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United KingdomLondon Embassy Packet 3 Question
I agree with Timsdaisy...

Its mainly just more forms to fill out.

You won't need your police certificate untill the interview, but you will need the ones from the different counties. I had to get mine from the Hampshire police also and mine too AGES, the full 40 days!
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-10 13:53:00
United KingdomWaaHoo! Got the little white card (EAD) in the mail!!
ooh good news! :D
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-19 17:14:00
United KingdomLondon Embassy Not Checking Their PO BOX??
Grr how annoying!
I'm really sorry you got stuck in the PO box...I have NO idea why thats happening right now...perhaps the PO box checker is sick? :lol:

Hope it gets sorted soon (F)
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-16 17:30:00
United KingdomMore Packet 3 Questions

Hi All - a few dumb questions as I am trying to complete the packet 3 questions :blink:

-Can the DS-156, DS-156K, DS-157 and DS-230P1 forms be printed and submitted on A4 paper, obviously the US use LETTER paper and all the documentation they have sent me is printed on LETTER paper.


A4 is fine.

-Do people tend to use recorded delivery to return the completed forms, or has standard 1st delivery proved OK?


I used registered delivery, it was fine. There have been some queries regarding the completed packet 3 ending up in a PO BOx, but those members have started getting interview dates now, so it isn't a problem.

-Do I need to attach the passport size photos to the two copies of DS-156, or will that happen during the visa interview using the two passport photos I have been asked to provide (sorry sounds obvious, but it doesn't seem to be spelled out).


Varies. I took mine with me to the consulate and they did it. Others here have attached them themselves. Doesn't seem to matter too much.



I did the EXACT same as this
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-19 17:12:00
United KingdomVaccination Records and London Medical Questions
Hi!

Reading the guides in those links will help and what mags' said was right, thats what I went and did also!
He can try and get any needed vaccines beforehand or he can have them on the day of the interview, however it WILL cost more that way!

Good luck (F)
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 15:11:00
United KingdomGot Email Notification Of Interview!!!
Thank goodness!Thats great news!

All worry for nothing ;)
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-19 17:11:00
United KingdomInterview Date
Congrats and good luck! :D
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 15:05:00
United KingdomAnother Police Check question
Your welcome! Good luck! :thumbs:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 18:08:00
United KingdomAnother Police Check question
I got a repceit too after it left the hampshire police and went to met....mine took I think 2/3 weeks like the others' did!
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 15:08:00
United KingdomApril 12 CR-1 Interview
Good Luck!

Look under the embassy review, there may be some reviews from people with the same situation :thumbs:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-21 08:10:00
United KingdomFinally, here in USA
Oooh you must be so excited!

Whens the date?
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-21 08:38:00
United KingdomFinally, here in USA
YAY! I'm so glad you made it over ok Sharon!

Aww who'd of thought that day at our medical we'd be talking once we'd got to the US!

Strange about the fingerprints thing...they are supposed to do it...oh well. :blink:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-19 17:16:00
United KingdomPacket 3 Checklist question
This is the same one I got last year :)
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-21 08:10:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK

Ok when i was in Orlando with my fiancee she said to me about Brits wearing socks and sandals, i said "what you talking about, its an American thing, not an English thing" so we had a bet the first to 10 on who wears socks and sandals, i won...more Americans wear socks with sandals...she was shocked


I always thought it was the German Tourists who did this! :blush:



No they are the one's that put their towels on all the sunbeds cos they rise earlier than the Brits who have usually been out on an all night drinking binge....lol



:lol:

Thats probably pretty true!
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-21 08:38:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
I think its ALL tourists!
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-21 08:28:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
I think socks and sandals are the worlds way of showing your a tourist!

I hope I never get out of touch enough to do it! :lol:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-21 08:08:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
I understand - I just wanted to say my piece ;)

My mother has asked my husband so many crazy questions, its great!


BTW did you find an apartment yet?
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 19:48:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK

I don't think so -- though you do seem irritated that I've pointed out the flip side to this conversation.


How dare you disagree with the general consensus, Robin! :blink: ;)

The original post was:
'Really Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK'

a.k.a.

I believe the original topic was: "How f***ing ignorant are Americans about Britain?" ;)


It was a dig on Americans, no matter how you put it.



I honestly don't feel like it was a dig at americans, well not in MY opinion. I love americans (obviously ;) ) and on the whole are alot more friendly and easier to get along with than brits.
However, sometimes the questions you get asked can be funny. Especially when like me you live in a VERY remote area where people don't travel much.

AND, my family have asked some pretty stupid albeit funny questions to my husband too, and thats just as good!
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 19:42:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
I think we could do with some of that free cake to pass out :whistle:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 18:08:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
I got a bunch of free wedding cake!

Hubbys boss is making her granddaughter a wedding cake and made a biiiig pratice cake with we got to devour :devil:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 16:50:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
oh man, thats so sweet we could make a cake out of it! :lol:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 15:45:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
*gives out some more of ajames' butterflies, kisses and rainbows*

:lol:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 15:37:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
Nope :(

Cambridge actually....she was a little scary but it was still cool!
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 15:09:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
Just for the record -

Anything I said was a joke, I love to travel and can be a terrible tourist - We all can be, I'm just having a laugh about the things we do!

No offense meant to ANYONE.

BTW, I met another English person in this tiny town today :D
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-20 15:03:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
I defend Americans back home too.

It does seem though that traveling to another country turns you in to a strange monster.
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-19 17:55:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
You can also tell a British a mile away with scary white skin in scary "holiday shorts" and bad hats, sandals with socks....."bum bags" too :lol:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-19 17:29:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
Oh my yes british tourists are terrible....my mother made me cringe so much:

"...all I want is a proper cup of tea"

"do you have a pen? oh he doesn't understand D-O- Y-O-U- H-A-V-E-A-P-E-N? PEN?!?!" then makes circle shapes in the air
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-19 17:07:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK

Oh god... I've just remembered, well, not a 'dumb question', but something someone told me that made me think 'please tell me you didn't really say that?!?'...

Again, in San Diego, on one of those tram things that go down to the border (en route to the, um, very 'delightful' Tijuana), with a friend. A guy heard our accents and started talking to us, telling us that he was in the army, and had been stationed overseas somewhere (Iraq, most likely, but I forget) and met a lot of people in the British army. He told us about some guy from Northern Ireland who had inexplicably taken offence when asked 'oh, so you're in the IRA, right?'... he couldn't understand why that didn't go down so well... :blink:


:blink: :wacko: oh wow
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-19 07:47:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
I moved to Pennsylvania and I have learned that PA is half the size of England, and it has 12 million people living there.

So when I have been asked and pestered about do I know someone I tell them that although England is only twice the size of PA (which you know, is kinda decent) it has SIXTY MILLION PEOPLE IN IT! and I tell them that PA has 12 mil people and if it was double it would have probably about 24mil and remind them again about the 60 mil...they kinda look shell shocked theres that many people in England
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-18 18:16:00
United KingdomReally Dumb questions you've been asked about the UK
Some I posted in another thread but I'll re-post here:

Do you speak English there?

How long would it take to drive there?

Have you seen the Eifel tower in London?

I have also been asked about this person ....do I know them? knowing/meeting royal family etc.

Been asked about electricity, running water.

And TWICE asked "so...what do you guys do there for fun?"
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-18 15:51:00
United KingdomVISA INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT
Wow thats cool!

They worked with the date I had in mind also ;)

I hope all goes well! :thumbs:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-22 15:08:00
United KingdomGot my visa :)
YAY! Glad it came.

With the job thing, oh god I dont know

But I DO know that your right about the visa, looks so funny! :lol:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-22 07:47:00
United KingdomOne more milestone
Wake him!

I would be.

Too bad so freaking sad! :D
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-22 07:49:00
United KingdomOne more milestone
OOOOOOOOOOOOH!!!!!!

YAY!!!

I've been waiting to see the for SOOO long!

congrats!!!! :dance: :dance: :D
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-22 07:44:00
United KingdomOne more milestone
They need to ban sugary foods from the service centres ;)
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-08 10:11:00
United KingdomOne more milestone
Sorry they didn't give you much help!

I would seriously consider the congressman thing if I were you.

And your right about the traveling to see him before the summer hits, plus ,its closer than summer!

I'm hoping to see something come for you reall (F) y soon
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-05 19:23:00
United KingdomOne more milestone
I would do it too, my now mother in law did.

Mine wasn't even taking that long, and she got them to enquire and then I suddenly got it and shot right through to the embassy.

You can't lose, if they tell you to wait...well you already are, and if not, then you get it :D
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-03 17:15:00
United KingdomOne more milestone
I really hope whatever the hold is gets sorted out soon (F)
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-02-28 09:20:00
United KingdomOne more milestone
I really hope you get it soon. (F)

My police certificate took AGES to come through, so long I was waiting on it to send to the embassy to get my interview! Stupid thing.
But yours came quick and the NOA2 is taking ages.

Maybe the gods got confused and made the NOA2 take ages and the police certificate fast? ;) :lol:
flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-02-24 15:19:00
United KingdomCadbury's Dairy Milk
Wegmans in Erie, pa sucks butt for its "british" collection and in my town the world foods section consists of " mexican and chinese :unsure:

Edited by flutter95, 23 March 2007 - 04:05 PM.

flutter95FemaleUnited Kingdom2007-03-23 16:04:00