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18 hours ago, mrsaberhagen said:
Hi all,
I tried to search but couldn't find anything specific. I've finally reached the end of my UK journey and have my Visa in hand to move over to the US finally but I'm having trouble figuring out how to move my life from one continent to the other. Does anyone have any advice on the best way to go about moving your possessions from the UK to US?
I don't have a house worth of items but probably too many to take in suitcases on a plane. What was your experience in taking your stuff with you? Any companies or services to recommend?
Thank you!
Hi,
We are moving all our house contents, (minus anything electrical). We are using a company called Bonner. They came to the house and gave us a firm quote. They do the whole service. Packing, customs, shipping and delivery to your new US address.
As we have a lot of stuff we were quoted £7300 and the shipping takes around 6 weeks.
The cost of shipping obviously varies depending on how much stuff you want to take. It can be quite cheap as they will put your stuff in a shared container.We have only been in US for 2 weeks and we are in a holiday rental and bought most of our clothes with us in 4 suitcases lol 🧳!
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On 7/23/2021 at 10:06 PM, Rol_P said:
So having put my original post in the wrong forum I have started over and I am asking a few extra questions regarding the UK medical requirement on the summary care.
Do the medical people want all of the information in the consultations, or is it up until that point? If they want all of that information, has anyone that has previously had depression etc had issues at the medical because of what was in that section?
Also how far back do they want me to go, I only just registered at my local GP in February 2021 and they are still waiting or some info so I have emails of around 22 pages worth of different summaries.
Any help gratefully received!!
18 hours ago, Lilmama said:Hi ,
Went did you apply? I'm starting an application for my mother. I'm just wondering how long it takes to be approved.
Thank you
We applied back in 2018 but there was a backlog at Nebraska and then Trump blocked immigration so there has been a lot of unexpected delays. We would have been interviewed last June. 🙄
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On 7/20/2021 at 5:31 PM, OneHappyMamma said:
Thank you for that! So the airport in Manchester has the Antigen test for 40 pounds before the flight but I was panicking! I didn’t want them to deny me going through customs. Do you know if the results given to us we just show it to them and that’s sufficient enough? Anyone who has traveled recently please share what you provided before traveling to USA.
Hi,
I’m also flying out to US next week and have an IR-5. I booked the antigen test for £40 as Virgin Atlantic listed it as acceptable for the US. We are doing it the day before the flight as we are staying at Heathrow. They said it takes 30 mins and they provide you with a certificate which we have to show at check in.
It’s still a but nerve racking as it’s been so long you just don’t want anything to go wrong. 😑Good luck 🤞
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1 hour ago, Wuozopo said:
Allow a week from when you uploaded for them to get back to you. Remember Monday was a holiday so this week will have some catch up time needed because of the missed day.4 hours ago, Southernboy123 said:Anyone had a similar situation to me? Had 2 birth certificates, uploaded one to CEAC but then took the other to interview last Wednesday!! The CO gave me the green refusal form and told me to upload the one I had brought with me to the CEAC portal and then we will be good to go. The lady did keep my passport but I’m wandering just how long it may take to revisit my file. I did email the submissions email for London and they acknowledged my email and said my file had been passed to the officer for review. After nearly 500 days since we started this journey I guess a few more days won’t hurt but just how long……any ideas?
Strangely that nearly happen to me. I had paid for a duplicate birth certificate and uploaded to CEAC, but later on I found the original at my parent’s house and popped it into my folder. When we went to the Embassy, I handed over the original not realising that it had a different serial number to the copy! The CO picked up on it and asked me if I had a copy of the one I uploaded! Luckily I did.
If you saw the same lady as we did, she won’t hang about. She kept your passport so it was ready to be processed as soon as you amended your records. Our visa was delivered in 5 days. Good luck.
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13 hours ago, addocap said:
Greetings!
I've been reading through so many of your stories today - it is all so overwhelming and astonishing how many folks are dedicated to achieving these dreams!
We had confirmation of I-130 receipt from NVC exactly a year ago (NOA2?) and purposefully have delayed submitting further documents as to not get approved too early. (Yes, we kept the application active and have written confirmation of its continuation.)
In terms of timelines, we are really stuck as to the best path forward.
Here's our catch: we need to immigrate precisely on May 31, 2022.
In a normal time, it would have been easy enough to guess through this all, but in this current situation? Definitely need some advice.
We are hyper-aware of the fact that to be able to immigrate with the above date, we need to have the interview no sooner than 30 November 2021 (6 month rule).
As such, our concern is that if we complete the application and documents (we have paid) on the NVC portal soon, that we'll be assigned an interview date prior to that earliest November date. Conversely, we worry that if we wait too long and the COVID backlog is substantial, that we might blow a good thing.
So, here's the questions from this:
1) In terms of the term "DQ", does this refer to the point of receiving confirmation of document review from the application and AOS on the NVC portal? If so, how long is this expected to take (from submitting all NVC requirements to having this confirmation)?
2) It seems that London has a substantial backlog at the moment and as such, I wonder about how long it will take from receiving that DQ above to an interview assignment. While I know this is a guessing game, do any of you have a good guess as to when would be a good time to submit at the NVC phase to maximize our chances of an interview between November and, say, March?
3) If we did submit all of this soon and received an interview date before November, how many times can you re-request the interview date and is there somewhere to view stipulations on this? The only thing I have found is regarding the "wait until your date passes" portion.
I thank you in advance for anyone willing to read and comment; I've read across this forum substantially, but find it all a little overwhelming and thought I'd just ask these questions in a straightforward way.
Thanks a million!
Hi,
Speaking from my own current experience which is for an IR5 Parent Visa. We received our DQ letter from NVC in May 2020.
We also thought there would be a huge backlog at the London Embassy but we were very surprised to receive an email notifying us that we have our interview on June 30th and we had our medical on June 7th.
After waiting so long in those initial stages, it now feels like everything is speeding along.Im not really sure if you would be able to time your entry into the US so precisely, but it does look like London are working quite quickly through the backlog so I hope that gives you a clearer indication of current processing times.
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2 hours ago, Lil bear said:
Because the i130 is all about verifying that you are eligible to petition for this.. for the I130 you are the applicant. You are also referred to as the petitioner for the beneficiary’s later visa application.
It does look different to ours. My daughter filed the i130 in November 2018 For myself and Husband. Our priority date is 15 Nov 2018. The i797 has each of our names and DOB in the main body of the letter. This letter looks more like a receipt for your online USCIS account, as it does state ‘Notice Type USCIS Account Access’
Proceeds of UK House sale
in Tax & Finances During US Immigration
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We also sold our house and then moved. You do not have to declare if you sold before you became a permanent resident.