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    London Embassy Graduates Thread

    in United Kingdom

    Posted

    Well, here I am, in sunny LA! Actually this afternoon is fog bound but hey!

    Anyway, the trip over was wonderfully stress free and POE was totally painless and didn't take very long at all.

    One very happy and contended new comer to the USA.

    One thing re children.

    I went to enroll my son at school today. Unfortunately, despite all my best laid plans to have him fully vaccinated and ready to go when I arrived, the TB test that I had done in the UK had no date on it, so was not admissable, and infact they were fairly certain that he would have had to have another one done anyway and also he had to have a vaccine against chicken pox. So, that was an unexpected $105 bill.

    The good news is, the walk in clinic I went to were really nice and are open on Sunday to get the TB test read, so he is all set to start at 8.00 am Monday.

    That's another thing, it's going to be odd getting used to the new hours, 8.00 to 1.50!

    Still, the school looks lovely so fingers crossed he'll be making lots of friends really soon.

    Welcome to the US, Purple_Hibiscus! Good luck getting all settled. I'm sure your son will make lots of friends at school. :)

    (F)

    BRITS IN THE USA

    in United Kingdom

    Posted

    ALABAMA:

    Shari (& British hubby, Keith) - Birmingham, Alabama

    Miranda and James (another future British hubby!) - Huntsville, Alabama

    Welshcookie - Mobile, Alabama (eventually)

    ARKANSAS:

    SpriteyStace (Stacy & Paul) - Stuttgart, Arkansas

    CALIFORNIA:

    Ladybutterfly444 - San Diego, California

    lynzm22 (lynsey and Jason)- Lancaster, California

    Daisy - hubby is north of Palmdale, California

    Perfect - South Orange County, CA

    ddchucksgirl - northwest Lost Angeles, CA

    robinklake - Myself and UK fiance are in sunny Santa Monica, CA!

    Purple Hibiscus - Huntington Beach, CA.

    Els and Brian-Riverside, CA

    COLORADO:

    Ladybird216 - Western Colorado

    Boiler - Boulder County, Colorado

    CONNECTICUT:

    Jayke (and hopefully within the next 3 weeks her British hubby) - Connecticut

    Bradfordplip - Time split between SE Michigan & NE Connecticut

    nickels&dimes - Connecticut (Nickels=Sheril UKC & Scott USC)

    FLORIDA:

    Kerry - Central Florida

    Munchkins (Val and Alan ) - Jacksonville Florida -to be with daughter and family

    atothelkini (Alan, N.Ireland) - Tallahassee, Florida

    missyandneil - Orlando, Florida

    Kate, Josh & bump - Tallahassee

    LisaD - (newly engaged!) - Lisa Daytona Bch FL, David Sunderland...

    GEORGIA:

    Crazy Brit - Covington, Georgia

    Matti_n_Kelli: Hiram, Georgia

    IDAHO:

    MeandMyGeordie - Sher (USC) & Steve (Newcastle upon Tyne) South Central

    Idaho, Twin Falls

    ILLINOIS:

    pj1959us (hubby David)---central Illinois

    Luv2teach77 (And her handsome british Husband ) - Trenton, Southwest Illinois

    (Near Missouri border)

    JJM8081(British fiance Joe)--Chicago suburbs

    poppy33usa - just on the illinois side of the illinois/missouri border in the st louis metro area

    jpkeswim - Southwest, Illinois near St. Louis Missouri

    Crisscat - (Sharri & Neil ) Southern IL 65 miles southeast of St Louis MO and not far from alot of you here in IL LOL

    Yorkie - Chicago, Illinois

    Frances (Yorkshire hubster, VJ username falcozappa) - Chicago

    Circus-of-Power(Paul and Catherine) Central IL

    INDIANA:

    Annelizabeth - Southern Indiana

    Andy(uk) Patricia - Near Indy, Indiana

    Baileyj - Southwest Indiana

    KENTUCKY:

    Itsmeitsmeitsree! (Billy and Becky) - Lexington, Kentucky

    MAINE:

    clmarsh (Christina & Chris): Portland, Maine

    MARYLAND:

    Terry & Jeannine.... Towson, Maryland

    MASSACHUETTS:

    matanddanni-Southampton,MA

    Kezzie - Boston MA

    MICHIGAN:

    Bradfordplip - Time split between SE Michigan & NE Connecticut

    euro (Amanda) & Mark(USC)..Brownstown (near Detroit)

    sanctifyer - somewhere near detroit in mid 2006

    badbabe113 - Rockwood Michigan (near detroit)

    David(alias Scotty)Scotland to Livingstone County to be with Bess

    lizaanne (USC) & Simon (Brit) - Detroit area -one of these days, if this process ever ends

    Charlie76 - Michigan, Detroit area

    mary&tom - Southeastern Michigan

    Alison and Scott - Otsego in Plainwell, Michigan

    Colin(Keigwyn UK) and Lisa - Escanaba way up in the UP

    MINNESOTA:

    Chrissy25 - Southern Minnesota

    britsngrits - Twin Cities of MN - Paul-Peterborough

    JayJay - Minnesota Lake, near Mankato about 2 and a half hours away from the twin cities

    MISSOURI:

    DaniChristine - Dani (USA) and Anthony (Northern Ireland)

    Rosie420 - Waynesville, MO (Right in the middle!)

    MONTANA:

    wherezdabearz - John (USA) and Alison (UK) hope to be living together in Missoula (that's where da bearz are...) from end of Jan 2006

    techgirl - Terry (USA) and Davo (UK)- Flathead Lake (western MT)

    NEW JERSEY:

    Gemma12nEl - Bergen County New Jersey

    VisagirlNJ - My fiance will be moving to Hudson County, NJ in APril

    NEW YORK:

    Louandmikek3 - Long Island, New York (Louise, UK and Mike, US)

    DavidUK- Manhattan, New York

    Gwen75 - Manhattan, New York

    Shakysgirl- Russell (UK) and Patricia (US)- upstate NY

    Donna(dmd01708) Oneida County, Upstate New York

    Estella76 - Marie (US) and Adam (UK) - Queens, NY

    Peachbythebeach - Me (US) Hubby (UK) - Long Island

    NORTH CAROLINA:

    Jo1973 - Durham, North Carolina

    saturn5man (Neil) - Near Raleigh, North Carolina

    Jaylen Brit(UK) and LenJayUS (US) - Lenior, North Carolina (from this year)

    mullensgirl (UK) Chris (USC) Eventually Jacksonville NC

    OHIO:

    TenderCats (hubby) - Ohio

    Widge - NE Ohio

    Helen - Columbus OH

    OKLAHOMA:

    Sukie175 (Sarah) - Gage, NW OK (near Woodward)

    OREGON:

    Pam & Dave, Portland OR

    ZZZZZZ (aka Pam & Dave) Portland OR/ Southminster UK

    blandas - Move from Loughborough (just south of Nottingham) to Oregon.

    PENNSYLVANIA:

    Broma25 - Bucks County, Pennsylvania

    Britjohn- Delaware County, Pennsylvania (near Delaware border)

    cheeky^Wolf - (Helen will be there soon) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    Pumpkinsnook - Berks Co, Pennsylvania (arriving 17th August - 13 days and

    counting!)

    Antone and Lyanthya - Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

    Abby(PAX) and Ewen - Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania (likely moving to NYC, NY in the summer of 06)

    SOUTH CAROLINA:

    zenaelarabi - (Oxfordshire to Columbia SC)

    pink_cloud-Charleston, South Carolina

    TENNESSEE:

    govols- Tennessee

    TracyTN (and future hubby ChasUK) - Nashville, TN

    TEXAS:

    Geordieluvr (aka Andria and her Geordie Peter) - Richardson, Texas

    medicjeff (wife Jane from the UK) Austin, Texas

    silent whispers - San Antonio, Texas

    tamarae (Shawna & Ciaran from the UK, arriving soon) - Lubbock, TX

    UTAH:

    HuffyTheSlayer - Salt Lake City, UT

    VERMONT:

    Lou - Central Vermont

    VIRGINIA:

    naiku - Northern Virginia (whenver this process is finished)

    mijkij (also NoVA)

    Litlemo (aka Ally - Geordie,,, Greg - USC)

    MrsBeer:30- N.Virginia

    KikiDoug - (Kiki, from England...Doug, from the USA) - living in the very SW corner of Virginia! :D

    WASHINGTON:

    arwensun1965 - Kent, WA

    samantha_lou - Vancouver, WA

    Alana (US) & Ewan (Scotland) in Des Moines, Washington......

    torpedo_bob, Camas,Washington

    WEST VIRGINIA:

    Margyw- West Virginia

    rebeccajo (and robertwesley - Wes) irishman & southern gal in West Virginia

    Girona40 - Curt (USC) and Glenys, Michael and Sarah (UK)

    WISCONSIN:

    Michelle(USC)andCraig(England)...northern Wisconsin...border of UP of Michigan

    Badgerbabe - Green Bay, Wisconsin

    SteveLaura/LauraSteve - from London, UK to Milwaukee, WI

    Moonlite-just north of Milwaukee

    AllSerene-near Milwaukee I think?

    Mellie(and Scott)-near Milwaukee

    If you could do it all again...

    in Moving to the US and Your New Life In America

    Posted

    We aren't done with the process yet, by any means, but things have been moving along smoothly for us. *knock on wood* Being apart has been really crappy, but it's made our relationship stronger.

    I guess if I could change anything, I would have gotten my divorce filed sooner, though money and the cooperation of the ex were issues out of my control. Danny got his visa on 23 January, and he's flying over in March, so he's got plenty of time to get stuff sorted before he moves. I'm glad that we gave ourselves LOTS of time as far as the wedding date. We filed the I-129F in July and planned for a June wedding, giving it nearly a year for processing.

    I'm just really happy that we'll be able to start our new life together soon! 43 days! :D

    (F)

    Things You May Not Know About Me

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    Everything makes me cry, books, songs, movies, commercials. I cry when I'm really sad, angry, happy, any intense emotion. :crying:

    I don't like to be naked. The only time I'm naked is when I'm in the shower or ummm.... in bed but not sleeping. :blush: Then after we're finished, I have to put clothes (at least a tank top and panties) back on or I can't sleep.

    I love my car even though it's a 14 year old piece. The seat covers, steering wheel covers, armor-all, antenna balls, air fresheners, etc that I've bought for it in the past 3 years since I inherited it are probably worth 10x more than the car itself. I drive REALLY fast and always wish I could be a race car driver, especially cross-country. I've got a custom bumper sticker on my car that says 'Danny's Girl' and has a union jack in the shape of a heart. :P

    (F)

    london police cert

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted · Edited by Rosie420

    Our process took just over 6 months from the day we sent the initial paperwork 'til the day the visa was in my fiance's hand. We went through Nebraska, so I'd think you'll definitely have the visa before August, going through Vermont! Danny's police certificate took the full 40 days to arrive. I'd say it's better to get it early, since it's good for a year. Good luck on your journey! :D

    (F)

    edited for typos :unsure:

    London Embassy Graduates Thread

    in United Kingdom

    Posted

    Okay and this is totally random but do people think you are absolutely nutso crazy when you tell them you are marrying a Brit you met online?

    I live in a small town, and I thought people might be very judgemental about it, but they're not. Mostly they are curious about what he will do for a loving here, since the job market isn't the greatest. And everyone's always surprised that he won't be able to work right away. This is a military town, so there are a lot of mixed-nationality couples, maybe that's why people don't seem to have much of a problem with it? :huh:

    (F)

    45 days! :wub:

    Prenup...?

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    I guess my feelings run toward the 'hopeless romantic' side of the spectrum. Then again, I've never had money, real estate, assets, etc. Maybe if I had lots of money, I'd be concerned about 'protecting' it. I don't think I'd be that way, but I really can't say for sure. I've been through a divorce, with a kid, so I know firsthand how awful it is. I don't ever want to go through another divorce, but if I did, I'd be much more upset about my broken heart than deciding who gets the car. :unsure:

    Funny Language Barrier confusions

    in Off Topic

    Posted

    I've never had such an amusing language issue, though there was a tense moment with my future MIL over the 'fanny' definition once. Luckily it was sorted quickly! :P My fiance takes the piss about the way I pronounce certain words, like 'butter' and 'water', but I know he thinks my accent is cute. ;)

    (F)

    Don't get frustrated...

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Very cool post! Thank you! :D My fiance and I have been very lucky through this process, but it's still hard to be half a world away from the person you want to be with constantly! I think that this has brought us closer together, we love each other and are willing to be apart for now, knowing it's only a matter of time!

    VJ is awesome, and has helped us immensely. I recommend it to everyone who will listen! I wish everyone here the best of luck! :star:

    (F)

    London Embassy Graduates Thread

    in United Kingdom

    Posted

    ***Disclaimer: I'm having a rum&coke for the first time in quite awhile! Apologies in advance for mushiness!

    :hehe:***

    I just want to say Thanks for all the advice that I've received in this community over the past 6+ months. I really loved the 'London Interviews' thread, and I'm grateful for the 'London Graduates' thread as well. For whatever reason, I'm not popular here, I guess I haven't been around enough to be part of the 'in crowd'. But I do appreciate all the info available to me, and I like seeing familiar faces.

    Danny and I are getting married toward the end of our 90-day window. We are looking forward to a break from the immigration b***sh** for a few weeks, but we will definitely need some advice for all the AOS stuff. I'm glad ya'll are here.

    I'm a member of a 'Brits & Americans' group on another site, and I always recommend VJ to people who are interested in learning about bringing their SO to the US!

    I wish the best of luck to everyone here. :)

    (F)

    'Can miles truly separate you from friends..? If you want to be with someone you love, aren't you already there?' ~Richard Bach

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