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wow, where do we get this data from? I am applying now, so once they create a new case, how long does it take for them to read the only line asking for the SSN and then move that part to the SSN department?

So many forms! on the USCIS site they don't really explain how long it takes to get the SSN if going through AOS. My thinking is that AOS take 18 months precisely because there is a long wait/piles of docs, etc so it will take months for them to even open my envelope, let alone read the application and find the line where I ask for SSN.

Yes and yes I have an account. No luck with Preview as it would not open. Will now re fill using Acrobat.I would not throw away my Mac just because I don't understand why a pdf is locked.

I was reading about applying now and got confused. EAD? not even sure of what it is. I am just working on adjustment of status which also includes SSN but as it takes 18 months I will have to re think this!

Thanks - I tried all the possible passwords to no avail. Now using acrobat reader and it looks like the doc opens. Also found out it takes 18 months for adjustment of status. how does one open a bank account without a SSN? Strange system

I am sure it’s that document and this happens to other people too. Never happened in my older 27” Mac. I now tried downloading acrobat reader and it looks like it’s opening there.

hi! Just moved to the USA a month ago. I would suggest to keep the UK account open. An officer at Barclays told me that unless I tell them I moved, they simply cannot find out. I am using Wise but I had 3 accounts with them and it's proving complicated to move funds around as for two of them I cannot find out the sort code and account number. Ha ha. (I even called Wise and their own operator had no idea!) The number 1 reason to keep your UK account is that if anything happens, and you must return to the UK, it will be extremely difficult to open a new UK account without proof of residence. And if you want to rent they will want...a UK account. I read in many expat forums that it's best to keep it. So useful when you go back for holidays, too.

hi there! So, I arrived in the USA a month ago, got married, and now preparing documents for adjustment of status. We went to this link: Form I-485 https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/forms/i-485.pdf. I filled the form, saving it with a new name and then left my computer for one day. When I returned, the form stopped opening. All I see is a bank pdf document telling me that the doc is password protected. I tried every possible password from the USCIS account and the back end one, but nothing works. I checked the site and there isn't an option for me to fill the form online in any way now. Very frustrated as it took me hours to fill this form. I am sure I am missing something here? I would love to learn how you fixed the issue. I am using an iMac running safari if this is any help. Thanks!

Morning! I don’t know where to start this post as I can’t find a Travel area. Sorry for that. so, here I am, we arrived yesterday at Heathrow airport and stayed overnight at our hotel. At the correct time I attempted to check in with Iceland air. First leg of the trip, to Iceland, fine. Second part of the trip they won’t allow me to check in. the message the app gives is about seeking permission to enter the USA first. i went to a chat with an officer of Iceland air and she was very unhelpful, only say I can today go check in at the desk. which means I will be one of the last ones to check in, in a possibly overbooked flight, and won’t be able to order a meal either in advance. I don’t think they will ask for an ESTA visa just to travel? we are going at 10 am for check in and flight is at 12:50. wish me luck!

Not really, as twenty boxes have been cleared a week ago and delivered to my new address….

thanks, my agent is treating all as 'relocation;' in the pro forma invoice. The limitation was because I chose for that shipment a low insurance. For my last 2 boxes I used a $1.200 insurance and found no limits.

the labels were supplied by Sherpr. They decided to change one big order into two. So the numbering restarts from 1. The 20 boxes that are in clearance are in Laramie which is my boyfriend's town. I have the tracking number only tells me what I just said and nothing else.

Morning! we are leaving on the 13th June and I have two burning questions. one, I am flying to the USA through Iceland. So that huge package with the visa stuff is to be given at Heathrow, or in Iceland when I am flying to the USA? second question, I had 40 boxes of my own belongings sent through Sherpr who then uses Fed ex. Due to lack of space in the van, when collecting boxes, they collected 20 one day and 20 the day after. the first twenty boxes are delivered, but the second lot arrived and got stuck at the final city of my boyfriend, and all we know after hundreds of calls, emails etc is that they are delayed, stuck at clearance, but we don’t know why. when I tried to call Fed ex at their number it days I don’t have permission to access that number. I am not registered with them. mh delivery people, Sherpr, have been unable to find out why the goods are not moving. i think it’s because the master box which has the complete list of all 40 boxes has been delivered the day before. So now they are looking for the master box of the other 20 but of course it doesn’t exist. i resent the list just for the second lot, to my delivery people and to Fed ex, and I heard nothing is there any way of going to the Laramie Wyoming depot which is in a secret location and just tell them what is going on? It’s easier to get on a call with the Prince! getting frustrated ….. thanks

I stopped using Safari and Chrome. As soon as I used Opera, (a new browser) everything worked!

Thank you! I am following the provided form and each item must be described in detail.

Thank you. I took all my lenses out and they will be in my hold luggage. Repacked my older full frame camera inside a strong plastic box you could sit on without breaking it. I only have costume jewellery and nothing of worth, they will see I am all about fashion, sewing and art. Hopefully it will all arrive in one piece!

Wow this is totally different from what I read and I was told from everyone. in my understanding, as a holder of the K1 visa I can bring even my entire house. I am only sending personal documents, clothes and photography equipment and all of it is years old. The company I am using, is using Fed EX to then deliver locally to my fiancée home, a week before my arrival. We are not told to go anywhere to collect and to show anything as all the forms are done online. I have receipts for my camera equipment. The rest is worth nothing for anyone else but myself. I dearly hope I won’t end up paying customs on ten year old cameras…

I am now thinking that the limit has been set because I set a low limit for the insurance up to £250 of value, as I didn’t want to spend £££ on insurance

Hi there, I don't know which forum is correct for my question, so pleas Admin be kind with me. I have all sorted, tickets, VISA etc and now dealing with a company that will send via airplane a few boxes of my personal belongings. I have many questions but one is this, I am listing now box number 6 and I get this message 'Please ensure that your items do not exceed £850.00' This happened after listing two camera lenses and valuing them £200. So now I am blocked and every time I send a question to my sending agents it takes 30 minutes or more to get a reply so I am wasting so much time. Also, many items are not coming up in the dropdown list. Say, bike seat/saddle. Not there. Bike lights. Nothing. Contact lens liquid - not there. And the agent confirmed that I can send up to 100ml of liquid (after checking with managers) but then another lady at the same office said, that all liquids are prohibited. I mean, what am I supposed to do? It's 12$ for a bottle of contact lens cleaner at Walmart while I get 3 for a fiver here...so I was trying to bring 1000 ml spread over 40 boxes. Such a waste of time...any suggestions? They don't have things like random art materials, wire for craft, nothing.

Hi! I just got my VISA 2 weeks ago, bought my tickets and chose a courier to go via air, which turned out to be half of the price of shipping with Sevenseas Worldwide. I phoned many companies, got lots of quotes, checked every Trust Pilot review and came out with two companies I thought were the best and cheapest. I then told one company that the other was offering a cheaper price and they reduce theirs. I am now all paid and ready to upload the dreadful custom form - the codes are NOT requested. There is a drop down menu where you start writing name of items and something appears and you just click on 'book' or' shoes' etc and click on the number and value. I am using SHERPR.com and so far really happy, but the custom form is tough and unclear (as for everyone) from my notes: Trust Pilot reviews: Great, except when FEDEX works with them and makes a mess. (Not often) https://www.trustpilot.com/review/www.sherpr.com?page=2 Transport method: Standard service - Estimated transit time: 4-7 working days Quote 20 boxes, dimensions 53cm x 53cm x 31cm (max weight: 20kgs/box) £2,045 - $2555 Price per box: 102.28 revised to £98,15 per box all included after competition with Deliver 1. Other details: insurance included up to $100 (20% deductible), but boxes NOT included. Also, the poster of this thread has done a magnificent job to describe the process. BUT be careful not to order boxes from Amazon from the company suggested here as I did (trusting the poster and reviews) and they are SUPER flimsy, and one broke the handle immediately, so I reported them for scam and got a full refund. I then went local and bought double wall proper sturdy boxes from a place I can trust.

yes the visa arrived after a week! Now fighting with the custom forms in the removal company site!

Thank you very much!

So true, my boyfriend says it’s only a silly admin term. In the instructions they never say to bring the documents of your fiancée. Yey say, if YOU have been divorced or widow, being the documents. It never stated anywhere in the entire website, if your fiancée has been…then bring his documents. He sent his papers in March and they have not arrived here yet, so he sent them again with a 93 dollar cost for immediate delivery and that’s what we provided…..

Thank you! Yes, the status is ‘send documents’. But in their site it days it takes two to five days to make that decision…gosh I am so freaking out it’s unbelievable, I can’t exchange contracts for my property, send my belongings or book tickets as we are having to this decision! Wha ha ha , not funny at all 😂😎😏

Hello there, so we had our embassy interview on March 13th and the officer said she has no concern regarding the relationship, but I needed to provide a divorce certificate and a death certificate on behalf of my fiancée. They also asked for the original, and not a certified copy, of those documents. So we were approved pending the receiving of the docs, but on paper it says refused. so I diligently got all those documents, took me over two months, and the courier finally delivered them in a week, and not in a day, and I know they were at the embassy on Wednesday. The divorce decree is actually a certified copy, made by the court as they do not rss originals. The rest is original. anyway this morning I check my status online, which was previously as ‘send documents’ and ‘refused’. now I saw that it was updated yesterday, still refused, and it indicates the documents have been received. i am freaking out. Surely after receiving the documents they should just get on and approve this? and I cannot contact anyone to ask questions, all I get is generic copy and paste type replies after a week, totally useless. how and when will I know what’s going on? thanks!