US Immigration from Sweden

Hello all I'm very confused about this. Does the applicant pay at the time of the Medical exam for DCF? Does the payment have to be from a US check or can it be from a foreign debit card or cash? Are they just paying for it at the doctors office? Does anyone know exactly how expensive it is? Has anyone had any experiences with the Stockholm approved physicians offices? I'm confused why some people report its expensive and some say its free very confusing. Thanks so much.

Hello everyone this is that I have been trying to do research on things for months now but I realized maybe someone on here might know something and have experience. Growing up I understood how very important health insurance is and to be covered. And so I was wondering if there is a way to go ahead and cover me, my husband and my children in a USA insurance plan BEFORE we fly over to the states? I have a address where we plan to live at in the states can I just use that as a place of residence even though were not technically over there? I just would feel more comfortable knowing that me and my family are covered health insurance wise from day 1 back in the states. I've been looking things up but I haven't wanted to start a applying for a insurance plan yet I figured around the time my husband has his visa interview I would start applying? Has anyone else had any similar experiences or any good references to insurance plans or do I have to be IN the states to apply? Thanks so much in advance.

Hello everyone. I was hoping for some help. On the NVC website it gives guidelines and requirements about Visa Photos which are basically the same as passport photos? And I've read the guidelines for the DS-260 application and how you must bring 2 photos to the Embassy interview. But I'm confused on how many of these photos do you upload to the NVC website? Is it one or 4 or several all next to each other? And what if they want it zoomed in or certain way scanned and uploaded? I've read all about "scanning documents" like passports and such but it doesn't say on visa photos. Thank you so much in advance.

I booked my interview yesterday, and I have two questions about what I am requiered to bring with me to the interview. So I'm hoping there's other people from Sweden here that's already had their interview and that might be able to help.

First I have a question about the birth certificate they mention in the email with instructions.

First it says: Please provide the original birth certificate from country of birth (Sweden). Followed by: Please request an extract of the population register from the Swedish Tax Agency (Personbevis). The certificate must state the date and place of birth and the names of both parents. Please request the English version.

I have gotten the extraxt from the population register that they're asking for already. It's original with a signature and a stamp on it. Is that enough? Because it confuses me that they first ask for the original birth certificate which as far as I know we don't have in Sweden. I don't know if we did before and I have no contact with my parents. On the Swedish Tax Agency's website they say that the extract mentioned can be used as a birth certificate. So if I bring that with me I should be fine... right?

My second question is about the evidence of relationship they're asking for. I'm putting together evidence from between the I-129F and up until now to prove on-going contact. We haven't met since filing, though, due to wanting to save money and vacation days for the wedding/honeymoon. They're asking for proof of meeting, which we sent in with the original petition... So do I bring the same evidence or do they have that already? Did USCIS/NVC "just" send them the approved I-129F or did they include the whole packet that we sent them?

I hope someone can help out!

So, I just randomly checked my USCIS today, I barely ever do as it is waaay too early to hear anything back (should be in august by the earliest judging by average times) but my status had changed today to Interview scheduled, what! I'm freaking out.

I'm worried about the evidence, we have yet to file taxes jointly since.. well tax thing just started and we haven't opened a joint bank account yet because we didn't feel to be in a rush, so basically all the "evidence" of relationship we have is our wedding pictures, and some couples pictures we've taken since we got married in June... is that enough? I've heard that you're supposed to have joint bank accounts, and taxes and bla bla but.. as I said, wasn't expecting anything til august, and we we're gonna open the bank this month, I just got my EAD in December.

Any advice, am I good to go with the pictures only, how much evidence is necessary and should we just go ahead and get joint bank account now or does it look weird since we opened it once we got the interview? How worried do I need to be?

Thanks in advance!