US Immigration from Australia

We got married just over a month ago, neither of us are changing surnames as we are both female. Im waiting for my Police check to arrive in the mail from Australia. but due to covid the mail is slow af. we also havent recieved a certified copy of marriage cert yet from the local county because usps apparently lost it.

I have been in the country for 2 months.

How long do i have to file a AOS? And when/how do i go about getting a SSN?

Hey VJ family,

Received a RFE for our AOS in regards to the Affidavit of Support stating they could not determine that my wife's (sponsor) income was above the poverty guidline. Total income was well over the 125%.

They received the I-864 on the 2nd April 2021, we submitted her 2019 tax as she hadn't received her 2020 yet. She's also self employed (Lyft driver).

We were pretty sure we sent all the correct documents (transcript, bank statements, lyft $$ transfer receipts) and there didn't seem to be a need for additional asset info as her income was above 30k (just the 2 of us in household).

Is there anything we might have missed in regards to my wife's self employment or could it just be they want the 2020 tax?

Any insight or input would be greatly appreciated. Photos attached incase I'm not seeing something obvious in my anxiety

Hi guys,

Obviously the lockdown in NSW probably won t lift for a while, and so I was wondering what people do who have received their NOA2 after the lockdown started.

Once we get our case number from the NVC should we do the DS-160, even though the Sydney consulate isn t open? Or should we wait until it opens up to submit it?

I ve seen a lot of mixed opinions and don t know what to believe anymore. I don t want to choose the wrong thing and then have my interview be delayed even more than this stupid lockdown is doing. I appreciate any knowledge and input.

Thank you!

Hi! I was wondering if anyone that has request the IR-1 visa, has received an interview date? and how long has it taken? I am a international student and my husband is American, and we live in NSW. I am waiting my police certificated to be accepted, all other documents were already accepted.

Hi all,

I came on ESTA from Australia on June 20 to meet my boyfriend from the USA for the first time. We have been friends for about 4 years but started dating more recently than that, but this was the first time we ever met in person.

We planned a 3 week road trip which we did and it was awesome, but after that I changed my flight to stay the remainder of the 3 months on my ESTA. Anyway we then decided after that to get married and do AOS. We know it isnt a simple process or a light decision, and we are definitely not rushing our marriage, but when I arrived in the USA my country (Australia) recently locked down again due to covid (not allowing citizens back home) so that was a contributing factor to the case as well and why we decided now is the best time (who knows when we would see each other again if I went home, it would be too hard for both of us).

I just have some questions about the whole process:

1) We are not married yet but we are wondering when would be the best time to do so? We are thinking about getting married close to the date of my ESTA expiry (september 17). When would be best?

2) We want to have a wedding/elopment with just the two of us first and then a bigger wedding later (when my family can come from Australia to visit too - it would be hard for me to do the wedding with none of my family or friends there) but we don't want that to look weird to USCIS? What do you think?

3) Once we get married, what do I do then? I heard that I will need to file the i130 and another form at the same time? Is that correct?

4) How long is AOS taking for people in our situation? And can someone walk me through the process?

5) We want the AOS process to be as smooth as possible. We are already talking about opening a joint bank account together once we are married to help establish our marriage for USCIS, but we are worried its going to be hard because we are both young and we live with his parents, his brother, and our two dogs. This means we dont have any joint bills or joint lease agreements ect. What else can we be doing now to make the process easier later on?

Thanks to whoever read this post and replied

if anyone is in or has been in a similar situation, please send me a message !