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QUOTE (MARM @ Apr 11 2009, 12:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (blue123 @ Apr 11 2009, 09:53 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

oh yessss!!! Chicken Bhuna my favourite we don't have any Indian food where I live and i miss it.

Hey blue123, try this recipe: Bhuna Chicken
The only difference that I do is: add more chili powder and also, I buy Shan Masala Varieties to add more delicious flavor.

Thanks MARM

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-04-11 21:43:00

QUOTE (MARM @ Apr 11 2009, 03:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (Stinky Monkey @ Apr 11 2009, 03:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

hey Marm dont suppose you have a good recipe for Bhuna??

I guess it is called "bhuna" in Hindi...that is why I had to look it up to make sure it is what I thought it was...in Pakistan it depends on whether it is made with chicken or goat/lamb, and we appropriately call it bhuna huwa chicken or bhuna huwa gosht...
But you need to specify, StinkyMonkey:
Do you mean the one with lamb/goat or chicken?
We Pakistanis tend to cook it a bit spicier than the Indian variety, but I would be excited to share recipes if you would like!

ETA: There is a vegetarian variety too (made with assorted veggies)...post which one you are interested in!

oh yessss!!! Chicken Bhuna my favourite we don't have any Indian food where I live and i miss it.

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-04-11 09:53:00

QUOTE (mr and mrs @ Apr 9 2009, 08:46 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

you can get decent (cheap) and really nice (expensive and better quality) kettles in the states. no problem.

Thanks, didn't think I could buy one there, none of my American friends have one so I just assumed you couldn't get them. I don't know anyone in England who doesn't have one

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-04-11 00:18:00

QUOTE (John and Camie @ Apr 8 2009, 12:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Pim's might be able to serve as a substitute for Jaffa cakes ... I dunno, as I've never had the latter. They make them in orange and raspberry, and you can find them in just about any supermarket in the U.S. Anyway, I am addicted to them.

This is an awesome thread. I'll be sure to keep Land O Lakes in the fridge for John. As for bread, he loves the King's Hawaiian bread I use for his ham sandwiches, so I don't have to worry about that. And he's got me trained on tea

. One of the first things he ever gave me was an electric kettle from Sainsbury's, so we are clear for launch.

I want to bring my kettle but it says only for 220-240v do they work anyway on 110v over there or can you buy them in England to work with 110v.

Gravy granules and thick mint sauce from Tesco/Asda is what I will miss.

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-04-09 01:08:00

Parental consent from father needed?

QUOTE (English Muffin @ May 26 2009, 01:05 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

If you can't get consent from the father you can get a court order allowing you to take your son out of the UK. I believe the Embassy will insist on one or the other.

That's the thing, we are already out of the UK.

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-05-26 14:13:00

Parental consent from father needed?

I was reading an old thread about this but couldn't seem to find info that would apply to my case.

My son is 12 years old, I was never married to his father but his father's name is on his BC.
His father has not been interested in him since he was 2 months old, and has not seen him for over 10 years. We have had no contact with his father in the last 10 years and have no idea of his whereabouts. I moved to Austria 9 years ago with my son it will be impossible to get any letter of consent from him, but under UK law as we were never married he has no parental rights over him.
I read an old post which mentions getting a notarized letter from the father to take him out of the UK to live is a requirement of Embassy in UK, but as we already left the UK 9 years ago would this apply us?
I am reluctant to contact the embassy here in Austria to ask them as it may bring up problems that may not even arise.

Any advice?

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-05-26 13:02:00

Question on Moving Personal Belongings

QUOTE (grapeeyes @ May 27 2009, 03:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (imaisha @ May 27 2009, 03:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

oh i see! your WAC number is your recipt number. i filed in vermont so i had an EAC number. are you sure there isn't an A number on your NOA2 (the approval notice)? i think it was on the right side of the page.

Looked it over a few times. No number other then the WAC. I did find a company that might work, http://www.sevenseasworldwide.com . I hope, fingers are crossed. The companies he had found wanted the number when he booked and needed a3-6 weeks advanced notice. Not sure how long it will take for his visa after the interview. My guess from reading the forums is only a few days. But this Seven Seas only needs a few days notice.

Have you checked out regular parcel post? I've looked at so many different ways and finally decided on regular mail it worked out much cheaper.

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-05-27 15:28:00

how to get the UK Police Certificate when you're not in the UK

QUOTE (emmaline_g @ May 27 2009, 12:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi, hope I'm posting in the correct forum.

I have applied for the K-1 visa for my fiance who is an Albanian citizen. He has lived in the UK long enough that I need to get his police certificate. The problem is there is no record of him in the UK as he was there undocumented, and the application requires proof of residence (for ex., bills, rent agreement, which he doesn't have).

If I am reading the instructions on the application correctly, the "proof of residence" means "where you currently reside" even if it's outside the UK. So if my fiance were to prove that his current residence is Albania with a bank bill and a phone bill (from Albania) that would meet the requirement for the app., right?

The proof of residence is for where he lives now so if he has these from Albania it will be fine.

It also asks for "list of UK residences" for last 5 years. Do you know how they cross-check this? My fiance lived with family members, his name was not on the rent agreement. Would they not be able to produce a certificate because of this?

It won't matter they are just looking for criminal activies on record from that name and address, if none exists they won't be going into detail finding out who else lives there or is on any rent agreement.

Just trying to get some clarification before I mess anything up.
Thanks in advance

He should be fine.

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-05-27 13:10:00

Time frame for legally staying in the United Kingdom

QUOTE (MARM @ Apr 27 2009, 09:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (mr and mrs @ Apr 27 2009, 01:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

where is the gd passport? i am pleased to hear about the interview date for the 12th of may. glad that got settled!

I guess it is on its way...taking its sweet time, knowing NOTHING of how much stress it has already caused us

!!!
We have plenty of time for it to show up now, it is just a matter of getting here by post, whatever method the Home Office is using.

Maybe you need to start pushing again now to find out how they sent the passport, even 2nd class post doesn't usually take this long, but if it doesn't arrive soon maybe it's lost in the post and you can then get an emergency passport from embassy. keeping fingers crossed for you.

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-04-28 01:00:00

Transferring money from UK to US

Hi guys,

We want to transfer some money from our Barclays bank account to the Bank of America account.

Can you recommend the most cheapest and easiest way?

I use Xe Trade its simple and rates are best i have found, they take it directly from your uk account using chaps or bacs system and wire directly into your US Bank account www.xe.com and go to trading - xe trade

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2011-01-08 19:41:00

Russia, Ukraine and Belarus

Brits in the USA

QUOTE (Cat07758 @ May 23 2006, 01:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Somehow, I posted this using my wife's login - but this is actually me, Londonspod

As promised, I've volunteered to open and run a new thread from the 'Brits in the USA' thread to keep just one list up-to-date.

This thread is a list of all us Brits who are moving or have moved to the USA with our SO's, list alphabetically by state.

If for any reason I have missed off your name now, please accept my apologies as I've tried to go through the list completely to make sure everyone who was on it in the previous thread is still on it.

If your new to this thread and would like your name added, please send post a message on here with your VJ name, your real name if you would like people to know it, the name of whoever your SO is that you are with in the US(and if they are on VJ they're name on here too)and where in the US you are, by city and state. Also, if both you and your SO are VJ'ers, please state which of you is the UK citizen and which of you is the US citizen. If you aren't yet in the US but moving there soon and you would like people to know when, just put the month of when you are moving there too(I will assume that it is this year unless you state otherwise).

I will add anyone who isn't on the list and has asked to be added to it and re-post it once a week(I will try for twice a week, but it depends on the time I have).

So here is the up-to-date list:

ALABAMA:
Shari (& British hubby, Keith) - Birmingham, Alabama
Miranda and James (another future British hubby!) - Huntsville, Alabama
Welshcookie - Mobile, Alabama (eventually)

ARIZONA:
BlueRaiderUK - Michael & Ashley - Mesa, AZ

ARKANSAS:
SpriteyStace (Stacy & Paul) - Stuttgart, Arkansas

CALIFORNIA:
Ladybutterfly444 - San Diego, California
lynzm22 (lynsey and Jason)- Lancaster, California
Daisy - hubby is north of Palmdale, California
Perfect - South Orange County, CA
ddchucksgirl - northwest Lost Angeles, CA
robinklake - Myself and UK fiance are in sunny Santa Monica, CA!
Purple Hibiscus - Huntington Beach, CA.
Els and Brian-Riverside, CA
Englishsammy (Sam (not there yet!) and Roshon) - Fresno (Woohoo laughing.gif ), CA
Andrew(AFQuaid) & Fiona - Stockton CA
Liam4Lisa - Ventura County, CA

COLORADO:
Ladybird216 - Western Colorado
Boiler - Boulder County, Colorado
Cmltdg (Tiffany - US & Caspian - UK) Aurora, Colorado

CONNECTICUT:
Jayke(USA) & hubby(UK) - Connecticut
Bradfordplip - Time split between SE Michigan & NE Connecticut
nickels&dimes - Connecticut (Nickels=Sheril UKC & Scott USC)

FLORIDA:
Kerry - Central Florida
Munchkins (Val and Alan ) - Jacksonville Florida -to be with daughter and family
atothelkini (Alan, N.Ireland) - Tallahassee, Florida
missyandneil - Orlando, Florida
Kate, Josh & bump - Tallahassee
LisaD - (newly engaged!) - Lisa Daytona Bch FL, David Sunderland...
Lawrencetoland - Josie and Damian - Orlando, FL and Astoria, NY
lynnd227-Lynn (from New Jersey) and Liam (from Northern Ireland) to Palm Beach County

GEORGIA:
Crazy Brit - Covington, Georgia
Matti_n_Kelli: Hiram, Georgia

IDAHO:
MeandMyGeordie - Sher (USC) & Steve (Newcastle upon Tyne) South Central
Idaho, Twin Falls

ILLINOIS:
pj1959us (hubby David)---central Illinois
Luv2teach77 (And her handsome british Husband ) - Trenton, Southwest Illinois
(Near Missouri border)
JJM8081(British fiance Joe)--Chicago suburbs
poppy33usa - just on the illinois side of the illinois/missouri border in the st louis metro area
jpkeswim - Southwest, Illinois near St. Louis Missouri
Crisscat - (Sharri & Neil ) Southern IL 65 miles southeast of St Louis MO and not far from alot of you here in IL LOL
Yorkie - Chicago, Illinois
Frances (Yorkshire hubster, VJ username falcozappa) - Chicago
Circus-of-Power(Paul and Catherine) Central IL
morning75-Jim(Somerset, UK) and Amy-Hopedale, Illinois

INDIANA:
Annelizabeth - Southern Indiana
Andy(uk) Patricia - Near Indy, Indiana
Baileyj - Southwest Indiana

IOWA
Ktun - Kate (originally from London) & hubby Craig. Iowa/Nebraska borders, 2 minutes over the bridge from Omaha Nebraska.

KENTUCKY:
Itsmeitsmeitsree! (Billy and Becky) - Lexington, Kentucky

MAINE:
clmarsh (Christina & Chris): Portland, Maine

MARYLAND:
Terry & Jeannine.... Towson, Maryland

MASSACHUETTS:
matanddanni-Southampton,MA
Kezzie - Boston MA

MICHIGAN:
Bradfordplip - Time split between SE Michigan & NE Connecticut
euro (Amanda) & Mark(USC)..Brownstown (near Detroit)
sanctifyer - somewhere near detroit in mid 2006
badbabe113 - Rockwood Michigan (near detroit)
David(alias Scotty)Scotland to Livingstone County to be with Bess
lizaanne (USC) & Simon (Brit) - Detroit area -one of these days, if this process ever ends
Charlie76 - Michigan, Detroit area
mary&tom - Southeastern Michigan
Alison and Scott - Otsego in Plainwell, Michigan
Colin(Keigwyn UK) and Lisa - Escanaba way up in the UP

MINNESOTA:
Chrissy25 - Southern Minnesota
britsngrits - Twin Cities of MN - Paul-Peterborough
JayJay - Minnesota Lake, near Mankato about 2 and a half hours away from the twin cities
Tucker (Minneapolis) and Fiona (St. Boswells, Scotland) - Twin Cities
MrsDarby (Twin Cities) and Oliver (Worcester England) We are married and living in the Twin Cities

MISSOURI:
DaniChristine - Dani (USA) and Anthony (Northern Ireland)
Rosie420 - Waynesville, MO (Right in the middle!)

MONTANA:
wherezdabearz - John (USA) and Alison (UK) hope to be living together in Missoula (that's where da bearz are...) from end of Jan 2006
techgirl - Terry (USA) and Davo (UK)- Flathead Lake (western MT)

NEW JERSEY:
Gemma12nEl - Bergen County New Jersey
VisagirlNJ - My fiance will be moving to Hudson County, NJ in APril
Jodyangel - South Jersey
GimyGirl(USA) & SO(UK) [Location not known at this time, to be updated]

NEW YORK:
Louandmikek3 - Long Island, New York (Louise, UK and Mike, US)
DavidUK- Manhattan, New York
Gwen75 - Manhattan, New York
Shakysgirl- Russell (UK) and Patricia (US)- upstate NY
Donna(dmd01708) Oneida County, Upstate New York
Estella76 - Marie (US) and Adam (UK) - Queens, NY
Peachbythebeach - Me (US) Hubby (UK) - Long Island
crashandcari - Crash (UK) and Cari (USA) - Brooklyn, NY
ljwinquist(Laura - USA) & Ian(Leicester,UK) - Lockport, NY

NORTH CAROLINA:
Jo1973 - Durham, North Carolina
saturn5man (Neil) - Near Raleigh, North Carolina
Jaylen Brit(UK) and LenJayUS (US) - Lenior, North Carolina (from this year)
mullensgirl (UK) Chris (USC) Eventually Jacksonville NC
ajames79-Franklin, NC and BigChris(who never posts) Yorkshire UK
D&B (Dipen & Bindu, London UK) Dipen - Charlotte, NC & Bindu still in UK hoping to be in Charlotte soon!

OHIO:
TenderCats (hubby) - Ohio
Widge - NE Ohio
Helen - Columbus OH
martinleach-Martin (St. Albans, Hertfordshire, UK) to Westerville
Londonspod (Anthony - UK), Cat07758 (Caitlin - US, NJ) & Baby Brianna - Hoping to be in Toledo, OH by July 06!
Linababe - Lina (UK) moving to David (Columbus, Ohio)
sassasdave - David (Gateshead to Westerville)

OKLAHOMA:
Sukie175 (Sarah) - Gage, NW OK (near Woodward)

OREGON:
Pam & Dave, Portland OR
ZZZZZZ (aka Pam & Dave) Portland OR/ Southminster UK
blandas - Move from Loughborough (just south of Nottingham) to Oregon.

PENNSYLVANIA:
Broma25 - Bucks County, Pennsylvania
Britjohn- Delaware County, Pennsylvania (near Delaware border)
cheeky^Wolf - (Helen will be there soon) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pumpkinsnook - Berks Co, Pennsylvania (arriving 17th August - 13 days and
counting!)
Antone and Lyanthya - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Abby(PAX) and Ewen - Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (likely moving to NYC, NY in the summer of 06)
Helen (soon to be in Pittsburgh, PA) & Dave (USC)
bettenan (Bette & Richard) Beautiful Bucks County, PA

SOUTH CAROLINA:
zenaelarabi - (Oxfordshire to Columbia SC)
pink_cloud-Charleston, South Carolina

TENNESSEE:
govols- (Karen & Tony-from England)-Middle Tennessee
TracyTN (and future hubby ChasUK) - Nashville, TN
Memphis - Mike Wooten future wife Adele (mrsw2b UK)

TEXAS:
Geordieluvr (aka Andria and her Geordie Peter) - Richardson, Texas
medicjeff (wife Jane from the UK) Austin, Texas
Melo (aka Anita from London) & Paul now in Odessa, Texas moving to Houston, Texas
silent whispers - San Antonio, Texas
tamarae (Shawna & Ciaran from the UK, arriving soon) - Lubbock, TX
Tex'n'Brit(Sheila- UK) & Hubby(Kyle - USA) - Ovilla, near Dallas, TX

UTAH:
HuffyTheSlayer - Salt Lake City, UT

VERMONT:
Lou - Central Vermont

VIRGINIA:
naiku - Northern Virginia (whenver this process is finished)
mijkij (also NoVA)
Litlemo (aka Ally - Geordie,,, Greg - USC)
MrsBeer:30- N.Virginia
KikiDoug - (Kiki, from England...Doug, from the USA) - living in the very SW corner of Virginia!

WASHINGTON:
arwensun1965 - Kent, WA
samantha_lou - Vancouver, WA
Alana (US) & Ewan (Scotland) in Des Moines, Washington......
torpedo_bob, Camas,Washington

WEST VIRGINIA:
Margyw- West Virginia
rebeccajo (and robertwesley - Wes) irishman & southern gal in West Virginia
Girona40 - Curt (USC) and Glenys, Michael and Sarah (UK)

WISCONSIN:
Michelle(USC)andCraig(England)...northern Wisconsin...border of UP of Michigan
Badgerbabe - Green Bay, Wisconsin
SteveLaura/LauraSteve - from London, UK to Milwaukee, WI
Moonlite-just north of Milwaukee
AllSerene-near Milwaukee I think?
Mellie(and Scott)-near Milwaukee
Nicola&Matthew - West WI on the boarders of MN

Carol and hubby Jim USC Willow Springs, Missouri hope to be there soon

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-04-10 01:56:00

help anyone

QUOTE (K1researcher @ May 11 2009, 12:18 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

ok so Missouri states they will NOT and CANNOT issue a dirivers license or state ID without a greencard.

this is of course because she is "illegal" since she is out of status .. which is not true as the AOS paperwork is filed

they will NOT accept the letter and will only issue a DL or id with a greencard ....

even escalated to a supervisor.. They REFUSE to issue an ID or DL without a greencard

####### any help here?

Is she allowed to drive with her license from her home country?

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-05-11 13:08:00

Europe & Eurasia (except the UK and Russia)

German people help

QUOTE (Lona.C. @ Mar 10 2009, 07:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

hallo vieleicht kann mir hier jemand helfen wo das selbe erlebt hat
Ich lebe hier in den staten habe jezt ein anruf bekommen das mein bruder in deutschland gestorben ist ,
Ich muss die erbe ausschlagen ( nicht anerkennen ) ich habe schon am konsulate angerufen die haben gesagt das die es dort machen koenten aber nicht dirrect nach deutschland schicken ,
aber ich habe gehoert das man das auch bei einem local notar machen kann ,
und dann slebst zu den behoerden in deutschland schicken kann , stimmt das ? oder muss ich zum konsulate gehen das der konsulate das document dirrect nach deutschland schickt ?
Ich hoffe jemand kann mir hier helfen

I am so sorry about your brother

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-04-04 01:52:00

NVC Issues

QUOTE (easygoingcouple @ Apr 5 2009, 03:02 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hello VJ Members,

Has any of you here have the same issues with NVC?

USCIS approved our I-130 (originally K-3) last March 13,2009 and received hard copy March 16,2009 and our our original approved petition has been sent to NVC. Since then we have no word from NVC regarding our case (NO CASE NUMBER YET) in spite of several phone calls.

However in the approval notice it says..........."please allow 90 days before calling NVC if your beneficiary has not received any correspondence from NVC.........." Should we wait 90 days and see if we get something from them? Well my husband made numerous calls to NVC but we get the same answer.....I still have my I-129F pending with USCIS and we are thinking of pursuing CR-1. Can anybody enlighten us?

What took them so long to give us a case number?....or at least inform us if we are on AP or RFE etc.....

Regards.

I called them everyday the operator told me 90 days. They finally assigned case# after 18 days they assigned my K3 case# after 4 days, I have seen many posts where people have not waited for case# to be assigned and others who have waited and waited but not necessarily in AP.
Hope you get yours soon.

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-04-05 04:22:00

ds230 document submission related

QUOTE (Mike and Yan @ Apr 26 2009, 06:08 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

KeralianNY and champi - Thanks

I can complete DS-230 part 1 and 2 . . . .
email her a copy - she can print and sign part 1!
she sends original to me.

a cover letter comes from lawyer I guess!

Our lawyer fills everything in for us, he sends us (by email)the completed forms which require signature, I-864 to my husband who prints it off, signs it and returns to him with required documents. DS-230 to me which I print out sign and send to him with all original documents required (I just did that today) Then he organizes and sends the completed packages to NVC.

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-04-26 06:22:00

INTERVIEW WAITING CLUB

Still waiting for interview date, hope we find out next week

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-07-05 10:47:00

Questions Regarding the Affidavit of Support & NVC Process

QUOTE (enraptured @ May 5 2009, 01:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi all,

So I just got off the phone with my congressman's representative regarding what I needed to do after I get an approval re my I-130. I am hoping to get this soon, if anything hopefully within the next 2 months...

So anyways, at this point I am going to see my husband in Syria and want to know what I need to do now before then (I leave Sunday).

What would I need to leave here re getting all this paperwork back to NVC?

The representative told me that proof of our relationship may or may not be requested at this stage...

She explained that I'd first need to get a letter called Choice of Agent, and send it back. I would need originals of my birth certificate, divorce paperwork, his original birth certificate, police record which needs to be notarized and translated, and so on....hope I'm getting this right so far.

Then, I'd get the Affidavit of Support, with which I'd submit my tax records and W2 (I am not working right now, but I'd have a joint sponsor in my brother, so this is not a big deal). Would these tax forms and what not need to be notarized?

Then, I'd get two documents, the DS-3032 and the DS-320, for which I'd need to pay around $400 for. I guess the online thing works out fine for me as I can pay for these things via the Net.

Then, hopefully I'd get an interview date.......

Now, my basic question is: what do I need to leave here with my brother so that when the time comes, he can just send all my stuff in along with this paperwork (he is going to Fedex everything I need to sign and then send back everything to NVC).

Is there anything that I'm missing? This process is really annoying and complex it seems...

I don't want to have to incur any extra costs as a result of this, hence my concerns.

If anyone can help me answer my questions, I'd really appreciate it.

Thanks a lot!

Kat

I know I asked some of this stuff before, but I want to be 100%. It's not the most greatest place to be able to get stuff back and forth, and quite costly to send via Fedex as well, so want to be pretty sure about everything.

Thanks again.

His original/certified copybirth certificate, his police certificate, his original/certified copy divorce certificate and your original marriage certificate/certified copy

blue123

Female

United Kingdom

2009-05-05 14:46:00