Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
United Kingdom	Phew! Finally got here ....	Thank you for a lovely welcome! I am very happy to be here .... I've been busy browsing ... have already solved the problem of the hotel to book in London for my interview visit lol and the query about vaccinations .. Hmmm first things first though .. get the petition posted I love this place already ... so MUCH information - thank you!!	mrs_sdp	Female	Scotland	2008-08-14 16:36:00
United Kingdom	Phew! Finally got here ....	Hi All Just wanted to introduce myself and say hello to all fellow UKers. I'm in Falkirk, Scotland and my fiance is in Coralville Iowa. We've been together for two years and hoping to get the I-129F petition sent off late September when my divorce becomes final. I've been following the postings on the K1 forum for two or three months but have just recently found this little gold mine of information! Just thought I'd warn you that I will have lots and lots of questions over the coming weeks ...	mrs_sdp	Female	Scotland	2008-08-14 14:14:00
United Kingdom	Copies - Colour or Mono?	QUOTE (Tom&Ren @ Sep 10 2008, 03:39 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Mrs sdp! Whereabouts in Iowa are you headed?? I'm off to Ames! I loved Adventureland! Hi there! I'll be living in Coralville - just outside of Iowa City ... I know Ames, my SO has officiated at softball games there .. wow small world ..	mrs_sdp	Female	Scotland	2008-09-10 11:18:00
United Kingdom	Copies - Colour or Mono?	QUOTE (SMB x2 @ Aug 29 2008, 10:28 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (ginger1981 @ Aug 29 2008, 03:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> C'mon over to Adventureland, you're gonna have a fun-filled day! ...you must be an Iowegian! Haha...ever since "Perfect Strangers" Balki danced around Wrigley it has been the place in Chicago to get your pic taken NOOO!!!!! I'm going to have that in my head all day now (stupid local commercials ><) I prefer Six Flags, but Adventureland is fun too! -Shan I agree about the commercials lol. The one that gets me singing along is "Smulekoff's .. downtown Cedar Rapids!" We just got back from a week's vacation in the Wisconsin Dells and Door County. We had a great day at Noah's Ark Waterpark - thoroughly recommend it - the Black Anaconda ride was AMAZING!! Never been to Six Flags, but am just about to Google it lol ... Have a great weekend!	mrs_sdp	Female	Scotland	2008-08-29 11:19:00
United Kingdom	Copies - Colour or Mono?	QUOTE (ginger1981 @ Aug 29 2008, 09:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (mrs_sdp @ Aug 29 2008, 08:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Alex & Rachel @ Aug 29 2008, 03:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Boiler @ Aug 29 2008, 04:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep, a photo of the two of you will be all that is likely to be needed. Not in the initial petition, no. Primary evidence, i.e. boarding passes, passport stamps, are more important. B&W copies are fine. Yes, I'm copying boarding passes and all pages of both our passports to show that we've visited each other several times in the last two years. I also have lots of pictures of us together at various sites - Wrigley Field, Sears Tower, Adventureland, Stirling Castle, Washington Island - they all have the location showing in some way or another so hopefully that will be enough. I'll be including pics of us both with each others families too .... Also including hotel receipt with both our names on it for my fiance's most recent visit to Scotland. I also have bank and credit card statments showing purchases at some of the locations above and general purchases in Iowa along with corresponding receipts from the stores .. Just trying to think of everything lol .... Thanks for your replies .. very much appreciated! Have a great weekend .... C'mon over to Adventureland, you're gonna have a fun-filled day! ...you must be an Iowegian! Haha...ever since "Perfect Strangers" Balki danced around Wrigley it has been the place in Chicago to get your pic taken Yep!! Heading for Iowa .... I haven't seen Perfect Strangers .. it was the chance of getting our pic taken with the big cuddly bear outside the park that did it for me! I certainly had a fun-filled day at Adventureland - I spend most of the day walking around soaked because of the water rides .. but it was certainly an experience. A bonus was that the pic we had taken on one of the rides has ADVENTURELAND written along the bottom ... never enough proof right?	mrs_sdp	Female	Scotland	2008-08-29 09:42:00
United Kingdom	Copies - Colour or Mono?	QUOTE (Jomo @ Aug 29 2008, 08:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Sepia? That is funny. I did color on all pictures; but only cause I had easy access to a color copier here at work. Sepia? I'm not THAT old, thank you very much ... I think I'll just go with normal photocopies ... all the originals will be available at interview if they need to see them in glorious colour Geez .. this is harder than I thought ... but almost there ...	mrs_sdp	Female	Scotland	2008-08-29 09:09:00
United Kingdom	Copies - Colour or Mono?	QUOTE (Alex & Rachel @ Aug 29 2008, 03:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Boiler @ Aug 29 2008, 04:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Yep, a photo of the two of you will be all that is likely to be needed. Not in the initial petition, no. Primary evidence, i.e. boarding passes, passport stamps, are more important. B&W copies are fine. Yes, I'm copying boarding passes and all pages of both our passports to show that we've visited each other several times in the last two years. I also have lots of pictures of us together at various sites - Wrigley Field, Sears Tower, Adventureland, Stirling Castle, Washington Island - they all have the location showing in some way or another so hopefully that will be enough. I'll be including pics of us both with each others families too .... Also including hotel receipt with both our names on it for my fiance's most recent visit to Scotland. I also have bank and credit card statments showing purchases at some of the locations above and general purchases in Iowa along with corresponding receipts from the stores .. Just trying to think of everything lol .... Thanks for your replies .. very much appreciated! Have a great weekend ....	mrs_sdp	Female	Scotland	2008-08-29 08:52:00
United Kingdom	Copies - Colour or Mono?	Hi All I'm planning on photocopying boarding passes and both passports to include in the I-129F Petition tomorrow. Is is a good idea to copy in colour or doesn't it matter either way? Thanks!	mrs_sdp	Female	Scotland	2008-08-28 20:34:00
United Kingdom	Police certificate	Hi I received a reply from my email to ACPO - they said they cover Scotland too I've saved the site in my favourites for future use .. another thing marked off my list of things to do lol! Have a great weekend everyone ...	mrs_sdp	Female	Scotland	2008-08-29 08:31:00
United Kingdom	Police certificate	QUOTE (william_wallace @ Aug 28 2008, 03:58 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> http://www.acpo.poli...ertificates.asp I notice on there website it says. " Association of chief police officers, England, Wales and Northern Ireland. As I live in Scotland, can I still use them for my police report? Hi Now I'm totally confused - there is an ACPO and an ACPOS which is the scottish one. I checked out the ACPOS site and can't find any information on police checks. I'll email ACPO to find out - because I'll be needing a police check soon .. woooo hoooo .. ummm sorry got a bit excited there ... I'll post if I get an answer back ...	mrs_sdp	Female	Scotland	2008-08-28 16:14:00
United Kingdom	Passport Renewal	Hi, I have a British Passport that I want to get renewed - I have 7 months left on it, my question is (and forgive me if this is stupid!) but do I fill out the form with my married name? and address here in the states? its just the form is prepared for people living in Britian. I assume I would send my marriage certificate in as well, also, can I submit photocopies of birth cert and marriage cert? If anyone else has gone through this process I would appreciate your help I am planning a trip back to Scotland in Aug/Sep this year Thank you in advance!!	angelangels	Female	Scotland	2008-06-10 12:58:00
United Kingdom	K1 Visa, UK interview and medical together?	Hi, i`m looking to find out about going down to london to get my medical maybe the day before my interview with the embassy, can anyone give me any information on this? is it a good idea? i have to travel quite far so i don`t want to have to go to london twice so i guess i`m just looking for anyone that has maybe done this? waited until you get your interview date and then gone down and gotten the medical the day before the interview. if anyone who has done this is reading can you please tell me whether this is acceptable? easy to do? etc. any help at all would be really much appreciated. thanks Paul	creasy19	Male	United Kingdom	2008-08-20 13:49:00
United Kingdom	posting p3	QUOTE (English Muffin @ Jun 3 2008, 06:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (lifebegins @ Jun 3 2008, 01:47 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Which address do you use to send back P3? the one listed on embassy info 24 Grsvenor Square London W1A 1AE or the one printed on the IV15? visa branch 5 Upper Grosvenor Street London W1A 2JB? thanks The second one; Visa Branch 5 Upper Grosvenor Square London W1A 2JB thanks wee muffin	lifebegins	Female	Scotland	2008-06-03 13:19:00
United Kingdom	posting p3	Which address do you use to send back P3? the one listed on embassy info 24 Grsvenor Square London W1A 1AE or the one printed on the IV15? visa branch 5 Upper Grosvenor Street London W1A 2JB? thanks	lifebegins	Female	Scotland	2008-06-03 12:47:00
United Kingdom	The Longest Time??	QUOTE (BexandAlan @ Jun 2 2008, 09:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Oh I'm sorry you are still waiting so long lovely. Did we establish whether or not one had actually been sent yet? If we know it is processed/issued but lost in the mail maybe you could just bypass it if you have your receipt number from DoS or NVC? Is there actually anything in P3 that you need to return....anyone? If not you could just download the forms and send them back and we can just pretend that you have had P3? I hope that you get a solution soon hun. Maybe constant harassment is the way forward. Instead of sending another email maybe write them a letter and send it royal mail next day 9am ? Good Luck xxxx Hi Bex Initially sent p3 2nd april , i have already filled in online and downloaded forms , im ready to go , just not sure if there is anything i need to include that comes with p3 , does checklist get sent back ( i downloaded that as a guide)? s	lifebegins	Female	Scotland	2008-06-03 12:34:00
United Kingdom	The Longest Time??	Ok ..... now June 2nd , London apparently sent p3 2nd April!!!!! ( i thought waiting was normal procedure!) Called , given code for email , emailed over a week ago , got auto response , told will reply 3-4 days , still no reply , given new code today , emailed again , again auto response , reply 3-4 days.. aaaahhhhhhhhh i would just like to thank nichnick for calming and helping me , and making me organised for the day it does eventually arrive ! Has anyone else been waiting or is it just me??????	lifebegins	Female	Scotland	2008-06-02 15:09:00
United Kingdom	Forgot To Send / Well I Think I Did????	QUOTE (StillThePrettiest @ Jun 5 2008, 08:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> how did you send, or do you think you sent it? would there be a record? and how long ago? does the page you found have a date? sorry meant to say posted it wednesday it was received yesterday. more bloody hold ups im so angry with myself s	lifebegins	Female	Scotland	2008-06-05 14:51:00
United Kingdom	Forgot To Send / Well I Think I Did????	QUOTE (StillThePrettiest @ Jun 5 2008, 08:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> how did you send, or do you think you sent it? would there be a record? and how long ago? does the page you found have a date? Hi Sent it special delivery , it doesnt have page number , date on it yes but its EVAF 02.02.06? its states barcode number additional visits to US filtered names then a kind of blurred barcode	lifebegins	Female	Scotland	2008-06-05 14:27:00
United Kingdom	Forgot To Send / Well I Think I Did????	sent back all documents required for p3 (well i thought) and tonight found ds-156 barcode last page thingy , you know the page that specifically asks you to send it!!!! but then again im not sure as i print off 3 or 4 copies of everything , i dont know if these are extras or what !! I think im going mad... Anyway should i call and explain or send in 2 copies explaining my incompetence in a cover letter ??? Help! Thought i was organised , but im not	lifebegins	Female	Scotland	2008-06-05 13:57:00
United Kingdom	Where in the UK are you?? (or you other half)	QUOTE (Ms.Me @ May 30 2008, 04:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Hannah+Vito @ May 30 2008, 04:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> South Kent. Still there waiting for our noa2 and my lovely guy to come visit again. nice to meet you! Nice to meet you too Hannah... Hi Im Scotland , just outside Edinburgh	lifebegins	Female	Scotland	2008-05-30 11:15:00
United Kingdom	Where in the UK are you?? (or you other half)	I'm in Ayrshire, Scotland where it rains all the time, but the scenery is stunning. My beloved lives in Martin County, Florida, where I plan to join him at the beginning of September, as we're at the point of waiting for an interview date. Can't believe it'll have taken us a year to finally get to live as husband and wife. Lyn	RobLynC	Female	Scotland	2008-07-04 19:19:00
United Kingdom	Obtaining US passport photos	Hi I did mine at home. I had the picture taken with a normal digital camera and then printed them out on photo paper. Just cut them to size. I sent two in with the DS-230 to the the NVC and got one of them back at the interview. No need for expensive processing. As long as the picture is clear enough for them to digitally print it onto your visa it will be fine. Lyn	RobLynC	Female	Scotland	2008-08-10 17:15:00
United Kingdom	UK postal scam	Folk may already be aware of this but I thought I'd share it on here as I know many of us will be waiting on important documents via our delightful royal mail. There is a postal scam at the moment (low tech version of email, call this number, scam.) A card is posted through your door from a company called PDS (Parcel Delivery Service) suggesting that they were unable to deliver a parcel and that you need to contact them on 0906 6611911 (a premium rate number). DO NOT call this number, as this is a mail scam originating from Belize. If you call the number and you start to hear a recorded message you will already have been billed £15 for the phone call. If you do receive a card with these details, then please contact Royal Mail Fraud on 02072396655 or ICSTIS (the premium rate service regulator) at www.icstis.org.uk This is similar to a scam at the start of the year in teeside area but this is UK wide.	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-10-21 12:18:00
United Kingdom	Married!!!	Congrats. Glad to hear it all worked out. I'm being silly and organising mine too. Already had to move it once.	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-10-22 05:46:00
United Kingdom	Remember, remember the 5th of November...	Well it's potentially my last in the UK and Nick is here so it's his first. We are going Largs by the sea in west coast scotland to watch the fireworks over the pencil (viking battle of largs monument). Going to go early and enjoy a crock of mussels in a restaurant overlooking the harbour. Made him feel at home today as we made a jack o latern and used the pumpkins inards to make a pumpkin pie. Apparently mine is better than his mammy's.....not bad for first atempt!	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-10-27 17:55:00
United Kingdom	Shipping ?	here's a question.....how to ship my guitar without paying fortune? not bothered how long it takes as long as it arrives in 1 piece.	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-11-06 13:44:00
United Kingdom	Windows 2000 for Geordies	QUOTE (Leney @ Nov 14 2007, 07:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Maria~n~Dane @ Nov 14 2007, 12:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> wonder if they do a scottish version as well If they did, I'm sure it would make people's eyes bleed I'd love to see a scottish version. would be hillarious.	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-11-15 09:41:00
United Kingdom	Current UK interview waiting times?	Thanks for the replies. I am hoping to head over mid march. With these timelines it still looks possible.....JUST!	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-11-16 10:36:00
United Kingdom	Current UK interview waiting times?	I just got my NOA2 Tuesday and I was wondering what the current waiting times for UK interview appears to be. I know I still have the NVC malarky to go through. Had a day celebrating and chilling out yesterday, now it's back to stress.	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-11-15 09:37:00
United Kingdom	Waiting for Packet 3, snore	There are a few people with NOA2 waiting quite a while to get to NVC so hopefully the box at CSC nearly full. I'm hoping to head over mid-march which i still believe is possible.....JUST!	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-11-16 10:40:00
United Kingdom	Waiting for Packet 3, snore	NOA2 was on Tuesday. Now I'm joining the wait for NVC the packet 3.	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-11-15 12:34:00
United Kingdom	vaccination question	Thanks. I was worried I was reading it wrong or mis-understanding. I'd read threads on here before about people getting 5 or 6 different shots. Well round one of shots (MMR part 1 and TD) commences on thurs 6th dec just after dropping nick at airport to go back to NE (so I'll be both sore and miserable!) with second MMR dose beginning jan. Apparently 3 weeks after 2nd dose you may feel lethargic and have flu like symtoms....GREAT...my b'day is 3 weeks later!!!!!!!!!! Going to do bloodtest for me at 1st one too.	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-11-26 15:09:00
United Kingdom	vaccination question	OK spent over an hour today chasing my Dr's who have managed to LOSE my childhood vaccination records, I had polio drops, BCG(TB) and meningitis in high school which they have found. So the way I read the vaccination chart the only ones I need to get are TD and MMR (and bloodtest for varicella for AOS) is this correct? I'm 26 by the way. I also had tetanus in highschool as I remember being very unwell afterwards but they have managed to lose that one Edited by weedebz, 26 November 2007 - 01:46 PM.	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-11-26 13:45:00
United Kingdom	UK student loans	I contacted the my loan people back in August and explained my situation. They agreed to let me use my savings and just clear it (thankfully I had enough as I'd been saving to get on property ladder here) as I think it's just as much hassel for them if you need to pay them from overseas.	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-11-25 12:58:00
United Kingdom	To any Scots out there.....	QUOTE (NickyMcMillan @ Dec 3 2007, 04:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Nice to so many NE based/bound folks here. I'm only about a month behind you!	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-12-03 12:05:00
United Kingdom	To any Scots out there.....	QUOTE (Maria~n~Dane @ Dec 3 2007, 01:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm late to the party as usual sheesh, a couple days late, anyways Happy St. Andrews day Howz about some haggis plz, anybody got any? I havent had haggis for over a year I'm from a wee place called Shotts, now live in Norfolk, NE freezing my butt off *sigh* been here since Nov 06 haha...discovering a wee scots community in NE!!!!!	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-12-03 09:33:00
United Kingdom	To any Scots out there.....	QUOTE (Kezzie @ Dec 1 2007, 09:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I am from Arbroath, now live in Boston MA and have been here almost 3 years.... Hoping to go home for Christmas next year.... got the family coming here this Christmas so I am looking forward to seeing them all... it will be a full house... Oh and you should see the shopping list I sent to my Mum.... lets hope she dont have any problems at Customs.... Kez mmmmmmmmmmm smokies!!!!!!	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-12-01 16:52:00
United Kingdom	To any Scots out there.....	QUOTE (florida scot @ Dec 1 2007, 09:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (weedebz @ Dec 1 2007, 04:11 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'll be heading to Grand Island, NE. Flatness and truly horizontal horizons await me!!! I'm very much a country lass so at least I'm not going to be over awed by grand scale cities in NE. Lived in Glasgow 2 years, hated city life so moved back to arseendanowhere. Much happier When are you heading over.Do you have a date yet. Got NOA2 couple of weeks ago. Hopefully going to head over mid-late march all going to plan.	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-12-01 16:35:00
United Kingdom	To any Scots out there.....	I'll be heading to Grand Island, NE. Flatness and truly horizontal horizons await me!!! I'm very much a country lass so at least I'm not going to be over awed by grand scale cities in NE. Lived in Glasgow 2 years, hated city life so moved back to arseendanowhere. Much happier	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-12-01 16:11:00
United Kingdom	To any Scots out there.....	I live in Houston...wee village with the best pub in the world, the fox and hounds. Attached to which is the best brewery in the world, the houston brewing company. It's about 15mins from glasgow airport.	weedebz	Female	Scotland	2007-12-01 14:15:00