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Forum: USA
Nov 15th 2013, 12:15 am
Replies: 65
Views: 4,490
Posted By Ailidh

Re: I hate Snakes

In Austin, no such luck. There was a "Snake Guy" who would re-locate rattlesnakes and he, unfortunately, re-located himself to California.. the fire department will tell you to do it yourself.

I...
Forum: USA
Nov 11th 2013, 4:50 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 4,490
Posted By Ailidh

Re: I hate Snakes

..spoken like someone who lives in British Columbia...
Forum: USA
Nov 9th 2013, 4:36 pm
Replies: 65
Views: 4,490
Posted By Ailidh

Re: I hate Snakes

We had a baby rattlesnake (a Western Diamondback to be precise) swimming around in our brand-new swimming pool one morning. The babies are even more dangerous than the adults apparently. My sister...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Sep 15th 2013, 10:59 pm
Replies: 23
Views: 2,112
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Social Security Number

That's weird. They did the same thing with my husband, claiming his first and middle names were combined. I wonder if that's really a problem or if it's a standard excuse they use to explain their...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Sep 15th 2013, 5:13 am
Replies: 23
Views: 2,112
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Social Security Number

It took at least 3 months (after getting his green card) for my husband to get his SSN. We re-applied (I had already applied when applying for his green card) at the SS office. We went back by, we...
Forum: USA
Jul 25th 2013, 12:51 am
Replies: 27
Views: 3,697
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Immigrating with pets - any tips?

Thanks!

On Lufthansa, cats and very small dogs (don't know the weight limit as both our dogs were big girls and had to be transported - unfortunately as it transpired - in the hold) can be...
Forum: USA
Jul 25th 2013, 12:42 am
Replies: 27
Views: 3,697
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Immigrating with pets - any tips?

The whole story's on here, I posted it after this happened on December 19, 2012.
Forum: Meet-ups
Jul 2nd 2013, 10:30 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 11,479
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Austin, TX.

Well let us know in what cheap cost-of-living place you end up - it sure won't be the UK! NOTHING is cheap in the UK... the reason for which we didn't retire there and picked the US instead.
Forum: Meet-ups
Jul 1st 2013, 3:38 pm
Replies: 11
Views: 11,479
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Austin, TX.

Yeah - we bought a new house and the builder (Drees) claimed there were all sorts of energy-efficiency features, so maybe that's true. In any case, we're going to have solar panels put on the roof -...
Forum: Meet-ups
Jul 1st 2013, 4:11 am
Replies: 11
Views: 11,479
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Austin, TX.

Wow, the electricity costs you're quoting certainly don't correspond to what we've been paying. Last month, extremely hot, we have a 4500 sq ft house and paid $180.
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Jun 12th 2013, 2:57 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,184
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Social Security Card?

Thanks! Hopefully, we won't move for another 10 years... that transatlantic move was trauma enough to last a decade!
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Jun 12th 2013, 2:10 am
Replies: 14
Views: 1,184
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Social Security Card?

He finally got his Social Security card today. Looks like that last snotty letter with acknowledgement of receipt worked!

I guess this is the end of our long immigration journey. I want to thank...
Forum: USA
Jun 9th 2013, 11:55 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,697
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Immigrating with pets - any tips?

That's only for transport in the hold. Airlines that allow you to transport pets in the cabin (Lufthansa, United, KLM, Air France that I know of) transport them all year long - they don't get stuck...
Forum: USA
Jun 9th 2013, 3:15 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 3,697
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Immigrating with pets - any tips?

We took Lufthansa from Geneva to Frankfurt, Frankfurt to Houston. Though one of our dogs (in the hold) died during the flight - previously discussed at length on this forum and never to be forgotten...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Jun 5th 2013, 12:52 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,184
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Social Security Card?

Looks like the letters did work... er, maybe. We got a call at 7:15 this morning from the "U.S. Government". An abjectly apologetic guy referred to our two letters (the second of which was distinctly...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Jun 3rd 2013, 11:27 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,184
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Social Security Card?

Well, today we called the Social Security office and they maintained that his application is blocked because they haven't received an OK from the USCIS.

So then he called the USCIS (in LA I think)...
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Jun 2nd 2013, 6:07 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,184
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Social Security Card?

... and since then...

He went down on April 23, 2013 to the Social Security office. We waited around for 4 hours and eventually he was able to fill out a form. The agent said a request had never...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 3rd 2013, 10:33 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 2,370
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Form I-797C, Notice of Action

The phone number's (800) 375-5283 - the address given is Immigration and Naturalization Service, Texas Service Center, P.O. Box 851488 - Dept A, Mesquite, Tx 75185-1488
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 3rd 2013, 8:35 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 2,370
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Form I-797C, Notice of Action

Thanks for the reassurance! I tried to call the number (automatic, no human being of course) they gave, but it did not recognize the case number - which they had put on their own form - so I couldn't...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 3rd 2013, 2:58 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 2,370
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Form I-797C, Notice of Action

Hmm, Homeland Security must be run out of Mesquite, Texas then!

There is a long paragraph in this form letter starting "If this case is an I-130 Petition.." which goes on to explain that...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 3rd 2013, 1:01 pm
Replies: 12
Views: 2,370
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Form I-797C, Notice of Action

Thanks - I Googled for a couple of hours yesterday and it seemed like this form arrives at the beginning of the process, not after you get the immigrant visa. The timing makes me think it was...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
May 3rd 2013, 1:11 am
Replies: 12
Views: 2,370
Posted By Ailidh

Form I-797C, Notice of Action

Hello there. My husband received his immigrant visa at the US Embassy in Bern, Switzerland (he's a Brit and we were living in Switzerland prior to his immigrating) in March. OK, visa is inserted in...
Forum: USA
Apr 19th 2013, 7:56 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,241
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Moving our furry friend to USA

That's OK for very tiny dogs and small to medium-sized dogs (on the QM2), but any dogs bigger than a cat can't travel in the cabin and the QM2 won't take dogs taller than a Labrador. For months I...
Forum: USA
Apr 19th 2013, 6:49 pm
Replies: 27
Views: 2,241
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Moving our furry friend to USA

Hi,
To that thread I'll add that we figured out her extra-large sized crate had been loaded into the unpressurized, unheated baggage hold during the Geneva-Frankfurt (short) leg of the flight....
Forum: Marriage Based Visas
Apr 19th 2013, 6:38 pm
Replies: 14
Views: 1,184
Posted By Ailidh

Re: Social Security Card?

Thanks... my husband needs the SSN to go to the DMV.....:frown:
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