qwerty1974

I m not sure how it is where you are, but here to have someone make the dress is way way way more expensive. I purchased my dress here in England as I simply could not wait but now am facing having it shipped over to the U.S or taking it as carry on on the plane! I think sending by courier will be the route to go but you know we did it this way as we have a date picked and time will be tight. If time isn't tight for you when you get there I'd suggest getting it when you arrive to save the expense and toruble of sending or carrying it. Congratulations on finding the design you like though...that's half the battle done right there

I hope you'll be fine. I think I googled 'do you need a police certificate from every county' and I found a site saying that ACPO centralise it....except for scotland, for which you'd need a different certificate.

Okay, just did another search and this site came up which now DOES say Scotland is covered by ACPO http://www.immigration.govt.nz/migrant/general/formsandfees/formsandguides/policecertificate/uv/uk.htm

Fingers crossed that this site is correct and not the one I read earlier...good luck

ask them if it is going through 'additional processing', I've read of that in a few forums and it delays things a little. I'd ring and specifically enquire as to whether that is the delay if they haven;t mailed to the consulate yet. Good luck

I was sorry to rread this thread and I agree, better to have found out now. I would definitely write to the providers who are accounting bills in your name and have your name removed. Also, I would wrte a formal letter withdrawng any petitions or so on and including what you have mentioned here. Who knows, perhaps they'll mark his card as it were. I really do hope that you can move on from this. The main thing is to change those accounts, tie up loose ends, inform immigration of his recent actions as you see them, and then draw a line under it knowing you have done everything you can and try not to give him a second thought after that...he really doesn't sound worth it.

Just a quick question and I'm sure the answer is 'no, what you have will be fine' but just to be on the safe side...some immi sites say you must get a police certificate from every place/constabulary you've lived since 16?? I applied for mine via ACPO which I'm sure is centralised (aside from Scotland, but I've never lived there anyway). I don't need to reapply for every county I've lived in do I??? That'd be a pretty expensive and time consuming effort!!

For us it just made sense. My fiance (USC) has childrren in the States and a thriving practice...I'm a postgrad student (or will be) so it made much more sense for me to uproot than to ask him to risk his career and to not see so much of his daughters, they are adults but only young adults and it seemed an unfair thing to ask him to do. Right now though, I'd be with him anywhere given half the chance!!!

Congratulations ))

Brilliant and helpful as ever Thanks so much for replying, I'll pass it along to him

Okay, so here's the question and thank you in advance for any help offered

We're at NOA2 stage. NVC have given us a case number for London. My fiance (the petitioner) has filled out the affadavits at his current address, the one all of his evidence etc is listed under (tax returns etc). He will ntaurally be sending those ahead to me so I can send the DS2001. My forms for the embassy list him as at his new address....which he will be by the time they get the case (he moves the end of November). He is sending a covering letter with the affadavits covering why they are listed under his current address and that he doesn't move into our place until end of next month.

1)is there a particular form he should fill out and where should he be sending it to as USCIS are't dealing anymore.

2)will the London Embassy have a problem with the affadavit of support having him listed at what will by thenbe his old address (but bear in mind it would be false for him to sign and swear now for it at the address he is NOT yet living in)

Any advice would be great, he simply can't put the new place as he's not technically there yet but I am listing the new place as his address and what willbe our address as by the time the embassy see me it will be his address (its all signed and secured for the move date, just not before). I'm a little concerned they will register a discrepancy between the address he has listed and what I have listed and I'm certain that whilst a covering letter will help explain at the point of interview, it won't be formal enough. He did look up an AR11 but seemed to think that wasn't the right one??

Thanks...I was going to post it off to them with section one...you just saved me That mistake

do you fill out section II and just not sign it or do you leave the whole section blank?? Thanks in advance.

Thanks for this flu jab advice. Apparently Lloyds pharmacy are doing them for a special offer of seven pounds at this precise moment so I think I'll go get myself covered just in case this comes up.

I'm not certain on that one...perhaps list just their middle initials on the form and attach an additional sheet explaining and with their full name?

There was more we could have sent in, and I wish we did, though it all seems to be going okay. I ve heard they don't care so much for the evidence at interview level, so yeah, I'd send in the mass of it now Congrats and good luck

I'm not sure what an i130 is so I really don't know anything about this....but my heart goes out to you and your family, it sounds just awful. I'm sure there is some way around this though. Perhaps you could try visiting the embassy there or at least an immigration attorney just to get some advice of where to go from here. I truly hope to read that you've found some solution and that it all works out for you. If you took the lady's name, who gave you the incorrect advice, perhaps you could lodge a complaint and appeal on those grounds, did she mail you confirmation of your call or anything? Might give you some leverage.

You HAVE to be honest. There isn't really much choice or other sensible option. If your police certificate says 'no live trace' or 'stepped down' then you can bet your life at some point, perhaps not until the embassy level here in the UK, they will have the power to look further into exactly what the caution/conviction was. I don't know much about this area except some things I have picked up from this forum, but I ve flitted through a few forum posts and found these points, perhaps you'll wish to search further into them....

1) One poster mentioned 'trying' a drug, but was honest about it and is going on to get character witnesses to verify this was a fad and in no way indicative of a current predisposition

2) Another poster mentioned something about stepping down regulations denying entry based on historic use....though I can't hionestly remember what that was for....try looking in the forum and I think the poster titled it something like 'experimental drug use' or something on that nature.

Sorry I can't be much more use than that, but definitely you have to be honest in your application as if you lie and they find out (which they will) it's not going to make you look a very viable or desirable option for U.S entry.

For Subject Access try this link

http://www.acpo.police.uk/NationalPolicing/ACROCriminalRecordsOffice/SubjectAccess.aspx

Then write to her, with actual physical mail, and do it alot. Send her photos, anything to help her feel integrated into your life and to give her a feel of how things will be when you are together Talking everyday is also good. I don't get to do that very much with my fiance...we have a five hour time difference and I have children and he has work but across an average w/e we usually manage a good twelve hours of constant talking.

I would say the best advice I have read so far is to stay in constant touch; skype, texts, real letters, whatever you can whenever you can and just remember that alternative to this wait is a future of not being together at all. Just help her to see what you'll have at the end of this wait and help her to stay positive. It is tough but offset against the lifetime we get with them after it'll seem a short time I'm sure. You do feel your life is on hold a little bit but concentrate on what you're doing it for and try to think less about this waiting game right now- hard though that is to do!

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/115296-ecuador-consulate-has-not-received-case/

Follow the above thread to find the trick but I think it'll only work once NVC have the package. Our NOA2 was sent out on the 7th but NVC don't have it yet, or maybe just not have processed it. You'd have to wait for that first which they say takes up to 15 days (we've been advised that as a rough guideline for our case, but everyone is different I'd guess). I 've read some people have said they've rung NVC a week later and been able to get their updated case number, so you can never tell. Our NOA2 also said 'sent to listed consulate' but on calling the NVC they said that is standard wording and so very rarely if ever would that actually happen. They said ALL petitions are sent to be processed out to relevant embassy's by the NVC. Hope this helps and good luck

@DAN AND JENNI

Couldn't agree more! Just can't wait to get stuck into actual day to day living and beginning married life with my D. All this form filling and waiting is quite disheartening at times when all you want to do is be with the one you love. On the bright side though, at least after all of this we will be in the supreme position of being able to find the most banal of lifes events and chores absolutely delightful because we'll never lose sight of how amazing it is just to be with them. I never envisaged before actually looking forward to running out of bread, having to clean out a fireplace, wondering who'll gain control of the remote or possibly even picking up towels from the bathroom floor, but right now I'd give just about anything to do just those things!!!

You could always address to 'care of' his mothers address and attach an addendum sheet explaining he is mid move. That way you'd list his adress as c/o********** and it makes it at once clear he picks up from there but is not exactly living there. Once he has moved you can file what I think is called an AR1 document which deals with change of address. I have read elsewhere on VJ that changes of address don't delay things, after all, people DO move and it should just be a matter of tapping new data into a computer at USCIS when you send in your new information. As you are the petitioner (is that right?) all mail should pretty much at this stage be going to you anyway, so I don't think he'll miss anything in that respect. I am the beneficiary and am at NOA2 stage and haven't heard directly myself at all from anyone, it all goes to the USC. Best of luck (p.s try signing up for email notificiation too, that way nothing will be missed)

Loved reading this! It's so nice to hear that there are some understanding people out there who don't mind using a bit of flexibility Congratulations and good luck!!!

Oh, absolutely! VJ has been/is being instrumental in my own actioning of this move, so I'lll certainly do everything I can to share the knowledge as and when I get it

12 days and counting