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Use www.EuroStar.com (from London you could plan destinations to visit via major train routes etc.)

or for quick cheap flights you can use Ryannair/Easy Jet from the UK to Europe. (I assume they are both still in business anyway.)

Hope you have fun planning and adventuring, there are certainly some great places to see/visit.

Going back to the op, once she leaves the US back to the UK obtaining that bc will be a whole lot harder. Since she had her daughter in May 09, she will have to get her medical records from the hospital that delivered her baby. Being out of the country will make it harder to obtain etc than being in person.

If the OP does not register the birth, then best thing is to, once back in the UK (or prior to leaving US) see what documents would be needed to register the "birth in a foreign country", this way she can be prepared in what will be needed document wise.

Also, Good Luck in that move back to the UK, I have been pondering moving back also, but the grass is green on both sides lol.

I am sorry for sounding like a broken record about the bc, but think about it, your Birth Certificate is the most important document you will ever need in life.

Best route would be to register the birth and get the Birth Certificate, holding off getting the passport. (My daughter only has a US p/port but does have a British Birth Certificate as we registered her straight after birth etc.)

Once you have the b/c you can feel relaxed. She does not need a UKP/port to enter UK as she will have bc and US p/port. Once in UK then get a hold of a p/port (will be cheaper anyway).

Best point really is not to leave the US until you have that bc.

Depending where in NC you are, try Farm Bureau in Durham (and other areas, I can give you a contact # if you need). When I first came over I emailed my UK Ins. co. for my driving/insurance record and luckily FB was able to use that as proof of driving record etc. Admittedly I am still on the hubby's insurance but we have 3 vehicles and it costs him around 160 every 2 or 3 months.

Hope this helps some. :-)

It might be wise for you to register the birth and get a copy of the birth certificate from the Consulate if you don't already have one. If you don't have a b/c this may very well cause problems years down the line trying to get a hold of one.

If you do register, it's best to get it done before 90 days after the birth, once after that time limit you have to provide all the hospital records information etc (something like that anyway).

This site will be helpful...

http://ukinusa.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-brit...h-registration/

We registered our daughter with the Embassy just after she was born. She is a dual cit. but only holds US p/port at present due to lack of funds for a UK p/port.

Note also that it is best to register within the 3 month (I think) timeline or you will have to provide your hospital records instead of just the birth certificate.... and make sure you purchase a UK Birth Certificate. I think altogether registering her and getting a copy of the birth cert cost us around $250.

She will be a dual citizen once you register her whether she has a UK passport or not.

Regards,

This week I will be mostly eating, Chipolata!

Beats a weeny weener that's for sure.

To add - You get 16 chipolatas in one pack and 6 bangers in a pack.

I get my meat from William's Pork, Lumberton NC (Ordered only once from there back in 2007, and still going through all the meat)

Their bacon is pretty good (not like good ole danish but hey, beats the american bacon)

Their CHIPOLATAS are good, (had a great sausage sandwich with HP sauce) sort of reminded me of eating an actual 'sausage' hotdog from a fair ground or on bonfire night. I like pork sausages and this has been the nearest I have got to finding the perfect sausage.

Their bangers are ok, sort of like Johnsonville's italian sausage minus the fennel.

It cost me $100 (shipping is a cosiderable cost) BUT I was surprised by the amount of food they packed in there.

http://www.britishbacon.com/comersus6f/sto...ersus_index.asp

Hope this helps.

I scored a whopping 0 out of 100 :-(

Nice area but miles from anywhere, ah well, beats the hustle and bustle of town life.

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Not sure whether my info will be correct, but where she has all of a sudden got a restraining order on you, she might be trying to claim VAWA (not sure the correct initials there), so that she can stay here.

One good thing is you have the USCIS letter that pre-dates her restraining order date, make sure you take that to your court hearing.

Hope all goes well at your court hearing.

Some answers I do not know, but will try and help you out.

1. It takes about 40 days to get the Police cert. in. I got mine in about 8 months before the interview date... all was ok.

2. You need to go to the town (in which you where born) and visit the Births, deaths and Marriages office, will take 30 mins or so to get a certified true copy for a small fee, or you may be able to order a copy online.

3. I got the Docs surgery to print out a letter stating what vaccines I had had (got relevant shots few weeks before medical)

4. Can't tell you about this, I have heard it is usually on separate days now.

Hope some of this helps you, I am basically telling you my experience. lol

Good luck and hope you don't wait too long for your interview/medical dates etc.

OK so I have a few questions to pose to you all, hoping you can help me out with your experience etc.

I am heading back to the UK in December to visit family and friends with my baby (celebrating her 1st b'day and xmas in the UK, Hubby not coming with us).

Will I need to get a letter from her dad before we leave (she has US p/port, I have UK and in my maiden name p/port) or can we just go and no questions asked etc.

I don't want her or myself to be refused to leave the US or enter the UK etc.

also...

She has my married name (my passport expires next year, so will change it to married name next year saves time and money that way lol).

I will be getting her a UK p/port but need to save up the money for hers and mines p/port.

Another question...What if I was to get her UK p/port before we go, although she would still have a different surname (I can provide my marriage cert. etc) use the UK p/port to leave US and the US p/port to re-enter, would that work?

Sorry for the complete mess of these questions but I am trying to think of all solutions to taking my girl to the UK without "others" thinking I have kidnapped her lol.

Thanks

Sorry I can't help on the money part, but I would of thought it won't have any consequences relating to your gc.

On a side note - I didn't think you had to report your overseas earning to IRS unless its above a certain amount. (But I am not sure about that either lol)

What I did when I transferred a large amount was to send a fax to my local Lloyds TSB and ask them to transfer X amount over to my account here using the US routing numbers and swift number etc (can't remember exactly what they are called). I was charged 15 quid in the UK and then taxed appropriately by the US bank.

Had no problems either end with it, although Lloyds did ring me to make sure I was aware of the fax that they had received.

I can do without the cheese...I have gained over a stone since moving to the UK because I love the cheese so much. I have found the cheese that Glyn and I eat most here over there in the States, its a crumbly cheshire cheese but its expensive.

Glyn and I are hoping to open a Breakfast place where you can get a REAL FULL ENGLISH BREAKFAST. We are most concerned with finding some good sausage so we may end up having to make them ourselves.

Try this site...

http://www.britishbacon.com/comersus6f/sto...ersus_index.asp

I personally have not used them, but our Director at work has (his mum is a brit) so they get an awful lot of brit meat from there. It would probably be cheaper if you bought the meat wholesale etc but if you do decide to open up a B&B then maybe try them out.

Try out Kroger's Vegetarian Beans in Tomato sauce. This is the only place I can find beans without any other ####### in it like pork and brown sugar stuff.

They are literally the same as Heinz, much nicer than Bush's and around 40c a can. Kroger do also have an International section (they sell Heinz as do World Market and online places but charge nearly $2.00 a can).

So not sure if this will work, but hope you enjoy...

I am not great at adding attachments, so I may have to edit a few times if this doesn't work. lol.

Pets are part of the family, we have a dog who is our child and we have a 4 month old baby. I wouldn't replace either of them as they are both our children.

The only time I dress the dog up is when she is on heat and that usually consists of a doggy diaper lol. Quite funny seeing an 80 - 90lb dog with a diaper on.

When you buy its also best to have your property taxes paid in escrow etc, then you don't have a big tax bill at the end of the year. I think we paid around 2k for closing costs and the mortgage company pays our taxes at the end of the year so we don't have to worry finding that extra few k.

Good luck house hunting.

You can sing all you like., lol I might join ya for a few bevies lol.

I just looked up my timeline, when I went to the DMV they wanted SS in my married name, they would NOT use my maiden name. Have you been to SS and changed your ss card yet, I think they take the marriage certificate as proof of name change. (It's been so long I can't quite remember)

Sorry if my post doesn't help you. I am racking my brains here thinking of ways to help lol.

Sorry you are having problems with USCIS and GA DMV.

Have you tried giving the DMV your soc. sec. card and your marriage certificate which would state your maiden name etc.

Not sure it would help but I suppose anything would be worth the try.

Best of luck.

Personally the most annoying thing for me is when you are eating and the person in front has their seat right back, you end up head bashing the seat trying to eat that lovely airline food. lol. (I generally have my seat up, if I put the seat back it hurts my back after a while.)

Gimme chocolate covered popcorn anyday.

We took classes. Personally, I think we wasted $80.00. It was informative but nothing that you couldn't look up on the web. The breathing classes were pointless because once the big day came, I couldn't remember anything and in any case they tell you when to breathe etc during labor lol.

Seeing the commercials on TV, I think the reason some don't return them is that they have to pay the shipping, which probably isn't going to be cheap.

I would love to have one but I don't want to waste money if I end up not liking it.

I just called them...basically you have to purchase the mattress (but you can get financed if you don't want to pay all the money upfront) and if you decide you don't like it and return it they refund all your money minus the shipping costs which is a flat rate of 175 $.

That's not too bad then, it might have been the sleep number commercial, anyway one of those commercials I thought was a ripp off. lol. I hate buying mattresses, I mean when you go into the stores, jump on them, lay on them etc you can't tell what they are like until you have slept in them for a week or two. Mattress firms are making a killing I bet.