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I just got back from the US last week, and yes the Dollar is killing me at the moment. Everything that looks "cheap" ends up being a lot more when you factor in tax + tip + 30% in the Aud Dollar. I think Ill be keeping ym house here in Aus and waiting of the AUD $ to get stronger before moving...

Hi all I have a quick enquiry regarding this fee and issue of Green Card We paid our fees on the 21st March and we entered the US on the 26th March. I am optimised since the time i paid for it on the 21st and my wife is accepted since the day we paid and hasn't changed at all We entered over 3...

Its a good feeling when they arrive in the mail!!! Congrats

Totally agree, didn't want to mention the no State tax as I couldn't remember exactly what was tax free. Like I said this would be my first choice if it wasn't for my work!

I also had to pee in a cup. I can't remember why, but it was a simple thing to do! plus i am used to it as I have to do a medical seems like every 3 months for my work.

It's not that I hated New York. It was more that we were only there for one day and tried to cram everything in. It's a beautiful city and everything. But I can't imagine living without a car and using the metro all the time. Probably didn't help that I dragged my pregnant wife around New York...

@martinskypemartin I guess I haven't seen much more than Florida and New York City. So I can be pretty bias here and say Florida is amazing not knowing the rest of the country very well. My thoughts on Florida is this. We went there in March and it was still warm. Around the 80F mark. I...

I have been reading up on this subject a bit too. There is no issue having two or more passports in the U.S. The only thing is that the U.S. does not officially recognise dual citizens. So you are just treated as an american citizen in the US. Your other citizenship doesn't hold any weight in...

Well today is our last day in the U.S. We are about to head back to Perth to start our journey of packing everything up and selling up. Getting ready to leave in December. We managed to get bank accounts sorted not an issue. SSN was another issue. We ended up having to go back in a second...

Just a little update. We opened our bank accounts the other day without an issue. We then went to open secured credit cards however after a bit of discussion with the bank lender and our situation we waited on them Until we got our SSN. Once we have that we will send the number to her and she...

Congrats deb This is pretty much our experience too. So easy. Anti climatic Yeah. But in the end doesn't matter. Approved and in the country.

I think we will go and get these secured cards and buy $10 a month. I guess every little bit helps. Just for anyone else thats looking at doing the same thing. The bank accounts we looked at require we have a minimum of $1500USD in the account each month to defer the $12 monthly account fee. So...

@Britsimon I will definitely be getting the secure cards and starting a credit history for both myself and the wife. But do you think we need to get them now considering we are making the move over in December anyways? The bank lender told us that the SSN isn't an issue at all, they jus add it...

@EmilyW I was looking at HSBC aswell, at least for my company accounts as I still need to do business in Australia as well so I will definitely look into it. We went into a Bank of America branch this morning to get some information and look at opening bank accounts and getting a secured credit...

Thats a little disappointing, not to worry, We will go back in on the 4th April and actually see if it was processed when we entered the US. Thanks for the information regarding the banks. I will be looking at either Bank of America, Chase, Wells Fargo as I want a nation wide bank plus the...

Guys and gals. Thanks for the info. It's always good to see different opinions. However. I'm still at a loss to what I should actually do. We don't know anyone in the USA. So the address we have down for our green card delivery is an agent in New York. We are currently in Florida. For another...

Thanks for the info We did go into the SSA yesterday. What a lovely place that is. We unfortunately couldn't do much at all. We asked if our SSN had been processed when we entered the U.S. They told us that he couldn't find out on the system until 21 days after our visa was issued. Which was...

Funny you say regarding the accent as I was in a Denny's diner in Miami the other day and the guy though I was from New York from my accent. When I told him I was Australian he couldn't believe it. I do have no idea what bank to go with at this moment. And honestly I don't really care too much...

@martinskypemartin Thanks for the information. We are over here for two weeks so we were hoping to get SSN and maybe a bank account sorted. Bank account and getting a credit history would be great. But maybe not as easy as first thought. We may have hit a hurdle in getting our SSN as we only...

After being selected last year may 2014 we had to wait 8 months to January this year for us to get our 2nl. Then another 2 months until March for the interview. We had a low cn @ 1xx but we did our ds-260 a little late (August). Be prepared to wait. But try not to think about it. I know it's...