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We got quotes from both excess baggage and john mason and excess baggage is cheaper by almost £100. It is door to door by excess baggage said it could take up to 12 weeks...ouch! We have a baby and need some of his things.

John Mason also got back with us quit quickly by email and by phone! We will see what they will quote us!!

Thought I would fill this out...how fun, All the different opinions! These are mainly for St Louis area!!

Primark - Some cheap clothes store ... Maybe Wal-mart (Primarks clothes fall apart)

Waitrose - Whole Foods

M&S - Dierbergs

Tesco - A Super Walmart or Target - But they are still bigger and better in the states

Next - Lerner or NY & Co / Gap- Old Navy for the more casual clothes

Monsoon -

Wagamama -

Jessops - Creve Coeur Camera

Woolworths - Walgreens

Debenhams - Macy's Dillards

The Body Shop - The Body Shop but I prefer Bath and Body Works (and its cheaper)

Traidcraft - World Market

Threshers - Lucas Liqour

Med Kitchen -

Paperchase - Kinkos

Yo! Sushi - Tachibana

Do any of these companies ship from County Durham or Newcastle???? We are moving in 5 and half weeks and looking for a shipping company as well! We will mainly have one big trunk and the rest personal items - just boxes of things!!!

Well Anna hopefully they let you get another medical. I am sure this past week was miserable waiting to see the answer. I don't think my husband had his medical until last July so we are okay in that respect. We are also moving in early May. Had to wait to get an appointment for the little one at the US Embassy to register his birth and for his passport. Couldn't get one time the beginning of April. Good luck with everything else.

Karen

any more word on your visa? we are waiting to book our flight because we are waiting what the visa says!

OMG I HOPE THAT ISN'T THE CASE ANNA. WE HAVEN'T GOT OUR VISA YET BUT WEREN'T PLANNING ON GOING UNTIL THE END OF APRIL. WE HAVE TO GET THE BABIES PASSPORT AND REGISTER HIS BIRTH. THE EARLIEST APPOINTMENT WAS THE 7TH OF APRIL AND THEY SAID IT COULD TAKE UP TO 15 WORKING DAYS TO GET THE BABIES PASSPORT BACK. WE HAVE TO GO TO THE EMBASSY TO DO THIS TOO. WE LIVE IN THE NORTH SO THIS WILL BE A MINI VACATION I SUPPOSE. ONE THING AFTER ANOTHER ISN'T IT!!!

woo hoo! Actually I called the Embassy at £1.20 a minute and they told me that he could work straight away. He already has a SSN since he lived there previously so they said we just had to go to our local office. His SS Card says inelgible to work on it! SO WOOHOO again! Well we will have to wait awhile though because the baby needs his passport and to report his birth abroad and the earliest appointment available is April 7th! That's fine cause we are trying to sell the house. I will have piece of mind if it was under offer or even sold before we left! My husband wants to be there yesterday though!!!! He originally only came over here for a week back in March of 05 for his moms funeral and now its been nearly 3 years!

WE ARE APPROVED AFTER 3 LONG YEARS! WOO HOO! ANY IDEA WHEN HUBBY CAN START WORKING ONCE WE ENTER US?

ANY NEWS FOR ANYONE ELSE? i SAW THEY UPDATED THE LIST TODAY AND 6 PEOPLE ARE COMPLETED SINCE LAST WEEK!

THANKS FOR THE GOOD THOUGHTS WANDA...STILL NO WORD BUT I AM SURE IT WILL BE HERE ANY DAY! IT IS JUST SO NERVE RACKING!!! CONGRATS ANNA....SO WHERE WILL YOU GUYS BE MOVING TO IN THE STATES?

KEEP US IN YOUR PRAYERS FOR A POSITIVE RESULT!

The last time we were actually notified by letter. We got a long three page denial letter.... it was sent to the lawyer and he emailed it to us. I am thinking that they would notify the same way if it was positive too.

Baby is doing great! Wouldn't know he has already had heart surgery! He is 10 weeks old. It would be better if I was around family though. It gets kind of lonely here.

Also Anna just out of curiosity...why were you guys originally denied the visa?

No news yet either! We sent the RFE in last Wednesday! Hope to hear something good soon though! I can't believe they actually called one of your witnesses. I would be over the moon if they called one of ours! Everyone wants in the the states because we just had the baby and all, especially with all his health issues.....

Any luck Anna? I saw they updated the list and quite a few 'Under Reviews' are now 'Completed'. We sent in our RFE finally! Yeah so maybe we will have a approval soon!

Well we are still Under Review but we just sent our RFE in to the lawyer and hopefully they will send it on by next week. We had to gather evidence from the doctors....

Any luck for anyone? I saw they updated the list.....

Well our fingers are crossed for you too! We got the letter from the doctor and baby Aj's birth certificate. Had appointment yesterday with cardiologist and respiratory consultants waiting for those write ups and then sending to lawyer and off to the Embassy. Hopefully they will answer soon after that information is with them. Hopefully we will know something by March at the latest so then we can get things in order here.

Any idea on how to get socialized car for the baby in the states. I know there is a excellent program set in place in Illinois where we come from but still curious. Baby will need heart operation in about another 18 months and want to know we have some insurance in the states if we get approved! Any help would be appreciated!

Thanks for the well wishes! He has recovered excellent.....

Any word on anyone else in the forum!

RFE IS A REQUEST FOR EVIDENCE....

THEY REQUESTED A BIRTH CERTIFICATE AND FOR BABY'S CURRENT MEDICAL SITUATION. SO WE ARE CURRRENTLY WORKING ON THESE THINGS...GETTING RECORDS FROM THE HOSPITAL AND HAVE THE DOCTORS WRITE LETTERS! HOPEFULLY ALL THIS HELPS.

WE KNEW THAT BABY WAS GOING TO HAVE MEDICAL PROBS BUT NOT THE SURGERY HE ENDED UP HAVING AFTER BIRTH. HE HAD TO HAVE A SHUNT PUT IN HIS HEART. HE WON'T GET HIS BIG OPERATION UNTIL HE IS 12-18 MONTHS NOW. HE HAS A LARGE HOLE IN HIS HEART AND HE NEEDS TO HAVE A VALVE REPLACED. ALONG WITH HAVING DOWN SYNDROME. HE IS DOING EXCELLENT THOUGH AND EVERYTHING WE COULD OF ASKED FOR AND MORE.

YES HE IS HOME AND CAME HOME 10 DAYS AFTER HE WAS BORN. MY PARENTS ARE OVER JOYED TO SEE THEIR NEW LITTLE ANGEL. PARENTS ARE VISITING OVER THE HOLIDAYS.

We are finally on the under review list! But of course last week we got a RFE.....

Well we got a RFE this week! They wanted to know wether we had our son and if so his birth certificate and then also what his medical status is. We had found out during the pregnancy that our baby would have some difficulities so they want us to update that status. So we have 60 days to return this info. Of course now we have to get all his medical records and so forth. What a headache especially since Christmas is right around the corner and everywhere is closed for the holidays....we will try our best though!

Not sure if this is good news or not? In a way we think it is because our case is still sitting on PENDING but now we know they are at least working on it!

Sorry to hear your bad news....we were there before. Keep your spirits up! Hopefullly this time for us it will be a approval though.

We have been waiting about 12 weeks this time around. This time we have a much better case even though last time we thought it was a strong case it really is this time!

haha!

Go Cards!!!

Baby came on Saturday night! He is in hospital with a emergency surgery but doing very good!

Now we hope everything else is okay with the immigration and babies recovery!

I agree next year in America! Happy Turkey Day!