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Englishsammy

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About Englishsammy

  • Birthday 08/01/1983

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    Fresno, CA
  • State
    California

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    IR-1/CR-1 Visa (DCF)
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    Embassy
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    Fresno CA
  • Country
    United Kingdom
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    I came to California State University, Fresno as an exchange student from England in January 2005 where I met my lovely fiance just 2 weeks after I arrived!! It was love at first meeting!! We got engaged in July 05 and I went back to England in September 05 to finish my degree and start the K1 process. I was lucky enough to get my K1 in March 06 and I came back to be with my love in May!! We are now happily married and going through the AOS/EAD process zzzzzz!!!

    We moved back to the UK in 2008 and we are hoping to move back to CA in 2016. In the process of completing paperwork and selling house before starting the visa process all over again.

    Filed I-130 with the London Embassy 27th June 2016

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  1. Yesss - I know Dan from London… it makes me laugh as though there’s only 5 dan’s in England.
  2. Thank you, I read the same. It’s just all a bit worrying for them I think.
  3. Hi everyone my parents arrive on their IR5 visa. We did everything electronically so they don’t have a “packet” just their passports - does that sound correct? also we are somewhat confused about the COVID entry requirements- they were vaccinated and have had the booster a while ago so that’s covered but they need the negative test. They are booked in with Lloyds for the rapid antigen test and certificate - all the reading I’ve done has indicated that it’s accepted for travel (Fit to fly) but now someone has told my mum that it needs to be the PCP? Anyone have any insight? Anyones advice is much appreciated
  4. I just stumbled across this thread and I’ve really enjoyed reading it! I came to California as an exchange student in 2005, met my now husband and got engaged. Returned to England to finish uni and applied for K1 and then came back and we got married. Fast forward to May 2007 and our first son came along and we decided to move to England to be closer to my family (he’s not close to his) and to get ourselves more established and supported. We always planned to move back to Cali. We bought a house in England, had another baby and decided to move back in 2016 before our oldest left primary school (now it’s so weird that English kids go to high school at 11!). My husband got his uk citizenship too. We moved back in November 2016 and just hit the ground running. I was pregnant when we moved (a ‘surprise’) so that was a bit stressful but we’ve settled now, bought a fixer upper and we love our life here! I personally feel my children have so many opportunities here - my oldest is 14 and an athlete, he’s been accepted at a great school (both academically and one of the best in the nation for football) and I just feel like he’s not had to grow up as quickly as they do in England. His friends from there seem to have such a different life than he does and I’m just grateful for the opportunities he has here to stay busy and focused. I missed certain things at first like walking to town to do some shopping, cheese, crisps, a good chippy but I barely think of it now, I’d for sure miss more US stuff if we went back! I dislike the amount of grape flavored things, blackcurrent is just better! The health care was stressful but we opted to go with Kaiser which is a HMO and that’s helped me figure everything out and I think we get great care which is much more thorough and way faster than in England. We are healthy though so I can’t speak on it from any other angle - I just appreciate that I can go to urgent care, get treatment, X-rays, prescriptions etc and be home in an hour! American drivers are just terrible but I appreciate the big roads and ease of getting around. LA is a different story but at least you can get to it from two major freeways. I mean they just won’t let you switch lanes even when indicating in advance and they’ll just block the exit rather than let you out - what’s with that? Lol I think living in both countries has been amazing and my husband knows the English culture and so do my older kids. My parents are moving out to live with us (MIL suite) within the next month so then there’s not much else to miss. In the future I’d like to buy a small flat there so we can go back more often but that’s a dream right now, maybe when the kids are out the house! Oh and everyone thinks I’m Australian because I’m Northern!
  5. They got it within the week - they were denied pending some uploaded documents so that added a couple of days while i did it then they approved it and it was there the next day! This was London.
  6. Just make sure the documents are the same as what was uploaded to the NVC. My mom took another copied of her certified marriage certificate and it had another number so we were denied pending that we uploaded the one they had seen. She also needs your birth certificate.
  7. Exciting news!! Yes, it's so expensive! You're almost there now though, congratulations! I forgot to update but my parents had their interview in August and were approved (we had to submit some more paperwork but it was approved within a couple of days). They aren't here yet, just selling their home etc but should be here before thanksgiving.
  8. Thank you! I thought there was something but couldn't pin it down. We will get this done now! Thanks again
  9. My parents were approved for their IR5 and I feel like they are supposed to go online and pay for something else before they move. I know this is vague but I can't find the information anywhere but I feel like there is something else they need to do before they move - like pay for the greencard? Maybe I'm just confused but if anyone can help, I'd appreciate it!
  10. Great news! Everything seems to be running smoothly for everyone now!
  11. My parents just had there's at the end of July and they just took the print out vaccinations from the GP and the medical summary sounds similar to what you will be taking and they were fine and they had no issues. They just took their glasses with no prescriptions and they just used them to read the board on the wall for the vision test. I can't say much about your medical issue but the summary seems like it would be fine especially as you don't have medicine for it etc but maybe someone else can advise on that.
  12. Great news!! Good luck with everything!
  13. Sorry for the late response! Well... they had their medical on the 22nd July and their interview was 2nd August so it was plenty of time but she needed the TDAP and the doc at Visa Medical said she could just get it from her gp and send in the new vaccine record (I had said she should get anything she needs there so it's wrapped up and done) so she did that but then had to wait over a week to go to the doctors and it ended up being received by the Visa Medical the day before the interview. They sent it pretty quick, I think by the 3rd the Embassy had received it. I would just get any vaccines you need before you go and if you can't, pay for them there if you can - so much easier. The next issue was I didn't realize my parents had a couple of certified copies of their marriage and birth certificates so I guess the ones I uploaded weren't the ones she took with her (I just presumed they'd be the same as she'd not mentioned these extra copies so that stressed me out). They had a different reference number so anyway I just had to upload them to the NVC/CEAC website. They received their passports on Monday so 6 days later with no other issues. They were asked for their passports, interview letter, passport pictures, DS-260 confirmation, their birth and marriage certs, my birth cert and that's about it.
  14. My parents just had their interview in London. They were asked when I moved and why, if I had kids and do they live with me, they asked who my husband was (they used his name and said who is he), when was the last time they saw me/visited, how often do we communicate (they didn't ask for evidence) and when they planned to move. My parents said everyone was very friendly and it didn't seem like they were trying to catch them out.
  15. My parents interview was Tuesday and they were refused pending we upload a couple of documents to the CEAC website and my mom's vaccine report had not arrived from the medical place yet (it arrived Wed) and today it was 'Issued" and will arrive Monday from the courier.
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