Sammy.NZ

This was all helpful! Thank you everyone

Hi - it's amazing how quickly time passes and how easily we forget. This place was my lifeline for over a year, and now I feel like I have to relearn everything. We got a temporary green card for my husband due to the fact we were shy of two years married when we moved to the U.S. & Come June 2024, my husband's green card will expire, so I am starting to look into the Adjustment of Status process. I feel like I'm on ground 0 again. Can someone point me in the direction of a thread outlining the process (yes, I've tried to search but not seeing anything I'm looking for). If someone could point me in the right direction of where to start, what's needed, timelines, etc. Cheers

Yes! He did. It ended up being about 4 months from when he entered the country though! Took bloody ages but it eventually came.

I haven't read this entire thread so I apologize if this has already been suggested! I submitted a letter where I literally explained to NVC that NZ Police will not issue these vetting results to the individual. Within the letter I imbedded a screenshot of the confirmation email from NZ police and went as far to highlight the specific sentence where they advise you to upload the confirmation email in lieu of the police certificate. It felt a bit silly to have to explain how it works to them and to be making it so obvious but mine got accepted with no issues. When we were going through this I remember others who got another confirmation email from Auckland Consulate stating they had received the vetting results and they seemed to have luck with that. Maybe try contacting Auckland Consulate for advice? Cheers

Hey all! My husband has been in the States since mid June & just feeling blindsided about a biometrics appointment request he received. He has been anxiously awaiting his green card in the mail (he received a notification 15 days ago that it was being produced) and he was surprised by how long it was taking… he just logged back in to find that he had a notice of request for a biometric appointment that they scheduled him in for Sept 7th. I’m just confused if this is normal , I thought I was well versed in this process and we had already ticked every box and finished everything… they already approved his visa. They did a criminal background check back in New Zealand and took his fingerprints at the consulate when he was interviewed… just wanting to know if this is a normal step for everyone as I was not expecting him to have to do another appointment or finger print scan in the U.S. ?