Stalar

Nothing can be simple...

I can see myself lost in London already...

I might have to rethink this and just surprise him in merseyside and call in some help from his mum and pops to help with the surprise and just drive to London with him.

Sweet another person from merseyside how is he gettin to his interview??? I was looking at train times and they are ridiculous if you have to be there an hour before the interview I hope they take into consideration where he is coming from.

As for Airports it is a lot easier to get round London and surprise someone than get round merseyside and surprise someone and also a lot cheaper becuase Liverpool airport is expensive to fly into.

The tubes and trains in London are a lot better to understand as well tust me I was born and bread in London but now i'm living with my sister near Liverpool so I know them both well.

I would reccomend flying into heathrow more than gatwick becuase the tubes run more frequently than the Gatwick express to Victoria. Also Heathrow airport is slightly cheaper for taxes than Gatwick is becuase it is the most widely used airport. Another airport you could try is London City Airport which I think is actually in the centre of London but don't quote me on that one.

Well good luck anyway and feel free to pm me if you need more advice about either Liverpool or London.

Congrats and good luck

I notice it was a long time getting your interview I hope mine doesn't take as long

Oh ok well maybe they aren't being as strict as they make themselves out to sound because on the embassy website we were checking this week and it said you needed a visa with those passports.

My mistake.

Ok for any of you that are confused by the new biometric passports that have been issued after the 26th October 2006 here is some clarification.

If you or any members of your family have a passport that was issued on or after October 26th 2006 you MUST have a visa to enter the USA (make sure you tell your wedding guests this or they will have problems getting into the USA)

If your passport was issued before October 26th 2006 and is a machine readable (sp) passport you may still enter the USA under the Visa Waiver Programme.

Just thought i'd let you all know becuase a lot of my wedding guests were confused as to what they had to do.

Hi all, Just wonderin when i should apply for my police check, got the NOA2 by email on 13th november. And do i have to go to my local station for a form or is there a place online i can do it...cheers. Hayley

Yeah 40 days it took to get mine through the post and my local nick were about as much use as a chocolate teapot. She gave me a number to call which was no help becuase they told me to go to my local nick and then eventually I just went to the website and downloaded the form. I just searched for police certificate on google.

I did AOS about 4 months after i arrived in the US i have been fine.

True you, may have to be out of status for a short time, one major reason for this to happen is waiting for the marriage certificate, you need to send in a copy of the certificate with the AOS paperwork, but it is not recommended to delay too long.

The filing 90 days before anniversary is not the wedding anniversary, it is 90 days before the second anniversary of the issuance of the conditional green card, or in other words, within 90 days of the expiration date of the conditional green card, to lift the conditions on that card getting a ten year card.

So every 10 years we are gonna ahve to get a new green card???

Damn thats gonna be so expensive oh well you do what you must

Ok so I'm not entirely sure about the AOS does it have to be filed as soon as you get married or can you file it 90 days before your 2 year anniversary which is what I have read???

Help please confused yes.

Bethanie, I hear you, and I'm trying to stay calm and be reasonable. This would actually be good news if it weren't for the fact that his psychiatrist is such a poor excuse for a medical professional and can't be relied upon for anything. He's also been hostile with my fiance in the past, so we're a bit nervous about what he's going to write. We just don't trust him.

As I mentioned, I'm going to write a letter to the psychiatrist for my fiance to take in along with the letter from Knightsbridge. He's going to try to get this taken care of on Monday. In the letter, I think I'm going to explain to the psychiatrist that I realize he can't guarantee that my fiance will never need mental health treatment again, and that what they are looking for is a medical opinion that he will not need anything beyond routine mental health maintenance care, such as institutionalization or long-term hospital/home care. What do people think?

Why do you ahve to go and see that psychiatrist.

I had to have a psych evaluation done had to pay £240 for the privilage and had to go through BUPA because I couldn't go and see the psychiatrist I went to before.

The doctors at knightsbridge said this was fine and all my stuff has been sent off so request to see another doctor or if he does write somethign nasty and hostile then request a second opinion. Your perfectly within your legal rights and limits to do that.

So anyone who went to the London Embassy, did you ACTUALLY get ALL your papers together before notifying the Embassy to get your interview?

My fiance sent off packet 3 and has pretty much everything together and is having his Medical Dec. 1 but is still waiting on a police certificate that said 40 days. (he just realized he needed a letter from the individual precinct where he was arrested apparently) Now if he has everything but that (which should arrive just before or after Christmas) would it be safe to call in for the interview date in London?

Thanks!

I have just sent off my checklist and made sure I had all of my documents becuase I was reading on the USA embassy website that if you get your interview date before they have your medical results your visa will be denied and you will have to appeal.

Well in all honesty ahve you checked every possible website for where your going.

My ticket is gonna cost me £300 - £350 single and about £500 return so I'm booking a single. But I am kinda cheating on that one becuase I'm getting my fiance to book it from the us and then sending me the tickets here becuase it works out cheaper to do it that way $566 for my ticket.

I'm from all over the place and most people say that I sound australian.

Was born in London, lived in Birmingham until I was 18 then moved to Liverpool so my accent is a kind of mish mash of London, Brummy and Scouse lol

I'm surprised everytime I call my fiance that he can understand a word i'm saying lol.

I had the same problem

I was 17 when I had depression I wasn't treated with any anti deppressants but this is what the London Doctor will require

If you saw a psychiatrist he will prob want the discharge notification from that psychiatrist and then he may want you to go and get a psychiatric evaluation done.

I had one done and it cost me the pricey sum of £240 becuase I had to go private as its not covered under the NHS.

So good luck on your medical it's not as bad as you may think and you would be better declaring it becuase if they find out at a later date you were lying it could be worse for you.

congratulations and may you both be happy

I know in time she will find out , but I do not know her that well to leave financial records with her to take to the interview. Lennie

Seriously you are the reason why it takes so long for the process to go through. If you don't know her well enough then why marry her.

If I were you I would stop the process now before you waste your money.

Oh and to answer your question no there is no way it can be sent before hand as the embassy request you to bring all forms with you at teh time of interview.

Hi all my name is Ellie and I am a resident of the UK applying to move to the USA where my ever loving and patient fiance is waiting.

We have just finished the medical process and I have posted my checklist today so I'm hoping I get my appointment soon becuase my wedding is organised for 20th Jnauary (yeah I know a bit presumptious of me but I figured if I don't set a date it'll be too late)

Ok so from start to finish the process went like this.

Filed our forms March 3rd 2006 it took 3 months for the Nebraska Service centre to get a letter to us saying that the visa application had been a success and was now being transferred to London.

Strange thing is that our friend is going through the same process with his girl in the philippeans (sp), he lives in teh same area as us but was told to send his application to california. He filed his application one month after we did and got a response before we did how much of a suckign situationw as that.

Anyway so I get the forms from the embassy and at that time I was in the USA so I had to wait for my sister to send the forms to me and then send them back (huge massive confusion) I had my medical done on the 11 October but becuase I had a query in my medical history it has taken me until now to get the required information back to the doctors.

So now all i'm waiting for is the interview date and time and i'll be smiling.

Just wanted to warn anyone who has any history of illness in thier medical records you will be required to submit information about any hospital visits you had and possibly go for a check-up to confirm that you are ok and this that and the other.

My personal experience of this is that I am 22 years and at the age of 17 had to go and see a psychiatrist becuase basically I was having a bad time of it all anyway The Doctor requested the discharge notification from my psychiatrist and he requested for me to go and get a psychiatric evaluation done to prove to the US that I am not depressed anymore and in fact am quite sane. So £240 and near enough a month later I finally get my evaluation done (I had to go through BUPA becuase they were the cheapest) and it's ll now been sent off.

So good luck to all those applying and when I have had my interview I'll let you all know how it went.

(oh and sorry for the long drawn out post)