorado ?

Type of boxes = standard Clas Olson flyttkartong

approx. amount = 20 (weight varies but in average 15 Kg

from Stockholm / Rissne / Shurgard to Denver, CO / Centennial (airport = DEN

max time of transport = 4 weeks

departure from Stockholm 2019-06-14

 

There're probably a lot more details needed, but this is a start. What are the other requirements I need to decide upon ? Insurance, customs declaration, plastic film around the boxes, detailed description of content, my name + passport no. on the outside of each box , and more ...

Do you have any Lessons Learned what to include in my planning ?

any recommended web urls I can research to get some more information

any good urls inside VJ that are covering this topic

anything else ? and yes, I'll try to get rid of a lot of stuff before shipping to US ... 🙂    Thx !

[Paul & Mallory 1,398]

Random question for my Swedes (not that this is isolated to Swedes only ):

 

Paul has his conditional green card (ROC isn't until summer of 2020) and we are visiting Sweden this coming September to visit his family. We have to layover at JFK on our way back home and only have a couple of hours, which means this will be our POE back into the US. This is a first for him traveling as an LPR and not a Euro tourist, so he's anticipating a bit of a different experience.

 

For anyone who has traveled back from Europe with a conditional GC - Is there any difference when traveling with the conditional versus 10 year green card, as far as which line you go through, etc.?

[myjourney2018 52]

21 hours ago, Ralph2CO said:

Your input - comments on shipping boxes from Stockholm to Denver, CO

 

Do you have any good experience or recommendation for a company that can ship boxes from Stockholm to Denver, Colorado ?

Type of boxes = standard Clas Olson flyttkartong

approx. amount = 20 (weight varies but in average 15 Kg

from Stockholm / Rissne / Shurgard to Denver, CO / Centennial (airport = DEN

max time of transport = 4 weeks

departure from Stockholm 2019-06-14

 

There're probably a lot more details needed, but this is a start. What are the other requirements I need to decide upon ? Insurance, customs declaration, plastic film around the boxes, detailed description of content, my name + passport no. on the outside of each box , and more ...

Do you have any Lessons Learned what to include in my planning ?

any recommended web urls I can research to get some more information

any good urls inside VJ that are covering this topic

anything else ? and yes, I'll try to get rid of a lot of stuff before shipping to US ... 🙂    Thx !

Yes please, I have this very similar question regarding international moving company/shippers.  My fiance has a few things she wants to move with her.  

 

I did find one company but their price seems outrageous, I did a sample quote of a surfboard and they wanted 500 USD to ship a surfboard.  

[Scandi 4,166]

12 hours ago, Paul & Mallory said:

Random question for my Swedes (not that this is isolated to Swedes only ):

 

Paul has his conditional green card (ROC isn't until summer of 2020) and we are visiting Sweden this coming September to visit his family. We have to layover at JFK on our way back home and only have a couple of hours, which means this will be our POE back into the US. This is a first for him traveling as an LPR and not a Euro tourist, so he's anticipating a bit of a different experience.

 

For anyone who has traveled back from Europe with a conditional GC - Is there any difference when traveling with the conditional versus 10 year green card, as far as which line you go through, etc.?

No, a greencard holder is a greencard holder, there's no difference. Your status is the same, that is Legal Permanent Resident. You go in the citizen line (at LAX even Canadian tourists go there).

Edited March 30, 2019 by Scandi