mullensgirl

HI everyone a little info(as i have not been on here in a while, and thought this would be the best place to ask). I am British and my hubby is a US Marine. This deployment while i am home he wants to transfer me some cash to my UK account. I managed to set up a joint checking account with USAA.

I am about to set up the transfer(but there is a fee of $35) I was wondering if you have ever used your USAA ATM card here in the UK and if so what transaction fees you may have incurred. I am trying to do this the most cost effective way.

I was thinking if it is $5 a transaction that would be way better as i would only withdraw on the 1st and 15th.

Any info would be great.

Sharon

Thanks for the reply!! I will be taking a few pay stubs, just in case, thanks!

i fly to see hubby for 2 weeks on Tuesday before he starts his 6 month Pre deployment training. We have not started the visa process yet. I am scared they will turn me away when I say i am here to visit my husband. My passport is still in my maiden name, i am taking my marriage certificate, kids birth certificates, paperwork for my house to show ties to this country.

I have always travel through Chicago and never had any probs.

I don't know why but since this is the first trip since we married i am so worried they will say sorry , and turn me away.

Well my husband is a US MArine, so i understand the military thing, we have not applied for the visa yet, soon will though, but the things you descirbed about the distance, missing her, the Military mode, plus the time difference play havoc.

I try to go see him at the maximum every 6 months i never leave it longer than that, i have kids though so it restricts my time as to when i can go see him, but if you can visit as often as you can. I have had to have it out with Chris a few times about him making time for me, picking up the phone and calling. Mil life is starnage, even though she has not started school yet she will still be kept busy, very busy.

The other thing is keep your self busy still live you life becaseu when you do talk you have so much more to talk about.

And as I stated in my post, I do understand that she is in, and why she is in "military mode" - when she is surrounded by her colleages. However Im a little suprised that she is still not talking to me "normally" when she does have the opportunity and is alone

They some times find it hard to switch military mode off. I knwo Chris does and he has to appologise sometimes becasue he catches himself doing it. And it is not just you , when Chris is around his highers his military voice kicks in.

BUt i agree with you when you are lone she should not be acting this way. It seems to me she is finding the separation hard between you two, it is taking it's toll alittle and if you dotn really have any commitments here in the UK i would head back to the USA.

thankyou. i am gonna check them out now.

Does anyone know of any forums or info sites like this that are easy to follow about emigrating to UK. Chris and i want to weigh up every option before we send in our visa paper work for me to emigrate to the USA. Because he is US mil, he is going to legal to see about what wupold happen if he meved here after he got out of the mil in just over a year and a half time, because he will still have 4 years inactive duty to do.

Any info wuld be great, as him moving here woudl be the best option espeicially as i dont want to take my kids away from there dad.

Can anyone give me an insight realistically, how often you get to see your Children, for those of you who have had to leave them behind. In particular those of you with young Children.

I am still at a quandry of what to do, i have days when i say yes i will fight this and go to court, and others when i feel like, this is my decision, I am the one who wants to live with my husband ( he cant come here because he is in the US miilitary) i cannot take him away from his other family, his father, and grandma, and maybe i should go and wait until my son (4) is old enough to say for himself what he wants. I dont want to drag him through the stress of a court case. But again i dont want him to feel that i have abandoned him.

I am so torn, i know that you can not tell me what to do, but it would be nice to hear others experiences.

Well Asda atthe moment has summer duvets on sale £7.50 for single £11.00 for double, i am stocking up on some to take with me, i cannot do with out my Duvet. LOL!

OMG i cant do it, i can go to the bathroom in fornt of him, do anythng ele, but not that, it is so funny, he teases me about it all the time. HE on the other hand well he could not care less lol

If you are not married yet, if you dont marey within the alloted time then she will have to return home., i think but someone else here may be more knowledgable.

Teacher

Great to meet you, and congratulations. The day Sian flew home was the day i flew to NC to marry My now husband.

Good luck witht he visa process.

Sharon

My Husband is a US MArine, some legal affices are better than others, i cant believe they gave you that kind of bullshit information. (excuse my language, but they are messing with peoples lives here).

Like Gwen 666 said you have to abandon the K1 becasue you are now married and apply for the I 130, which Chris and I are doing right now. Just be honest with yu application,

Good Luck.

Congratulations

Congrats!!!!

Hubby in the Marine Corp? HOO-RAH!

Yes one of the few the proud!!

Cant you tell i am proud of my sweety lol!!

so cute!

Thankyou everyone!

Donna you and your mumare in my thoughts and prayers.

COngrats!!

Yes the guy at my drug store used a digital camera to take mine nd my kids pics, this is a real good idea.

I love to give and receive

Congrats!!

Congrats.

The 13th was indeed a blessed day--for mullensgirl (getting married) as well as us (myself and Pras, as we went to Pontiac from South Lyon for marriage licence--issued about 5 minutes after we got there).

congrats to both of these fine couples and who said,, the 13 was unlucky

We were married on the 13th, too, (of August, though).

WEll 13 is one of my new lucky numbers, i started doing the national lottery again and it is one of my 6 numbers lol

Congrats.

The 13th was indeed a blessed day--for mullensgirl (getting married) as well as us (myself and Pras, as we went to Pontiac from South Lyon for marriage licence--issued about 5 minutes after we got there).

Congratualtions, yes the 13th was definatley a good day!!

Well I flew out to NC on the 12th April and we finally got married on the 13th. Unlucky for some but not us lol

HIs best friend JImmy married us down by the lake on Camp Lejuene, it was beautiful.

We will be filing for our I130 in a few short weeks then this visa process really starts.

So i will be back around psting , right now i have hundreds of pages of posts to catch up on lol!!