SnowyDays

I would not trust Fedex as an expert about the CBP residency status. Sorry that I do not have exact answers to your other questions, but I will say from past experience that shipping boxes directly from overseas (ie with post service) and simply labeling them as "household goods" was sufficient to avoid and tariff problems. Depends how much stuff you want to move though - remember a lot of it you may be better off simply selling and buying new

Individual, bought directly. So I cannot "add" spouse to my work policy like many people here suggest (unless I cancel my policy and buy one through my business - which I hope not to do)

I-797C, NOA - white no watermark. (The online one does not have headers, but physical paper does)

For reference for anyone in the future, the paper I797 did also eventually arrive with the headings as described

May be a case where we have to. We have an application in with BCBS, so we will see whether they come back and cancel it or things go forward. I was flabbergasted when the agent looped back again to a qualifying event and "immigration status" - this was the third person we'd been transferred to because the first two levels did not know how to provide a policy without using the Exchange/OCare process (Note - this is calling directly to BCBS, and specifically stating that we want a policy without dealing with the Exchange/OCare). The third level agent linked us directly to the Exchange immigration status list (which we already knew - but nice of them to link to it) and said they were not sure if we'd be required to provide that or not.

Problem is that every one we speak to at insurance companies keeps using HealthCare.gov (O Care if you prefer) rules to say we cannot. Specifically they want proof of visa because in 14 states in lawsuit the AOS (ie using 797 NOA as evidence of process) is no longer eligible. Which is insane to me - as we have said a few times "we just want to buy insurance" without the exchange. It is the same as a "special enrollment period" - even though this is not a problem for us, why should we need to provide that for non-exchange health insurance ?? It feels as if the Health Insurance industry has forgotten somehow about non exchange insurance? I thought for sure that BCBS would be big enough to know what is going on, but they redirect us back to the exchange's rules about immigration status.

And for reference in case it helps someone else - here is the Healthcare.gov link about "confirm your immigration status" https://www.healthcare.gov/help/how-do-i-resolve-an-inconsistency/#immigration

I've seen a few comments about this here, but no concrete results. So I wanted to start a thread and discuss our experience - and see if anyone has any feedback/suggestions/similar experience. My spouse and I live in one of the 14 states listed in the DACA lawsuit (though we are in no way connected to DACA). The way Healthcare.gov is treating that,it appears we are not eligible for insurance through the exchange period (the subsidy is not a factor for us - we simply want to buy and pay for health insurance). (We are in AOS from a B2). We have spent several hours on the phone with two different insurance companies (a BCBS regional member, and a separate more regional insurance company). In both cases they seem to be confused about the lawsuit and visa situation - they want a special enrollment period (which we do qualify for based on marriage) and proof of her visa (which as AOS from a B2... is messy). Any the other 36 states this would not be a problem - the 797 is fine documentation. But in the 14, it seems there is lots of confusion about whether we can even buy a policy at all?? Based on other comments here, I am pretty certain the same situation/problem would apply to a K1 AOS process at least before marriage? If it comes down to it, I own a small business (solely owned and operated, no other employees) and can likely go about setting up a small business plan for myself (I currently have insurance personally instead of through the business) and adding her as spouse. But I'd rather prefer to avoid that if possible - cost and complication Any thoughts from anyone in similar situation?

Remember that if you file MFJ she will need to report your father's income too. That includes interest, etc that he might earn overseas

Thank you - that was what I was guessing. Good to be confirmation! I am actually surprised I could not find a similar question to this from someone else before!

Good morning I have been reading the forums and searching, but do not see any comment on this. We submitted a I130 online for AOS from a B2 (the situation changed - no intention to immigrate on time of arrival for visit on B2). As it is online, we can immediately access a PDF of the receipt notice. I have previously dealt with the USCIS for some work based visas for coworkers, so I am roughly familiar with the process. It has been a few years though, but the receipt notice is nearly identical to what I remember on 797 notices in the past. The only difference I see (besides minor changes in formatting) is that it does not actually say 797 on the top of the page? I have seen a lot of posts on here where people are missing their 797, but could not find anything discussing whether the online receipt notice is considered equivalent (even without the 797 header) For example, the attached image is from the PDF receipt notice (personal information removed). There is no 797 or USCIS header above this information like there is on the old paper 797s I've worked with in past Any ideas? Thank you