"Uk" Waiver club 601/212, List for uk waivers sign up!

[cmltdg 0]

Hey, maybe they're just changing the way they inform people so it's faster! That's really great if that's it. I'm sure you'll get a confirming call sometime this week.

Hey, we should have our own little pinned area with all approved HL letters as well as denied, kind of like the other forum. I like this forum (VJ) better, I think, and it would be really helpful going forward.

Paul, maybe your theory is right. I'm more than glad to be wrong on this particular point! Ten weeks would be great. That means we theoretically would only have seven weeks to wait instead of nine to 12!

Can't wait 'til he gets here! Hoping for the best.

Tiff

[nigel 7]

Wendybob.....if you can't get any joy from London Embassey, try and call the DOS (202)663-1225 THEN PRESS 1-1-0 for a opperator....they will have your info there..

hope that helps...

Nigel..

[nigel 7]

Tom & mary...

I thought ill post this as it might be usefull for you and anyone else..

A motion to re-open is when you have significant new hardship(s) to present. For example, someone got pregnant or was diagnosed with a debilitating disease.

A motion to reconsider is based primarily on the facts that were used in the original case. However, people often slip additional information in there that is related, but not the entire basis for reconsideration.

So, if you think that the facts in your original case were adequately evaluated and were appropriately denied, but that the new facts change the situation drastically - then you should file a motion to re-open.

If you feel that the original facts were not adequately considered, and the new information is primarily supporting of the hardships already mentioned in the first waiver, then a motion to reconsider would probably be more appropriate.

Hope that helps..

Nigel..

[wendibob 0]

Wendybob.....if you can't get any joy from London Embassey, try and call the DOS (202)663-1225 THEN PRESS 1-1-0 for a opperator....they will have your info there..

hope that helps...

Nigel..

Cheers for that number. It's a useful one to have. After I got through I was told that me receiving a letter first wasn't the usual procedure and that I should wait a few days. heh, like I have a choice.

[mary&tom 0]

Tom & mary...

I thought ill post this as it might be usefull for you and anyone else..

A motion to re-open is when you have significant new hardship(s) to present. For example, someone got pregnant or was diagnosed with a debilitating disease.

A motion to reconsider is based primarily on the facts that were used in the original case. However, people often slip additional information in there that is related, but not the entire basis for reconsideration.

So, if you think that the facts in your original case were adequately evaluated and were appropriately denied, but that the new facts change the situation drastically - then you should file a motion to re-open.

If you feel that the original facts were not adequately considered, and the new information is primarily supporting of the hardships already mentioned in the first waiver, then a motion to reconsider would probably be more appropriate.

Hope that helps..

Nigel..

Probably neither applies in our case, Nigel. They did not consider our hardships at all. The denial letter said no purpose was to be gained by considering any hardship to the usa citizen as we were not eligible for a waiver. Our only hope would be to find more details pertaining to that charge but we have hit deadends everywhere

Tomorrow we are moving into a three bedroom house in Gravesend. Leaving the 2 room flat in Brixton that we have shared since November. We will most likely be without broadband service for a week or two so I won't be around for a while. On May 10th I will fly back to Michigan to attempt to get rid of my belongings and my house. The house is Gravesend is big enough that I can ship some of my stuff but there are so many decisions to make.

mary

[jpkeswim 0]

Mary&Tom,

Good Luck with the move....also good luck once you have to pack everything up in Michigan. I am currently going through my things and my fiance things to get rid of both of our things. I am able to store most of my things that I don't want to ship. I have to get rid of my car and his cars, both of our furniture, and lots of clothes, as we both have way to many clothes. I will be in England in May! Yeah I will see my honey again!

We will re-file once we get married. The wedding was set for the end of April over here, but since they denied John we are having it in England in July. We have had to cancel all of our wedding plans and my parents have lost alot of money. Now we aren't going to have the wedding we really wanted but we will still have the church wedding with a small reception. Hopefully everything will work out this time.

Now I need to figure out how to file everything. Of course our lawyer wants to help still but we don't have any extra money. He told us it would be at a discounted rate, but we really can't afford it with me not working for a few months. Hopefully we can figure everything out on this site.....

I am going up to Chicago in a few weeks to get my UK visa. It is so much easier to get a visa to go over there.

[nigel 7]

Well Good Luck to both of you..and i hope somehow, somewhere, you can both be happy..

[mary&tom 0]

Mary&Tom,

Good Luck with the move....also good luck once you have to pack everything up in Michigan. I am currently going through my things and my fiance things to get rid of both of our things. I am able to store most of my things that I don't want to ship. I have to get rid of my car and his cars, both of our furniture, and lots of clothes, as we both have way to many clothes. I will be in England in May! Yeah I will see my honey again!

We will re-file once we get married. The wedding was set for the end of April over here, but since they denied John we are having it in England in July. We have had to cancel all of our wedding plans and my parents have lost alot of money. Now we aren't going to have the wedding we really wanted but we will still have the church wedding with a small reception. Hopefully everything will work out this time.

Now I need to figure out how to file everything. Of course our lawyer wants to help still but we don't have any extra money. He told us it would be at a discounted rate, but we really can't afford it with me not working for a few months. Hopefully we can figure everything out on this site.....

I am going up to Chicago in a few weeks to get my UK visa. It is so much easier to get a visa to go over there.

I am glad you also have a plan. That is another thing I will have to do... try to get a fiance visa for me. Do you have to go to Chicago or can it all be done by mail? I haven't even begun to sort out that part of things. That would be quite a journey for me to go to Chicago on my own as I do not drive expressways. In fact one big advantage of living in the Uk will be not having to ever drive again! LOL!

mary

[jpkeswim 0]

Yes, it can be done by mail but I just feel safer going there. I was able to make a appointment online and then I just have to be there that day. Yes, it is in Chicago. It is a 5-hour drive so we are leaving after work and then staying at a Hotel downtown. They will issue it that day. Also on the website it lists everything you need to take on send it. You fill the application out on line then you print it off and take it with you. I will PM you with the webaddress.....

[wendibob 0]

The fiance visa is very quick. We arranged our wedding in 3 weeks, and that included the visa, new child passports, booking planes and the registrar (thats where Scotland came in handy).

On another note, today we finally got confirmation of approval!!

Not by phone, but email.

The Immigrant Visa Unit has now received the approved waiver application from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in London. Please call SMS on 08709 501 760 to arrange delivery of your passport to the Immigrant Visa Unit for visa issuance.

Short but sweet I guess. I'll dig out the hardship stuff now we know it worked.

[rebeccajo 14]

WOO HOO wendibob!

[pax 0]

It's official; congratulations are in order!

[TracyTN 237]

Good news, wendibob!

[cmltdg 0]

Yahhoooo!! Officially, congratulations. 11 weeks, not bad, considering

[Baileyj96 0]

Congrats windibob Good to see your approval when I got back. Hope to see a few more soon.

I left our waiver letter with my finace when I was there. Now we just have to wait until May to file it and keep our fingers crossed.

Best wishes to all,

Baileyj