Mickndarcyjo

Hiya...We started the DCF process in March 2006, and were approved in June. The embassy is moving really quick!! Once your visa is issued, you'll have 6 months to activate it.

I downloaded the USCIS version for our co-sponsors, and then used the one the embassy sent me. So they both work.

If that's what the Embassy told you, then I think you're good to go. Did they tell you via email? If so, print it out to take with you.

We took a small suitcase on wheels with no problem (packed for hubby, me, and 4 kids). I also saw people in there with full on huge suitcases!! So I think they're pretty lenient that way.

Nah...This thread covers everything!! It started out about health care and HP sauce, and has gradually made its way to moving money and yorkshire puds.... I'm finding it very informative!!

Hi...I don't know about incomes, but the new rules for the I-864 state that it no longer is required to have it notarized:

http://travel.state.gov/visa/laws/telegram...grams_2863.html

No lines for us either...We arrived an hour early for the appointment time and they let us right in. Our appointment was for 10:30 and we were all done by 10:45.

I understand different Embassies have different rules...Like I said, I went through the London Embassy.

Hiya! Our visa was approved at the US Embassy in London, so I guess we did our I-864 right.

On our I-864, I list myself, my four children living here in the UK with us, and Mick is the immigrant I'm sponsoring, for a total of 6. I used my UK address, as that's where I've been living for the past 2+ years.

My parents listed themselves, and Mick, who would be the immigrant they're sponsoring.

It was easy...Way too much thought goes into this!! That's what our interviewing officer told me anyway!

By the way, at no time did I use an American address - used my UK address every time for my residence. In London, at least, they're not concerned with domicile.

Hope that helps!!

Thanks so much for the good wishes & congratulations to Ana and Graham as well!! I'm really excited to begin this new adventure with my husband!!

Please wish us luck....I'm a nervous wreck right now. Leaving bright and early tomorrow morning to go down to London for his interview. Taking all four kids with us....

Here's what we're taking for the interview:

6 passports, the ds-230, his birth certificate, his children's birth certificates, our marriage certificate, both of our divorce certificates, his military records, his police certificate, his photographs, my I-864 for him, my parents I-864 for him, and emails printed out showing our intentions to move (moving company quotes, new school registration, etc.) I've made copies of the birth certificates, marriage and divorce certificates, and his police certificate.

Anything else I should add? Thanks for any advice!!

Hi Darcy, I haven't followed your posts so maybe you've covered all this before. You say "his children's birth certificates" Are they your kids too? If not, does he have to have something showing he has permission to take them out of the country? Also, do you have supporting docs to show domicile?

Anyway, good luck tomorrow!

Hiya! We had to take Mick's children's birth certificates, even though they aren't emigrating over with him. The UK Embassy requires them whether they're going or not.

As for domicile - NOPE. They didn't care. We DCF'ed, so all my address on all the forms was my UK address. They didn't ask to see any evidence of proof of where we'll live in the States - they didn't even ask any questions at all. They just took all the copies of my certified documents, then handed me back the originals.

I'm HIGHLY upset as well, because I and my 4 children had to make the long trip to London with Mick, so that I could get the I-864 notarized. But apparently, the new rules from Washington say that the I-864 does NOT have to be notarized anymore. I complained quite a bit about that, since the children had to miss school, and I missed 2 days of work, not to mention the boatload of money we had to spend to get there and stay a night!!! Not only that, but Mick had his medical at the end of April, and his results weren't in. They were pretty mad about that, but still stamped approved over it, so I'm not too bothered.

Anyway, at the end of the day, she said we were approved. I have to send in one piece of paper though, because my parents forgot to sign one part of the I-864...They'll just need it for their records. So as soon as I get that to them, they'll send out his Visa to us!!

Please wish us luck....I'm a nervous wreck right now. Leaving bright and early tomorrow morning to go down to London for his interview. Taking all four kids with us....

Here's what we're taking for the interview:

6 passports, the ds-230, his birth certificate, his children's birth certificates, our marriage certificate, both of our divorce certificates, his military records, his police certificate, his photographs, my I-864 for him, my parents I-864 for him, and emails printed out showing our intentions to move (moving company quotes, new school registration, etc.) I've made copies of the birth certificates, marriage and divorce certificates, and his police certificate.

Anything else I should add? Thanks for any advice!!

I sent for Mick's on the 10th of March, and we received it on the 5th of April...

Good luck and best wishes at your interview tomorrow, Jack & Tam!! We'll be thinking of you...Let us know how things go!!

Wow!! Thanks so much for sharing! When you get the time, I'd love to hear the longer version!

Glad you, Hubby, Baby, and Kitties finally made it home safe and somewhat sound!

We've got an interview scheduled for June 6th!!! My tummy's turnin' with nerves!!! Wish us luck!!

Candace, I'm doing DCF through London. Both my husband (the UKC) and me have been married previously. I emailed London and was told that the certificates from previous marriages are unnecessary, as long as you have certified proof of divorce or annulment. The ds-2001 checklist they sent us verified this as well. Hope that helps....

This is what the embassy told me when I emailed them:

We regret the delay in responding to your email.

If you are not in possession of your previous marriage certificates, please furnish the original divorce certificates, plus one photocopy, during the interview.

Thank you for your e-mail correspondence.

Consular Information Unit

U.S. Embassy, London

CONS/CIU/SF

I've emailed the London Consulate asking if marriage certificates from previous marriages were necessary for the interview, and they emailed me back today with this response:

We regret the delay in responding to your email.

If you are not in possession of your previous marriage certificates, please furnish the original divorce certificates, plus one photocopy, during the interview.

Thank you for your e-mail correspondence.

Consular Information Unit

U.S. Embassy, London

CONS/CIU/SF

I received my packet from them 2 weeks after the approval letter. If you're doing DCF through London, you won't send in your affadavit of support - your husband will take it to the interview.

GREAT news guys!! Good luck to both of you, and keep us posted!! Enjoy your last few weeks in England!! :energetic:

I guess things differ for everyone on a case by case basis, as our I-130 was approved without our previous marriage certificates. So sorry it happened for you like that!

Hiya...If you do DCF through London, you'll need more than a vistor's visa. We had to have ILR, although some have gone through the process having LLR. I think you would have to establish some sort of residency in the UK though, before filing DCF.

Hiya...I don't know if Western Union is allowed or not...I just asked my mom to get a cashiers check from my account in the States, which she sent to me, then I sent to the Embassy... I don't know if that would be an option for you or not.

Needless to say, this can really be a problem for us. I'm not about to tell her to suck it up and let a man grope her privates. That would be humiliating and traumatizing for her. She is not like a Western girl who is used to that.

Uh...Sorry, but us "Western girls" aren't exactly used to being humiliated or traumatized while being groped in the privates, nor do we relish the thought of going to see the ob/gyn.

I do understand her fear and trepidation though....I have empathy for the situation she's in.