Recent content by neena59

I use the US credit card to buy groceries, petrol etc., and then pay it off at the end of every month...just to improve my credit rating. But if you make sure you pay your bills on time this will ensure you have good credit over time. If you don't really need to get a credit card you should...

Keep the x-rays in your luggage when you travel to the US. It isn't usually needed, but you are advised to have it with you just in case the immigration officer requests it.

Oh, I should check my credit history! I have only had the new AMEX for about a month and I got my internet put on a couple of months ago. So I guess the AMEX is a good starting point for your credit history...that is cool, thanks!

Even though credit card companies like Mastercard and Visa are all over the world, your credit history does not travel with you (or your driving history or any other history built up over your entire life). The AMEX Global Transfer is a great way of getting a credit card, but you have to start...

I think rather than being blinded by what you want in life, it is vital to know exactly what you want and be as realistic as you can about your chances of getting it. I knew that I wanted to get out of the city and live in a small town in Vermont, and I knew that my chances of getting a job in...

I haven't checked this site since I immigrated almost 7 weeks ago and I am going through exactly the same thing as Lorelei was...I thought I would be able to get a job easily and the current economic climate has made it more difficult than I could have imagined when I left Australia. Thank you...

I don't want to disagree with everyone that this person may have inadvertently lied on his application...but my husband & I did exactly the same thing! We had been together for 9 years when we applied, and we honestly believed we had to put 'Married' in our online application - which we did...

If your wife is going to change her last name she should have all her paperwork in her married name. All documents (KCC paperwork, passports etc) should have the same name on them. I also got married in US after 1st NL and it only took a few weeks (here in Australia) to get my name changed...

The address you provide is where your Green Card will be sent once you enter the US, so as long as you trust the person living at that address to tell you your card has arrived, you can live anywhere you like. The month your number becomes current is when you are called for an interview.

As I just said in my last post, it would be ok to have different last names, as long as you can prove you are legally married. I had to make sure everything was in my married name because that is the name I put on the forms sent to KCC.

I would say it would be ok. As I said though, just check with your local authorities that wherever you decide to get married is accepted as legal in your home country. I only changed my name because of personal reasons...was never planning on it but loved my husbands family so much and his...

4 - 6 weeks before your interview, but it can be as close as 2 weeks beforehand.

Thanks for the quick reply! Fastest response ever :) One more question...do they transfer the balance of your oversees account to the new one, or do you start with a fresh card?

The paperwork has to come back to you so you can take it to your interview. It is a good idea for your sponsor to include recent pay slips or any backup evidence of information written on the form.

Where is here? We are from Australia but got married in Las Vegas, it was a planned thing as we wanted a Star Trek wedding...not because we wanted to get the visa. The only issue we had was changing my name to my married name back in Australia. I had to change my name with the department...