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Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Feb 16th 2012, 4:34 pm
Replies: 5
Views: 667
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Got our L1 & L2

We were in the embassy for less than an hour getting ours. They only asked 4 questions before approving it. It then took a week for the passports to arrive (only because there was a US public holiday...
Forum: USA
Feb 14th 2012, 4:41 pm
Replies: 6
Views: 1,683
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Moving to San Francisco

http://www.u-meplace.com/Visit/ - this place is in Menlo Park

http://www.pumpitupparty.com/ - i think this place will be Nationwide

We are just starting to settle into Oakland. It is a lovely...
Forum: USA
Feb 14th 2012, 12:33 am
Replies: 6
Views: 1,683
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Moving to San Francisco

We moved last year with 2 year old twins to Oakland. I've been here 4 months and just starting to find things to do with the twins. Check out meet up. In Oakland there is a group called Oakland Moms....
Forum: USA
Feb 14th 2012, 12:26 am
Replies: 12
Views: 4,881
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Shipping - UK to California

We used Allied Pickfords to move our stuff from the UK to California. They were really good. Packed everything and unpacked everything this end
Forum: USA
Feb 14th 2012, 12:24 am
Replies: 10
Views: 1,246
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Removal Recommendations UK->USA

We used Allied Pickfords for our move over here. They seemed really good.

Can't help you on prices though as ours was all done through my husbands company
Forum: USA
Jan 23rd 2012, 11:18 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,431
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Moving a dog to the usa

The one thing that the airline do say is that if they think in anyway that the animal has been sedated then they will refuse travel
Forum: USA
Jan 23rd 2012, 11:17 pm
Replies: 18
Views: 2,431
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Moving a dog to the usa

We moved to California in October 2011 with our 2 dogs. We didn't use a Pet Travel service and arranged everything ourselves. We booked with Virgin and were able to book a week before we travelled....
Forum: USA
Jan 23rd 2012, 10:44 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 10,355
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Dog to Florida from the UK.....help!

You are told by the vets and the airlines to check with DEFRA for the latest advise on taking dogs out of the UK. They have a section that will tell you what requirement there are. They mainly tell...
Forum: USA
Jan 23rd 2012, 10:39 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 10,355
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Dog to Florida from the UK.....help!

Hi

We brought our pets to California last year. It was very straight forward as they had the pet passports. For California all they needed was theirt rabies vaccinations. DEFRA were useless with...
Forum: USA
Jan 19th 2012, 7:48 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 7,667
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Moving to Oakland CA

Thanks for that information. he actually works in Hayward. We are investigating lots of areas at the moment as when the kids are ready for school we want to make sure that we are in the best location...
Forum: USA
Jan 19th 2012, 7:29 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 7,667
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Moving to Oakland CA

No my husband doesn't work in the medical industry. He doesn't work in Oakland but in the East Bay
Forum: USA
Jan 19th 2012, 6:57 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 7,667
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Moving to Oakland CA

We ended up in Oakland as quite a few people from my husbands work live here. Contrary to what I have seen people say, we quite like Oakland. I won't venture anywhere near the flats unless I have to...
Forum: USA
Jan 19th 2012, 5:38 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 7,667
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Moving to Oakland CA

Hi Michelle

Ours cleared customs the day it arrived but due to Thanksgiving spent another week in port. We are now settled into our house and slowly getting there. How are you finding it now?...
Forum: USA
Jan 19th 2012, 5:35 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 7,667
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Moving to Oakland CA

Hi Bev

Sorry for the late reply to you. We booked the dogs ourselves directly with Virgin. It cost us about £1000 for the 2 of them (Cavalier King CHarles Spaniels) and we had to buy the cages for...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Nov 15th 2011, 6:36 pm
Replies: 7
Views: 1,456
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: L1 Visa Timescales Confusion

My husband's company went for a blanket L1 and it took 7 days (including a weekend) to be approved from them sending in the application. We then had the individual visa approved on the day at the...
Forum: USA
Nov 15th 2011, 5:04 pm
Replies: 45
Views: 7,667
Posted By ellendarvell

Re: Moving to Oakland CA

Hi
We recently moved over last month to Oakland with 2 kids and 2 dogs. We are currently in Pleasanton but are moving to Oakland in the next couple of weeks due to not wanting to do the commute over...
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