US Immigration from United Kingdom

Anyone have experience with leaving 5 days between the medical and interview for London K1s?

Visa Medicals is currently saying 5 days is enough time between both and I want to know if this is okay. I know everyone has always said 10 days but if they're saying that 5 is enough, is it?

TiA

Hi everyone,

Sorry if this is a daft question but we haven t had our NOA1 yet, but our cheque has been cashed? Do they just cash all cheques immediately? Which I m guessing they might

Or ( holds breath) has our form been checked and our NOA1 is on the way?

Just for info we posted our form on 27th Sept, the cheque was cashed on 3rd October.

Thank you

Lesley and Tom

hello everyone did my interview 2 weeks ago and the interview went well the co said i should send all the original documents. she kept my passport and all other documents, they want me to sand the original birth certificate and divorce papers for me and my fianc and my Nigeria police certificate, which have sent all of it to them by the address they email to me, and they already received it, i just want to know how long it will take for them to approve my visa.

Hello,

I've been in the U.S. coming up two weeks now, got my SSN yesterday, and I'm slowly getting things in order to start chiseling out a presence and life here with my partner: new phone number and phone, joint bank accounts, currency transfer, car insurance, driving license, car, job...

In the mix of all this, my OH's family are voicing their concerns in regards to my UK grades. They don't believe they'll be accepted when I begin my job hunt after all the so-to-speak foundation work is done, and believe I'll need to study and sit a GED. Of course this doesn't apply to all jobs, but they tell me anything that isn't entry level or menial will need some kind of grade translation.

My grades are from secondary education (high school) and college (BTEC diplomas) in the UK. To complicate things further, my institutes of education no longer exist. I can't give potential employers numbers to trace and fact-check because they've long been bulldozed. So do I look into WES.org and pay to get my credential equivalents, or should I hold my ground and see what jobs require what first? What have others done and what has your experiences been in settling here?

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This is supplemental, but I want to be a little honest here and forgive me if I'm showing too much of my heart on my sleeve. Apologies in advance if this comes across as 'snowflake'y.

Frankly, I've had a hard time of it growing up where I have in the UK regarding my career: from pigeon-holing, lack of progression, limited career choices along with crippled job opportunities... It's had a severe impact on my Mental Health over the years, and I'm very worried about finding something that's worthwhile and fulfilling. I worked very hard when I was younger to get the grades I needed for the profession I had some talent in (art and design - I have a distinction in Animation), but those jobs simply didn't exist back then. I ended up in menial and poor work environments (contact centres, Amazon warehousing) to put bread on the table, and now my grades are too old based on dated technology to be worth a dime.

Please don't misread this - I'm willing to do whatever it takes to support myself and the family I'm hoping to start here soon. But my age is working against me in terms of going back to study towards a more reputable career, along with the monetary costs of such and my current residency status (some places require 1 year+ residency). I'm worried. And I apologise again if this simply isn't the place for venting like this, but it would very much help me just knowing I'm not the only one faced with this dilemma. Past or current.

Thank you for reading all this, regardless.

We received an RFE for the I-693 for my mom. She does not want any vaccinations. She is so against it, she is considering dropping the application completely. Can she get a waiver from the doc on these grounds? The issue is it s not like she s never received vaccines. She got 1 or 2 Covid vaccines because it required for her work but generally is quite against them. She also can t locate her vaccine records so if she s required to get the vaccines, she might be getting some she already received. What are her options? Will she get denied if she gets a waiver (if even possible)?