US Immigration from Germany

Hello all,

My fiance arrived in the states on November 5th.

We are going to the SSO tomorrow (November 19th) to apply for his SSN.

We went based off the information that we needed to wait at least 2 weeks to go in and apply, which it seems like it really isn't the case anymore? but I guess it doesn't matter in our case anymore.

anyway, my confusion is whether or not we need an appointment for this? I've called the number on the SSA site to make an appointment, currently have my number waiting in queue as the wait time is over 40 minutes.

I tried to call the office directly and also was met with an insane wait time.

I guess this question pertains to the SSO in Flint, Michigan. For those who have dealt with this office specifically, did you need an appointment for getting an SSN on a K1?

Or where you able to make an appointment while there? or should we be able to walk in without an appointment?

For how much they push using the ssa website for things you'd think making an appointment would be a lot easier.

We are still within the 75 days of the I-94 validity (the 75 day mark is about 1/19/2025). But am trying to get his SSN before the end of the year.

I'm ready to file for removal of conditions on my marriage-based GC, have amassed a large stack of supporting evidence, from joint tax returns to leases to the birth certificate of our baby daughter. On the sheer evidence side of things, I am not at all worried about this. What does keep me up at night are the horror stories of I-751 applications being denied for "failing to properly fill out the form" by not putting an "N/A" or "none" into every single last correct place.

I'm just wondering if I'm going too far there. Let me walk through the individual sections because this drives my anxiety through the roof. Can someone pleas give me some advice on how to properly do this...

Page 1: Since it's ABOVE the "start here" line, I don't think I'll write anything into the attorney state bar number or attorney USCIS online account number fields. Those I leave blank.

I have not used any other names, so I fill the family name, middle name, and first name fields provided for other names with "N/A" (Part 1 2.a. - 3.c.)

And since my marriage is still ongoing, I also put an "N/A" in the "Marital Status 13." box that says "if the marriage has ended provide the date.

Page 2: Mailing address is our own, so I put "N/A" in the "In Care of Name" 15a field. I also put an "N/A" in the "floor" field in 15c since we are in a house.

I fill fields 17a-c with "N/A"s throughout since mailing and physical addresses are the same.

Page 3: Other Information on my spouse, field 5, she has no A-number since she is a citizen, so that gets an "N/A". I again put "N/A" in the "floor" field for her physical address. I also put an "N/A" in the A-number field for our daughter, who is a citizen.

Page 4: Part 5 field 6b for the physical address of our child, floor field, again gets an "N/A", and I fill every last field for the other children with "N/A"s since we have none. Here I also put an "N/A" in black ink into the "state" fields that have a drop-down menu in the digital form.

Page 5: Here the same "N/A" everything for children we don't have continues from Part 5 24.a.-30.h.

Part 6 4.a.-4.c. I leave BLANK since I do not check the boxes that I need any accommodations or have any disabilities. Now, SHOULD these fields also get "N/A"s? The boxes aren't checked, so the fields aren't really active, but the instructions say to put N/A into ANY field that does not apply....

Page 6: Petitioner's statement: I check box 1a, and leave the fields in 1.b. and 2. empty since those boxes aren't "live" - same question as for Page 5, SHOULD these still get N/A's regardless? I put N/A into the "petitioner's mobile phone number" since my daytime and mobile are the same.

Page 7: I repeat the same as on Page 6 for my spouse, who does not need an interpreter, so the Part 8 1.b. and 2. boxes aren't "live." Same question as above, SHOULD those still get N/As?

Page 8: In Part 9 I flood the zone with N/As throughout from 1.a. to 5.

Page 9: Here I put N/A's in every field except for the 6.a. for "interpreter's signature" - SHOULD that also get one?

Page 10: I add an N/A to the 8.b. "date of signature" field, but leave the signature field itself empty. - SHOULD that also get an N/A?

Page 11: I don't need additional information space, but do I need to flood that whole page with N/As?

Hello,

I received my K1 visa in October. My trip to the U.S. is coming closer and I am figuring out everything necessary for Port of Entry and the first days within the country.

If you follow the official information, you only need:

• the sealed package from the embassy,
• your passport with the visa,
• police certificate (original?)
• birth certificate (original?)
• and the documents from the medical exam.

Is that all that's required?

For the first steps after entry I have this as my focus:

• obtaining SSN (after 2 weeks of entering)
• look into how to obtain U.S. drivers license
• get married

Is there anything I am totally missing here? Feel free to provide some insight

Hi all,

Since the data I found in the general thread is over a year old and apparently the US embassy in Frankfurt is taking over transfer cases from other locations, too, I wanted to ask if anyone has more recent info on how long it'll take from DQ to Interview letter to Interview (CR1, US citizen petition for spouse)

I know it can shift, but we're all trying to plan "wrapping up our life", so it would help me a lot if I had at least a bit of an average time frame.

Thank you!

Nach meiner Teilnahme an der GreenCard-Verlosung wurde ich von einer Agentur kontaktiert und von dieser beauftragt.

Der Mitarbeiter teilte mir mit, dass ich das Formular I-601 nicht ausf llen m sse, da bei der rztlichen Untersuchung im Konsulat in Deutschland mein Impfstatus nicht berpr ft werde.

Kann das wirklich wahr sein?

Ich dachte, bei der Einreise nach Amerika g be es Pflichtimpfungen.

Der Agent teilte mir mit, dass ich lediglich einen Bluttest von meinem Hausarzt mitbringen m sse, der best tige, dass ich frei von schweren Erkrankungen wie AIDS oder Krebs sei.

Ich kann mir nicht vorstellen, dass es kein Problem sein soll, dass ich ungeimpft bin, da ich schon so viele Threads verfolgt habe von Leuten, die eine Impfbefreiung beantragen mussten und deshalb ca. zwei Jahre l ngere Bearbeitungszeit hatten.

Hat jemand damit Erfahrungen und kann berichten?