That is alot of stress off my shoulders now! David just called the DOS line and waited for like 10 mins and then shouted on the voice chat we use - whoohoo we're through!!! I was freakign out about the psychiatriacs report fro no reason - the medical doctor told me he needed that and the letter from my GP - but when I rang them last week to see if they received the GP letter they said yes and it has been sent to the american embassy!! OMG I CANT BELIEVE IT !! now i have so much sorting to do!!!! and now tomorrtow i will go over to the estate agents to say GO AHEAD AND GET MY HOUSE SOLD!! ohh i have to reserach about getting my cats over - and shipping companies, and how am i gonna transfer the money from the sale of my house over etc and opening bank accounts over ther etc - so much to do but im so excited
I still cant believe it im shaking! Thank you all for your help and support:) I know I will need more help here in a while when I can get my head around things:)
Lina (UKC)
Full Version: APPROVED!!!
Yay! I'm sooo happy for you! Congrats 
Congratulations we all worry more than we need too and then are surprised when the problems do not turn out to be as big as we thought.
Ask away with all the moving problems I'm sure as usual there will be various lots of advice to help you decide what is best.
Ask away with all the moving problems I'm sure as usual there will be various lots of advice to help you decide what is best.
congratulations!!
Really happy for you.....CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations 
Such great news!
Yay Lina!!! I'm so happy for you. Bet you were glad to put that big red APPROVED on the list in the other thread! 
That's super to hear!!! So happy for you two.
congrats 
Congratulations! 
Dawn
Dawn
Congrats to you!!!
Thank you all for your well wishes from Both Dave and myself - I showed him this link so he can see for himself:)
Dave informs me that he has seen the link and he appreciates everyones well wishes and is thankful that we have overcome this hurdle and we can now start focussing on being together and starting our own lives together and the next step of the immigration:)
Lina (UKC) & Dave (USC)
Dave informs me that he has seen the link and he appreciates everyones well wishes and is thankful that we have overcome this hurdle and we can now start focussing on being together and starting our own lives together and the next step of the immigration:)
Lina (UKC) & Dave (USC)
Well didnt get much sleep last nite - dave and I were so excited we didnt get off the computer till around 4ish or was it 5ish am!! anyways I got a woken up to a very loud banging on my door at 8.30am - it was the COURIER!!! WOOT My passport with the visa in it and the big brown envelope that I MUST NOT OPEN and my x-ray arrived!!
Ohhhh so exciting so exciting!! I rang my brother yesterday nite to tell him the good news but he isnt too happy about the whole deal and well he got me upset that I cried - I hate it when family just cant be happy for others they just have to criticise all the time - it wouldnt matter to me if I was with the same attitude as my David but coming from the indian family and to me family has always been a big factor - especially him as he basically brought me up and is like a father to me and the fact that both my parents have passed on - I only expected him to say he wished me luck and if i was happy than he was happy - but instead I get sarcasm and criticism!! It looks like I will be l;oosing some family members because of my love and commitment to my Dave!! But I know this is the right thing for me to do right now.
Thank you for listening:)
Lina (UKC)
Ohhhh so exciting so exciting!! I rang my brother yesterday nite to tell him the good news but he isnt too happy about the whole deal and well he got me upset that I cried - I hate it when family just cant be happy for others they just have to criticise all the time - it wouldnt matter to me if I was with the same attitude as my David but coming from the indian family and to me family has always been a big factor - especially him as he basically brought me up and is like a father to me and the fact that both my parents have passed on - I only expected him to say he wished me luck and if i was happy than he was happy - but instead I get sarcasm and criticism!! It looks like I will be l;oosing some family members because of my love and commitment to my Dave!! But I know this is the right thing for me to do right now.
Thank you for listening:)
Lina (UKC)
Yay, i'm so happy for you Lina! I'm sure your brother will come round eventually.
Dawn.
I'm sure your brother will come round eventually. Dawn.
Congrats!!!
Congratulations...
I am so pleased this was sorted out for you so quickly. You will be on that plane in no time. Good luck with the sale of your home.
I am so pleased this was sorted out for you so quickly. You will be on that plane in no time. Good luck with the sale of your home.
Congrats Lina!
Don't dawdle with selling your home; they seem to be changing their minds every 2 seconds with the HIPs and you don't want to have to deal with those! Plus, the BoE is probably going to put interest rates up to 6% by the end of the year and that will slow down the market so hurry hurry!
We dealt with Rentons, which is one of the subsidiaries of Countrywide PLC. They have offices all over the UK but they may not be called Rentons in Leicester. We were impressed with the York office...and at the end of the day, they did sell our house. We also listed with William H Brown which is part of the Sequence group in the UK; they sent an avalanche of people through our door and their service was good. I'd recommend either one of them but look around your neighborhood at the 'for sale' signs; see who is actually selling houses at good prices and sign up with them.
http://www.countrywideplc.co.uk/estate_agency/
http://www.sequencehome.co.uk/
Don't dawdle with selling your home; they seem to be changing their minds every 2 seconds with the HIPs and you don't want to have to deal with those! Plus, the BoE is probably going to put interest rates up to 6% by the end of the year and that will slow down the market so hurry hurry!
We dealt with Rentons, which is one of the subsidiaries of Countrywide PLC. They have offices all over the UK but they may not be called Rentons in Leicester. We were impressed with the York office...and at the end of the day, they did sell our house. We also listed with William H Brown which is part of the Sequence group in the UK; they sent an avalanche of people through our door and their service was good. I'd recommend either one of them but look around your neighborhood at the 'for sale' signs; see who is actually selling houses at good prices and sign up with them.
http://www.countrywideplc.co.uk/estate_agency/
http://www.sequencehome.co.uk/
Congratulations!!!
Congrats, Lina! Wonderful news for you.
LINA! I didn't see this yesterday! Big hugs, girl!!!!!!!!!!!
Soon - everything you've dreamed for will come true!
Soon - everything you've dreamed for will come true!
Congratulations
Congratulations Lina, I'm so happy for you especially after all you went through to get this visa.
If I can help with questions about house selling, transferring money, moving stuff then just ask. I recently transferred some money with Interchange FX and they were very professional and fast and gave good rates. I got loads of quotes for removals and they were all very similar. Basically if you have a lot of stuff to move then it's expensive (we have a 20 foot container and it's £4500) or you can sell/give away as much stuff as possible and try to bring minimal stuff with you then start again over here (can't believe I'm saying 'over here' now!)
Good luck with it all! You've done the hard bit, feel proud of yourself
If I can help with questions about house selling, transferring money, moving stuff then just ask. I recently transferred some money with Interchange FX and they were very professional and fast and gave good rates. I got loads of quotes for removals and they were all very similar. Basically if you have a lot of stuff to move then it's expensive (we have a 20 foot container and it's £4500) or you can sell/give away as much stuff as possible and try to bring minimal stuff with you then start again over here (can't believe I'm saying 'over here' now!)
Good luck with it all! You've done the hard bit, feel proud of yourself
The hard part is finally over Lina, congrats!
Congrats Lina!!! I'm so happy it all worked out for you!! A long road, but well worth it, I'm sure! Good luck with the move!
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