agileflower

We recently filed our I 130 in London. Credit card charged, awaiting NOA......

Now we have a trip planned. I know a lot of folks have gone on visits without a problem.....what kind of back up documentation should we bring, just in case?

Is there a prohibition against travelling after the DS230 is submitted?

Thanks!!

Tracy

Thanks so much for this, torteval :-) I am sure it will go fine.....we have decided, in the end to apply in the summertime or early fall to 'time' it so that things would be expected to wind up just as or just before I apply for UKC.....

:-)

Tracy

This is what the london website says re: processing other country petitions....gonna slow us down a bit methinks!

The London Field Office of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) currently has jurisdiction for adjudicating I-130 and I-360 petitions from U.S. citizens who have permission to reside and work AND who principally reside in the following countries: (1) Denmark; (2) Finland; (3) Iceland; (4) Norway; (5) Republic of Ireland; (6) Sweden; and (7) United Kingdom.

Tracy

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do you know if he has had the chicken pox (varicella)?? they usually except verbal acknowledgment if you have had it...

or like I mentioned you can get an antibody titers blood test showing proof of immunity to chickenpox (varicella).

but I am not sure if this available in the UK....>>

He has had the chickenpox, yes--we'll check into the antibody titers. it's so funny how they accept antibody titers when they are so darned unreliable (and they change over time)! (folks with no 'antibodies' can be resistant, and folks with titers sufficient to be deemed 'immune' (particularly in the case of hepatitis) sometimes have very serious cases of illness!) They are simply markers of exposure. But, we'll take advantage of thier acceptance of the titers if we can :-) THanks for the paste--for some reason my brain has temporarily gone on vacation and I cannot seem to find a thing....been writing too many papers, maybe I'm wearing out!

Thanks again!!

Tracy

you can try and get an anitbody titer test done.. it shows if you have had certain vaccinations etc...

check out this site which shows you what is needed according to age...

http://www.usembassy.org.uk/cons_new/visa/...ccinechart.html

Thanks! Looks like he will need diptheria/tetanus, varicella (ugh, come ON), and flu. For varicella, i assume he'll need to get that in the US and then send in proof in order for them to process his permanent residence card?

Tracy

Hi--just a quick question I saw that was not addressed in a search of the archives--I thought, when last looking at all of the future paperwork potential for doing DCF london, that I had seen somewhere that if you are over the age of fiftysomething that you were not required to show proof of vaccination.

My DH will be 57, his doctor's office from when he was a child doesn't even exist anymore....and though he's had some recently (flu etc), he had all the diseases as a child (measles, rubella, even polio, etc etc etc)....but it would be impossible to even get records of these things.

Although we are in general against vaccination on principle, we realize this lack of records might mean he needs to get vaccinated for everything (ugh!)--unless I had actually read there was an exemption for 'old folk' :-) Is there such a thing? I looked at the link that was the guideline for physicians doing the exams and there was no information on this.

Tracy

Hi there! Soon we will be applying for DCF via London for hub (and DS) to come home to the US! We are thinking about where to live/what to do/etc. Because I will be finishing my degree (via distance), and wont be able to work for a bit so we had been thinking that perhaps we can buy our house, rent it out, stay with friends for a bit and then go travelling - coming in/out of the US a few times over say the next year. I know that if we are gone more than a year he will need a re-entry permit. However, there is also the caveat that could pose us a problem, namely the 'if you are considered to have abandoned your residence' to live overseas. We would probably do my fieldwork in Quito, Ecuador and would primarily be there, but coming back to the US--

Would he be considered to have 'abandoned' his residence if we are there more than in the US for the first year? All of our stuff (houses, bank accounts, etc) would still be in the US: we just want to a) take advantage of the time before our son has to be in school full time and at the same time give me a unique fieldwork experience (not to mention fluency in spanish). What kinds of things define 'abandonment'?

I am asking this stuff so we can plan ahead: I realize I probably cannot do DCF in Ecuador as someone who is essentially a 'tourist' ! If anyone knows anything about applying through Quito, I'd love to hear.

THanks :-)

Tracy

Sorry for the humungous missing-it, and thank you for your assistance :-)

Tracy

Thank you very much for this! I am writing for my husband, who is not a Spanish national but who will be resident in Spain for long enough (I think, will double check) that he will need one for our application. He is British. Would he apply through the Spanish Consulate here in London (where are live?) or contact the folks in Madrid?

Thanks again

The Spanish police certificate is known in Spain as “Certificado de Antecedentes Penales.”

If you are a Spanish national residing in Spain, you may apply in person or by mail at the Ministry of Justice, San Bernardo 45, 28071, Madrid.

If you are a Spanish national living outside of Spain, you should apply through the Spanish Consulate in the country where you are currently living.

http://travel.state.gov/visa/reciprocity/C...der/S/Spain.htm

Hi there. I had thought I saw somewhere (here?) a document that had contact information on where to get police reports ordered for many countries....but now I cannot seem to find it! Can someone point me to some contact information for Spain? Thank you!!

Tracy