OK...I have my medical on Thursday 19th May.

We would like to send in all the other paperwork (DS-230 Part 1 & 2 and the checklist DS-2001) - Are we allowed to send this to them BEFORE the medical examination?

We have the following link for the checklist:

http://photos.state.gov/libraries/un...sa/ds_2001.pdf
...is this all we need to send in or is the a 'ticksheet' that we need to specifically tick and send in?

Finally...on the DS-230 (http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/81807.pdf) it states 'The fee should be paid in US Dollars or local currency equivalent, or by bankers draft'. Is this the $404 that is payable on the day of the interview? OR, is there a different fee that needs to be sent along with the DS-230??

Thank you as always!!!

Yes - you can send them in as soon as you have your case number (LND2011...........).

There is no ticksheet but send the DS-230, DS-2001 and a cover letter stating when your medical is and when you're planning to travel - those dates are used to schedule your interview when the DS-230 has been processed.

When I was looking, I found mixed instructions about whether to send in Part 2 of DS-230 at this stage or whether to bring it along to the interview. In the end, I sent both parts of DS-230 at the same time but I'm also bringing along another copy to the interview on Monday.

No fee needs to be sent with the forms - you pay on the day of the interview for DCF.

Good luck,

J

Why the hell do they make it so you can't save a completed copy of your DS-230? I was hoping to have it completed today and emailed to my sister to print off for us.

Now instead we have to write it all out by hand...URGH...Makes me mad...and I don't get annoyed too often.

Calmed down now...and finally come to terms with the fact that I may have write in ink every now and then.

I am just filling it out and there is a section that states 'List below all places you have lived for at least six months since reaching the age of 16, including places in your country of nationality.
Begin with your present residence.'

Each section reads 'City or Town', 'Province', 'Country', 'From-To'.

I have lived in, a place called Urmston and also in Salford - Both of which are in Manchester.

Since it doesn't ask for a specific address, would it be acceptable to put 'Manchester' from 'Date' (16th Birthday) to 'Present'?

Thanks as always.

If you have the full Acrobat program, I think you can save it. If you have just the reader, you can fill it out online and print it, but not save the information to the form.

Rene

Yes, just fill it out to the best of your recollection.

Rene

Download Foxit pdf viewer... you can save the completed form.

Yes, the address fields are set up to resemble the US address format, so it's up to the applicant to adapt their foreign address format to the available fields. But at least they use the term 'Province' rather than 'State'!

So what is Manchester? A city? And Urmston and Salford are areas within the city of Manchester? (Like the boroughs of Manhattan (Kings), Queens, Brooklyn, Bronx, and Staten Island are boroughs of New York City?) If so, then I would say 'yes', just show Manchester. If not, then not.

Regards, JEff

I put Sale as the town and Manchester as the province.

J

Rene: I have Acrobat 8.3. Sometimes, I can save government [not just Federal Immigration] forms for editing. Other times, I "print" out a PDF copy [which is often allowed in Reader]. The Federal Courts have gone over to on-line filing [special application has to be made to opt out of it and attorneys are not allowed to do that]. When filling out an on-line fillable form, it is necessary to print it out either to a PDF or paper to be scanned -- only then can it be filed unline.

Also, people have this strange idea that handwritten "interlineations" cannot be made on printed forms. It is perfectly legal.

Also, a little trick I learned from an accountant from the pre-PC age: he would do tax returns neatly in pencil and then photocopy the final result. The photocopy would then be the hard copy for the original signature. Since then, I have used that trick to make corrections which can then be scanned. [A lot of people don't realize that a photocopier is a combination of a scanner and printer; a fax machine adds a modem to the combination.]

My practice back in the day was to use England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland as the equivalent of "State." As you note, Brooklyn would be "New York, New York."

[A tad OT -- I just re-read the Ken Follet novel Night Over Water which is a fictional account of the last Pan Am Clipper flight from Southhampton to the US as WWII started. One of the characters is an Englishman posing as an American. He states he is from "Pennsylvania" and to his horror, discovers one of the people he is talking to is actually from the US! She responds that she knows people in "Philadelphia." The Englishman is confused and then realizes that American's will say things like "San Francisco, California."]

Ok, we are just looking at what information we need to take to the interview before we hear back from them with the interview date...from what I can tell, we need the following information to take with us on the day:

• Long form Birth Certificate for both of us (USC and UKC)
• Passports for both of us
• Marriage Certificate
• Completed and signed Affidavit of Support
• Police Certificate for applicant
• Three Coloured Photographs for applicant

Please could anybody confirm if this is correct?

Thanks,

CandK

That looks right as long as neither of you have been divorced, have been in the military or have children.

The affidavit of support will need supporting documents to provide evidence of the figures you have used and if the USC is living over here then you should prepare an intent to domicile package.

Having said that, all they wanted from me was my passport, 2 photos, birth cert, police cert, marriage cert and affidavits (I used a joint sponsor).

J

We are using a joint sponsor also.

Would the joint sponsor's tax records for the past three years suffice for the proof that they meet the income requirements?

Are you saying that they didn't even ask you for your intent to domicile package?

Quick question, also...a little more personal to your situation, how long did your interview take and how did it go? What sort of questions did they ask you?

Thanks,

CandK

No they didn't ask to see any of the intent to domicile stuff, but I have read that others have had that experience when using a joint sponsor domiciled in the US.

As for proof of income requirements, according to the I-864 instructions, the tax returns should be all you need to provide as a routine but I wouldn't rely on that. The instructions also say that you can be asked to provide evidence of current income by a government official (ConOff) and I was strongly advised by people on this forum to bring along pay slips and a letter from the employer. I must say that I am glad I followed that advice as the Embassy staff did look for those and use them in my joint sponsor file. I recommend you do the same.

Timescale and questions - I arrived at 8:45 and left at 11:30. I have written an account of my interview morning, which you can read here: http://britishexpats.com/forum/showt...696908&page=26

J