Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
Dec 13th 2008, 9:25 am
#16
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Location: Liverpool to Batavia
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Re: Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
I hope you both have a good flight and a positive experience with the nice immigration officers 
I picked up my Ohio State ID today, something that you can both look forward to doing .......unless plan getting a driving licence because you can't have both .....
I picked up my Ohio State ID today, something that you can both look forward to doing .......unless plan getting a driving licence because you can't have both .....
Dec 14th 2008, 1:58 pm
#17
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Joined: Sep 2007
Location: Cincinnati, Ohio.
Posts: 964
Re: Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
We made it!!
Finally got here, after what seems like an eternal flight - 9 hours from Gatwick to Cincinnati, way way too much turbulence for my liking!
Going through immigration was pretty slow, but only because it seemed like the whole plane was full of brits! Every time we've gone through CVG in the past it has been so fast, but this time it was over an hour of queuing! Once I got through the first desk though it was really fast and painless in secondary, and the POE officers were really friendly and relaxed, had a laugh and joke with the kids - called them convicts when they took their fingerprints!
Funniest thing was when the Officer at secondary asked how long we'd been married - I told him it was our 1st wedding anniversary in 14 days and he said 'is it? it says here you've been married since October 23rd 2006 - is it really less than a year?' I said ummm yeah - I think the date you are looking at is my husbands divorce date..... he then hollared across the room to one of the others 'Its less than 2 years - change it quick!' lol - I asked him if he was about to give me a 10 year card and he laughed his ass off - said he was!!
He then went on to remind me, since he then realised it was a CR not an IR we were on that I needed to remove conditions in 2 years less 90 days, and to pop down to the Social security office in a week or so to make sure my number had been ordered, then told me 'Welcome to America'
I couldn't resist to say to him.... 'Thankyou, I like 'welcome home'' - he said 'Yeah - Welcome home' with a HUGE grin.
All in all, pretty painless..... so now We've just got these 12 damn cases to unpack - anyone fancy helping
Finally got here, after what seems like an eternal flight - 9 hours from Gatwick to Cincinnati, way way too much turbulence for my liking!
Going through immigration was pretty slow, but only because it seemed like the whole plane was full of brits! Every time we've gone through CVG in the past it has been so fast, but this time it was over an hour of queuing! Once I got through the first desk though it was really fast and painless in secondary, and the POE officers were really friendly and relaxed, had a laugh and joke with the kids - called them convicts when they took their fingerprints!
Funniest thing was when the Officer at secondary asked how long we'd been married - I told him it was our 1st wedding anniversary in 14 days and he said 'is it? it says here you've been married since October 23rd 2006 - is it really less than a year?' I said ummm yeah - I think the date you are looking at is my husbands divorce date..... he then hollared across the room to one of the others 'Its less than 2 years - change it quick!' lol - I asked him if he was about to give me a 10 year card and he laughed his ass off - said he was!!
He then went on to remind me, since he then realised it was a CR not an IR we were on that I needed to remove conditions in 2 years less 90 days, and to pop down to the Social security office in a week or so to make sure my number had been ordered, then told me 'Welcome to America'
I couldn't resist to say to him.... 'Thankyou, I like 'welcome home'' - he said 'Yeah - Welcome home' with a HUGE grin.All in all, pretty painless..... so now We've just got these 12 damn cases to unpack - anyone fancy helping
Dec 14th 2008, 2:08 pm
#18
Professional Drama Queen
Joined: Dec 2007
Location: West Virginia
Posts: 1,061
Re: Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
Woohoooo! Welcome to America!!!!!
Glad you made it ok and the flight was bearable ( hate turbulence!
) Oh well just time enough for you to unpack and settle in for Xmas! Oh I bet the kids are sooo excited!! Heck I'm excited for you all!
Glad you made it ok and the flight was bearable ( hate turbulence!
) Oh well just time enough for you to unpack and settle in for Xmas! Oh I bet the kids are sooo excited!! Heck I'm excited for you all!
Dec 14th 2008, 2:36 pm
#19
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Location: Liverpool to Batavia
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Re: Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
Welcome to Cincinnati .......
12 cases ?????? I arrived with 2 cases and an x-ray (which I'm still waiting for someone to look at *lol*) .....
12 cases ?????? I arrived with 2 cases and an x-ray (which I'm still waiting for someone to look at *lol*) .....
Dec 14th 2008, 4:02 pm
#22
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Joined: Apr 2008
Location: Manhattan
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Re: Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
Congrats!
Dec 14th 2008, 4:50 pm
#23
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Joined: Nov 2008
Location: Lexington, KY (ex-Derbyshire)
Posts: 126
Re: Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
Congratulations 
My turn no, just had my wake-up call at the hotel, will be at the airport in 2 hours...
My turn no, just had my wake-up call at the hotel, will be at the airport in 2 hours...
Dec 14th 2008, 5:17 pm
#25
Flaky Red-headed Goodness
Joined: Nov 2008
Location: Lexington, KY (ex-Derbyshire)
Posts: 126
Re: Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
Thank you!
I'm hoping for a lot of sleep on the plane, I'm exhausted - barely slept a wink last night due to butterflies in tummy and a very hot hotel room. So far my first flight looks to be on schedule...
I'm hoping for a lot of sleep on the plane, I'm exhausted - barely slept a wink last night due to butterflies in tummy and a very hot hotel room. So far my first flight looks to be on schedule...
Dec 14th 2008, 7:30 pm
#26
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Joined: Mar 2008
Location: UK then Chicago
Posts: 247
Re: Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
We made it!!
Finally got here, after what seems like an eternal flight - 9 hours from Gatwick to Cincinnati, way way too much turbulence for my liking!
Going through immigration was pretty slow, but only because it seemed like the whole plane was full of brits! Every time we've gone through CVG in the past it has been so fast, but this time it was over an hour of queuing! Once I got through the first desk though it was really fast and painless in secondary, and the POE officers were really friendly and relaxed, had a laugh and joke with the kids - called them convicts when they took their fingerprints!
Funniest thing was when the Officer at secondary asked how long we'd been married - I told him it was our 1st wedding anniversary in 14 days and he said 'is it? it says here you've been married since October 23rd 2006 - is it really less than a year?' I said ummm yeah - I think the date you are looking at is my husbands divorce date..... he then hollared across the room to one of the others 'Its less than 2 years - change it quick!' lol - I asked him if he was about to give me a 10 year card and he laughed his ass off - said he was!!
He then went on to remind me, since he then realised it was a CR not an IR we were on that I needed to remove conditions in 2 years less 90 days, and to pop down to the Social security office in a week or so to make sure my number had been ordered, then told me 'Welcome to America' I couldn't resist to say to him.... 'Thankyou, I like 'welcome home'' - he said 'Yeah - Welcome home' with a HUGE grin.
All in all, pretty painless..... so now We've just got these 12 damn cases to unpack - anyone fancy helping
Finally got here, after what seems like an eternal flight - 9 hours from Gatwick to Cincinnati, way way too much turbulence for my liking!
Going through immigration was pretty slow, but only because it seemed like the whole plane was full of brits! Every time we've gone through CVG in the past it has been so fast, but this time it was over an hour of queuing! Once I got through the first desk though it was really fast and painless in secondary, and the POE officers were really friendly and relaxed, had a laugh and joke with the kids - called them convicts when they took their fingerprints!
Funniest thing was when the Officer at secondary asked how long we'd been married - I told him it was our 1st wedding anniversary in 14 days and he said 'is it? it says here you've been married since October 23rd 2006 - is it really less than a year?' I said ummm yeah - I think the date you are looking at is my husbands divorce date..... he then hollared across the room to one of the others 'Its less than 2 years - change it quick!' lol - I asked him if he was about to give me a 10 year card and he laughed his ass off - said he was!!
He then went on to remind me, since he then realised it was a CR not an IR we were on that I needed to remove conditions in 2 years less 90 days, and to pop down to the Social security office in a week or so to make sure my number had been ordered, then told me 'Welcome to America'
I couldn't resist to say to him.... 'Thankyou, I like 'welcome home'' - he said 'Yeah - Welcome home' with a HUGE grin.All in all, pretty painless..... so now We've just got these 12 damn cases to unpack - anyone fancy helping
Dec 14th 2008, 9:42 pm
#27
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Re: Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
Congratulations! Sounds like you could have saved yourself the cost and hassle of removing conditions though!
Dec 15th 2008, 12:51 am
#29
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Re: Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
Congratulations, and welcome. Sorry that you had a rough flight, but you landed safely. Have a happy and enoyable Christmas
Dec 15th 2008, 4:06 am
#30
Joined: Apr 2002
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Re: Ready to leave... anything I've forgotten?
Welcome to America, you Happy Mob!
Lucky us, we get you now!
Lucky us, we get you now!
