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United KingdomLondon Medical - Knightsbridge Doctors
Had the medical yesterday - went the same way as everyone else's on here.

After I paid the receptionist handed me a receipt stapled to a sheet detailing the vaccination record. Does everyone get this or is it just the CR1/IR1 applicants?

All the boxes are ticked either completed series, or not age appropriate. Apart from the Varicella (chicken pox) which says VH which means I've had chickenpox but we don't do the vaccine in the UK.

At the end it has a final set of tick boxes which say vaccine history incomplete and then the box is ticked applicant may be eligible for blanket waiver because vaccinations not medically appropriate as indicated above.

Is that what everyone normally gets on this form?
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-22 07:37:00
United KingdomBefore you permanently move to the US

Here's a blog where individual stories are being collected:

 

http://britcits.blog...h/label/stories


TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2014-01-14 11:04:00
United KingdomBefore you permanently move to the US

 

Not to mention, as I understand it, it's six months of holding a job before you can even apply.  From what I can tell the process doesn't look as long as the US one has been, but it's still at least another few months, I believe.  (I could be wrong... I was looking into this a couple months ago and I'm going off of memory here.)

 

My SO and I are planning to move back one day and we're expecting about a year of separation, assuming he can find a job that pays enough to meet the requirements.

 

 

 

If your spouse has held a job with the same employer for the previous six months at the required income level plus has a firm job offer starting within 3 months of return to the UK I think you are okay to return without separation 

 

Plus there are various ways of making the money up with assets (if they are going to continue in the UK) and / or cash savings (as long as you have held them for six months)

 

If your return is a long way in the future then you have the chance to plan how to fulfill all the requirements - start saving now!

 

It's tough if you want to go back quickly for a family emergency though. 


TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2013-09-27 10:31:00
United KingdomBefore you permanently move to the US

I know this is a crazy thing to say and you don't want to hear it after the trauma of the US immigration process, but you're not exiled as a British citizen - just as a couple you'd have to be separated again for 6 months until you could take him with you. If you hate living in the US that much, it may be a path you'll need to consider.

 

Rebecca is the USC.

 

And it's a minimum of six months if you manage to get a job offer before you move back. If you work in an area where you have to spend a lot of time in country job hunting, then it's all the time for the job hunt plus six months of income. 

 

And if you are retired and or too ill to get a job meeting requirements then you can never have your spouse come and be with you. Or if you simply can't get a job that meets the requirements. 

 

Not having the option of third party sponsorship is the problem. At least that would allow the couple to immigrate together and then both the USC and UKC can contribute to their financial situation.


TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2013-09-27 09:44:00
United KingdomBefore you permanently move to the US

That's so hard Rebecca. 

 

Is there any way you can take advantage of that EU 'loophole' you linked to above?

 

What are the options of getting a loan to cover the assets requirement (and then just paying it all back asap). Would they know it was from a loan?

 

 

 

 


TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2013-09-27 08:12:00
United KingdomBefore you permanently move to the US

 

 

OMG - did you read the comments? I had to stop it was making me soooooo mad. 

 

Daily Mail readers must read Huffington Post too? 


TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2013-08-19 18:38:00
United KingdomBefore you permanently move to the US

Yes - we don't have any plans to move for at least another 5 years but it was always something I wanted to do. I'm working from home now part time while looking after my toddler, and I don't make anywhere near the sponsorship total. It's something that I'll have to work into our plans. 

 

Although to be honest with the difficulties of getting the US job which meets the requirements and then six months later getting a UK job offer which meets the requirements without being able to tell the new employer exactly when you can start the new job, it sounds like I'd either just suck it up and move back with our daughter first on our own and deal with being separated for six months or more :( or try to take advantage of the EU loophole described in an earlier post. 

 

My husband might have the opportunity of working in Paris in the future so I could go there with him, find a job for a while and then move back to the UK from there. 

 

IF, and it's a big IF this hasn't all been changed in the next five years. 

 

 


TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2013-08-13 09:57:00
United KingdomBefore you permanently move to the US

Rebecca Jo - have you seen any explanations anywhere about why the Home Office did not want to offer the option of third party financial sponsorship?

 

 


TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2013-08-04 08:11:00
United KingdomBefore you permanently move to the US
In the examples near the bottom of how people may or may not meet the financial requirements - this is one which seems very unfair:


Leroy has been studying in Australia for 4 years and has entered into a civil partnership with an Australian national. He has not been working. At the end of his course he gets a job offer in the UK to start in 6 weeks, paying £25,000. Leroy has no other income or savings.
Leroy will not meet the financial requirement under Option A or B. Leon can only rely on the income from a job offer in the UK if he has also been in employment at the required level of income overseas.

He's not been working overseas because he's been studying and has managed somehow to get a good job offer back in the UK paying well over the required amount. But he still doesn't qualify to be a sponsor for his partner under the new rules! Crazy.

He now has to either go back on his own and work for at least six months at his new job - be separate from his partner all that time - and then apply again.

Or he has to give up the job offer and get a job in Australia for six months at the required amount (if he's even allowed to work there as he was a student) and then reapply.

Of course it would be nice if we were all as lucky as Katy:

Katy has been travelling across the USA for 18 months with her American partner. Katy has investments that pay her £10,000 a year and she has £40,000 cash in the bank. She has not been working in the USA and has no job in the UK to return to.
Katy will meet the financial requirement through a combination of Options C and D. As she is not relying on any income from employment, she does not need to have a job offer in the UK and can meet the threshold in other ways.
Based on her non-employment income of £10,000, Katy will require £37,500 in savings to meet the threshold: ([£18,600 - £10,000] x 2.5) + £16,000. As she has more than this, the financial requirement is met.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-06-14 15:10:00
United KingdomBefore you permanently move to the US

What's crazy about this is that the UKC (especially a woman who is a SAHM) may not be the main breadwinner. And they don't count the non-UKC's income even if they have been married for years? So a UKC who stays at home with children (or is just a low earner or whatever) who happens to be married to a non-UKC who is a lawyer or corporate executive earning 6 figures but with less than $100k in savings is going to have problems?

My mind is boggled by the stupidity of it. I may need to pay a visit to uk-yankee to understand.


This is exactly what surprised me. And then not to give people in those situations the option of a co-sponsor.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-06-13 12:32:00
United KingdomBefore you permanently move to the US

It also states the the UKC must be physically present in the UK for one year before filing. It's not clear to me what it is like if you are moving from somewhere else with a non-UKC spouse, which I'm sure would be a lot of people, presumably giving up a job to find a new one in the UK.

I haven't looked at all the detail though.


I don't think the actual amount is that bad - it's not an unreasonable threshold in itself but not allowing the option of a co-sponsor is really prohibitive.

So the returning UKC with a non-UK spouse has to be the one showing either an income over the threshold - if you are returning after living abroad they acknowledge that this would mean a separation for a family so they say they will accept a definite job offer in the UK showing an income above stated level BUT - and this is what gets me... you also have to show you have been working (in your foreign residence) at a job which is above the threshold for the previous six months.

They will not however consider the UKC's foreign spouse under the above rules which I think is unfair.

So in my situation - when I was in the UK I had a job which easily met the requirements but I gave that up to come here and be with my American husband. We decided to start a family and I stay at home and look after our child - I do work part-time from home in my professional field to keep up my resume etc but I don't make enough money doing that to meet these requirements.

So if we want to move to the UK I need to put my child into daycare - find a job to meet the requirements - do it for at least six months and then manage to get a job offer from a company in the UK. I know that's not the greatest hardship in the world but it's certainly made the system more difficult for us.

And my parents would be more than happy to be co-sponsors if that was allowed.

Oh well, time to start adding it in to the planning for the future. Maybe the rules will change again before we need to move back.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-06-13 07:24:00
United KingdomPolice certificate
UK applicants - has anyone else seen this?


The ACPO Criminal Records Office is piloting an initiative to provide Police Certificates for Visa purposes. The four countries involved in the pilot are Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America.

http://www.acpo.poli...ertificates.asp

The fee seems to have gone up to £35 and the certificate only lasts six months!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-02-13 08:43:00
United KingdomUK Police Certificate
For those needing a UK police cert.....

The ACPO Criminal Records Office in the UK is piloting an initiative to provide Police Certificates for Visa purposes.
The four countries involved in the pilot are Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States of America.

http://www.acpo.poli...ertificates.asp

The fee seems to have gone up to £35 and the certificate only lasts six months!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-02-14 18:57:00
United KingdomCR1/IR1 people at NVC stage
Hi - now we have to send our original docs into NVC with the DS-230(?)

These documents seem mainly about the beneficiary - birth cert, police cert etc. but it also mentions divorce documents.

Now I (beneficiary) haven't been married before but husband (petitioner) has - obviously we sent in copy of his divorce docs for the USCIS stage.

Do we include his divorce docs at NVC stage or is it just mean the beneficiary's divorce docs if any?

Anyone know?
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-02-26 11:25:00
United KingdomTap Tap
QUOTE (SnowyTater @ Mar 4 2008, 08:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yeh, I'm sure you'll probably have to pay taxes from the date you start working here, I guess. Sowwy sad.gif I don't know what the 'redundancy' thing means but if what you're making is tax free, why would it be killer to have to pay the US in taxes though?
I'm with illumine though. I'd just let an accountant handle it all good.gif I'm sick of the immigration paperwork as it is, I don't wanna get lost in the tax ones too.


I realise I would have to pay taxes from the date of entry and any work in the US but I wanted to know if they also looked at all foreign income earned by the non-USC in the tax year prior to their entry.

Redundancy = severence pay. LOL - my husband thinks it's hilarious that we call it redundancy pay. Basically I am being offered severence pay when I leave my job here in the UK, which is brilliant timing as I was leaving anyway to immigrate. In the UK the first £30,000 of severence pay is not taxable under UK tax laws. So if it's a tax free payment under UK law it would be very annoying if the US govt could claim some of it - especially as I will get it before I arrive in the US.

I think I will ask my husband to find an accountant who knows about international situation but can anyone else confirm whether the non-USC can be taxed on income for the months before they became a LPR?

(ahhhh - just re-read your post. I meant "it would be a killer" ie really really bad. Not "it would be killer" ie awesome. I had to just call my husband to find out what killer meant in the US! smile.gif )
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-03-04 18:28:00
United KingdomTap Tap
QUOTE (rebeccajo @ Mar 1 2008, 02:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
There are tax treaties between the US and UK that stave off double taxation.

When your guy moves here, he will probably have worked in Scotland, right? You will report that income on IRS Form 2555 as 'foreign earned income' on your US tax return when you file next spring for 2008. You will probably choose to file jointly (married filing jointly). If your combined incomes are under a certain amount, his wages earned in Scotland will not be taxed on your US return - but you still have to show it. The total household wage amount changes each year - I believe it's around $85000.00 this year.

Long story short - if you earn as a couple less than the maximum, his wages will not be subject to US tax. But you have to show them on the return, so it requires an additional form. TurboTax or similar self-help software walks you through this nicely, or you can hire a tax professional to help you.

We found the biggest nuisance about this was converting sterling to dollars for the return. He should start saving his paystubs from January 1, 2008 as the tax year in the UK runs April to April compared to the US method of calendar year - ie he won't get a 'W-2' for 2008 so you have to hand calculate what he earned in calendar year 2008 for US tax purposes.

He will also likely be entitled to a tax refund on his UK wages. He fills out a form with his employer right before he goes to get that money back (or he can visit his Social Security office). If memory serves me it's called a P85 - someone here who has done it more recently can confirm or correct me. And they can mail the money to the US.


Hi - sorry just to get back to the taxes point. I'm the UKC - if my visa comes through say in October this year (fingers crossed) and I move over for example on 1st November. As a LPR will I be liable for US taxes on money earned from the date I arrive or from money earned from the beginning of the 2008 tax year (is it April to April in the US?)

I am getting a redundancy payment in Sept which is tax free in the UK - it would be a killer to have to pay tax on it in the US.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-03-04 11:57:00
United Kingdomlinks to official sites explaining the usa uk tax thingy.
QUOTE (Hannah+Vito @ Mar 7 2008, 03:01 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
im looking for offical websites that explain the uk-usa tax treaty and what exactly an imigrant would do when filling taxes once they married their usc.

i was under the impression from reading threads on here that the foreign spouse would clam the years tax so far from the uk, and then declare all earnings for that year including those from england precceding marrage to usc and residence in usa. and that said uk income would be taxable by usa if above the threshold ( like it would in uk with tax bracket)
am i being completely thick? have i missunderstood? or got the gist? did find a pdf on hm revenue and customs but didnt understand all jargon and couldnt find a bit specifc bit to foreign spouse situation.
would just like to know.

thanks


This is what I want to know too - what did other people do when moving from the Uk to the USA in the middle of the tax year?

Did you declare all income - including the income earned before arrival in the UK on your US tax returns?
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-03-07 03:05:00
United KingdomWhy USA and not UK?
We're moving to the US so that we can be close to my husband's daughters - at least until they finish school. I hope that we might come back to the UK in 8-10 years for a bit.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-05-21 10:41:00
United KingdomWhere in the UK are you?? (or you other half)
Hi, I'm in London.

Lynne
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-06-05 12:19:00
United KingdomPost your mug!!!
On our wedding day last year....


TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-07-09 04:23:00
United KingdomPlease help... I am so confused
Hi - I'm a UKC and my husband is the USC and we had the marriage over here in the UK and then applied for the CR1 spousal visa.

When you make your plans for the marriage visit visa you need to bear in mind the residency requirements for giving notice in the UK. (I don't think any of this applies if you will be getting married in an Anglican Church - but you have to contact the church for their own requirements)

From the registrar website..

You can get married in England and Wales as long as you have both lived in a registration district for at least seven days immediately before giving notice of marriage.

For spouses from another country you also have to give notice at specially designated registrar offices and the two of you must go in together to do it. They judge the 7 days based on the stamp your spouse gets in his passport on entry.

After giving notice you have to wait 15 days I think before you can have the ceremony.

So if you want to do it all in one trip then he will need to come over for at least 7 plus 15 days plus whatever it takes to get married.

Getting the marriage visit visa was very simple - an application form done online then sent off with a few supporting documents. My husband's came back in 5 days. I can't remember exactly now but I think it was valid for 6 months from when it was first used.

Anyway our timescale was:

Jan 07 - apply for marriage visit visa (took 5 days)
May 07 - husband came over for a 10 day visit to give notice and fulfil the residency requirement
July 07 - husband came back over for the wedding

Oc 07 - we sent off our I-130
Still waiting............

If I knew that we would have to spend the whole of the first year of our married life apart - and perhaps half of the second year, I would have seriously considered doing a K1. We had a fabulous UK wedding but being apart after you get married it VERY different from being apart before. We were used to the long distance relationship - we'd been dating for 4 years like that but I can't stress enough how awful it is being married and apart. Much much worse than when we were boyfriend/girlfriend apart and worse than being engaged and apart.

I understand the desire for the big family UK wedding but please seriously consider how you will feel waiting out the US system apart. Unless you can settle in the UK for six months after the wedding and apply for DCF which is much quicker and you get to be together while you do it.

Edited by lsma, 08 July 2008 - 05:04 PM.

TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-07-08 17:01:00
United KingdomI know most of you met your OH online...
We met online but as far as I was concerned it wasn't ever going to be a relationship I thought we were just having a fun penpal type thing and we would NEVER EVER meet. So I was happily using him as a sounding board for my dating life and we were having some very deep conversations (me in the knowledge that we would never meet face to face) Then eight months on he suddenly said he really wanted to meet and did I mind if he booked a flight to London. So I freaked a bit and then curiosity won me over and I agreed to meet and spend the day with him - we met at Tate Modern (picked a very public place). One day turned into two and that led to a ten day ski holiday a few months later and then I suddenly realised I'd fallen for someone I'd met on the internet!

That was four years ago and since then we've made 40 or so transatlantic trips between us. We've met and spent time with each other's friends and family. And we've had plenty of time to do all the things you get to do in 'normal' relationships - we just do them in between a few weeks of being apart.

And actually in those weeks apart we think we talk more, share more and get to know each other better than some couples we know who are together all the time.

I've found that in the US people seem to think our story is incredibly romantic and they don't blink an eye at the internet bit. However in the UK people seem far more judgemental about it. I just ignore them or if I think they're worth it try to explain how it works.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-08-03 04:05:00
United KingdomHas anyone from UK ever been put on AP?
My case was completed this week at NVC and we have an interview date for 17th December
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-10-29 20:57:00
United KingdomHow quickly is visa usually delivered?
QUOTE (Thomas F @ Oct 30 2008, 11:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (lsma @ Oct 30 2008, 11:34 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Is there any way to get an earlier date with the embassy?


You could try emailing the embassy for a new date, but I have never heard of this working. When you returned your Packet 3 and Checklist there was a place where you put down your scheduled departure date, but that is no guarantee. We returned our Packet 3 on June 24, said our scheduled departure was July 15, and got an interview date on July 18th. We got our visa back on July 22nd (over the weekend), and flew out on the 25th. We had hoped to be home in late May, then moved it back to late June, then to late July. I would not count on ANYTHING, as the wait is bad enough without feeling rushed.


Because our application went through the NVC there was no packet 3 and checklist so we weren't even able to specify any departure date.

I realise one can't count on ANYTHING - the ten month wait at VSC where our file sat untouched taught us that. I just haven't got much choice with this. I'll have to book flights for me and my parents for 23rd Dec - and pray that it all works out okay. I'll book the kind you can change at the last minute and if it hasn't come on the 22nd then we'll just have to postpone Christmas for both families either side of the Atlantic.

Either way I won't get to prepare for Christmas with my husband for the second year running. I was really looking forward to decorating our home together, buying the tree, pre-Christmas parties etc.

I really hate this process.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-10-30 18:12:00
United KingdomHow quickly is visa usually delivered?
Is there any way to get an earlier date with the embassy?
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-10-30 10:34:00
United KingdomHow quickly is visa usually delivered?
Thanks for your replies - I haven't scheduled the medical yet - which is why there is no date for it in the timeline.

I will of course do the medical as early as possible before the interview.

All I need information on is how long it takes to get your passport back after the interview (assuming the interview is successful)

I am worried about booking a flight for say 23rd Dec and not getting the visa back in time.

Anyone who has got their passport back recently - how long did it take?

Thanks
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-10-29 16:11:00
United KingdomHow quickly is visa usually delivered?
I just found out that I have an interview date at the London Embassy for 17th December. I really want to be over here for Christmas but am worried about getting my passport back in time to fly over.

Assuming I am approved at the interview - when do you think I will get the passport back - in time to fly over before Christmas Day?

Lynne
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-10-29 09:23:00
United Kingdomrecent CRI/IRI arrivals
Susie K - tell us more about your first month together - how is 'proper' married life at last?? I was in the US with my husband for nearly 3 months this summer and it was wonderful. (am back in the UK now to do interview etc)
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-10 16:43:00
United KingdomWell...we did it!
Congratulations - wedding pics?
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-12 16:44:00
United KingdomMedical
Had the medical yesterday - went the same way as everyone else's on here.

After I paid the receptionist handed me a receipt stapled to a sheet detailing the vaccination record. Does everyone get this or is it just the CR1/IR1 applicants?

All the boxes are ticked either 'completed series', or 'not age appropriate'. Apart from the Varicella (chicken pox) which says VH which means I've had chickenpox but we don't do the vaccine in the UK.

At the end it has a final set of tick boxes which say vaccine history incomplete and then the box is ticked applicant may be eligible for blanket waiver because vaccinations not medically appropriate as indicated above.

Is that what everyone normally gets on this form?
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-22 14:28:00
United KingdomSo I leave for America, tomorrow!!
Congratulations and good luck!

I have a similar short space of time next week between interview and flight. Did you pay for the standard delivery for the visa - was there the option to pay more for a faster delivery?
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-25 07:43:00
United KingdomMedical questionnaire?
I didn't get one either but in the letter you received from the Embassy there is an email link to more info from NVC

www.immigrantvisas.state.gov

Go to that page and select the London embassy. The documents it opens is all about the medical and then on about page 9 is a questionnaire - that's the one I printed and took with me.

They also make you fill out a different one there - it's pretty much identical to the first one - most bizarre!

Lynne
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-11-27 14:53:00
United KingdomHome For Christmas!!
I had made something like 15 trips to the US in the last 3 years - noone ever questioned how many times I had visited. The last three trips have been after we were married and applying for the CR1 visa - and still no questions about why we were living in different countries or any hint of a mention about the visa.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-01 09:59:00
United KingdomChemist who 'holds' your mobile for you
QUOTE (desilu @ Dec 2 2008, 11:31 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
If you need a back-up plan Isma my office is right near Oxford Circus. I wont be in work at 8am but you could leave your phone at reception in an envelope with my name & it will be safe. PM me if you need this option smile.gif


Thanks Lou - that was a very kind offer - in the end I decided to leave my phone in my friend's flat and I used a phone box on North Audley street just up from the Embassy to call my husband and parents immediately when I came out.

On my way to the interview at about 7.30am I passed the chemist and it was open at that time so anyone considering this as an early option is fine.

Just remember it's electronic key fobs/ipods etc as well as mobile phones and I saw two people having to throw their headphones away even though they didn't have the music player with them just the headphones!
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-05 19:30:00
United KingdomChemist who 'holds' your mobile for you
Oooh that's a good point - my interview is at 8am - maybe I won't have time to leave it there.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-01 18:05:00
United KingdomChemist who 'holds' your mobile for you
Ta
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-01 12:11:00
United KingdomChemist who 'holds' your mobile for you
I was determined not to pay anyone to look after my phone when I went to the interview but now I want to meet up with friends afterwards for lunch so I need it as soon as I get out.

I've read some people say they paid £10 and others £5. Anyone know where the £5 place is?

It makes me soooo annoyed we have to do this.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-01 10:02:00
United KingdomRepeated Short Visits to UK
Over the last four years my husband has visited me in the UK about 5 times a year - so roughly 20 trips altogether - most were for 4/5 days or a couple were for ten days -2 weeks.

He always said he was there to either visit his girlfriend, fiance, or wife (all me by the way - as our relationship developed!) He never had a problem with entry into the UK.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-09 19:50:00
United KingdomVisa arrived this morning!
So the courier arrived this morning with my visa! biggrin.gif

(The interview was on Friday morning and they had actually texted me to say I could have had the delivery the NEXT day! But I didn't get the text in time to upgrade to a Saturday delivery)

Brief notes on the interview itself...

In general it was just as everyone else describes it...queue starts forming outside the embassy at least half an hour before the time on the letter - mine was at 8am so we were the first in there. No mobile phones, electronic key fobs, headphones or music players allowed in.

Once in you are given a sticker with a number on it based on the type of visa you are applying for. Then it really is just like Argos - sit down and watch for your number on a big board.

First interview was with a British member of staff - he took my passport, checked through all our documents and took fingerprints. Then gave me the courier slip and told me to sit back down and wait for the second interview.

Second interview was with an American guy. He took fingerprints again, then asked me to swear to tell the truth. Questions were as followed...

- Tell me what your husband's job title means (he has an unusual one)
- How long have you worked at (name of my company)
- Will you be able to continue your job over there (I said no and he said that was a shame)
- What is the longest time you have been in the US
- The two children on your petition are they yours? (No, stepchildren)
- How did you meet?
- Have you ever been in trouble with the police
- Have you ever been in trouble with American immigration
- Which countries have you lived in for more than 6 months since the age of 16

That was it! He then told me he was going to approve the visa and handed me back some of my original documents - birth cert and marriage cert. I went to the courier office and paid for the delivery.

I didn't need any photos or any of the emails/letters etc I had brought with me.
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-08 08:19:00
United KingdomAnyone heading before xmas

Fly Heathrow to Dulles on 15th December. I will have four massive heavy suitcases with me - can't wait to be with my husband.

Our first Christmas in our own home. Visa process behind us (for 2 years at least)
TrellickFemaleUnited Kingdom2008-12-11 18:45:00