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United KingdomQuestion on Moving Personal Belongings
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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.



That was a thought, but he wants to send things that are heavy. They don't take a lot of room, so cheaper to use export company.
grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-05-27 15:31:00
United KingdomQuestion on Moving Personal Belongings
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.
grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-05-27 15:19:00
United KingdomQuestion on Moving Personal Belongings
QUOTE (imaisha @ May 27 2009, 12:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
then that's just the A number which you've already got, in case you decide you want to use a company that requires it. there should be a box on your NOA2 for the I-130 that lists it (starts with an A) and i think the I-864 asked for it too. just in case you get a better quote from one of the first few you've found, you can give them that!


Ok, now I am really confused. The I-864 didn't ask for it and in the NOA there was a WAC number. Now we have an LND number. Things might be a bit different because I live in the States and applied here for his embassy processing.
grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-05-27 14:01:00
United KingdomQuestion on Moving Personal Belongings
QUOTE (Nich-Nick @ May 27 2009, 12:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Long thread with lots of info http://www.visajourn...howtopic=128548

You don't have to have a SSN to ship stuff.



Thank you so much. We were told by relocation companies (supposedly the most cost efficient means) that he had to. That he couldn't have personal belongings sent to me. SOmething about customs. I really appreciate you providing the link.

QUOTE (imaisha @ May 27 2009, 12:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
also, is the AIN different from the A number on our NOA2s?


I have no clue on that. Just know that is what he said he had to have. AIN is Alien registration number.
grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-05-27 11:29:00
United KingdomQuestion on Moving Personal Belongings
I hope someone can help, we are having a bit of trouble with this. What is the best way for my husband to have his belongings moved from the UK to the US. What we have found so far is that all the places we contacted make you wait until you have your AIN or SSN before you can make an appointment to ship your items, and then it takes 3-6 weeks to get an appointment. We would like for him to be able to leave as soon as he gets his little visa in his hands, not wait another 3-6 weeks after.

Does anyone have any advice? Thanks!
grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-05-27 11:03:00
United KingdomThe 2009 United Kingdom Interview Thread!
QUOTE (Laura+Tom @ Dec 27 2008, 10:18 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
It'll soon be a new year and there will hopefully be a new wave of approvals. Don't forget to let us know when you have an interview date.

So to start off the 2009 thread:

January 2009 Interviews

Marie620.........................CR1.................................12th January 2009
Jason&Sarah...................K1...................................13th January 2009
Hannah+Vito ..................K1...................................13th January 2009
Mrssmith & daughter......CR1..................................14th January 2009

Good luck everyone!!

Here is a link to the 2008 Interview Thread


My Husband Eddy.......................CR1.......................3oth June 2009
YAY
grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-05-27 10:37:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHelp, Medical Denied
QUOTE (USBrit @ Jun 22 2009, 03:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
To the OP
When my husband (then fiance) had his medical in London - it was NOT denied but they said as his BP was a bit high they could not pass the results on to the Embassy until he had seen his regular doctor and his doctor had to write to them saying that my fiance was under treatment for his high BP. His doctor subsequently did this and the medical was sent to the Embassy.
Sometime later he finally got to the US, we got married and he now has his 2 year Green Card - but no job - it's tough economy wise as so many know.

Good luck!



THank you. I am glad to have posted this. It has given us hope that all is not doom and gloom and I got a lot of positive help. Once again, thank you everyone.
grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-06-22 14:13:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHelp, Medical Denied
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QUOTE (Wade+Kristin @ Jun 22 2009, 11:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
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QUOTE (Marina-Del @ Jun 22 2009, 10:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yeah, wow. Firstly, ghosttridder...don't give silly advice on such an important and serious thread. Your thread is where you can complain about your situation (which IMO is your fault) but not here. Your comment about USCIS lovers doesn't add anything to this thread or help the OP.


LOLZ your opinion is ill. and your advice is ill-advised. dont listen to these people they have no idea how wrong they can be. Get an opinion from a lawyer.
if something goes wrong, these people will be the first to point fingers directly at you. judgemental and too critical because they have so much faith in the system. look at what the system is making you go through.. tsk tsk tsk so sad


Actually, the former poster had very good advice. I get the feeling that you're only upset about his comment about your situation being your own fault, Ghosttrider. You should be careful not to claim his advice is a bad one when he is only trying to help out the OP here.

As for the OP;
I have read through a lot of medical posts because I have been wondering about a few things myself and I can not remember a single case of anyone being denied a VISA due to high blood pressure. I'd have your husbands own GP do a test before the interview perhaps, or even state a history of his former check ups and the value of his blood pressure tests and bring this with you. It's even mentioned here somewhere how the situation itself can make the blood pressure rise. I can only wish you good luck and keep your spirits up! I know it's tough being parted from the one you love, but hang in there!

Kristin


I would like to thank everyone who was helpful and supportive. Ghosttrider, I am sorry that you are so bitter,and I hope you can get things resolved for you.



Please look at this as a blessing in disguise. I know it doesn't seem like it at the moment as it's causing a delay to your journey. BUT, blood pressure that high is dangerous and as high blood pressure doesn't always show itself with tangible symptoms, you often don't know you have it until it causes major issues.

I have high blood pressure too. I only had it diagnosed when visiting my doctor for a totally different reason and she decided to check it.
I'm on permanent medication which keeps it at a nice safe level. Fortunately I knew this prior to my medical and was able to supply a letter from my doctor stating that it was stable. Medical was no problem as a result.

Once your husbands GP gets things sorted, he can provide a letter stating that everything is stable and they will accept that. Best wishes to you both and hopefully with a GP's appointment tomorrow already scheduled, you are on the way to sorting this out.


I am happy that he will have this resolved. But as all of you well know, the waiting and delays are so hard to deal with. Thank you for your support!

grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-06-22 13:14:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHelp, Medical Denied
QUOTE (Wade+Kristin @ Jun 22 2009, 11:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (ghosttridder @ Jun 22 2009, 05:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Marina-Del @ Jun 22 2009, 10:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yeah, wow. Firstly, ghosttridder...don't give silly advice on such an important and serious thread. Your thread is where you can complain about your situation (which IMO is your fault) but not here. Your comment about USCIS lovers doesn't add anything to this thread or help the OP.


LOLZ your opinion is ill. and your advice is ill-advised. dont listen to these people they have no idea how wrong they can be. Get an opinion from a lawyer.
if something goes wrong, these people will be the first to point fingers directly at you. judgemental and too critical because they have so much faith in the system. look at what the system is making you go through.. tsk tsk tsk so sad


Actually, the former poster had very good advice. I get the feeling that you're only upset about his comment about your situation being your own fault, Ghosttrider. You should be careful not to claim his advice is a bad one when he is only trying to help out the OP here.

As for the OP;
I have read through a lot of medical posts because I have been wondering about a few things myself and I can not remember a single case of anyone being denied a VISA due to high blood pressure. I'd have your husbands own GP do a test before the interview perhaps, or even state a history of his former check ups and the value of his blood pressure tests and bring this with you. It's even mentioned here somewhere how the situation itself can make the blood pressure rise. I can only wish you good luck and keep your spirits up! I know it's tough being parted from the one you love, but hang in there!

Kristin


I would like to thank everyone who was helpful and supportive. Ghosttrider, I am sorry that you are so bitter,and I hope you can get things resolved for you.

grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-06-22 11:23:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHelp, Medical Denied
QUOTE (Marina-Del @ Jun 22 2009, 11:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yeah, wow. Firstly, ghosttridder...don't give silly advice on such an important and serious thread. Your thread is where you can complain about your situation (which IMO is your fault) but not here. Your comment about USCIS lovers doesn't add anything to this thread or help the OP.

To the OP:
I have never heard of anything like this at all. As far as I have seen I have never seen anyone be denied for high blood pressure. One question, which really shouldn't matter but it might shed some light on this topic, how high was his blood pressure? Was it seriously through the roof or was it just slightly higher than normal? If the medical is denied that DOES NOT mean that you cannot still go to the interview. You can very well still go to the interview and most likely the would tell you that your petition is approved pending a clean medical. When you go to the interview bring ALL supporting documents and a good chase as to why this is not a good reason for a denial. The fact that *you* as the American have health insurance that will cover your husband once he is in the US is not supposed to make a different for these visas, but in this case I think it might help (if in fact you do have insurance that will cover him). Also, I'd recommend you send your husband/fiancee (by the way, is he your husband or finace??) to his normal GP and have them do blood pressure tests. Like you said, London wants you to go to their doctor, but I'd send him to the GP just so that you can have more copies of his blood pressure state. AND, if the London doctor gave him copies of the paperwork from the medical take those too. Print out the reasons for denial for a health reason and ask them why high blood pressure is a reason.

Last time I check the doctors at the medicals COULD NOT deny visa, they can only give the medical. When we went to our medical in London we didn't even hear any results. They didn't tell us anything! They didn't say whether the xrays looked good, they obviously couldn't tell if the blood tests came out good, and as far as blood pressure all they said was "okay fine". Perhaps the London doctor was saying his medical came out bad and not that it would be a denied visa. That is not his job. YOU CAN STILL GO TO THE INTERVIEW! And I recommend that you do so!



Thank you for your support. We still plan on him going to the interview. What the doctor said today was "Your blood pressure is too high, I cannot sign off on the medical". As soon as he got home, he made an appointment for tomorrow morning with his GP. They are going to fax their findings and what they plan on doing for treatment to the doctor that saw him today (I thought that might help a bit). His BP was through the roof. It was 180 / 100. So a blessing in disguise that they found this and he is getting it treated.

I have done some research, he can request a appeal / waiver form at the interview if he is really denied. I too did not believe the doctor could "deny", but refusal to sign off on the medical is equivalent.

Unfortunately I do not have medical insurance. But, he is financially stable and of a profession where he should have no trouble getting a job with full benefits.

Once again, thank you for your support and help!
grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-06-22 11:14:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHelp, Medical Denied
QUOTE (Danu @ Jun 22 2009, 11:27 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Oh wow, I hadn't heard of that. Let me go see if I can dig up anything from someone who might have gone through something similar.



Thank you Danu
grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-06-22 11:01:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHelp, Medical Denied
QUOTE (HelloWorld08 @ Jun 22 2009, 11:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
wow? can you get the medical done again by a different doctor?



Unfortunately you have to have it done by the embassy's approved doctors. This is it.
grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-06-22 10:23:00
US Embassy and Consulate DiscussionHelp, Medical Denied
Ok, my husband had his medical in London today. The doctor told him he failed due to high blood pressure. She said that he would have to see his regular doctor, get his blood pressure down, then take the medical over again (paying their fee again). In reading the statute, blood pressure is not a valid reason to deny the medical. I have no idea what to do next. This really really is heart breaking. I need my husband. Its been so long already. Any suggestions please, I don't know what we can do next. Below is a copy of the statute.


(a) Classes of Aliens Ineligible for Visas or Admission.-Except as otherwise provided in this Act, aliens who are inadmissible under the following paragraphs are ineligible to receive visas and ineligible to be admitted to the United States:


(1) Health-related grounds.-


(A) In general.-Any alien-


(i) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) to have a communicable disease of public health significance; 1b/


(ii) 1/ except as provided in subparagraph © 1a/ who seeks admission as an immigrant, or who seeks adjustment of status to the status of an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, and who has failed to present documentation of having received vaccination against vaccine-preventable diseases, which shall include at least the following diseases: mumps, measles, rubella, polio, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids, pertussis, influenza type B and hepatitis B, and any other vaccinations against vaccine-pre ventable diseases recommended by the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices,


(iii) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services in consultation with the Attorney General)-


(I) to have a physical or mental disorder and behavior associated with the disorder that may pose, or has posed, a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others, or


(II) to have had a physical or mental disorder and a history of behavior associated with the disorder, which behavior has posed a threat to the property, safety, or welfare of the alien or others and which behavior is likely to recur or to lead to other harmful behavior, or


(iv) who is determined (in accordance with regulations prescribed by the Secretary of Health and Human Services) to be a drug abuser or addict, is inadmissible.


(cool.gif Waiver authorized.-For provision authorizing waiver of certain clauses of subparagraph (A), see subsection (g).


grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-06-22 10:16:00
K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & ProceduresWorries about timeline and considering options, need immediate HELP!
QUOTE (mandahulusi @ Apr 29 2009, 04:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi,

I got my I-129F package completed and ready to go but have some last minute reservations about sending it.

I consulted a lawyer yesterday, asking how long this process can take and she said it would take 8 months at the shortest and getting married on a tourist visa would be safer and quicker. The safer part, she argued, is due to the fact that she will be over here in the US anyways so there will be less people and paperwork involved that is going to travel to the other side of the world and thus, less can go wrong. The fact that she already has the tourist visa and she already visited me once with that visa and didn't overstay is another strong argument for this option.

When I asked her about the visa fraud thing, she said there is no way they can prove her intentions were to get married when she was entering the US and they usually don't even bother if you do it after 3 months she enters. This is the third (yes that's right, three in three in fact) lawyer suggesting me to go the "illegal" way and I'm very confused right now.

I know once I send my I-129f, there will be no turning back and the tourist visa option will be gone forever. And if after that, the K-1 visa takes like 10 months or even more to get issued, I would be very frustrated to have chosen this way. And as far as I can see from the other posts there are like infinite possibilities for stuff to go wrong so that the process takes longer and longer. That is something we cannot afford.

I'm in desparate need of help on this decision and the more confused I get, the later the process will start.

Another question I have about the timeline is that it says on the USCIS website that the timeline is case specific. Most of the couples I'm seeing here in this forum met on the internet, whereas I grew up in my fiancee's home country, we actually met in college and have been dating since. We even correspond in the native language of her country. So is it safe to assume that these facts might shorten the process?

PLEASE HELP!

Oh, one last question: Do I need to get my passport copy notarized?

thanks


I fired my first attorney for giving the same advice. The new attorney told me it was a good thing I did not try that. If you are caught committing visa fraud, you could be permanently banned from obtaining a visa to the US. Is that a risk you want to take?

grapeeyesFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-05-27 11:57:00