US Immigration from Germany

Hi! I hope I can find some smart answers here because I m very confused

I saw that I (as the foreign fianc e, German) have to provide police certificates from the countries that I have lived in for 6+ months since I was 16 years old.

I did a school year in England when I was 18-19 and lived in the US as an aupair from the age of 23-25.

Has anyone of you experienced similar circumstances and could help me out how they did it? Do I really have to send the police certificate from England and the us to the consulate next to my german one?

From what I've seen here is that most who applied online received an almost instant message that biometrics will get reused. The ones who had to go to do biometrics got an appointment notice about a week after filing. It's been a month now and I haven't heard either. I know that it's not long in the greater picture. I'm not complaining, just looking for experience.

Anybody else had to wait longer to hear something about biometrics? How long did it take?

Hello everyone,

I've been searching around for an answer to this question, but couldn't find anything concrete.

My fiance finally got his interview scheduled for July!

Here is my question:

When our I-129f petition got approved by USCIS, we read in many places that is when the 6 month timeline for when he had to move to the US started. Meaning since it was approved in March, he would HAVE to move to the US by September.

In other places, we read that the 6 month timeline doesn't start until AFTER the actual K-1 Visa is approved at the interview. And since his interview is in July, that would mean he has until January to move to the US.

He plans on asking the officer at the consulate in Frankfurt at his interview, but I thought I'd ask here as well.

cause I my anxiety and impatience will not let me wait

So does the 6 month timeline start after the petition is approved or after the K-1 Visa is approved?

Thank you!

My children had their oath ceremony on Monday and my son s account was immediately updated. However, my daughter s account still shows we mailed an interview notice . Now, the purpose of their N-600 is also because I wanted the USCIS database showing their updated status as a US citizen.

Do I need to contact USCIS again so that some action is taken? At this point, I have a feeling nothing happens without any pressure or insistence on my end.

Hi all!

I'm currently in ROC and on expired greencard with 4 year extension letter. I'm a german veterinarian, and have spent the last couple of years going through the ECFVG equivalency examination process to prove that my education is up to par for here, while working as a vet tech in the meantime. I completed the process in December and immediately applied for state licensure to obtain my veterinary license at long last. Now the Georgia State board of Licensing has decided that in spite of meeting all other requirements they can't license me because my german vet school transcripts don't contain the phrases "master degree in veterinary medicine" or doctor of veterinary medicine". They seem to fully understand that if I hadn't graduated from an accepted college I would never have been allowed to go through the ECFVG process established for the very purpose to weed out ineligible candidates, and they also seem to understand that every country has different titles for my profession, but because in their board rules it says a doctor or master degree is necessary they won't budge. I'm now supposed to apply for variance or suspension of the rule and hope for the best in a full board review next month.

I'm interested to know if other immigrants in professions requiring licensure have experienced similar difficulties, and how they were able to solve them. I'm trying to figure out what documents I could submit to hopefully help my cause. I have reached out to my german university in hopes they will write me a letter of support, and I've found lists with the different veterinary titles around the world. I also have documents from previous jobs around Europe in which I'm variably adressed as Dr. or have a DMV behind my name. But I'm not sure if it would be advantageous to overload them with such evidence, since I don't know if they will have the patience to go through them or if I would just make them mad. Any opinions or experiences with US professional licensing boards?