Lil bear

Not sure what place you read the info you mention .. possibly it is referring to using the medical for Adjustment if Status from a K1 visa .. anyway the following applies to your visa type.. From the NVC website https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-10-prepare-for-the-interview/step-12-after-the-interview.html When should I travel? You must arrive in and apply for admission to the United States no later than the visa expiration date printed on your visa. An immigrant visa is usually valid for up to six months from the date of issuance unless your medical examination expires sooner, which may make your visa valid for less than six months.

Its not so much showing that UK was temporary.. Its about demonstrating that living in the US is now going to be permanent. Your ongoing ties are helpful but you are likely to do better if you 1. Have a job lined up if possible 2. have a place of residence lined up and documents to show this .. apartment lease or even a documented arrangement with family if you are staying there initially 3. evidence of leaving uk jobs, property on the market etc 4. enrolment documents for school aged children Worst case is you get given the I 221g paper and told to send in documents when you have them that show the petitioner having relocated to the US and reestablished residency ready for the immigrants to reunite .. job, place of residence , insurance etc

Pretty much always is, don't you think !!

Scratch those advice givers off your trusted list. No matter who they are. There is a lot of solid information on the official USCIS websites. It can take quite some time to get the full information clear in your head .. so do lots of research there and come back here to ask any further questions .. US health care is very different to UK… So please make sure your SO does v good research and has s plan for providing you with good health care insurance once you are here.

Consolidate all your uk accounts into a single bank account. Close them as you go. We then used OFX to transfer into a US account … For over a reasonably small limit .. for us it was $1000 AUD.. there was no transfer fee or charge, and their exchange rate was 1-2 % higher than any other options Takes 3 days to be released into your account but as a “money market newbie” I found their customer service agents very helpful and they walked me through each step as needed .

You can enter up to the expiry date so , no , you wont have problems using it to reenter prior to that date But if you are delayed past the expiry date.. and do not have the original extension letter to show with the expired GC, then you will have difficulty boarding.

You can enter until the date it expires so, no. But you may not have the ROC extension letter before you leave the US, so the challenge is if you are delayed returning and trying to board the return flight without the original extension letter. You can download and print off a copy from your uscis account, but often the check in staff want to see the original If you are able to plan a way in which the original is securely sent to you when it comes, then you’ve got the backup plan covered

Two assessments.. 1. are you a gc holder OR 2. were you physically present in N the US for 183 days or more in the tax year A Yes to EITHER question makes you a resident for IRS tax purposes for that year. If its yes to #1 , then you are a tax resident for the period of the tax year that you held the GC

I don’t know about the Dutch end .. But the IRS taxes as income any distributors from an LPRs retirement account overseas. For this reason, we got everything out of our Australian investment accounts and retirement funds, and sold out house.. before we entered the US on our IR5 visas .. We moved everything into our aust bank account then moved it as cash to our US bank account using OFX once we were in the US. We were fortunate that we had both reached retirement age and so there was no Aus tax payable on the cashing out process. But, oh, the complexities of the IRS are deeper and darker than the USCIS

Medicare is not income or asset affected or tested. Late signing up can increase premiums if there has a long gap between employer based cover and registering with Medicare . But you can no longer contribute to HSA of you are on Medicare. What exactly does the letter say ?

Kids can easily assist by filling out the form .. but they cant “apply for” anything for someone else. Once again, careful correct use of words will help members understand this often complex process.

?? How so??

I would encourage you to think about more than just which visa gets her here faster. The faster K1 brings a whole lot of challenges due to the need to then apply for Adjustment of Status .. restrictions on work , travel, driving etc .. as well as costs of AOS and then removal of conditions in 2 yrs. The value of entering and immediately getting LPR status is great .. And as soon as she enters you will have moved past the wait .. the extra time waiting for the spouse visa becomes forgotten !!

Find out what the issue is first. Are you talking about Medicare.. over 65 .. or Medicaid ? Lots of accurate info needed here from your end before anyone can really comment your question.

Unfortunately , no. The I130 simply acknowledges that you can legally petition her for a visa.. but that will now sit at this stage until she reaches the top of the very big and slow moving pile of beneficiaries .. due to the limit on the number of these visas available annually and the backlog of applications

All that is doing is cutting you out of filling online. Head in to the SSA office

Thx. I missed reading that. None of the places i go to on the SSA site say anything about a US marriage certificate @SkyRob i would be heading into the SSA office with your documentation and getting out done. Many many people may overseas

This SSA link doesn’t say it has to be a marriage certificate from USA. Just wondering where you read that ? https://www.ssa.gov/pubs/EN-05-10513.pdf

Nope.

We filled I 407 and then travelled on ESTA for years with no problems at all

Thx for the added info. 👍

If it is F4, yes. This visa allows for derivatives .. spouses and unmarried children.

It is unlikely they will ever get a visitor visa with their overstay history and ties (you) to the US. If they do not want to immigrate then no, petitioning doesn’t make sense .. but given that you are considering petitioning for your mother, it’s the any possibility that they may want to immigrate in the future. The process for them will take 20 years until a visa is available .. filling a petition now and letting it sit for that time is sometimes chosen as a safety net that’s then ready IF they want it later. Your decision

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Its about 50/50 getting it via the checked box the DS260 Shouldn’t be that hard but it is. You’ve done the best thing.. giving it a few weeks then applying at the SSA office. A nuisance but it’s done.