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Forum: USA
Jul 21st 2013, 2:17 am
Replies: 10
Views: 978
Posted By teamaven

Re: So you're a new immigrant.... and your luggage?

Yep. That's what we did. My husband (UKC) went off to be inspected/ grilled/ and eyeballed by the agents and I went off to the luggage claims at EWR. It took about half an hour for them to finish and...
Forum: USA
May 17th 2012, 7:39 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 23,081
Posted By teamaven

Re: Moving a cat from the UK to USA

Sounds like a good plan! :)
Just remember that along with the water you also have those copies handy ;)
Forum: USA
May 17th 2012, 10:01 am
Replies: 118
Views: 23,081
Posted By teamaven

Re: Moving a cat from the UK to USA

I'd say that how quickly the ice melts would depend on how hot the compartments you are on in the train, etc are.

The worst case scenario--you put ice in, it lasts through the train ride and you...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
May 16th 2012, 6:44 pm
Replies: 1,660
Views: 138,190
Posted By teamaven

Re: DCF - I-130 Filing in London. Join In Here!

We got the visa this am via DX secure. :thumbsup:
From start to finish (finish being the IR-1 Visa) took 5.6 months.
Now we've got a month to finish packing *we booked our flight out for the...
Forum: USA
May 16th 2012, 4:57 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 23,081
Posted By teamaven

Re: Moving a cat from the UK to USA

Yay! I'm glad that you've sorted it out so far (and just remember to be firm with KLM at the airport!) :D

One tip for the trip is to freeze the water (not full up obviously) in the water holder...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 11th 2012, 3:17 pm
Replies: 2
Views: 515
Posted By teamaven

Re: DS-230- Interview!

We just interviewed at the London Embassy on Weds. I forgot our photocopy of the DS-230 (all of it! LOL) but even though I was really worried about it we were fine. The woman who we saw first didn't...
Forum: USA
May 7th 2012, 6:31 pm
Replies: 118
Views: 23,081
Posted By teamaven

Re: Moving a cat from the UK to USA

Sorry that KLM ended up being useless. I'm shipping my 2 cats cargo from LHR to EWR and its costing us 450 GBP (and 40 bucks for the US customs inspection). That's via Virgin Altantic (I don't know...
Forum: USA
May 7th 2012, 9:51 am
Replies: 118
Views: 23,081
Posted By teamaven

Re: Moving a cat from the UK to USA

Yep.

More info here:

http://www.cdc.gov/animalimportation/cats.html

Not sure what state your final destination is (but I'll go with Massachusetts) the import information for the cats is...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Apr 16th 2012, 11:38 am
Replies: 22
Views: 2,086
Posted By teamaven

Re: What did you do for your wedding?

My husband an I got married at the city Registry Office (the equivalent of city hall wedding). It was just his parents, a mutual friend and that was it. My relatives in the US couldn't make it. ...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Apr 3rd 2012, 8:35 am
Replies: 3
Views: 672
Posted By teamaven

Re: Accompanying Spouse to Visa interview?

I ended up calling the Embassy yesterday and they gave me an email address and code and told me to email them all the information (Case#, names etc).

I got back an email this am stating that I'm...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 30th 2012, 2:50 pm
Replies: 21
Views: 1,152
Posted By teamaven

Re: I-864 question

Thanks Rene, I appreciate the helpful answer! :thumbup:
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Mar 30th 2012, 11:28 am
Replies: 3
Views: 672
Posted By teamaven

Accompanying Spouse to Visa interview?

Here's another question... I did search the forum but I didn't quite find the answer (so please don't beat me!) :o

My spouse has gotten his Visa interview appointment letter in the post. :)
When...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 30th 2012, 10:01 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,152
Posted By teamaven

Re: I-864 question

At the risk of exposing what an idiot I am.... What is 9 FAM? (I'm happy to read up--I just never heard of it before)

Thanks!:o
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 29th 2012, 9:39 am
Replies: 21
Views: 1,152
Posted By teamaven

Re: I-864 question

We're sort of in the same situation as well. We have the money but we're waiting on the visa to come through, and we aren't sure if we're better off trying to buy the house before hand or not (there...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Mar 28th 2012, 8:28 am
Replies: 1,660
Views: 138,190
Posted By teamaven

Re: DCF - I-130 Filing in London. Join In Here!

Thank you Ian. :)

That's good to know that they don't immediately strike you off....
So is it reasonable to call a week (or two) after the Medical exam to ask if the letter has been sent? We...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Mar 27th 2012, 8:57 am
Replies: 1,660
Views: 138,190
Posted By teamaven

Re: DCF - I-130 Filing in London. Join In Here!

(bolding is my emphasis)
As far as folks know is that a common occurrence? :unsure:
Should I be calling that line (we had the medical a week ago). I'd thought that there was usually a 2 week gap...
Forum: USA
Mar 23rd 2012, 12:44 pm
Replies: 15
Views: 2,094
Posted By teamaven

Re: Are we mad????

Janet, my husband and I were in this very situation in February. (we'd filed our I-130 back in November & rec'd our notice on Feb 18th that we'd have our case number in 3 weeks)
We found a perfect...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 19th 2012, 4:26 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 995
Posted By teamaven

Re: Visa approved !

Thanks to both of you Sulph & Rene :)
I'll just make sure we take a book with us when we go (providing everything goes ok with the medical, of course!)
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Mar 19th 2012, 3:13 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 995
Posted By teamaven

Re: Visa approved !

Congrats! :thumbsup:

Is that a common thing for the spouses to be told to wait outside/not allowed entry to the embassy while this is going on? *just curious*
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Mar 18th 2012, 6:47 pm
Replies: 1,660
Views: 138,190
Posted By teamaven

Re: DCF - I-130 Filing in London. Join In Here!

Just to add another timeline into the mix...

Nov-9-2011 Mailed I-130
Nov-23 Charged for I-130 (on credit card statement)
Nov-30 Rec'd email confirmation petition rec'd...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Jan 31st 2012, 11:55 am
Replies: 1,660
Views: 138,190
Posted By teamaven

Re: DCF - I-130 Filing in London. Join In Here!

Hello Everyone! :)

My Husband and I are currently going through the visa application process (DCF for a CR-1) and thought I'd check out the forum and see if reading about everyone else's...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Jan 31st 2012, 11:25 am
Replies: 3
Views: 673
Posted By teamaven

Applying for CR-1 visa -- Criminal Check?

Hi all,

Bit of background: we're doing a DCF for a CR-1 visa (Husband is the UKC and I'm USC).

I'm posting this on behalf of my husband. We're working on filling out our forms and there's that...
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