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No, I was a bit slow getting my wifes documents together so mine is still a few weeks away. I have the medical next week though
 
Thanks. I did the ds-260 pretty quickly, can't remember the month but it was probably around September. I got the letter to submit more documents to them in November and an interview request in Jan (for early march).

Has anyone done the medical here? What can I expect? Do they do blood tests and the full monty of tests or just an xray and some prodding?
 
Bob22 said:
Just thinking ahead - is it possible to open a US bank account outside of the US? I'm guessing not.
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No. I did a quick trip early last year for the sole purpose of opening a US bank account. Do your research beforehand though, as each state has different legal requirements as to what is required to open a US bank account for non-citizens. I took WAY more than I needed, and it took about 90 minutes all up.

I did it in Oregon by the way, with US Bank.
 
DougNNNN said:
No. I did a quick trip early last year for the sole purpose of opening a US bank account. Do your research beforehand though, as each state has different legal requirements as to what is required to open a US bank account for non-citizens. I took WAY more than I needed, and it took about 90 minutes all up.

I did it in Oregon by the way, with US Bank.
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I’m going to do a similar trip I June hopefully after I get my green card.
 
DougNNNN said:
No. I did a quick trip early last year for the sole purpose of opening a US bank account. Do your research beforehand though, as each state has different legal requirements as to what is required to open a US bank account for non-citizens. I took WAY more than I needed, and it took about 90 minutes all up.

I did it in Oregon by the way, with US Bank.
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Requirements for opening accounts vary by bank. So one bank may say they cannot open an account, and another will.
 
Britsimon said:
Requirements for opening accounts vary by bank. So one bank may say they cannot open an account, and another will.
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Yup. As an example, Bank of America will open with just a passport, whereas Chase will insist on proof of US address.

I don’t really see the need to open an account before you move over though? If you’re making an activation trip may as well open an account I guess, but no need to make a trip just to do so?
By the way I think there is a provider (was it capital one?) where you can open an account online, but I’m not sure what kind of ID etc they require.
 
SusieQQQ said:
Yup. As an example, Bank of America will open with just a passport, whereas Chase will insist on proof of US address.

I don’t really see the need to open an account before you move over though? If you’re making an activation trip may as well open an account I guess, but no need to make a trip just to do so?
By the way I think there is a provider (was it capital one?) where you can open an account online, but I’m not sure what kind of ID etc they require.
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They are all starting to ask for proof of address now - Bank of America requested it last year, the man in the bank told me it was a new requirement for them and he even went to confirm with the branch manager if there was anything they could do
 
Aidyn said:
They are all starting to ask for proof of address now - Bank of America requested it last year, the man in the bank told me it was a new requirement for them and he even went to confirm with the branch manager if there was anything they could do
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Well it makes more sense in terms of anti money laundering legislation etc.
Again, it seems to me somewhat pointless to have a bank account without living there anyway, so... ‍<shrug>
 
SusieQQQ said:
Well it makes more sense in terms of anti money laundering legislation etc.
Again, it seems to me somewhat pointless to have a bank account without living there anyway, so... ‍<shrug>
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Given that I travel to the US about every 3 months or so I was hoping to set up the account so that I could avoid all the charges my bank hits me when withdrawing money overseas plus to pay for all the things I have set up with my boyfriend who lives there. Not a huge deal that I couldnt do it, would just have made things a little easier is all
 
Yeah that's fine. I had a heck of a time setting up a UK bank account in the UK a few years back also. And that was with a job and an address. Am prepared for battle with the banks once again.
 
Aidyn said:
Given that I travel to the US about every 3 months or so I was hoping to set up the account so that I could avoid all the charges my bank hits me when withdrawing money overseas plus to pay for all the things I have set up with my boyfriend who lives there. Not a huge deal that I couldnt do it, would just have made things a little easier is all
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Ok that’s not exactly the usual DV winner profile ;)
 
Bob22 said:
Yeah that's fine. I had a heck of a time setting up a UK bank account in the UK a few years back also. And that was with a job and an address. Am prepared for battle with the banks once again.
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Really? I had an account as a part time student there (as in, living outside the UK and only visiting the UK for residential sessions) a few years back and it wasn’t an issue at all to set it up. Weird how people have such different experiences!!
 
Does anyone know if there’s a restriction on what type of jobs we are allowed to apply for? I read that we aren’t allowed to take US government job positions which is what I’ve had for the last 23yrs. My plan was to get a job on the railways, preferably with Amtrak but not sure if that is feasible now?!
 
robbo1 said:
Does anyone know if there’s a restriction on what type of jobs we are allowed to apply for? I read that we aren’t allowed to take US government job positions which is what I’ve had for the last 23yrs. My plan was to get a job on the railways, preferably with Amtrak but not sure if that is feasible now?!
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Wow I didn’t know that was a thing. I guess government jobs would be it surely.
 
It would be good to know to what extent this restriction reaches... definitely limits job prospects for quite a few of this is the case :confused:
 
robbo1 said:
Does anyone know if there’s a restriction on what type of jobs we are allowed to apply for? I read that we aren’t allowed to take US government job positions which is what I’ve had for the last 23yrs. My plan was to get a job on the railways, preferably with Amtrak but not sure if that is feasible now?!
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You can take any job other than those which specify US citizens only. These will generally be related to security clearances. Some - but definitely not all - government (and government contractor) jobs will be off limits. For example, I know some jobs at federal reserve bank branches are open to green card holders but others are only open to citizens,
I can’t imagine why a green card holder wouldn’t be able to work at Amtrak, but I’ve never checked.
 
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