Cindi

Having just moved house, I embarked on a shopping trip for new furniture. What a disaster !!! I am used to shopping at Next, M&S, Debenhams etc and can't find anything similar here in Northern Virginia / DC. Everything is either too modern or a bad replica of something from the 1800's. I managed to purchase a sofa from Thomasville but thats it! I like Ethan Allen but for all the things I need, there won't be enough cash.

Does anyone know of a store that has similar items to Next and M&S, isnt too pricey and has fairly good quality stuff? Any help would be appreciated!!

thanks

Don't know if American Signature is in that area but they have really nice stuff.

Congratulations Cindi I wish you good luck and a beautiful life next to the love one

Hi

I was just reading up on your timeline and was wondering what other doccuments did you need to send other than your marriage cert, to prove that your marriage was bona fida?

Which Service center was your paper work at?

Sorry I just want to be prepared for anything...

Sam

We applied through the embassy in London. We sent everything with the I-130 at the very beginning and they kept copies of marriage certificate, birth certificates, death and divorce certificates from our previous marriage to former spouses, passports. They sent back only the financial stuff. We've been married for over 4 years so I don't think whether our marriage is bona fide or not is an issue. Good luck.

CONGRATULATIONS!!! See, I told you it would be with you this week! Also, terrific news on the house.

If you don't mind, I'll add your details to the UK sub-forum interview list later today.

If I knew where that was I would have done it myself, thanks very much for listing it for me. Still a newbie here.

The post arrived this morning with our letter for our interveiw. Yee Haw!!! July 11th 10:30 A.M. Can't wait! Our house sold over the weekend so it's all falling into place!

Liz, Thanks very much for your input, loved the comment about the extortion line. I'd love to know how much they make on that a year.

We filed an I-130 back in Jan. We had done a bunch of reading on the subject and there was so much contradictory information out there that we just sent in all the divorce, death, marriage and birth certificates and other pertinent forms as we read somewhere it might go faster that way. As for my time line, I started it without having a clue what all these acronyms were so I expect it's a mess. I am rather late finding this site. Wish I had known of it's existance earlier in the game.

I think we must be pretty close together on the time lines as we got packet 3 about the same time but were away on holiday so didn't see it until the 8th of May. We returned it then on the 10th or thereabouts. We have been married over 4 years so no CR1 for us.

We sent back our Packet 3 (which is the the DS230 and the checklist for readiness for interview) on 26 April, and we got a reply from the Embassy with the interview date around 3 weeks later (this is known as Packet 4). It showed our date was on 19 June, which was about a month after we received the letter. Have a look at my timeline -- we also filed in January and we filed for the CR1, as Bruce and I have been married for less than 2 years.

Thanks so very much for your posting, I feel hopeful again and since there are folks coming back today for a 2nd viewing of the house, we can perhaps give them a tentative date should they make and offer on the house.

Will be watching for the results of your interview!

Did he mail back DS-230 part1 from packet 3?

I know London it is not so fast with the appointment letters....but the end is soon

I don't know these forms by number, but we sent in the checklist saying we were ready for the interview.

Hi ya, I've been cruising all these pages for a couple of weeks now and want to see if anyone has specific info on filing in London for a spouse visa. I don't know what all these terms mean, first packet, third packet etc. and I am too darn old to learn now. This is what we did, in January we filed the I-130 but had been advised to send in everything as it could speed the process up so we sent in the financial forms, the biographical forms and copies of every document we thought they would need. About 2 weeks after sending it, they sent back what they didn't want which was only the financials and the extra biographical copies along with a letter confirming they got it, no receipt number. In April we got two letters, one addressed to me the sponsor saying hubby's application had been accepted and one for him telling him he needed to go for his medical and the checklist to send back saying we are ready for an interview. Hubby had his medical last week and we sent the check list back on the 10th of May. From now, what happens? I know we are supposed to get an invitation to the Embassy for an interview, how long should it take to get the letter inviting us and then how far in advance of the appt. do you get the letter. Also I keep seeing stuff about biometrics but don't know how or when that might affect us. We've got our house for sale assuming that the end is near but could sure use some guidance on other's experiences as a guideline. I am 53 and he's 61, ready to retire, not looking to work in the states but just sit by the pool. Thanks for your !!

Hi, I am a US citizen married 4 years to a Brit and living in England. We now want to retire to Florida. I am new to this site and keep seeing references to 'touches'. Please can you tell me what that means? Do you know if there is a place on the net where we can go and see what the status is of our application. We do have a case number finally after 4 months of waiting. I would appreciate any info you want to share. Also, how do I do a time line? REALLY a newbie here!!! LOL

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