katnreno

Hello Everyone: My wife is doing fantastic here in America. We celebrated our one year wedding anniversary this past Saturday, she has a new job that she loves, she obtained her driver license and has a car, we are currently looking at homes and just started trying for a baby. My question is; Do we/I need to file anything in the state (Wisconsin) we live in so that they are aware of our marriage?

Fanatastic!!!!!!! Now go enjoy each other for life!!!1

Congrats on your Pink!!!!!!

My wife finally arrived into America last week but our address has changed. Who do we need to contact with the address change. The old address is still my moms current address. When we went to the social security building to apply for the social security card, we supplied them with the new home address. The new address was not given at the POA when she entered America. Thank you in advance.

Just an update: My wife began her journey to America yesterday after spending some time saying goodbye to her family in Moscow and applying for all of the transit visa's. She boarded a train yesterday from Moscow to Amersterdam, the train is currently going through Poland. Then she will take a train from Amersterdam to Brussels, Belgium. Next she will take a train from Brussels to London and finally a train to South Hampton in the UK. From there she will take a transatlantic cruise ship (Cunards, Queen Mary 2) from South Hampton to New York (6 day cruise) where I will be waiting for her. She is expected to arrive into New York on October 2nd. As you can tell, she doesn't fly.

Major congrats guys, enjoy your new lives together uninterrupted.

Congrats, I am so happy to read everything went smooth for you guys.

Hi, I just read the post and let me share my experiences in Beijing with getting the police certificate. I am a Russian citizen and I lived here for 4 years, I went to the local police station, and they said I needed to go to every police station within Beijing for every address I ever stayed at. I said its ridiculous, and went to the foreigner visa section of the Entry and Exit Bureau. They gave me the address of the place that is the affiliate of the Entry and Exit Bureau and deals with the police certs. I went there, presented my passports (current and old), and in 2 weeks time I received a police certificate stating I have no criminal record in Beijing. I didn't have to present any employer letters or local police station letters. I hope this was helpful. Good luck

Cool. Thanks dnoblett.

She already has one of those lined up. I just remember reading something on this site or another site about certain POE's having advantages over other POE's. Where as an immigrant coming through a particular POE could 'check' a certain box on a form or fill out a certain form that would fast-track some aspects of the SS# or green card or work permit. My memory is fuzzy about the details because at that time we were no where near this point. My memory is fuzzy but I remember it talking about an added advantage of entering through NY POE of NJ POE. I guess I will search some more to see if I can find the original thread with that info. Thanks Randy.

My wife will be arriving into America by ocean cruise, so her Port Authority will be the Brooklyn, NY port. Are there any suggestions for things she can due at the POE to make things quicker or easier down the road? i.e.: a form that can be filled out at the POE that will expedite the green card, work permit or issuance of social security number.

When is a resident alien number issued? Is it when the green card is issued?

Is there a link to a picture of what the visa should look like? My wife is wondering because she just picked up her visa and she was wondering about two things: 1) The visa itself has her passport number correct but at the bottom of the visa amongst all of the digits, its missing two of her passport digits. 2)Her case number now has 2 additional digits.

My wife just picked up her visa today from the post office, the visa was actually ready and at the post office on day 2. She also booked her cruise from England to New York last night. It's a 6 day cruise across the Atlantic on Cunard Queen Mary 2. So a one day train ride from Guangzhou to Beijing to finish closing out our apartment. Then a 6 day train ride to Moscow to say goodbye to the relatives, then a 3 day train ride to Paris and a hover boat over to England, then a train ride to South Hampton, next a 6 day boat ride to New York, and last but not least, I will pick her up in New York and we will drive 14 hours to Milwaukee. I bet you can't repeat that one without looking

Thank you everyone for your 'congrats' and thank you a million times more for your help and support. My wife had a few photos printed in the area when she arrived, but I don't know the exact location. Out of everything she took, the only items they requested were the photos, I-864 and IRS tax returns. The EOR letter and everything else never saw the light of day.