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I had my interview a few hours ago. I've just got home so here's a quick review"
First step - security. That was pretty easy, phones are now allowed. He also noticed from the xray that there was a spoon in my rucksack. At this moment, I knew I was in the hands of highly trained security. This was followed by an accurate observation that I had grown a beard since my passport photo. By now, I even began to feel sorry for ISIS.
You then walk around the building. Go inside, hand the girl from TOWIE your passport and your interview letter.
Then walk into this waiting room which I can only describe as a clinically obese version of a Doctors waiting room. There's a huge TV screen which shows numbers and everytime it's time for a new number it goes "PING" and puts which window you should goto. There weren't many people there. And I was the last to arrive for the 1:30 appointments. That's another thing - if your appointment is for 1:30, get there on the earlier side as you'll be seen quicker.
After an hour, "PING" I was called to give in my birth certificate, passport, interview letter, wedding certificate, police certificate, subject access report, courier letter and ds260 confirmation. She did not ask for the newest tax return that NVC wanted, or a new i864, which confused me a tad.
Then I got fingerprinted and sat back down.
After less than an hour, I was sat in the obese waiting room alone. I fell asleep in some weird yoga position where my head was under my armpit and left leg on the chair beside me. Then PING. Interview time.
The interview lady was lovely. Proper warm hearted and lovely conditioned hair (I didn't ask but I am assuming that she uses tre semme deep moisturising).
All she asked me about was where we met, first time we met in person, what we did and what we have done since. It was really easy as I've answered these questions a thousand times in general chit chat with clients and friends.
Then she said "youre approved." I smiled smile and smile so much that I forgot my teeth were English for a second. The interview was less than 5 minutes. And I was in the embassy for less than 2 hours.
The process can exaggerate concerns in your mind, at least it did for me. My first concern one was a conviction and another arrest a few years ago. Immediately she put me at ease and said they weren't a concern. This made answering the questions much simpler. Another one was an admin error on my subject access report giving the wrong place of birth. Again, no issue. And my final concern was forgetting some document so small but delaying the process (for example - if I hadn't have posted an earlier topic here, I would not have known to have taken the ds-260 confirmation). And for this, I have the forum and its members to thank. When I look back at how many forms, documents, fees, stages that are needed to get this visa - today's result fills me with such happiness. The help from this forum - not just on an advice level, but psychologically and seeing others in the exact same situations of missing loved ones... it does make the process that tad more bearable. So thank you all. Especially NichNick for usually been the first person to answer and always with the correct one.
Now, I cannot wait to start our new life in Houston. We already have a lease agreement on a condo and received the contract today too. I will be leaving the UK the day after my passport arrives, so hopefully later next week!
Thanks again all. And any questions, just let me know.

NVC asked me to take my latest tax return to the interview, but they didn't ask for it at the interview. Another thing they didn't want were photocopies I made of everything. They also didn't ask for the letter I had from her employer or her wage slips. Nothing at all.

I had my interview a few hours ago. I've just got home so here's a quick review"
First step - security. That was pretty easy, phones are now allowed. He also noticed from the xray that there was a spoon in my rucksack. At this moment, I knew I was in the hands of highly trained security. This was followed by an accurate observation that I had grown a beard since my passport photo. By now, I even began to feel sorry for ISIS.
You then walk around the building. Go inside, hand the girl from TOWIE your passport and your interview letter.
Then walk into this waiting room which I can only describe as a clinically obese version of a Doctors waiting room. There's a huge TV screen which shows numbers and everytime it's time for a new number it goes "PING" and puts which window you should goto. There weren't many people there. And I was the last to arrive for the 1:30 appointments. That's another thing - if your appointment is for 1:30, get there on the earlier side as you'll be seen quicker.
After an hour, "PING" I was called to give in my birth certificate, passport, interview letter, wedding certificate, police certificate, subject access report, courier letter and ds260 confirmation. She did not ask for the newest tax return that NVC wanted, or a new i864, which confused me a tad.
Then I got fingerprinted and sat back down.
After less than an hour, I was sat in the obese waiting room alone. I fell asleep in some weird yoga position where my head was under my armpit and left leg on the chair beside me. Then PING. Interview time.
The interview lady was lovely. Proper warm hearted and lovely conditioned hair (I didn't ask but I am assuming that she uses tre semme deep moisturising).
All she asked me about was where we met, first time we met in person, what we did and what we have done since. It was really easy as I've answered these questions a thousand times in general chit chat with clients and friends.
Then she said "youre approved." I smiled smile and smile so much that I forgot my teeth were English for a second. The interview was less than 5 minutes. And I was in the embassy for less than 2 hours.
The process can exaggerate concerns in your mind, at least it did for me. My first concern one was a conviction and another arrest a few years ago. Immediately she put me at ease and said they weren't a concern. This made answering the questions much simpler. Another one was an admin error on my subject access report giving the wrong place of birth. Again, no issue. And my final concern was forgetting some document so small but delaying the process (for example - if I hadn't have posted an earlier topic here, I would not have known to have taken the ds-260 confirmation). And for this, I have the forum and its members to thank. When I look back at how many forms, documents, fees, stages that are needed to get this visa - today's result fills me with such happiness. The help from this forum - not just on an advice level, but psychologically and seeing others in the exact same situations of missing loved ones... it does make the process that tad more bearable. So thank you all. Especially NichNick for usually been the first person to answer and always with the correct one.
Now, I cannot wait to start our new life in Houston. We already have a lease agreement on a condo and received the contract today too. I will be leaving the UK the day after my passport arrives, so hopefully later next week!
Thanks again all. And any questions, just let me know.

You don't have to do a new form just to get more qualified. You can leave it with what you said you already sent.
But to answer your question--
Current individual annual income should be typically the guaranteed salary because you don't know for sure your commissions, nor can you prove them. Furthermore you should only put what you can document on paper. Proof can be an employer letter stating how much you make, six months pay stubs, or a tax return (for example if you are self employed and don't have an employer or pay stubs.)

If you already qualified then there is no reason to fill out a new form just to report a raise. You're ok already. You gain nothing and you can't get more approved by making more money. Had you lost your job since NVC reviewed your qualifications and had a totally new employer, then a new form reporting the new employer name/address and a new letter would be appropriate. But you are still with the same employer.

Looks to me like you've got almost everything - I posted the very same question yesterday, I have my interview in London next Tuesday. You apparently need your DS-260 confirmation too (Dwheels reminded me of that yesterday)
You're taking quite a lot more stuff with you than I am (proof of relationship stuff that is!), although my wife and I have already been married almost 4 years and have a 2 year old daughter! So I guess she is pretty compelling evidence of bona fides!!
Good luck on Monday, they're all great at the embassy, been through a couple of times for nonimmigrant visas, and the 'unknown' was the biggest worry the first time I went. It's all good though!

I don't think the OP even wants help or advice. She's made up her mind.
But if she does decide this marriage is worth saving, she needs to give the UK a fair shake. As a nurse, she would be considered a "key worker" and would be entitled to various affordable housing plans. The pay isn't great in the NHS (I gave family members who are nurses and midwives so I know all about that) because we consider it a vocation here. And there are plenty of things to make up for the shortfall in pay. Family tax credits, subsidised child care, affordable housing, housing association homes, etc. After the divorce my mother raised 5 children on an NHS salary.

Reading your post, I haven't once heard you say anything about how your husband feels about all this. He was ready to give up everything for you, yet now when the table's reversed, you're not ready to do the same for him...
Your kid is three years old, she will have no problems moving. Kids adapt soooo easily, especially when they're so young and you're moving to a country that speaks the same language. I've worked in the hotel industry for 15 years, I've seen Directors and General Managers come and go in the different countries I've lived in, they all brought their families along and I never saw any kids have problems adapting to their new country. My family moved twice when I was a kid, once when I was your daughters age and once when I was 8 years old, if anything it made me stronger and more adaptable to change. Sounds to me like you're the one that's scared of moving?!
I understand that you're worried about your elderly parents, especially in the US where you don't have the social safety nets we do in Europe but you must have know this was gonna be a possibility before you started the K-1 visa journey. I mean you did your research before starting the process, right?! You knew it was gonna be hard for your husband to get a visa with his two prior convictions. If you refuse to move to the UK, another alternative could be Canada. Your parents could move up to Seattle and you and your husband to Vancouver, that way you could live together as a family but you would be very close to your parents too, to help them out if needed.
Since you asked for our personal opinion, I'm gonna put it out here; When you marry someone you make a commitment to each other and that means doing whatever it takes for each other. I don't think it's fair on your husband or your daughter for you to refuse to move to the UK. You're basically splitting your family apart and keeping your daughter from her dad. You haven't even given the UK a chance, you haven't even tried.

I wanted to chime in because although I have no experience of waivers, I am in a similar but reversed situation. I am the UK citizen and my husband is the US citizen. Our plan was to live in the UK as I have a very good job. I have a master's degree and have spent many years in the same industry and I'm doing very well. My husband loves the UK (although he has never been). He loves the music and culture here. He's an artist.
But my husband has been permanently banned from the UK. He cannot even visit. Even when I was in the hospital last year about to face brain surgery he was not allowed to come. Because he has a conviction for theft from 1990. We were devastated but we have moved to plan B and applying for my spousal visa for the US. I will also be leaving a very good job here. I'm hopeful that I will find employment in the same field there but I have decided if I have to flip burgers at McDonald's then I will. That got me through university so I can do it again if I have to. I would be suicidal if I couldn't live with my husband.
We are having to make the best of a bad situation. My parents are also from two different countries and are divorced and I was sent back and forth between two countries throughout my childhood. It was tough. I'm not thrilled about moving to the USA but this is the man I want to be with. If I am denied a spousal visa (and there's nothing in my history to suggest I will be but I err on the side of caution) then we will look at another European country. Even if the UK leaves the EU I still have another EU citizenship to fall back on so there is that advantage for me.
I've reached the stage where I don't care what I earn, where I live, whether the weather suits me. It's my husband I want. And I'll do whatever it takes. My husband currently rents one room in a shared apartment. That's where I will be living too when I arrive. Yes, I had my own house here, garden, drive, etc. I enjoy my job. I have good friends. But I am leaving them behind for my husband and I would do it 1000 times over if I had to.
There isn't even a 15-year clause or a waiver for my husband to come to the UK. Our only hope is a change in the law by a subsequent government.
I made a vow to him - in good times and in bad times, in rich times and in poor times... And this is what I have to do.
I think you need to think about what matters to you. What stood out for me was you said your husband is a "nice guy". I work with nice guys, my neighbour is a nice guy. My husband is so much more than that. What is your husband to you? I was also concerned that you said you wouldn't have married him or had a child with him if you had known he couldn't move to the USA. Quite frankly, immigration is a privilege. Even with a spotless record there is no right to immigration. One of you would have had to move. You are resentful towards him that he can't and you are refusing to. You can't afford to be that stubborn on this path. You should have married a Californian.
I'm not going to say anything about your slating of the UK, the NHS and our justice system when you've never even lived here. Your husband did the wrong thing and this is part of the punishment. We don't all hate Americans. I'm sorry you got a raw deal from the system, so did I. But you need to focus on how you can make it work rather than spew hatred towards a country that you may well have to call home if this marriage means anything to you.

You can file for I-130 and go through the process , it will get denied then you can file a waiver. But I do hope you have a back up plan also in place.Good luck!
I hate it when ppl who get caught up to the past deeds come here to trivialize it like the laws should change for them.This issue occurred 2 times.**Rant over**

Yes!!! Interview just came through! June 6th in London.

The I-864 will be in your file in London. London website https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/family-immigration/applications-processed-by-the-national-visa-center/ says
"You are required to send copies of your documents to NVC and furnish the original on the day of your interview. Note: the original Affidavit of Support, Form I-864 is still required by NVC and will be forwarded to the Immigrant Visa Unit at the Embassy and will be available for the consular officer on the day of your interview. Please review the checklist here. (PDF)"
If your I-864 was signed and submitted to NVC prior to April 15, then 2014 tax return is valid. If you want to take 2015, then make sure you take a COMPLETE tax return which is all forms and schedules in your tax return plus the W2. You mentioned having to take 2015 W2s, but W2 is not a complete tax return.

Many many thanks to all

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They are so incredibly stupid. They must have a bunch of Trump supporters working at NVC. I'm really sorry to hear that, it's heartbreaking isn't it?
I'm with you mate, until we both get that greencard. Keep us updated.

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They are so incredibly stupid. They must have a bunch of Trump supporters working at NVC. I'm really sorry to hear that, it's heartbreaking isn't it?
I'm with you mate, until we both get that greencard. Keep us updated.

April 26th interview ..... so excited!

All the best!!

Most in the UK get a Subject Access Report for that, which will describe the offense. They just want to see it on paper Instead of taking your recollection of dates and charges.

For a British passport you don't need both parents signatures, however you do need his permission to take her out of the country. For a US passport, yes you need another signature. It is a long process with the courts but I would personally start it now. I have permission to apply for a passport with out my ex because he was being a huge pain at the beginning of last year about signing for her passport. It took around 3-6 months to get permission.
Edit to add: Basically she can get a UK passport with out the dads signature unless he filed something for her to not be able to get it (unlikely he thought of it).

No live trace means there are offences on record but they've been downgraded. Call NVC and see what they can do for you. They're (usually) very helpful. If you don't get anywhere with one agent - just hang up and speak to a different one.
Also, as you have No Live Trace on your certificate, you'll need to order a subject access report to show the officer at your interview. It's £10 from the ACRO website. Good luck mate!

The adult list is short.
You've sorted Td
If you had chickenpox, then no Varicella needed. It's not readily available in the UK, which would also get you a waiver.
There's MMR which you may have had as a child. Got shot records?
Lastly is flu shot if your medical is before April 1. (Flu season ends in March)
Get them wherever is cheapest or most convenient to you. GP, Boots, travel clinic, Knightsbridge. Just get written documentation of the shot.

Odd
They did them for me.

Ah wait, I just reread the esta questions, it's only for if you have been arrest or convicted of a serious crime.
I'm glad the books won't stop me from getting a greencard, I never even got round to reading them.