Wheels just keep on turnin'
FINALLY some GOOD NEWS!!!!!!
For a couple of weeks now we have feared that the job I have is not good enough to sponsor Daniel for his Green Card. The first letter Daniel took into Immigration from my Employer he was told was useless. "This means nothing" she said!!!! We freaked out. We thought that I would have to quit my job and get a nine-to-five (which would have taken me a LOT longer). So, we held our breath, Daniel had an appointment to go to at Immigration and take with him a REVISED letter from my Employer, a copy of my payslip and an Affidavit of my Financial Support of him. We only PRAYED that he would not be told the same thing again. We prayed and hoped but had absolutely NO idea if it would good enough!!!!
So, yesterday, 8am Australian Eastern Standard time, Daniel walked into the US Consulate for his interview. He waited, he went from line to line, being told to get into another line (go to this line and pay your $500 fee... then, go to that line and show them your receipt... then, wait over there for your interview). Finally, at 9:40, he was standing infront of the man who would decide his fate.... The one man who, if having a bad morning, could say "This is not good enough for your Visa. Your wife needs a guaranteed income, a salary with a signed contract of Employment".
What Daniel heard was, "well, this all looks fine. Everything seems in order. I just need her to file a tax return for last year, in America, and for you to get health insurance. Send me those two documents and I'll send your visa right out to you"......
Hear that?? "I'LL SEND YOUR VISA RIGHT OUT TO YOU"!!!!!!!!!!!!! He has been approved. APPROVED!!!!!!!! Well, tentatively, I know. But, approved, none-the-less.
So, I file a tax return tomorrow (which technically I am exempt from paying... as in paying taxes, because I filed in Australia and did not work in this Country at all) which should only cost me between $50-100. TOTALLY doable. Then we are only one step away!!!!!!
It is, however, the hardest step. I do not have health insurance through my job. I am not quitting and hunting for a job in which I COULD have insurance. That could take me half a year or MORE to find such employment. So, we are looking at paying. Health insurance is not like in Australia. It's not $150 a month for the two of us.... it's $917.47 a month for the two of us. So far that is the cheapest quote I can find. If it were just Daniel being covered, I could get him insurance for $360 a month, but he can't apply for that until he is here and has a social security number... and he needs the insurance to get here. So, in reality, that isn't an option. We can get both and then I can just sign off it after he gets here... Or, we can get both and once he gets a job here we can just discontinue because he'll get insurance through his work. Technically we just need him to have insurance when he enters (we figure we don't need to keep it), but that still means forking out a Grand.... in US dollars. There is no WAY we have that kind of money. Sucks so hard. So, it's back to the brainstorming. We have to find a way. I need to spend more time finding quotes (they really have been extortionate, though) and trying to find a workable option.
Please, all of you, keep us in your prayers. Pray that we find a cheap health care option, or that a wealthy benefactor, ala Great Expectations, just magically decides to help me get health insurance. We are so close. Please say a prayer for us.
Thank you for all your loving messages and thoughts.
We both love you all (and I miss you all terribly!!!)
Keep well.
Love always, Taliesen.
p.s. This is actually really great news, I didn't mean to end on a downer.... I celebrated last night (Ice cream sundae)... It really is YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.p.s Also, yesterday was a great Sunday. I found a church. The priest is SUCH a cool dude. He wears a lapel mike and after he reads the bible passage, he comes down into the isle among the congregation to give his Homely!!!! He was really cool. Told jokes and has a very modern, yet spiritual, view of the Church and religion. Also, there is a choir every Sunday mass. It was Awesome!!!!!
p.p.ps. I am really happy here, guys. Really happy. Daniel and I are going to have an amazing life here. This city is fantastic. I can't wait for you all to see us here!!! Start planning your trips!
Love you!!!!!
bye.
For a couple of weeks now we have feared that the job I have is not good enough to sponsor Daniel for his Green Card. The first letter Daniel took into Immigration from my Employer he was told was useless. "This means nothing" she said!!!! We freaked out. We thought that I would have to quit my job and get a nine-to-five (which would have taken me a LOT longer). So, we held our breath, Daniel had an appointment to go to at Immigration and take with him a REVISED letter from my Employer, a copy of my payslip and an Affidavit of my Financial Support of him. We only PRAYED that he would not be told the same thing again. We prayed and hoped but had absolutely NO idea if it would good enough!!!!
So, yesterday, 8am Australian Eastern Standard time, Daniel walked into the US Consulate for his interview. He waited, he went from line to line, being told to get into another line (go to this line and pay your $500 fee... then, go to that line and show them your receipt... then, wait over there for your interview). Finally, at 9:40, he was standing infront of the man who would decide his fate.... The one man who, if having a bad morning, could say "This is not good enough for your Visa. Your wife needs a guaranteed income, a salary with a signed contract of Employment".
What Daniel heard was, "well, this all looks fine. Everything seems in order. I just need her to file a tax return for last year, in America, and for you to get health insurance. Send me those two documents and I'll send your visa right out to you"......
Hear that?? "I'LL SEND YOUR VISA RIGHT OUT TO YOU"!!!!!!!!!!!!! He has been approved. APPROVED!!!!!!!! Well, tentatively, I know. But, approved, none-the-less.
So, I file a tax return tomorrow (which technically I am exempt from paying... as in paying taxes, because I filed in Australia and did not work in this Country at all) which should only cost me between $50-100. TOTALLY doable. Then we are only one step away!!!!!!
It is, however, the hardest step. I do not have health insurance through my job. I am not quitting and hunting for a job in which I COULD have insurance. That could take me half a year or MORE to find such employment. So, we are looking at paying. Health insurance is not like in Australia. It's not $150 a month for the two of us.... it's $917.47 a month for the two of us. So far that is the cheapest quote I can find. If it were just Daniel being covered, I could get him insurance for $360 a month, but he can't apply for that until he is here and has a social security number... and he needs the insurance to get here. So, in reality, that isn't an option. We can get both and then I can just sign off it after he gets here... Or, we can get both and once he gets a job here we can just discontinue because he'll get insurance through his work. Technically we just need him to have insurance when he enters (we figure we don't need to keep it), but that still means forking out a Grand.... in US dollars. There is no WAY we have that kind of money. Sucks so hard. So, it's back to the brainstorming. We have to find a way. I need to spend more time finding quotes (they really have been extortionate, though) and trying to find a workable option.
Please, all of you, keep us in your prayers. Pray that we find a cheap health care option, or that a wealthy benefactor, ala Great Expectations, just magically decides to help me get health insurance. We are so close. Please say a prayer for us.
Thank you for all your loving messages and thoughts.
We both love you all (and I miss you all terribly!!!)
Keep well.
Love always, Taliesen.
p.s. This is actually really great news, I didn't mean to end on a downer.... I celebrated last night (Ice cream sundae)... It really is YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
p.p.s Also, yesterday was a great Sunday. I found a church. The priest is SUCH a cool dude. He wears a lapel mike and after he reads the bible passage, he comes down into the isle among the congregation to give his Homely!!!! He was really cool. Told jokes and has a very modern, yet spiritual, view of the Church and religion. Also, there is a choir every Sunday mass. It was Awesome!!!!!
p.p.ps. I am really happy here, guys. Really happy. Daniel and I are going to have an amazing life here. This city is fantastic. I can't wait for you all to see us here!!! Start planning your trips!
Love you!!!!!
bye.
posted by Taliesen K. Farmer | 5/22/2006 12:15:00 PM
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