Roboscot80

Hi Folks

Just in case anyone is in a similar position as me I thought I'd outline my recent experience.

Medical on Monday 9th Feb 2015. I had all the paperwork AND had asked my GP to do a general letter that stated I was under no current treatment/medication etc... which she dutiful did and so I had that with me.

In 2009 I suffered from a short episode of depression. I took some mild medication for it and was treatment free from 2010 onwards. I indicated this on the questionnaire both prior to and during the medical. The doctor spoke it through with me and said that it was not something that would stop my application but that he would be provide me with a form to take back to my GP so that she could confirm I was no longer being treated for depression specifically.

My GP ran off this second letter and faxed it to London.

I then received a call from London doctor asking if I could have my GP confirm if there was any history of self-harm or attempted suicide during my depression (there was not). So I went back to my GP for a third time who made an amendment to her second letter and faxed that off.

London doctors were then satisfied and approved my medical and sent it off to the Embassy.

So, in short I guess what I'm saying is that if you have suffered depression it would save you time if you took a notation from your own GP to your medical which specifically mentioned the time period of your treatment and if there was any self-harm or attempted suicide in your case. It should also mention your prognosis for depressive episodes.

PS. Everyone was very helpful at the London doctors and they were keen to make sure my application was as complete and robust as possible.

Anyone else throw some light on my query?

Recieved NOA2 letter today from USCIS in London (applying DCF).

There is no File number on the letter just the prefix "A". Is this normal practice or should I contact them for a file number?

I know that I need my LND before I can complete more of the application but just unsure about this "file number"

Thanks for any insight

Hi

Bit of background for those not familiar. In the UK earlier this year marriage between same-sex couples became legal. However, those couples who had already entered a Civil Partnership were not entitled to convert it to a marriage until December 10th 2014.

On December 11th 2014 my partner and I had our conversion ceremony and we are now officially Married. The marriage is backdated to the date of our Civil Partnership (December 14th 2013) which meant we had our Marriage service on the 11th and our one year anniversary on the 14th of December this year!!!! But I digress.

We posted our I-130 straight after our ceremony and have received NOA1.

I'm interested in anyone else from the UK that have taken a similar route to us in getting the I-130 submitted. It's been frustrating having to wait until December to get it sent. I'm particularly interested to see how our Marriage Certificate is viewed throughout as it is titled "Certified copy of entry of marriage" and underneath reads "this ceremony was converted from a Civil Partnership" OWTTE. I'm assured it will be viewed as if we had originally entered into a marriage but would be good to hear it from people going through the process.

Anyway, thanks for reading and get in touch if you are going through similar.

Roboscot80

Yes indeed they did but that is only for single partners. Those in a civil partnership need to wait until their CP can be converted into a marriage. The US does not recognise CP for immigration purposes only marriage certificates. The only other alternative would be to dissolve our CP in court but that requires you to have just cause for dissolving and since we don't we would be committing perjury.

The uk have said that those in a civil partnership will be able to convert to a marriage "by the end of the year" but have not provided an actual date yet which has triggered some couples to go down the legal discrimination route. We are just going to sit tight and hope the government are true to their word...

Hi!

I am soon to start the process of DCF with my same sex American partner and he suggested I sign up here and follow some forums.

At the moment we are waiting for the UK government to release a date whereby we can convert our civil partnership to a marriage and we will then start the application.

If anyone else is in a similar situation it would be good to hear from you