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Congratulations @connectedspace! Glad to see you make it over the finish line once and for all! And big congrats to everyone else getting their GC's and good luck to everyone else coming up. I'm continuing to make progress here in LA, but I can only focus on one major life change at a time. :D...

You'll have to come to LA for meat pies - there's a few great Aussie meat pie & sausage roll shops here! :D Although it did make me terribly home sick for a little bit lol. It took me a few different brands of bread before I settled on one I liked - Wonderbread is getting me through fine. Tastes...

Wow, I can't believe it's only a month away! Best of luck to everyone applying - I hope you all win! Crazy to think only a year ago I was in the same position as y'al and found these forums a few days before the lottery announcement, now I'm living in Los Angeles.

Braved the DMV today to do my written test for the drivers license. Now I have to work up the confidence to finally do some practice and drive on the other side of the road for the driving test. :eek: Don't think it'll be very long before I'll go crazy not having a car here! But for now, my...

Holy moly, my green card arrived already! I'm back in Los Angeles and had a stack of mail waiting for me at my friends house from the bank, social security office and another priority letter and I had no idea what it was. He said it got here last week! Only three weeks since activation! I'm...

I used XE Trade and TransferWise to convert AUD to USD and send it to my Bank of America account once I opened that up here. Both sites have great rates. I also had some US currency stored in a Commonwealth Bank foreign currency accounts which I just wired over.

No need for SSN! I went to Chase initially, but they wouldn't let me do it without SSN and proof of address. BoA were much more straight forward and just went ahead and did it - then told me to come back in once I have the SSN. No dramas. Also, @SusieQQQ you are a wiz - my SSN came the day...

Thanks Susie, I will give it to the end of this week then (just a bit over 2 weeks) before going into an office in that case. :)

Greetings from New Orleans y'all! What an eclectic and beautiful city this is. I have a quick question - how long should I be waiting for my SSN to arrive at my nominated address before going into an office to make sure the application went through automatically or not?

Hi all, thought I'd check in and let you know how things are going. I've been in LA since Wednesday and tomorrow I'll be starting a month of travels down south and through the east coast. Activation went well, since we Aussies arrive at LAX at the crack of dawn there wasn't much waiting around...

Well, the time has already come and I'll be flying off to the U.S. on Wednesday! Not an activation trip, I'll be doing probably a month of travel around the country before settling. Today, as I was saying goodbye to some longtime friends, what I'm doing really sunk in and this was the first...

Don't need an SSN for the AT&T GoPhone prepaid plans because it doesn't require a credit check. I bought mine already so it's ready when I arrive next week! :eek: AT&T definitely have the best plans, boy it was a headache navigating American phone plans...

If your phone is unlocked you can just buy a sim and plan for it. No need to buy a new one.

Congrats! I can't believe the CO didn't know about cross-charging. o_O Those rejections sound intense...

Woohoo - it's about damn time! I think you've had the longest wait out of all of us in OC 2016!

Best of luck to you! Look forward to hearing how everything goes for you. I'm with you on that yearning to get over to the US and start afresh - I have a little over three weeks until I leave, and boy, is time moving slowly... I cannot wait to get there.

Thanks so much! I've got a friend in LA who I'm staying with for my first week in the US before doing some travels. :) LA is a terrific place to live, but it can be a shitty place to be a tourist because everything is so spread out and very difficult to navigate without a car. Most people who...

Make sure you are entering your case number without the extra 0's. So if your case number is 2016OC00000500, you should put enter it in as 2016OC500.

I wore black jeans and a blazer to my interview and all was good, so go for it! You'll knock 'em dead. ;)

A little over a month until I leave now and I couldn't be more excited! I'm doing a bit of travel through Austin, New Orleans, Miami, Nashville and Washington DC before settling either in LA or NYC. I haven't been to any of those cities yet so I'm looking forward to exploring my new home some...