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great news!!!
Waiting on case complete
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You are getting everyone's back up.
I don't know if you have to be 18 or 21 to file an i130 (first step for CR1)... I doubt that you will be able to sign a contract until you are an adult.
People are not going to type pages of info just for you when it is a click away. The cr1 process is broken up into 3 stages all with their own rules and sets of forms. The first is the i130 packet that has to be sent to the USCIS - that is your first concern,, learn those forms & requirements first.
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Mine was yesterday too... Had to get a train to waterloo and go to Bond Street tube station. I took a friend with me as I am iffy with tight spaces...
Found the place after a few minutes of wandering around. Went to first window in the flat, handed over vaccination sheet from my doctor, police check, passport etc. Told to go and sit down - nothing was said about my friend etc. Sat down for maybe 5 mins - called through to Xray.
Answered some questions - have had chest xray before too so familiar with procedure - had to strip to waist & put gown on. Hair tied up, put chin on bar, hands on waist holding a lead apron around my kidneys.... Laughing with guy about the coffee in my stomach that showed on xray, wanted to know if he could spot my bacon sarnie.
Into another waiting room, still in gown. Male doctor calls me in - no chaperone offered but I don't care, so not an issue. Signed my photo and the medical form. He asked about a box I'd ticked yes to - hospitalisation - I had various leg surgeries. He then weighed and measured me, had an eye test. Sat on the bed, tested my knee reflexes, felt my glands, looked into my eyes and mouth. Asked about scarring from my surgery, showed him that. He listened to my chest, asked me to breathe etc. He asked me to lay down and asked if I checked my breasts every month. He began to feel my boobs and told me how to self-check.
Then he sat me up & let me do gown back up. Took blood pressure and blood. We chatted about my job for a few minutes. I had a large gash on my arm and he asked about that. I got dressed, he said everything was ok and he put me back in the main waiting room. I was called to reception, had to pay, collect my documents etc.
All done - no dreaded gender check or anything.
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Many airlines have a minimum and maximum temperature at which animals can be transported. Most airlines have 85 degrees max - the animal will not be loaded into a cargo hold if the predicted temperature at destination is higher than that. So you could end up with your animal left behind in london.
Please note that 'squished' faced breeds of dogs and cats i.e. pugs and himilayns are not allowed to fly on many airlines - even if they are allowed to fly - the maximum temperature is lower with most of them.
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It's just that knowing that airlines all have an occasional fatality is one thing. To personally know people it has happened to is quite another.... just would make me as a person wary of using them. I know that there is a risk to travelling with animals...
United (formerly continental) have a great reputation and no temperature embargo - good for me as I am going in the height of summer.
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Unfortunately I have heard bad things re. large animals on Lufthansa - and two friends (one internet, one real) both had dogs die during transit in the last few months. This does happen with every airline now and again but I can't 'unknow' what I know if you get my meaning.
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It's looking like every single pet shipper is using United airlines for larger dogs - apparently virgin, BA etc. charge based on size of crate & weight, whereas United go on weight alone which is far cheaper.
The airport I wanted to fly to will not fit his dog box into the size planes that they use. So my choices were atlanta or Orlando. PBS shipping (cheapest quote, nicest people) spoke to the airline directly who determined that Storm would be better off flying into Orlando - I don't really care which as long as he is taken care of. There is no temperature embargo due to the fact that united use temperature controlled vehicles.
I wanted a direct flight but it wasn't possible as the direct flights all get in too late for the dog to 'clear customs' - so he will have a 5 hour layover in a kennel in Newark where he will be offered food and water, a crate clean and a chance to pee -clearing customs at the same time. So when we arrive in Orlando I can collect him and go.
I will wait for the last of my quotes to come in before calling back my shortlist and checking on the details.
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Well I have spent all day on the phone with shipping companies to get quotes for moving Storm.
Funny thing... many companies on google say they are IPATA registered but do not appear here http://www.ipata.org/search-on-line-for-a-pet-shipper So I only took companies from this list.
2 failed my 'phone test' - i.e. seemed to give conflicting information etc.
3 passed with flying colours, seemed very concerned with his welfare & my happiness
The rest were just business like.
Waiting for a barrage of emails and phone calls over the following few days.
Due to the size/weight of my dog, most airlines won't allow him to fly as excess baggage - so we are looking at companies only.
I'll let you know how it goes.
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My IV fee was billed yesterday and I paid it.
I'm glad my visa journey is going fast but I can't help but feel for everyone else's who is moving slowly. It just seems completely random.
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Same flight / day earlier would be fine. As I said above, the day earlier will probably not work out much cheaper once you work out the logistics of getting to/from airports twice.
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that would be awful!!!! do you know if that has happened to other people before? when you said we start all over again, do you mean we'd have to go through the entire process from the start.. the i-130, etc?
I've heard of people being turned away at the border - and yep i-130 onwards.
Plus if you have been refused entry you cannot use VWP for a visit and you would have to declare that on the various USCIS and NVC forms - additional scrutiny and more issues.
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If it were me I would go on the same flight rather than the day before - transport to / from airports twice will add up, along with meals etc. etc. Plus you will be able to talk to someone while waiting / on the flights.
Same day seems too much risk for me, the slightest chance of having to start over is too much.
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Worst case scenario........ they would refuse him entry and send him home.... then you start all over again
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I don't have the link to the rule - but the fact that you are the sponsor means that he is not supposed to enter the country until you are in it. There are a few scenarios, a) if your fight arrives a few hours later they may allow him to sit in secondary processing and wait, b) they may not notice and let him through, c)They accept that you will be arriving later in the same day and allow him through d) they refuse entry (given it is the same day I think this is unlikely).
You don't need to go through the poe together or be on the same flight but really your flight should arrive first.
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It would probably be fine but I just meant that if his flight arrives first, you may have a small problem.
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You need enter the US before him or at same time - you cannot support him I-864 if not in the country
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US passport photos x2. Originals of marriage cert. any divorce certificates etc. pertaining to beneficiary, police cert, full birth cert. Court / military records if applicable (same stuff for kids) - PLUS a photocopy of all documents. And a copy of the bio page of your passport. And the Ds230 form, part 1 filled in and signed - do not sign part 2
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I'm here again. NVC received my AOS packet April 1st, so will hopefully review before the 15th when we will need 2012 tax info. Just waiting on confirmation that they've received the choice of sgent by email, then the IV fee. Whoop, at least part way there
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As long as the petitioner is in the USA when you do POE it will be fine. (That is due to the affadavit of support)
Most people travel without the petitioner
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Hmmmm, it could be the opportune time to settle a score, if planned out correctly.
Yep, 'specially since my police check came back clear.. (insert evil laugh)
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Yep, definately post your experiences. Congrats
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Ok, so my husband lives with his sister. We're ready to fill out I-864 forms.
We decided on 1-864's for both because while they live together but don't co-mingle finances, so not the same financial household so not an I-864a for her.
however, just found out that she claimed him as a dependant for part of 2012 on the 2012 tax return - he had just moved south and didn't have a job. I'm understanding from the instructions that because of that she will now have to claim a household size of 3 (her, me, him) because the last tax return states him as a dependant - even though he now has a job. Is that correct?
With that in mind is there any advantage to having him fill in an 1-864 & her an i-864a instead of the initial plan?
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I'm planning on seeing some london sights when I go there for my medical and interview...
Want to go to cornwall for a few, I love it down there.
Want to go revisit some neolithic places, I normally do the rounds every few years, so will fit them in once more.
I'm planning on spending some quality time with my nephews this summer.
Thinking about spending some time with my estranged father - but need to choke down the urge to throttle him first.
May 2013 Interviews
in IR-1 / CR-1 Spouse Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports
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