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Double edged sword- cause the flowers are BEAUTIFUL!

I got an extension in the end, so I've got more time to make sure. Do you live in Cali SusieQ? The hay fever is something else!!! LOL!

I was thinking the same... Thank you!

I did actually find that one, and I thought that I possibly didn't have to - but I've been fined before in the UK because I am HOPELESS at this kind of stuff, so I wanted to be extra sure. I was just going to hire an accountant out here, but of course I didn't realize until today that I might...

Thank you. I'm basically done (I didn't earn any income in the 2 months of 2015 I was in California, so it was fairly simple), but HR block is asking for $30 to file my state return. Do you happen to have any idea if it's necessary for me to do that, or is a federal return enough? I can't find...

eeeeeeeek. Thank you! Better get on that today then...

Apologies for jumping in on this... but does this mean even though I haven't worked yet, I have to file tax this year? I got here in November... Thank you!!

Hi guys!!! How's everyone doing? We've had an amazing trip - NY, Miami, DC, Chicago, then the California Zefyr through the Rockies to Emeryville. Just spectacular, I'd highly recommend, especially in the snowy season. Now we're in LA. Hmmm. We're going to give it a year, as it's where the...

We're traveling around a bit first, but we'll be settling in California. We have a friend who we've rented a place with in LA, so he did most of the ground work. None of us have a credit rating yet, so we had to pay double the deposit, of which they'll give us half back after the first year...

Also, just thought I'd let people know, we made our move on 12th Nov, and came through without a hitch. Didn't get questioned at all. I hope everyone else has a similar experience, and good luck to those about to do it! x

Thank you!!!

Hey guys, is there a way we can track where our SSN is up to? Sorry if there's already a thread on this... How long did everyone's take? And do they send it to the address where our green card is going?

My thoughts also! But I thought it best to make sure. Thanks!

Hi lovely people, this may seem like a daft question, but someone asked me and I thought I should check. We're leaving the UK for NY on the QM2 next week- not an activation trip, we will be staying (how nostalgic, I'm super excited!!) BUT do we need a ticket out again even though we'll be...

Congrats!!!!!!!! I would've joined if I was still in Sydney! Aw it's all so exciting!

Also guys, I'm looking to really understand what being a green card holder means... i.e. Impacts on taxes, buying property in the U.S. or abroad (UK or Aus), inheritance and gift taxes etc. Has anyone got any good sites or documents that outline this sort of thing? With the excitement of it all...

For sure! I took everything that dnubbs said, plus copies. For me though, we got married AFTER my initial entry, so a lot of my 'in case they might need it' stuff was proving our relationship was legitimate and had been going on for many years before then. Proof that we'd been living together etc.

Definitely don't be unprepared!!! We were more than over prepared, I had three folders of documents with me, organized into stuff I knew they wanted, stuff they might ask for, and anything else we could think of that might come up. We were lucky and didn't need much, but if we did it again I...

Definitely don't be unprepared!!! We were more than over prepared, I had three folders of documents with me, organized into stuff I knew they wanted, stuff they might ask for, and anything else we could think of that might come up. We were lucky and didn't need much, but if we did it again I...

No nothing. Just asked how we would support ourselves, we said we had savings, and we gave them a bank statement. That was it! I'm still in shock actually as to how painless it was. I hope everyone else experiences the same!