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K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress ReportsATTENTION JULY FILERS!
damnit...found a company now I can't find them again. They offer temporary insurance for student and fiance(e) visas. I'll try find it again.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-22 11:27:00
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several people have done this in london. you get your interview early morning then medical in afternoon. Just means that if you get approved it's pending medicla results so as long as you are fit, healthy and not diseased you'd be fine. Julezabelles OH griff did this. The embassy and medical place are literally no more than 10-15mins walk away from each other.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-22 10:47:00
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@ Audrey hang in there...it's coming. I've still got all my available digits crossed.

@ thee rak....get a return flight, that's what I'll be doing. Play around with the return date as you'll be able to make it whenever you want so put it several weeks away and it will probably get cheaper.

@ Aly..I can't get spreadsheet to load, haven't been able to for nearly a week now, not amused. mad.gif
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-22 10:04:00
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stress stress stress stress...I know what the 2 of you mean. I just want the 5th of Feb over with so I know where I stand. Nick and his mammy finally sending all the paperwork I'm waiting for tomorrow and it's coming by UPS overnight secure service. I'm still thoroughly convinced we gonna be declined as nick not working and I've never met the co-sponsor even though I have over £9K to take myself and my co-sponsor is totally solid.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-21 10:03:00
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the medical has been the most expensive but easiest part yet. They didn't contact me and it's been over a week so I take it I'm disease free and acceptable to be released on US public!!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-19 13:09:00
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we need to pay for vaccinations seperatly here. Visa medical £180 and vaccines vary from £25 - £60 each
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-19 12:27:00
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mine in london at bentick mansions took 45mins! no pee test for UK.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-19 10:20:00
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my recipie is floating around in Uk thread....british recipie one! So easy to make and oh so gooooood!!!!!

infact..here it is

CRANNACHAN

340g (12oz) Fresh Raspberries or Soft Fruit (in season)
10 fl oz Double Cream
50g (2oz) Medium Oatmeal
3 tbsp Honey (preferrably heather honey)
3 tbsp Scotch Whisky

Toast the oatmeal under a grill or in a dry pan, turning occasionally, until golden brown.
Allow to cool.
Whip the cream until stiff.
Fold in the oatmeal, honey, and whisky.
Layer the cream mixture with the raspberries in four tall glasses, reserving a few raspberries for garnish.
Cover with cling film and refrigerate.
Allow to come to room temperature for 30 minutes before serving
Decorate with a few raspberries.
Serves 4

Edited by weedebz, 18 January 2008 - 04:46 PM.

weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-18 16:44:00
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going to make the most of the excuse to eat lots of haggis followed by crannachan. Lots of scottish cheese and oatcakes too....oh and can't forget enough whisky to float a small boat!!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-18 16:28:00
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QUOTE (Jeraly @ Jan 18 2008, 09:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Aww - I'd get your money back if I were you - making you work on your b-day?!? Is that going to make you officially (almost) 2 years older than me for a month(ish)?!


i'll be 27 on the 27th. Thankfully I have a toyboy to keep me young!!!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-18 16:15:00
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sounds like a plan. I'll be using it as a warm up for my b'day/burns supper on saturday. It's burns night on the 25th, my b'day on the 27th so we having a party at my parents to do both at once. My b'day but I'm still having to help make burns supper for 9 folk!!!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-18 16:10:00
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i'll come!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-18 15:57:00
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I'm even trying to eat my houmous and drink my friday night zinfandel with fingers crossed...no spilages yet but doubt that will be the case as I get further down the bottle!!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-18 15:48:00
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arrta... so sorry to hear about your mammy.

in Nick news..he's home from hospital and still very sick but improving
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-18 13:02:00
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i'm a nightmare to all around me stressing about interview...I think I've got everyone around me as anxious about it as I am.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-16 13:08:00
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I know it's only wednesday evening but who is up for friday night booze up this week?

QUOTE (julezabelle @ Jan 16 2008, 06:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Jeraly @ Jan 16 2008, 12:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
@Julez - you have a POE/date for the spreadsheet yet?! I've highlighted you but realised I haven't filled those out yet!!!


Yes, after having received his passport and visa yesterday, Griff booked his flight for 31st January! Just 5 days after I leave the UK!!! dancin5hr.gif He said he didn't believe he was really approved until he had the visa in hand! laughing.gif


I won't believe it until i'm there around 3 weeks and it dawns on me there is no plane home!!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-16 13:04:00
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oh audrey I hope it is good news I have everything crossed that can be crossed. It's coming for you I can feel it.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-16 12:56:00
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Nick has been really ill for the last few days with flu like stuff...just had email from his mammy, he's developed pnuemonia and is really sick. All I want is to be there with him and for him but I can't be and it's killing me.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-16 10:23:00
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QUOTE (Jeraly @ Jan 15 2008, 04:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
laughing.gif You contact them yet to let them know?!?! I'm really close to my mum as well - she's just not very sympathetic smile.gif


only contactable by email, so yes email sent!!!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-15 11:29:00
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me and my mammy really close.

Ok I need a totally OT rant... bought MP3 player online on 28th Dec only just arrive today. I thought I was being clever buying a US model with US powercord (it was being sold from UK webiste and was discounted because it was US version). The store even promised to supply a socket adaptor. Well no power cord in box!... they did supply the adaptor though, not that it's any use!!!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-15 11:19:00
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QUOTE (Jeraly @ Jan 15 2008, 03:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yay!! You'll be skipping around London and freaking I am sure!! I wish I could be with you but it is two days before I go to the US!!!! EEEPPP!!!

I am so stressed at the moment - I feel really run down like I need a pick me up but I just don't know how to drag myself out of this slump sad.gif


I know that feeling I'm just so low as still convince we gonna be declined so trying to prepare myself for it. My mammy really annoyed she can't come down for this trip too. Gonna be all on my lonesome in London. Need to work out where I'll go afterwards to console myself or celebrate.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-15 10:53:00
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3 weeks from now I'll either be skipping round London or sulking in a corner of Euston station just wishing it was 10pm so I could get the train home!!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-15 10:33:00
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congrats Alyson...this is really good news. kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif

I'm so happy for you...YYYYEEEEEYYYY!!!!!!!!! kicking.gif kicking.gif kicking.gif
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-14 14:51:00
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i just had a chat with Nick and his mammy to get things in gear and get this sponsorship stuff to me
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-14 13:58:00
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I think all cats have so much personality, they can have so many expressions. I love them. Guinevere brought home a present for us today, I know she's just being nice but I'd rather she didn't. She is gradually destroying the local rodent population.

on another note...my house smells amazing...making minestrone soup just now.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-14 11:10:00
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oh julez..so sorry to hear about Jasper. I'm not looking forward to leaving my girl behind but it's the best for her.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-14 09:23:00
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just had my phonecall to the boy. Now sitting watching MIB2 and drinking a glass of...yes ou guessed it...californian Zinfandel. To lighten the mood, here's a wee story...

3years ago if someone had told me I'd be stressing over an application for entry to the US I would have laughed so hard. I hated all things American from the over enthusiastic customer service to the we are so much better than everyone else we don't even need to know about the world beyond our shores (unless of course there is oil). I was a Scot proud and happy, albeit a Scot diluted with viking ancestry. When I met Nick online in Feb 2006 when he told me he was from Nebraska I asked if that was a town or a state, I didn't even know New York was a state, i just thought it was a city. I explained I come from a Scottish village...his first response was, do you see sheep?...I laughed, there are more sheep in this village than people. He said he comes from a small town, 49k people...I said I come from a small village, 2k people which shoked him a tad. I explained I went through primary school with only 28 people in my year and in high school I "graduated" with 150 others. He tried to explain how flat Nebraska was, I tried to explain I can drive 20mins east and climb a mountain and drive 20mins west and end up on the coast, up until April I can see snow tipped peaks out of my bedroom window, and we have been known to have snow in May!! He said he'd never seen the sea and at that moment having only known him less than an hour..I told him I'd show him the sea one day. I told him I'd never been outside europe but i'd seen 10 countries, he told me he'd show me america one day. We both kept those promises, I have shown him the sea, he has shown me his wee corner of America. Now I'm still a proud scot taking my saltire that has been signed by friends I've met in 11 countries (a few famous sigs on there too) everywhere but now I also fly the stars and stripes (ok its only 1ft across and my saltire is 4ft) and although I know I'll never agree with alot of things that America currently stands for, I have learnt that alot of americans don't agree either...................(sorry STP) it is a place I am certainly looking forward to calling home!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-13 15:54:00
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always here for a fellow scot...well anyone actually. This whole process is tough on us all. I am having a particularly bad day myself today and calling my fiance in Nebraska in about 5 mins. Chances are you have a better file than me so don't stress...leave that to me. I stress enough for every single VJ member on my own. For anyone else to stress is just a waste!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-13 14:49:00
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QUOTE (Jeraly @ Jan 13 2008, 07:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Eww - when will that happen? I don't really care as long as it is after next month as I have already booked my tickets to Dublin unsure.gif

As for the JFK EAD stamp - it is only valid for the 90 days of the K-1 and expires when you marry? I don't understand all this!!!



don't know when...something to do with terminal changes! So fecking hard to get decent priced flights to Nebraska, not exactly a tourist hotspot with flight deals!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-13 14:43:00
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ok now even more miserable...it's so expensive to fly from Glasgow to anywhere especially as I want to make sure I have loads of time once I hit US soil to make sure everything cleared ok as I've heard that very soon us immigration will be cleared in chicago rather than dublin!!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-13 14:20:00
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when clearing immigration at JFK you can ask for EAD stamp that will allow temp work permit. This is however only valid for the 90 days. At least this is how I understand things, please someone correct me if I'm wrong!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-13 13:46:00
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QUOTE (babblesgirl @ Jan 13 2008, 06:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I sometimes wish i'd discovered the visit and adjust status thing earlier but I was always worried about proving intent. Maybe it is better to be spontaneous about things and not plan in so much detail. I really feel for those people who submitted K1 petitions and have been on hold well over the six months we all expect it to take. I am so scared I'm going to be one of them.


I know what you mean about the just enter and do it. I kinda wish we had done that too but at the same time, as much as I hate the being apart from Nick I think it's makes us appriciate being together more and we will be less likely to take each other for granted due to what we have had to go through to be together.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-13 13:16:00
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I will be travelling (all going to plan) Glasgow - dublin, dublin - chicago, chicago - lincoln/omaha

if anyone knows any other good ways from glasgow to lincoln or omaha please share with me.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-13 13:05:00
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3 weeks and 2 days and counting....
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-13 12:52:00
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thanks for the kind words. We have a solid co-sponsor but he is only a friend of the family and I have never met him. He has known Nicks family 27 yrs so he is almost part of the family so I'm worried that the embassy won't be convinced. Also Nick still doesn't have work but he his trying really hard to get something, he's only been back 5 weeks and then there has been the holidays. I have around £9K to take over with me. We also have a rent free appartment to stay in. But I just keep feeling like we are going to be declined I can't get it out of my head. Nick's parents would have been my co-sponsor but with me added to their very large family they were short by $2000.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-13 11:46:00
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weeelllll it's offical....I have lost the plot. I have been sorting out interview stuff, yes I know I have over 3 weeks but i'm obsessive. I have filled file, emptied file, filled file, emptied file and at least twice more. I can't stop crying as I've convinced myself we are going to be declined due to finances or that I'll forget something really important.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-13 11:27:00
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QUOTE (Bforbarree @ Jan 12 2008, 10:53 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (weedebz @ Jan 12 2008, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
it is kinda like..

Americans: Look at us we are huge and imposing!
Canadians: Yeah but we look nicer!


I think the Canadians just look across Grosvenor Square, sigh, shake their heads and roll their eyes.



haha..yeah.

On one side there's the big insult to architecture. Big(no...HUGE), imposing, grey, ugly, 1970's monstrosity with a garish "look at me" eagle that looks like it was nicked off the set of a godzilla movie. Armed guards everywhere with a look that feels like it is seering through you.

On the opposite side there is a really attractive victorian mansion style building with a handful of guards almost looking like they want to invite you in for tea and biscuits. Even though it takes up almost the same space as the US embassy it doesn't fill you with the same sense of depressing doom.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-12 18:05:00
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it is kinda like..

Americans: Look at us we are huge and imposing!
Canadians: Yeah but we look nicer!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-12 14:52:00
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the thing that made me laugh is the canadian embassy is on the opposite side of the square and is much more impressive looking. You can imagine them catapulting eggs at each other.
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-12 14:01:00
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my medical experience is posted in the UK forum. but to state the most important bits..

funny story.... the Dr (very nice german guy) showed me into the room and just behind me I heard a string of obcenities, some I understood, others I didn't...he looked at me and said, I'll be back in a minute...turns out he'd slammed his finger in the door and he apologised for his language I just laughed and said I'd have done the same. After that we got chatting and boy he can chat! He dropped the formal stuff and was talked to me as if we'd known each other years. He also confirmed the fact that the only reason they look downstairs is to confirm you are the sex you say you are...he said he did have a fright once when bits were there that shouldn't have been.

only issues I had was the fact I have low blood pressure, always have but he just said it's on the low side of low but not dangerous so good enough for him. Biggest issue was my vaccinations...the US requires your tatanus is not more than 10 years ago...well mine was in 1995 and got asked if I wanted it done there or by my own Dr. I said I'd get it done by own Dr as when I had it in 1995 I suffered a reaction to it...the vaccination nurse wrote something on vaccination form and told me to talk to Dr. He said that if you have an allergic reaction to the tetanus it is considered unsafe to have it again as reactions can get worse and be dangerous therefore he'd sign off my vaccinations and say that the tetanus requirement should be waived on medical grounds. It shouldn't affect my application in anyway as i personally didn't refuse it, it was refused to me on medical grounds and for my own safety. Apparently I'd find it very hard to get any Dr willing to give me the vaccination either here or US and if I did get it, it would need to be under clinical supervision for 24hrs.

one another note...found embassy in london...easy to find and possibly the ugliest building I've ever seen...a crime against architecture!!!
weedebzFemaleScotland2008-01-12 11:18:00