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Congratulations! My husband is also from the UK and has been here for 6 years (finally starting to look at the adjustment of status). He found the US to be incredibly welcoming and loves it here. Whenever he wears a Manchester United jersey it becomes an instant conversation starter and he has met a ton of expats just by walking down the street. He now has a more active social life than he ever did back home and it's all down to those football (soccer) jerseys. Good luck!

My husband didn't have his records so he got them all redone (at least most of them) prior to the medical exam. The test and vaccines would've been far more expensive since he was able to go to his UK doctor and get most for free.

Generally there is no requirement to take lessons to get your driver's license (I got my UK driving license too and there is definitely not a requirement to take lessons in the UK either as I passed without them). The question is can he pass the written test and can he drive? If the answer is yes, then that should be fine. However, if he doesn't have a UK driving license he may be required to have logged hours driving with a licensed driver (you or some other licensed adult) before he can drive by himself and if he does take lessons he may get a reduction in the insurance costs. You need to check with your state dmv

My husband and I were in that position. I actually applied for jobs while in the UK and completed the interviewing while here. I received an offer and am due to start on August 31. My husband had his interview on August 10th and was approved. At the embassy, the consular officer asked if I was going to be transferring with my existing company or working somewhere else and I explained that I had a job offer. I brought a copy of the offer letter with me and she looked for the salary and said "Ah, OK. That's fine." Kyle has received his visa on the 18th and he is flying out to join me in Denver tomorrow (yay!) as I had to fly out a week earlier since the kids needed to start school.

I work in banking and my new position is with a well known company, so I'm not sure if that helped to factor into her decision. My question is what do you do and where are you planning on working? Is it possible for you to start applying now while you're in the UK as it would cut down on the time that you're apart? If you need any help or advice let me know.

Just so you know my timeline for things, we made the decision to move back to the states in October. I didn't start applying for other jobs with other companies until February as I was initially going to be looking for a transfer. We submitted the DCF forms in March and I had my first interview with a company I applied for at the end of March. I interviewed with a couple of different companies but had my offer letter in May which is what we took to the embassy.

Are you going to be working in the States? Do you have an offer or a transfer? They just took the job offer for me for proof of income.

I just wanted to point out that if your husband decides to become a USC and move back to the UK he would be required to file, but unlikely to pay anything as any taxes paid in the UK would count as equivalent to what was to be paid. And no, you are not taxed on the first $95k of what is earned abroad even if you do not pay taxes in the foreign country.

If you do decide to move to the UK just be aware after 2 years you will need to take the Life in the UK test and apply for indefinite leave to remain. I did it and it was easy, but I did have to study as it has weird questions about slang terms not native to my UK region. On the plus side you won't have to refile for the visa every 10 years

1. We usually split up, but it's not strictly necessary. You can stay with her in the "slow line" or you can ask one of the officers if she can join you.

2. After you go through immigration, just wait for her after the guards. There's plenty of space there. Don't have her lie to the officers, she should just be honest and say it's a holiday. I assume you have a U.S. Visa or greencard and if they ask her any questions if she is honest and you are behind her waiting then if they do have concerns they can ask you. I assume she has a return ticket anyway if they question it.

Have a good trip!

Americans don't need. Visas for the UK btw

They are really looking for evidence of a genuine relationship..... To me, having a son together is more evidence than who was at your wedding. I assume that your husband is the father and is on the birth certificate?

When we were first married we were going to settle in the states, but it was so confusing and hard we decided to move to the UK. The visa process was really straightforward and my father-in-law co-sponsored me. I could not use my degree at all here (psychology) so I drifted between different things. I can't apply for a government job here as you have to be an eu citizen and I never bothered. We are now moving back to the US and I'm glad we did it this way as we are going the DCF route which has only taken 5 months and we have been together the whole time. Also he will get the 10 yr residency so we won't have to apply to remove conditions.

We thought to ourselves we could either move to a specific place or for a specific job. We weren't really that fussed on where to go so I just bulk applied to jobs in my field (banking). I left our current address in the UK on and all of my experience is abroad.

When I got the offers we looked for housing after. The first offer was for a position in Phoenix and I found a few places on Craigslist (be careful, if it seems too good yo be true it is) and I did a FaceTime tour. They have a good vacation rental market with realtors, so if we had picked that one we would have done that until we found our feet.

The next offer was for Providence,Ri and as they offered more money I was going to go with that to make the visa app for my husband easier. The schools are terrible there and the property market is more old fashioned word of mouth than websites and realtors, so I found it very difficult.

Luckily, I got the third offer as I was resigning myself to a 45 min commute. The last offer was in Denver, and they are more geared to short term lets and websites, but not as much as Phoenix. We were really lucky though as I found a place on airbnb that I wanted to stay in for a week or 2 and the owner has agreed to lease it to us for as long as we wish. He even created a lease as we needed that for the school.

We also checked Zillow and Realtor.com as you can search for rental properties there, but we looked to see what was affordable before and during the application process and after the offer to find a place to live.

I imagine that IT would be quite in demand. I wouldn't sell your global experience short as US companies tend to look more for cultural fit than anything else. As I said I work in retail banking and I don't have the first clue what a 401k is but that is what training is for. I did check out Interviewing for dummies and it seemed to put me in the right mindset for the interviews.

I personally didn't find it that hard, but we weren't overly specific on where we wanted to live. I did a lot of work on making sure my resume was top notch and personalising the cover letters. In the end, I had interviews with 4 companies and 3 offers. I don't think I'm overly niche in my qualifications either.

The interviews were a combination and depended on the company. Spoke had a personality assessment or test first, them I had a screening interview. For one, they asked me to call them for the interviews (strange, but I think they just didn't know how to dial out). Another I had to go to one of their international offices for a conference call, another was on Skype and the last was a conference call at 1 a.m.

It I'd stressful and hard, but any job search is. All of the companies who interviewed me were large corporations though, the smaller ones I applied for did not want to know.

What sector do you work in?

Sorry about the typos btw, it's a new phone.

I went yesterday and I had a copy of the ACRO and the original. The lady at the counter who was reviewing the documents accidentally passed over the original copy (it was sort of stuck to some other things she didn't want with a paper clip) and she said "oh, you just have a copy of the police certificate? That should be fine." We then pointed out the original and she added that to the rest of the things. I think they actually use a bit of common sense (surprise!) and since it's needed for the medical they may accept a copy. Good luck!

Hi, I just thought I'd let everyone know,my husband had his interview today and we did NOT have a co-sponsor, just my (USC) job offer letter and it was approved! We were so worried for nothing!

Well, I'm not sure if anyone was looking at this, but I sent an e-mail to the USCIS in London and they got back to me straight away with a copy of the receipt! Considering the sheer run-around I got when I tried to call through, I was surprised at their efficiency!

uscis.london@dhs.gov

I was afraid that might be the case..... Thanks

Can a credible offer of employment for the visa applicant replace or supplement an insufficient Affidavit of Support?

No. The law does not allow for consideration of offers of employment in place of the I-864. A job offer may not be counted in reaching the 125 percent minimum income.

A job offer can be taken into consideration in determining the ability of the applicant to overcome an ineligibility on public charge grounds, but it does not meet any requirement for presenting an I-864.

I just posted a similar question, but my understanding from that FAQ was that the question in question is regarding the applicant (your wife) and so that does not apply to the sponsor (you).

If you look at the instructions for the i-864 it says that you can include evidence of how you expect to maintain the income level:

Hi Everyone,

I'm so glad that I found this site as the visa journey seems to be a complete minefield! Thanks to everyone in advance for your help.

My question is two-fold -

1. I sent the application for the i-130 by DCF with the US embassy in London on the 18th March and the money debited my account on the 24th March, but I haven't received any notification. I tried e-mailing them, but the embassy has not responded. Should I be worried or can I just look at the timeline on the embassy website by looking at the 24th March date?

2. I (the USC) have accepted a job offer in the States and I will start on 3rd August. I have filed my taxes for the previous years, but as I was and am currently employed in the UK I understand that I cannot use that. I will be employed in the UK until July when I will be leaving for my new job. The new offer more than fulfils the funding requirement, but I live in hope that my husband will have his interview before I will get a payslip, and hopefully before I leave so that he can come with me. Will a letter from my employer or copy of the contract suffice for the i-864? Unfortunately, due to a number of different reasons, a co-sponsor is not an option.

Thanks for all of your help!