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Hard to say. My husband's certificate (crumpled) arrived a week after his passport - but the postal service delivered both items to the wrong house and let me tell you there was one angry wife on the phone getting that mess sorted out.

To update: A breakthrough on this case, Rachel's rapist and murderer was arrested outside a Tulsa, OK bar. Victor Martinez-Hernandez, an illegal immigrant from El Salvador was finally captured, because of the diligent efforts of detectives and the Baltimore FBI that managed to match his DNA from the crime scene to a genetic ancestry match. The CBP also knew that the suspect crossed the border and was removed at least three times. The 23 year old Hernandez, was on the run from murdering another woman in El Salvador, had ties to gangs in MD, and is the suspect in several other cases, including the sexual assault of a child and her mother. We will extradite him as soon as possible. https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/rachel-morin-immigrant-killer-dna-LVJ6OYR6IVALVPU5M2BSCW7DWM/

BA doesn't apply that sale to Baltimore based flights for a variety of reasons, so I tried seeing what other flights we could make with connections, still nothing. With our travel points and card we can get a meager discount. One of the sticking points with BA is the enormous taxes and fees they charge on top of the price, and now with the new plane scheme, any money we might save then get sucked up by either paying for baggage, additional connections, or paying to hold our seat so we don't get bumped. Yes we are looking at October now and hopefully that will be more doable. I remember when he came here on his K1, he flew all pampered in business class with discounts and points and spent about the price of an economy ticket. Now it's just crazy. Who are these people paying for these seats? I can't think of a poor person or a business person that would even be interested in paying this much.

If I had picked the dates he wanted it would have been an $8000 trip and a majority of that would be on airfare. I see that once they changed the planes over to dreamliners, they are attempting to herd everyone in like cattle. Our old economy seats are tiny and don't even allow for baggage on a long haul international flight is mind-boggling to me. Limited availability and space for upgraded seats with baggage means they can jack up the price and everyone fights over the seats. But wait, they are then making you pay for choosing the seat, and if you don't then you don't get a seat at all. Even if I get this later in the year I can maybe get it to $4-5k for everything. For one week though it's making me want to run away screaming.

A small rant. We'd like to go visit the UK. In-laws not in best health, need to check on them as best we can. Unfortunately due to work it can only be a week, so a week is better than nothing. He told me to check into this earlier this year, and I said unless we become suddenly made of money the prices were not doable, it would be better to go late in the year. He stewed. I said, well, I don't want to get everyone's hopes up, so please don't say it's anything definite. (Guess what, they thought it was definite). Now into spring, he told me he had signed on to some event in the UK, at a specific date and time in the summer, and that he was sure we could definitely make it and cram that into that week timeframe, even better we'd come in a day early and knock on their door and surprise them all. I told him he was nuts (visions of his mom in her bathrobe and rollers totally unprepared going "what the bloody hell is this?!"), and once again he'd need to check out the prices because I wasn't going to make such a hefty purchase without his approval and that by committing to something in that timeframe meant too many things could go wrong and the price was increasing. Whelp, I was quite right, and by the time he looked into it not only are the prices ridiculous, but there is a) a lack of hotels which would then require more expensive hotels and rental cars b) a lack of seats on the plane to sit on and a c) a 6hr Heathrow layover. Keep in mind I hate plane travel and have a great deal of anxiety, but was willing to work with him until he compounded the problem and delayed so long. Eventually I just broke down crying. We've spreadsheeted and budgeted, but there's just no getting around the cost, lack of hotels, lack of seating on the plane. I even went and looked at other flights and various convoluted ways of getting there within his wanted dates and it was a no go. I am crushed, and his parents will be crushed. He said everything was so much more simple in 2015, I laughed and said we're a long way from that time. But he is right in a way, a long time even before 2015 we were both very accustomed to flying, the prices were not that inflated, and they weren't nickel and diming you, there wasn't a pandemic. Today he tells me it's okay, he'll have to skip his event, perhaps we can just try in the fall.... the very time I said it would likely be more doable and affordable when I first looked into it and I could have booked it long ago..... Bless him, my husband is a man of big ideas and ambition, but not this time. My anxiety has been through the roof, and now we're still going to disappoint his parents when I clarify no we really aren't coming at the date you thought we were that was not definite at all. Hopefully I can smooth it over with later this year, provided he gets no crazy ideas.

Even a king size bed isn't enough for this dog!

It's always amazing to me how such a tiny dog can take up so much room in a bed. 🤣

If there are important mail pieces you need sent to the US, like bank info, student loans, pension documents etc then you'd need to contact each entity in the UK and change your address. You can also pay a fee to royal mail for forwarding. Please keep in mind that any correspondence sent from the UK to the US is going to take a very long time to arrive, and unfortunately may be lost in my experience, so if there is anything financially important try to have something set up online where you can monitor it from there.

Transferring money isn't particularly difficult, and there's a variety of ways to do it by using different services. Back in the day we used paypal or direct bank transfers, though at the time I was questioned rather aggressively by the bank about it. That was a modest amount of money, and because you're looking to transfer something large you'll likely need better advice. For taxes, t's going to be advisable to speak to a CPA, especially one that is familiar with UK/US regulations. Your fiance pays taxes, right? They should have some understanding of how the process works. Since you will be marrying and a resident for tax purposes, you can file married filing jointly if that is best for your situation. There is no harm in keeping a UK account open, though ensure that UK bank won't give you a hassle about it. My husband had two, and eventually closed (and that was a real pain) one because they kicked off about him living in the US. The other bank is perfectly fine with it. It's helpful if you still have student loans in the UK, or any other financial responsibilities abroad, or even for visits back home. When you leave the UK, please remember to notify the HMRC via a P85. Chances are, you'll get some money back.

I don't think it has anything to do with the health of a relationship. Personally I sleep better next to my husband and vice versa. But we also have a dog sandwiched between us. I would say the dog is the biggest disrupter of sleep by far.

I was just coming here to say this lol. When you look at the K1 paperwork vs the ROC paperwork, man oh man does the US government just love killing trees. You could likely bludgeon someone with the stack we sent in. We recently went through the boxes of our whole case history now that we are finished - converting, digitizing, and shredding what we didn't need. The sheer volume of paper was astounding. As annoying as it all is, there's something nice about the physical copy when you get a chance to hold it and look back on it. As someone that researches ancestry and old immigration records which is sometimes not easy, having a physical link to that past is weirdly satisfying when you reach the end of the journey. Yes our government is inefficient and stupid. But it is what it is.

This individual was also previously arrested in September in NY and released. There are many similarities in this case to the homicide of Rachel Morin in August of last year in Maryland. Some have even pointed out that he looks very similar to a recently released sketch of a suspect in the murder. That suspect in the MD case was traced via DNA to the rape of a minor that took place in California earlier in the year. Police have always stated that they feared would kill again and may be linked to other crimes. I am praying that this may be the suspect and can be brought to justice. For more background on the MD case see here:

Whelp, this one is a doozy of an indictment. That's a lot of cash and gold bars laying around your house for the feds to find. Seems he was also selling secrets to the Egyptians. You can read the indictment here. It is INSANE. You could make a movie about this: https://int.nyt.com/data/documenttools/robert-menendez-indictment-document/e9ff4e956cb8dfc9/full.pdf There is a passage that caught my eye: "Third, MENENDEZ promised to and did use his influence and power and breach his official duty to recommend that the President nominate an individual as U.S. Attorney for the District of New Jersey who MENENDEZ believed could be influenced by MENENDEZ {....}" Was the President interviewed? What did the President know and when did he know it?

Rachel Morin told her boyfriend that she was going for a run on a popular trail in the small town of Bel Air, Maryland. When she did not return, her boyfriend contacted police. The police said they had looked through the trail and could not find her, so it was initially thought of as perhaps a kidnapping. What was concerning to me is that they allowed the public to come to the trail and search, potentially contaminating the scene. We go to the trails and woodlands in the Bel Air area a lot, and after a few very frightening incidents, our list is growing smaller unfortunately and now we do not go walking/hiking without some sort of weapon. There were reasons to be suspicious of the boyfriend. He has a past criminal history, it was a very recent relationship. There were a few other suspects too - a creepy man was seen stalking women where she worked. There is also a homeless camp at the end of this particular trail. None of these panned out. Rachel was easily found by members of the public search party, within 24hrs of her going missing on the trail in a small tunnel, that is not very well-lit, but certainly open enough I have no idea why the police could not find her initially. While the police haven't mentioned the particulars of the case, it is said to be a brutal murder and rape. This is usually a busy trail, and no one questioned is said to have seen or heard anything. A few days later a creepy man claiming to have found her, was interviewed by the news and gave many horrific but confusing details to the press. Some of these 'details' continue to be falsely written today. They did not verify his story, and ultimately the police said this man was not only a grifter but he was lying for 'fame'. Rachel's family has tried very hard to enlist the public and media's help to find her killer. They have funds set up for her children. Have asked profilers to assist, and have had many charity events and held public pleas for help. The trail is now basically a memorial, and many from the town no longer feel safe walking. Some time later the police held a conference to announce that through DNA evidence, Rachel's killer was involved in a crime LA last year. We know little about the case as it involved the rape of a minor. But there was video of the suspect from behind - he appears to be Hispanic with some distinguishing features. As the weeks have gone on, it is possible the FBI has found links to another case in Chicago - and it is for this reason the police believe the suspect to be a serial killer or serial rapist. Rachel Morin left behind five children and a family that is desperate. Her killer is traveling and could be anywhere. Here are links to the case with videos of the suspect from the LA incident. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/09/11/rachel-morin-case-updates-criminal-profiler/70825144007/ https://www.fox5dc.com/news/rachel-morin-murder-maryland-sheriff-says-suspect-on-the-loose-could-strike-again https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/rachel-morin-memorial-walk-bel-air-PYYWZG7PPJFDJMJKMTNFRGPCJI/ https://www.thebaltimorebanner.com/harford-county/detectives-pursue-leads-in-la-chicago-in-rachel-morin-murder-investigation-7Y7VTH4OEVE6XEARKOYSIK47XM/ https://www.gofundme.com/f/rachel-morin-funeral-and-memorial-fund