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    Which AOS for London!

    in United Kingdom

    Posted

    Hello all,

    Just found out our K3 has now been sent from NVC to London Embassy.. I know my hubby ( who is petitioner) has to fill out an AOS for the interview ( well I thnk he does anyway) Just wondered which form it is so we can have things prepared in advance.. Getting mail to and from CA is taking its time at the mo!

    Cheers very much!! :)

    DS230 who fills it out?

    in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    yea I think they did only send me one.. well they didnt send it to me, they sent it to my husband in USA. Is that right?? He photocopied it and sent it to me so I could see what he ws filing in.. we first of all thought he had to fill it out, but after asking on VJ

    I understood i had to fill it in. So I only have the 1st part but just looked online at a copy of the form and noticed 2 parts!

    But I think I am sorted. Fill out part1 and send it to NVC. :) got it!

    Thanks much!

    Whats going on??

    in K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Becca ..my K-3 approved few days ago and i was checking my i-130 and i could not open the USCIS site and it was giving me the same image :yes:

    Oh good I'm glad its not just me then!! :) Maybe my K3 is approved then but I dont know about it yet!! that would be fab.. Congrats to you!!! :D:thumbs:

    Thanks for making me feel better B)

    Whats going on??

    in K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Hello there, :help:

    I just logged into my account on USCIS to see if my K3 had been touched or anything and my cases are there in my porfolio but when I clicked on it to see what it said again I got this message!!

    Status for this Receipt Number cannot be found at this time in this automated system. Please check your case receipt number to see if it is correct. If you have questions or concerns about your case status, please contact the service center where you submitted your application. :o

    I dont understand!! Has the system at the USCIS crashed or something!! Of course my receipet number is correct its been on there for 4 months!!

    Has anyone else had this at all?? Hope they havent lost my case!!!!!! :(

    Thanks Becca

    So mad!

    in K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Thanks metinspain!

    Ilove VJ I'm not sure what i would do with out it now.. it helps so much and everyone is so nice on here always saying good luck and someone out there always knoww the asnwer! I hope when i have been through it all I can help people too!! Maybe I will deal with stress better when I with Jeff again!! :)

    So mad!

    in K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    He's a guy!!

    He'll support you in other ways...!

    Where are you from in Scotland?

    From Arbroath!! Prob why i am going a bit insane today!! This town will do that to you.. lol was born in Dundee though all my dads family are from there!

    thanks again for your post

    So mad!

    in K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    I'm sorry if I have upset anyone here.I was having a pretty bad day today and lot has been going on. I'm also sorry for lowering the tone and not giving a good vibe. As i said i dont normally go off on one!! I was just having a particularly bad day today..

    I love my husband with all my heart.. and I have told him excatly how I feel about all this too its not like i just slag him off behind his back. But sometimes you get frustrated with your partner and angry and its hard to understand why or what to do about it!! I just needed to vent other wise I was going to shout at someone on the phone at work and lose my job over it too..

    I personally struggle with controlling my stress levels and do freak out easliy.. its something I am trying to rectify.. But I always know when I have been OTT and apologise to Jeff!

    We have already dont the whole visa thing for Jeff to come to the UK ( but decided we liked USA better ) and in that case again I did most of the research and things.. I was just looking for him to take more of an interest and help me also.. is that so much to ask for??? :(

    So mad!

    in K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

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    I actually feel pretty sorry for your husband and I can understand his reluctance to do anything to speed up this process. Lighten up or be divorced within a year. Jeesh. Snail mail will only cost you about two days so I don't see it as a big deal. Mail goes coast to coast pretty fast here. No way it will take a week.

    LS

    how exactly do you inderstand hi reluctance?? You dont even know me.. thats not a very nice thing to say! And if you must know it does take over a week for us as the form is sent to his address in Wisconsin but he is out in california right now working so 3-5 days twice = a week!

    Its important to me to get it done ASAP so we can be together ASAP... not sure where you are coming from at all...

    Thanks to you all for your kind words.. I normally dont go off on one like that but I just feel so sad right now. I guess us woman have are own ideas of how things should go! I'm not worried that the USPS will lose the letter or anything.. its just the whole time factor thing.. and he had broken a promist he made. thats what upset me the most.

    Anyway, I feel abit better about it all.. I will tell him to just mail out the second RFE too just in case thanks for the advice!!

    Take care and hope everyone else has a speedy process too!!

    Thanks again. and sorry for the big bad vent! :blush:

    So mad!

    in K-3 Spouse Visa Process & Procedures

    Posted

    Well my husband who is the USC received the RFE about a week ago and mailed it back to them by normal take your bloody mail!! I was so mad at him for this doesnt he understand thats another week we are going to apart?? I feel like I am not his priority .. there are so many USc on here that are doing everything in their power to get other halves with them in the USa ASAP!! My husband hasnt even bothered to look at the NVC flow chart I sent him and is just relying on me to tell him what to do. He also said on the phone last night that its expensive to mail priority/overnight.. that makes me feel like I am not important enough for him to fork out a mear $15.. ok so he is not working but volunteering for the blinking park service ( which I was not ahppy about in the first place) and now hes complaining we dont have alot of money... HELLO You bloody decided you wanted to volunteer not me!! Its his fault not mine.

    I just feel totally let down by him.. all I want him to do is get the forms back the quickest possible way.. is that too much to ask??

    Also he said he has got another copy of the same RFE.. has this happned to anyone else? Evidently the USCIS have not as yet recieved the RFE he sent out on friday!!

    Thanks for letting me vent some of my anger.. sorry!! :crying::ranting:

    PS my work too away my internet today so I am forced to use the public library on my dinner hour! I should have stayed in bed today!

    Vaccination History

    in United Kingdom

    Posted

    hi there,

    Just wondered if you have to have a vaccination history from your doctor for your medical/interview ( I know I ave a while to go but just want to get everything I need sorted)

    I called my doctors about it but they dont seem to know what I am needing?/Any ideas? ( bloody NHS)

    Thanks

    You can get a "vaccination supplement form" from your doc-it will list all the shots you have had.

    I will try to find the list of vaccinations you will need(keep in mind you will need them for adjustment of status-NOT for the k-1) but getting shots now will save you loads of money-they are expensive here in the US.

    just realized you are applying for a k-3.................not sure if this info applies to you or not :blink:

    someone else will help :blush:

    I am applying for K3 and CR1 already married to my US hubby :) so think it applies to me. I will see what the docs says about the vacination supplement form.. I am guessing you have to pay for it!?

    Vaccination requirements:
    • mumps
    • measles
    • rubella
    • polio
    • tetanus and diptheria toxoids-18 and over
    • pertussis
    • influenzae type b (hib)
    • hepatitis B-age 19 and under
    • varicella pneumococcal
    • influenza-age 50 and above

    What is pertussis?? never heard of it in my life!! lol .. man I will be like a wee pin cushion...hee he

    thanks :)

    Vaccination History

    in United Kingdom

    Posted

    hi there,

    Just wondered if you have to have a vaccination history from your doctor for your medical/interview ( I know I ave a while to go but just want to get everything I need sorted)

    I called my doctors about it but they dont seem to know what I am needing?/Any ideas? ( bloody NHS)

    Thanks

    July 3rd Interview, Visa finally approved today

    in United Kingdom

    Posted

    Well guys, we had our interview in London on the 3rd of July. However, I didn't want to post until we had some definitive answers. So here is our saga:

    Monday 3rd July, we had a 9am appointment so we took the morning train in with all the commuters. Took a taxi to the Embassy & got in line (we were just behind 1 person) at about 8:30. Around 9am they started letting us in & by then the line had grown quite a bit behind us. We went through the security hut & made our way to the back of the Embassy & into the Visa unit. We were given a number by the man and took a seat to watch the board. It's a very cool TV-like board that shows what number is being serviced at what counter and also what numbers are waiting for which type of service (Immigrant Visa, non-immigrant Visa, interview) Anyway, after about 20 minutes we were called to window #1. The guy took our letter and asked for our forms. (I highly suggest having all your copies tabbed in a folder so you can quickly give them as they are asked for) He took the originals and the copies of all the birth certificates, marriage license, divorce decrees, etc) He then asked if my husband had his medical yet. We said yes & told him he had it on May 30th. He disappeared for a minute and then came back with a pink courier slip for us to fill out. He told us to have a seat & wait to be called again.

    As I sat there I realized that we had a problem. The other people waiting for Immigrant Visas had their x-rays that they had been given. We weren't given anything. Sure enough, after about 40 minutes we were called to window #13. The guy gave us back the originals we had given them and then asked my husband to raise his hand and swear that he was telling the truth. He took his fingerprints and asked us a couple of minor questions (What did my husband do for a living? Did I have a job lined up in the US? What was the source of my income on the I-134 since I was living in the UK and not working?) It seemed routine and he seemed satisfied with our answers. I offered the copies of the last 3 years worth of tax returns to him but he wasn't interested. He then asked when my husband had his medical. We told him again & showed him the copy of the vaccination certificate my husband was given. He disappeared for a few minutes and then came back to say they hadn't received his medical report. He said everything was fine except for that. He said they would keep my husband's passport and call the MD's office. If there was a problem they would call us & let us know. We left the window and paid the courier.

    We then caught a cab and went to the Basil Street MD's office to find out what was going on. I should mention here that at the time of his appointment, the MD told my husband that because he had suffered a heart attack in April there was a chance that his Visa would be denied. My husband had been hospitalized and had stents placed to relieve the blockage. Since then he has had a clean bill of health from his cardiologist who said he just needs to continue on medication and his new healthy lifestyle. No further treatment is needed. Anyway, we told the MD at Basil st. that and he said he needed copies of the records. I had faxed two sets of records to him to back up our statement the week after the medical. Apparently, he had not seen the fax I sent and my husband's chart was sitting on a desk with a note that they were waiting for records from us. :angry: Anyway, when we went to the office the secretary said the MD had just looked at the chart and said he had everything he needed and everything was okay.

    The next day was July 4th so the Embassy was closed. I figured they would probably look at the records on Wednesday the 5th and issue the Visa that day. Thursday came and went with no sign of the courier. Friday was the same. After a stressful weekend, Monday morning I emailed the Embassy. I got the standard automated response that they would answer in 3-4 days. Tuesday I had no response. I called the Embassy and explained that we had purchased nonrefundable tickets for the 18th and we needed my husband's passport. I was told to email again and use a reference # in the subject line. I did and had no response. Wednesday, I called again and was told to email with the reference # and to use the red exclamation mark to show it was urgent. Nothing. So, I called again and somebody gave me a fax# to try. I faxed, I called, I faxed again! Eventually I got through to someone who said our file was sitting there with a note on it saying they were waiting for the medical. I called the MD's office and they said they sent the report on July 4th.

    Today we got an email from the Embassy that said they had received the medical, but due to my husband's pre-existing condition they would require proof of medical insurance before they would issue the Visa! :o They gave me a contact person to call which I did. He asked if I could put my husband on my insurance and I had to explain to him that since we both live in the UK neither one of us has US health insurance! I plan on getting him put on mine when I start working after we get back to the States. He said he'd have to check with someone else to see if that was okay. I told him we have travel insurance in the meantime. He called back later and said he had spoken to the head Consular agent and that they had decided to approve the Visa with the understanding that we get health insurance for my husband upon arrival in the US.

    He said they were going to issue the Visa today but it takes 24 hours for them to get them back (from where??) Since we have such a short time before we travel, he said to call them tomorrow and if we want to pick up the passport on Monday instead of relying on the courier service he would make us an appointment to come to the Embassy and get it. So, we're going to London on Monday! I'm scared to celebrate too much until we actually have it in hand, but I think we may actually have a Visa!!! :dance:

    Wow what an ordeal! Glad to hear you are getting the Visa though! Good luck & Congrats

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