thesnowman

My Fiance is with me in the UK at the moment on a Visitor visa and we were planning on her staying for the full 6 months. Will this mean that she will have to go back to the USA soon to deal with this RFE as it sounds like she will have to get a copy of her police report.

I think assuming that someone is just after a green card shows the arogance of some USC. Of course it happens, but most people in other countries are very happy with the culture and there standard of living and for them to move to America is a huge leap of faith and they deserve better than to be automatically accused of just being after a greencard.

I received my NOA1 on May 5....my case was also moved to California, but I haven't been touched since. I don't know if they are only touching cases that were before May 1...does anyone know? Or has anyone had a case touched on June 1, June 2, and June 3 with a NOA1 after May 1?

Just glancing at timelines it seems the transfers from Nebraska to CA and then had multiple touches are on people who filed in March

Not true we filled in April and our NOA1 date is 24/04/06 and we have had 3 touches recently.

Yeah we have been touched for the third day in a row as well. god knows what is going on, but its good to know something is happening.

Yeah we got touched again today as well. Probably the CSC recieving the petitions. lets hope things start to pick up now. Kind of good knowing that my petition is alive and well and not just in the trash.

Our NOA1 date was the 24th April and I only got 2 emails saying I was being transfered to the CSC.

I want my third one, I feel left out.

I heard as well that they test for drugs and wacky baccy can stay in the system for 3 months, so it is probably best that he quits now

We used a lawyer as we hadnt found this site yet, but have found them to very slow to respond to anything and took months after they had all the information to get the petition sent off.

Anyway if you are going to use one dont use *** immigration service as ourselves and another VJ member havent found them to be the best.

Just my two cents

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What's "knackered"? Is that tired or drunk? I'm thinking tired.

/American ignoramus

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I means tired.

well my NOA1 date is in April so i will be under the Checks even though the USC citizen is female and we met when I was on holiday. Hopefully the actual checks wont take that long, heres praying.

I am in the UK at the moment waiting on my VISA to come through, but my fiancee (USC) has been with me for the past 18 months. She couldnt work at first and by the time she could we found out she was pregnant. She felt just like you did, depresed, had no friends, couldnt go anywhere, couldnt drive a stick, and missed her family terribly.

I would like to think I was really understanding. I would leave work early, make a point of getting her out of the house together, hunt the internet and the local area for products from america that she was craving. For her to give up her life back home for me was amazing and I tried to be as helpful as I could be. As has been stated above, whenever she was upset and I would try to 'fix' the symptoms, but the heart of the problem was that she would never settle over here.

From my point of view sometimes I would come home from work and she would be in a misserable mood and the only person she could take it out on was me, some incredibly silly arguments escalated dramatically and caused much pain. It meant that me rushing back from work to be with her, ended up with us not talking and going to be on an argument. She would then get upset for hurting me and I would get upset that there was absolutly nothing I could do to make her happy over here.

As I said at the start we are now moving over to america and she is counting the days. She did find some youth clubs and pregnancy clubs made it a bit easier for her, and some US expat site that allowed her to meet fellow americans in the UK (of course it is easier over here, since it is about the size of a small state). She got her driving license and does some part time work. She still wants to go home, but is no longer crying at the thought of waking up in the UK again.

Anyway feel really sorry for the OP and her huband. It can take a while to settle in. We did find that once she made the extra effort to get out there, even if it was just going for a walk, going for a coffee and reading a book helped and once I stopped trying to fix everthing.

At least when I go to america the roles are going to be reversed, I am not going to be able to work for several months. But at least I know there is going to be someone who will totally understand what I am going through.

Congrats. Good to see nebraska beating expectations.

My SO is an american citizen and was over on a visitor visa. We tried to get married over here and then apply for a spouses visa for america. However we found that we could not get married in the UK because the UK goverment brough in a rule banning anyone not a resident from marrying. You have to enter the country on a fiancee visa or a special wedding visa or get married in a Church of England church.

www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/en/home/news/press_releases/getting_married_in/new_rules_for_getting.html

However this was recently challanged in the European court of human rights and the immigrants won, so this law might be repealed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4894544.stm

We ended up applying for K1 fiance visa.

well for anyone interested here is the link for anyone staying the Avon and Sommerset region in England

http://www.avonandsomerset.police.uk/infor...60224132032.pdf

I was looking into applying for the police report, but I have stayed in 4 different police districts since I was 16. Do I need to get a report from each area I have stayed in.

thanks in advance

congrats

Why does immigration need to know if you're bringing over 10k. Fiance will be bringing about $15k with him. He's afraid they'll wnat to tax him or something. Does anyone know why one needs to declare anything over 10k?

Can he buy some kind of check or money order that can be cashed here so he doesn't have to have to much cash on him? He might also transfer the money to my account to make it easier but he s coming this week and he says there is a bank holiday this weekend.

Anyone bring over a lot of money as well?

I was wondering this myself. I know the 10k limit applies to a visa waiver, does it also apply to entering on a visa. If so could you maybe western union some of the money to yourself.

Just registered on the USCIS website for email updates. It says that my case was received on the 24th, but my case was last updated on the 26th. Is this a touch or is it just normal.

Got an email this morning from my lawyers and our NOA1 has finally come through. The lawyers have told us it will take around 112 days to approval.

However the online updates on the USCIS website says it will take 80-110 days, so here is hoping for 80.

Anyway time for the big wait.

Although I havent moved over yet (my petition is*somewhere*) I visted last year from the UK and the turning at a red light confused the hell out of me. Other things I was asked questions about where

1. Banks having drive through ATMs

2. The amount of fast food places.

3. The lack of a City/town centers

4. Tiny towns in the middle of nowhere being called a City

5. Tax not included on price tag.

6. Breakdown of federal, state and local taxes and goverment.

7. The point of stopping at a stop sign even when nothing is coming.

8. The ability to undertake

9. Having customer service (made me realise how bad it is in the UK)

The funniest thing when we were there though was speaking to one of her cousins. He asked me where I came from and told him I stayed in London, England. He then asked if that was on the east or west coast.

Me and my Fiancee have recently decided to get married in Vegas. We were going to get married in a courthouse and then have a big wedding(blessing) a year later when all my family can come over. But neither of us fancied the courthouse, we just though it was neccessary so that I can then start the AOS ASAP.

But we are now going to get married in vegas and splash out and get a really nice room for a couple of days.

We also met in Vegas so it is a bit special to both of us.

I just wonder... you are happy because finally you've been reunited with your loved one, you got married and now... 2 or 3 months with nothing to do.... just watching him or her bust her/his butt working while there's nothing you can do...

So I wonder.... how do you spend that time? I suppose there comes the time where you are totally saturated of reading, watching TV, working out, go shopping, cleaning the house, cooking.... and specially knowing that your better half is financially supporting you while you are not contributing... how do you deal with this? I'm kinda workoholic and I personally hate thinking that I may assume the role of Gabrielle in Desperate Housewives (except for the whole cheating part and the superficialities)... even if its only for a couple of months....

How do you guys dealed with this????????

I will be in that situation when I move over and the question has crossed my mind. At the moment I am supporting us in the UK, when we move over there the situation will be reversed.

Although I will have our 7 month year old child to look after, so there goes any free time.

After months of trying to get stuff sorted and dealing with incompetent lawyers we finally posted off our petition on the 10th April. My american Fiancee is with me at the moment on a tourist visa with our seven month old son so we are getting all excited that we can be a proper family again, it kills me when they have to go home.

Anyway good luck to everyone

I heard that you have to go to the police station in every area that you have ever lived in, is this true. I have stayed in 4 different areas since I was 16, do I need to get a record from every force or is there a centralised department that deals with it.