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United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
QUOTE (Laura+Tom @ Mar 29 2009, 02:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (mr and mrs @ Mar 29 2009, 12:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
laura, did yours not come today? i was hoping id hear from you that youd gotten it. jamie is in london this weekend (visiting friends and attending his medical (check!)) and hasnt checked mail since wednesday. im sure we will see them soon. ill let you know if his arrived this weekend when he gets home on monday evening.


No still nothing. Maybe it will arrive tomorrow. If not I'll be giving them a call.


dittoes. about the call. ill see what jamie comes home to post-wise tomorrow.

<looks at thumbs. thinks about twiddling. refrains>
<sigh>
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-29 09:02:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
laura, did yours not come today? i was hoping id hear from you that youd gotten it. jamie is in london this weekend (visiting friends and attending his medical (check!)) and hasnt checked mail since wednesday. im sure we will see them soon. ill let you know if his arrived this weekend when he gets home on monday evening.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-28 18:12:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
QUOTE (Kirsten UK @ Mar 26 2009, 07:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Its been 4 weeks since NVC sent my case to London and they still haven't put it on their systems, this process sucks sad.gif

poor girl. keep your chin up.

mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-26 14:18:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
QUOTE (Laura+Tom @ Mar 25 2009, 09:57 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I decided to go and update the London Embassy info page here on VJ to reflect the 'new' Packet 3, in that you have to download all the forms and the IV-15 checklist plus how many of each forms are required. I've also added the link on how to book the medical.

http://www.visajourn...e...&cty=London

I've found that with the link the Embassy provide in Packet 3 all the info you need is there but you have to explore every single link they provide to find it all.


thank you!

mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 04:59:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
just an fyi, i posted my interview day checklist in another thread.

here it is, if you are interested.




had meant to post here, but jumped the gun.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-20 03:15:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
hmm.

dear embassy,

please do not be closed on EITHER 30 march or 04 april, as it is annoying. it is not convenient for any of us who are keen to avail ourselves of your services, and it is especially insulting to those among us who HAVE INTERVIEWS ON THOSE DAYS. please reconsider having your office team-building day or multi-cultural sensitivity training on a weekend day instead.

thanks much.

-the london visa gang

<sigh>

though i can't imagine it is going to be closed. no holidays or anything that i know of.

Edited by mr and mrs, 19 March 2009 - 12:42 PM.

mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-19 12:39:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
QUOTE (colinjess @ Mar 19 2009, 11:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
hey guys!

so if you remember i said i had to wait for an operation before i could schedule my interview! huh.gif

WELL..... my op has been delayed so i decided to call knightsbridge doctors and explain my situation... low and behold noe they are sayin i can have the medical now tongue.gif the doctor thinks they have any dobts then my GP has to contact them with my details etc and they will delay sending my info to the Embassy !:o

so my medical is now booked for Thursday 26th march at 4 Bentick mansion! at 230 smile.gif any one else got one on this day ??

hopefully everything is ok!

oh and jess is sending me all the info i need ( I-134 etc on sunday) so i will be sending my checklist back soon!


where can i read reviews on medicals i looked but couldnt find the thread ?? anyone got info on the place i will be visiting its the one on MAP B in the info they send out to you /print of website !!


the knightsbridge medical reviews are posted/pinned at the top of the uk forum. and someone said recently that all of the american medicals take place at one location, i think the bentinck street location. ill see if i can find the post.

im glad that things are moving along again for you. : )
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-19 07:45:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
QUOTE (Bob and Patricia @ Mar 18 2009, 10:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (mr and mrs @ Mar 18 2009, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
i called and the DOS is closed today? hmm.

no big deal, helps me practice being patient.


I got through without a problem today. Didn't even have to wait more then 15 seconds or so talk to a person.


how odd? oh well. i still earned at least one patience point.

mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-18 19:17:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
i called and the DOS is closed today? hmm.

no big deal, helps me practice being patient.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-18 10:41:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
cold pricklies. :l
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-17 14:49:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
QUOTE (H&V @ Mar 15 2009, 09:26 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Hi mrandmrs, I think we are pretty much at the same place right now, and I had the same debate with my fiance last night. I have scheduled my medical for 3 April (and still need to see my GP before then too) and H is bringing his support stuff at end of March. I've been studying all the timelines on here, and using them as indication, there are loads of interviews up to the end of March, but only 2 VJers scheduled in April (only 1 K1) - and they're around the 20-24th. So i figured if I sent my checklist back this week (at the same time as the forms) any interview probably isn't gonna be until around mid April - mid-May. And if they do crazily schedule it before you have your stuff, I think you can ask for another date (not encouraged but it is possible - as long as you don't do it loads of times!). This is all estimation, but it's what I'm working on, hope that helps. V
it does help. thanks!

jamie is going to schedule his medical tomorrow (16 mar) for late march-ish. i guess that appointment is necessary for the embassy to process a returned 'packet 3'? so he thinks he will send it out on monday too.

shaz, (i still have a hard time with this nicknaming convention. i LOVE when british people say it (like we have a friend harry/haz and caroline/kez). but i feel like an idiot when i try to join in on it. but, since we are typing, i can sidestep that loophole.) (im sorry i make all of this little parenthetical asides. i like to provide context for my sometimes rambling posts.)...

back you you, shaz, <giggle>, thank you for mentioning the date pushing. i need to remind jamie of that today. might have slipped my mind. so thanks.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-15 08:15:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
i am pleased to see the collective effort to help ms. magpie. i think it illustrates the power of this place. and it makes me grateful that i somehow found my way here to benefit from it.



jamie and i moved another step forward on friday. he received 'packet 3' on friday.

im slightly confused as to some of the timing at this point. (im also pretty tired at the moment, so maybe not at the top of my visa game.)

do you guys suggest sending 'packet 3' back immediately, even if jamie doesnt have (in hand) everything on the checklist? he has not scheduled his medical yet (he does have a GP appt to 'top-up' on immunizations on 25 march). i assume he will get a medical appt in early april. the i-134 documents that must be originals (from me and my co-sponsor) will probably arrive in the very beginning of april too. having said that, can we send back 'packet 3' now if we feel confident that the medical will be completed and the i-134 documents will arrive in a timely manner? i am hoping (a lot) for a mid/late april interview date.

i also got the tax transcripts in the mail today. quick service. i requested them on the 8th and the arrived on the 14th.


gosh, im tired. goodnight, boys and girls.


mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-14 23:18:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
i am unhappy that you were ever treated that way. i am sorry your family doesnt understand that you are a really amazing person just the way you are. (i can tell this about you even via the worldwidewebinternet.) im glad you have potty mouth to love you and be extra nice to you. <3

it seems like a birth certificate, if it existed still, would be your property. its a shame that the indian govt or that hospital cant issue you a new ceritified one. i do think that contacting the police is a good start. forewarned is forearmed.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-13 12:45:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
three in a row, sorry.

so, i got a letter from my employer for the I-134. since i am employed seasonally (at a garden center for 10 months a year) and paid hourly (rather than having a regular salary), im worried that the information in the letter may not be what the person at the embassy is looking for. im sure my income would be considered borderline. therefore, my mother will be my co-sponsor and her employment (and financial stuff in general) is more solid-looking/traditional than mine.

the letter i got includes my start date, my position, my current pay rate and the number of total hours i worked last year. i am concerned that it doesnt state the total amount of money i earned. and it states that i am employed seasonally.

i do know we both will need compete the i-134 and submit the required supporting evidence.

is it okay for me to be more picky about the format and content of my mother's portion of the affidavit of support since it will be her info that will show solid evidence of support?

do you guys think that i should try to have my letter redone to reflect a total salary for the year or do you think its fine as is, and that i can just make sure that my mother's info is exactly what the I-134 asks for?


im having trouble phrasing my question, but i hope you can understand what i am asking.

thanks all.

edit: typos, etc.

Edited by mr and mrs, 12 March 2009 - 10:32 PM.

mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-12 22:28:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
QUOTE (KnightAndMagpie @ Mar 13 2009, 01:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Sarah Palin doesn't represent your 'typical alaskan' one bit ;D

or your typical woman or your typical american, i should hope.

i live in vermont and i think vermonters are possibly a bit like alaskans. slightly on the fringe of middle-america and living in a frozen tundra part of the year. we also enjoy snowmobiling and whittling in our spare time. : p. takes a certain kind. a good kind! having said that, there are good people everywhere.

QUOTE (KnightAndMagpie @ Mar 13 2009, 01:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I think it's funny that Nich called her "Sunshine" since I've been calling her that for a while now, she's my Sunshine Girl because you really just have to see that heart-melting smile she's got :}

aww. lovely.


ps. i do not snowmobile or whittle, unfortunately. so please dont ask me to whittle you anything.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-12 21:17:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
QUOTE (KnightAndMagpie @ Mar 13 2009, 01:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Well, my Knight can have a potty mouth on him when he has a mind to.

im glad to hear it. i dont care much for goodie-goodies. <wicked>


im also glad to see that you are feeling less anxious about it. and fyi, i have always imagined 'warm fuzzies' to be a lot like burdocks that stick to your clothes (or your dog) when walking about in the great outdoors.



also, fyi, the opposite of 'warm fuzzies' is 'cold pricklies'. awww. (anyone remember that super-touchy-feely 70s book? hee.)

mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-12 20:55:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
the knight says:
QUOTE (KnightAndMagpie @ Mar 12 2009, 10:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
FFS

best. abbreviation. ever. <3

i didnt even know people from alaska swore. sarah palin seemed so wholesome. : p



QUOTE (Nich-Nick @ Mar 12 2009, 10:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Chin up. We all think about you every day because you're a love and deserve to get on with your happiness.

this is such a nice thing to say and it's very true. hope you are hanging in there because im certain things will resolve themselves very soon.





i also love ms. nich's use of the nickname 'sunshine'. made me smile.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-12 20:00:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
QUOTE (mr and mrs @ Mar 9 2009, 04:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
im feeling slightly meh because i called the DOS to see if they could give me a firm date as to when the embassy rec'd our case, and she said 'it's on its way'. so i guess it hasnt arrived yet, despite what the last lady said. it was nice to think it was safely in the hands of the embassy in london. but im not too worried, still seems like things are bobbing along at about the right pace.[/size]

progress report:

called the DOS again this morning. (so easy to get through. it amazes me.) the operator said that 'packet 3' had been sent out today. woohoo. i need to get moving on sending signed documents to jamie so they are there in time for the interview. i hope i still have a week or so to get those out, because my co-sponsor (my mother) is out of town for the next week. i am counting on at least 2 weeks (probably more like a month?) of lag time between the embassy's receipt of our 'packet 3' and the date of interview. im sure that our interview wont be scheduled much before mid april. that would be perfect. we are shooting for entry in the first week of may. <hope hope hope>

anyways, i just happy to be checking off another step. feels good.

mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-10 17:38:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
QUOTE
I don't think it makes any difference. I would rather not have them sealed so I could check them for accuracy before I submitted them (people do make mistakes), but it's up to you.


yeah, i am hoping they dont need to be sealed for that exact reason. thanks for your reply.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-09 20:13:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
ms. magpie and mr. knight,

i dont have an answer for you about the NOA2/letter of intent issue. i am certain when one of the 'Wise Elders' comes around, they will tell you what you need and will put your minds at ease. im sure it will be just fine.

sincerely,
lisabette.




ps. does anyone know if the letters (letter of employment or the letter from the bank) need to be sealed? im just wondering what to tell the people i ask to do this for me if they need to seal the letters.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-09 19:06:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
yoohoo! its me again. <waves>

so, i came back a week or two ago from a REALLY GREAT visit with jamie in england. and now ive got all my new boarding passes and the new uk entry stamp and new us re-entry stamp. jamie has a few things from this visit (like a hotel receipt and a car rental receipt with both of our names on them) as originals.

my question is, should i go ahead and send over the original boarding passes and other little bits of 'evidence' so he can have them if they are needed at the interview? or should i just scan/email copies for him?

it seems to me that this sort of evidence is not usually necessary at the interview. and just to give you a more complete picture, when i went, i brought him all of the originals submitted with the I-129F petition as well as a copy of the entire petition. meaning that he already has lots of evidence (photos, emails, bills, phone bills, boarding passes, leases, credit card stuff, etc, etc, etc, blah blah blah) of both having met and an ongoing relationship.

should i send more original evidence?


mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-09 17:17:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
QUOTE (Stinky Monkey @ Mar 9 2009, 08:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I had updated letters on intent for my interview but they never looked at them

If however your NOA2 has expired at the time of the interview you should take the updated letters with the and the one from the USC should be notarized, the NOA2 is valid for 4 months


i think gonna be one of those people who has extra evidence, just to feel prepared. im not even the one going to the interview! but i feel like need to be able to understand and help jamie if anything comes up.

i will keep in mind the 'valid until date' for the NOA2. (i added it to my timeline.) thanks for mentioning it.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-09 15:47:00
United KingdomPeople between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~
easy enough. thanks, girls.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-09 15:17:00
United KingdomSome amazing news regarding my cat
funny stripey cat.

im glad, mags, about the cat. and i am even more glad about a slight de-escalation of the family drama. what meanies they are! despite the fact that you dont seem to show any signs of cracking under ALL of this pressure (poor girl), that getting one source of stress off the table will give you a little more energy to devote to getting yourself ready and through this whole process. so im very very pleased to hear your news.

im also slightly jealous that you will be going through immigration with a cat at your side. (this is a HUGE statement for me to make as i generally do not care for cats. there, ive said it, im a bad person.) having your cat with you is the next best thing to having knight with you. moral support, something to talk to (quiet, mind. you will be in a public place. hee!) to keep you from thinking about the details too much, and a CAT to distract the immigration officer with! how brilliant! 'yes, sir/ma'am, i do have all of my documents. oh, have you seen my really nice cat?'

good for you, lady.


sincerely,
lisabette.

ps in reading an old post, i somehow thought your cat's name was condor. in fact, i believe condor is the name of the airline that is flying from london to frankfurt, or something. hee.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-21 09:35:00
United KingdomCheap hotels close to Medical London.
BRYANSTON COURT HOTEL - http://www.bryanstonhotel.co.uk/
MARBLE ARCH INN - http://www.marblearch-inn.co.uk/

these are listed on the embassy info page from vj.

i think someone recently stayed at the boston court hotel (bostoncourthotel.co.uk).

not super-nice places, from what i hear, but they get the job done.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-18 20:33:00
United KingdomMy Interview - Not So Bad After All!
QUOTE (Laurence+Lauren @ Mar 23 2009, 08:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I didn't open it (thank f#~k)

awww....cursewords. <3.

good for you, im glad its pretty much over for you guys. lots of luck!
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-24 00:51:00
United KingdomWedding Date/Travel Date
QUOTE (laura819 @ Mar 25 2009, 01:13 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
On the checklist, as most of you know I am sure, it gives a place for wedding date and travel date. We are planning to get married Aug 15. However, if possible at all, my college graduation is June 13, and I really wanted him to be over for that. So if we put the wedding date as August 15, but put a travel date in June, would they give him a June interview? Or do they go strictly by wedding date, especially since that is still over 4 months away? Is it possible we could get an earlier interview date?

I am SO sorry for all these questions, I am just trying to get all of my information straight!


vj exists to answer questions. no need to be sorry. you are probably asking a question that other people want to know the answer to.

s'all good, as they say. (they say it, i dont. : p)


and i think you do have a shot at getting him stateside for your graduation. just keep on top of things and hope that there are no snags.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 09:57:00
United KingdomWot do i send bk in pack 3
we checked everything on the list (that applied to us) and sent it last monday, even though we are still waiting for the police certificate to arrive (we sent it out on 10 march. cheque was cashed on 17 march, so we are expected it soon.) and i havent sent the materials for the affidavit of support yet to my UKC (this week i hope.)

you really should/MUST have all of those things listed on the checklist (that apply to you) in hand at the interview. but i think it is generally acknowledged that it is okay to send back the checklist saying you do have them all, as long as you feel confident that you will have them by the time the interview rolls around.

i believe they will not schedule and interview without a complete checklist.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-22 12:23:00
United KingdomThanks for the messages all
QUOTE (pothergavel @ Mar 25 2009, 02:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Talyss @ Mar 25 2009, 02:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
so has it arrived yet?


Yep, sorry.

Was there at 11. I was looking out for a big van with SMS on the side, instead an old Skoda turned up and a guy got out in jeans and tshirt - no ID required.

Thought the line of dancing banana's was enough of a hint wink.gif Apologies biggrin.gif


<hand delivers you an official woo!>
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 09:49:00
United KingdomThanks for the messages all
QUOTE (Stinky Monkey @ Mar 23 2009, 07:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Thanks for the concern, it is appreciated


OF COURSE there is/was concern! it's a shame that this little mishap happened to you, but im glad its (almost) sorted.

im curious to know... what did they do to remedy the error in your visa in the your passport? did they void the first erroneous one, or did they physically remove it? what does it look like? ( i think ive seen scans, and honestly, they were boring. <sigh> where is the drama?) when i went to france for a year on a student visa, i got a beautiful holographic sticker/page sort of thing inserted into my passport.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-24 01:16:00
United KingdomPacket 3
QUOTE (Talyss @ Mar 26 2009, 12:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I don't think you're alone in not wanting the conventional wedding/being married route. No formal proposal or engagement ring here. We had fun on our wedding day dressing up and messing about in the snow, but it hasn't changed anything. We married ourselves (they let you do that in Colorado) so we escaped all the things about weddings that we don't like and were able to say things that had meaning to us. The ring I wear is a love knot ring that Charley gave me as a present early in our relationship that fits on my middle finger. Our wedding rings are hanging on a ribbon by the bed.

thats nice. maybe a a trip to colorado is needed. marrying yourselves? sounds interesting! : )
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-26 07:57:00
United KingdomPacket 3
QUOTE (Nich-Nick @ Mar 25 2009, 11:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I didn't get an engagement ring either and there was no proposal. Like the Mr/Mrs we just worked out we could be together and started making the plans. I like what you said about this process just doesn't allow for alot of traditional dating, courtship, proposals etc. I kept saying, "So when are you going to propose to me so we will have a story to tell the Embassy." It became a running joke. Then once in the London Tube going up a tall escalator, out of the blue he said, "Will you marry me?" I have no idea the date or the station, but the guy at the Embassy didn't ask that.


im glad that someone else (especially you, supergirl nich) understands my comment.

i have moments when i feel bad that we are so non-traditional in some ways, but honestly this is what feels right for us. i am thrilled for other people who are super-excited about rings and table-settings and getting the whole family together, but for jamie and i, our relationship is personal (yet i talk about it rather freely in a publicly accessible website? heh.) and, when it comes to my commitment to him, i dont pay much heed to the desires of others. i feel bad sometimes that my dad wont get to walk me down the aisle, because im sure that is/was a dream for him, but im not willing to let that (unstated) pressure compel me to be someone other than myself. i am grateful that jamie and i think similiarly about these sorts of things (because lord KNOWS we are pretty damn different). jesus, if his mother had input on the 'wedding plans', i am certain she would have insisted on making me a wedding dress that i would have hated (or one that i liked that she would have hated.) ugh. i dont even want to think about it. i wasnt the type of girl who dreamed about a wedding day. ever. even though my parents had a good relationship and set a good example for me and my brother, i am not and nor was i ever hyper-feminine in a traditional/gender-stereotyped sense. (ie into dolls, interested in make-up, worried about boyfriends, etc) so i just never daydreamed about white dresses and swans and confetti and engraved pewter champagne flutes. having said that, i LOVE to go to weddings for all of those kinds of things. i love flowers (used to work in a florist shop in glasgow. best. job. ever.) and i quite like kegs of beer and little hors d'oeuvres , but i just dont need that for me. plus, i couldnt and wouldnt pay for it. oh. and i am a complete and total 100% atheist/agnostic. so that might have something to do with it too!

but i get over feeling bad because a. its really fleeting and b. im doing the best i can. ive never been married before so this is my first (and hopefully) last marriage.

</chatter>
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 19:00:00
United KingdomPacket 3
QUOTE (Stinky Monkey @ Mar 25 2009, 07:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
you can have the ring if you want took it off when I picked up the real one hahaha


good girl! : D

mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 18:08:00
United KingdomPacket 3
oh yeah. <sigh>

it's pretty shocking. i dont know why the HELL they dont invest more effort in maintaining the websites, since they can deliver such vast amounts of information to their audience (24/7 with no humans involved). it just seems like it would be in their best interest to have specific, updated and correct information available. also, while youre at it goverment worker bees, can you please check for typos?

BUT, i do love the people who answer the phone at the DOS. all have been very kind when i call. ack. that reminds me. i had a dream last night that i called and they told me (nicely, of course) that jamie could not interview in april. im glad that was a dream and not yet a reality. also, in my dream, i had to get the TB test. woke up before i found out the results.


mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 10:26:00
United KingdomPacket 3
QUOTE (Nich-Nick @ Mar 24 2009, 04:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
This is a good list of things you will be asked to show at interview time. http://www.usembassy...iv/docs169.html


ooh. thats a good link! thanks for posting. in my many hours of scouring the interNOT, never came across that. who is in charge of the london embassy's website? because they kinda suck.
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 04:29:00
United KingdomPacket 3
QUOTE (KnightAndMagpie @ Mar 25 2009, 08:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Laura+Tom @ Mar 24 2009, 11:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
QUOTE (Stinky Monkey @ Mar 24 2009, 07:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
I had no proof of engagement we were on our own so no pics, and no ring....thats my boy for ya
So as I had not found an engagement ring I liked I popped to accessorize and picked up a fake one for £10 just for the interview hahaha how sad am I, did not make a bling bit of difference though just made me feel better


Same here, no ring, in fact no proposal lol


tongue.gif I'm wearing technically what Knight refers to as a promise ring, but I sent him a man-version of one too (to ward off wayward women from hitting on him. It's not him I'm worried about, it's THEM!...or not really, I just wanted him to wear a ring as long as he wanted to wear it). laughing.gif I still think of it as an engagement ring, even though he mailed it to me and there wasn't a get-down-on-one-knee proposal.




Magpie.


no ring (im not a ring kinda girl), no proposal (mutual agreement after years of worrying that i was a cradle robber (he's younger than me)). i seriously NEVER wanted to get married because i am scared to death of getting divorced (parents divorced after 25 years of marriage, broke my heart).

anywho....

on this forum, the UK one, which i love <kisses>, it seems like we are split between being traditional and being practical. i think its interesting for people in our situations. the 'normal' path to marriage is mauled by this process. the casual nature of dating the girl or guy from down the road is not part of our relationships (for the most part, a good deal of time is spent apart.)

i ADORE jamie. i am proud beyond words of our relationship. people say 'oh!!! youre engaged' and i say 'according to the government i am!' heh. i have had to come around to the idea of wedded bliss, but i have always known that i would be thrilled to spend the rest of my days with jamie.

so we dont have any of the accoutrements of a 'normal' engagement (except for soppy, gross love), and therefore nothing to show (except the oh-so-romantic letters of intent). im not really worried about that. the only thing i have tiny little baby worries about is the interview question that seems to frequently pop up: 'so how did you propose?'.

but, at the end of the day, our story is our story and its the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

and ps the accesorize ring is AWESOME! i think thats so freaking cute.

mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-25 04:24:00
United KingdomVisa approved! [story inside]
very very good! : D
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-30 10:09:00
United KingdomHelp - passport lost just before interview
EXCELLENT! good luck!
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-29 08:59:00
United KingdomHelp - passport lost just before interview
QUOTE (ahlpo @ Mar 27 2009, 09:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Possibly the worst case of Murphy's Law...

My wife has just today lost her passport, either it got lost or was stolen, and her interview is on Monday morning at 8 AM.

I know the Immigrant Visa Unit can usually grant a conditional visa, but how can she get into the Embassy as this is her only piece of ID?

Anyone ever encountered this situation?

Any recommendations?

oh dear. my recommendation is to keep calm. but i dont have anything more helpful to say than that. :l
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-27 17:12:00
United KingdomTravel Question
what about this scenario:

my jamie has always booked his travel under the name he uses in everyday life (jamie Y) instead of the name that is in his passport (and now subsequently on the visa-related documents). does he need to book his ticket under that official name (jamie Y X)?

i guess the answer is book under the full/official name. right?
mr and mrsFemaleUnited Kingdom2009-03-30 22:26:00