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Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 20th 2009, 12:46 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 3,986
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: How to get credit rating in UK...whilst elsewhere!

God that sucks. At least you were prepared and had the 6 months ready to pay upfront. We could do that too but want to avoid it if at all possible. Do you think the main issue was with your...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 20th 2009, 12:40 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 3,986
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: How to get credit rating in UK...whilst elsewhere!

This whole electoral roll thing is doing my head in. If we print off a form online and post it in to say we live at a relatives address, is that illegal?
I can see the benefit of getting our...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 20th 2009, 12:29 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 3,986
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: How to get credit rating in UK...whilst elsewhere!

Hey well done for that. I hate the credit rating system so much. It is SO quick to note every little thing that works against you yet seems to take forever to build up a decent score. I can't...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Feb 19th 2009, 12:34 pm
Replies: 73
Views: 9,932
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: N-400 Citizenship Current Florida Timeline?

Dan725 - thanks for the link :)
Titchski - you've got yourself a stalker LOL I'm watching your time line and comparing to mine. We got our Notice to have our fingerprints taken in the mail today,...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 18th 2009, 12:29 am
Replies: 56
Views: 3,986
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: How to get credit rating in UK...whilst elsewhere!

On the subject of the electoral roll, we were registered at our house until we sold it. What would have happened at that point? We didn't unregister ourselves but I am guessing that at some point,...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Feb 17th 2009, 1:51 pm
Replies: 73
Views: 9,932
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: N-400 Citizenship Current Florida Timeline?

Thats a good idea... only, I don't know anyone :(:o
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Feb 17th 2009, 1:49 pm
Replies: 73
Views: 9,932
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: N-400 Citizenship Current Florida Timeline?

OMG are you kidding me? That seems quick doesn't it? Sorry for being a veg head, did you already say where you are.... I mean are you processing via Tampa too?
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Feb 9th 2009, 2:24 pm
Replies: 73
Views: 9,932
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: N-400 Citizenship Current Florida Timeline?

Quote: The dates on the USCIS website should be read correctly. Currently it says Feb 2008. HOWEVER this is the latest info for SEPTEMBER 30th! Even though it was posted on Nov 18th.

From what we...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 9th 2009, 1:02 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 3,986
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: How to get credit rating in UK...whilst elsewhere!

More information.... http://www.britishinformation.com/secured-credit-card/
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 9th 2009, 12:56 pm
Replies: 56
Views: 3,986
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: How to get credit rating in UK...whilst elsewhere!

Hello Ladies, I have found this info..... http://www.creditsolveuk.com/secured.htm

So glad to see it is possible to get secured credit cards in the UK :) Was hoping to see some of the more...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 4th 2009, 3:01 am
Replies: 56
Views: 3,986
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: How to get credit rating in UK...whilst elsewhere!

Hey Flea, thanks for this.... I think prepaid cards are just like gift cards and would not help build credit. A secured credit card is a real credit card from a bank - the only difference being that...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 4th 2009, 2:53 am
Replies: 11
Views: 1,025
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: Payg phones in the UK at the moment...best value

Wow I didnt know Tesco did phones now too. Sound like a great deal.
We did some research for DS who recently flew back and got him a nice nokia with camera PAYG from phones 4 u. The total was...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 4th 2009, 2:47 am
Replies: 56
Views: 3,986
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: How to get credit rating in UK...whilst elsewhere!

When we first arrived in the States we were living in a hotel and had no credit history at all so the first thing the bank told us to do was get secured credit cards from them. They put our address...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 1st 2009, 4:11 pm
Replies: 17
Views: 2,366
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: Returning with new born Daughter - no time to get her a visa or or UK passport...

Just last month sent off for sons UK passport through British Consulate in Washington DC and put the date of travel on the application. Passport received in less than 2 weeks. I'd guess it was 9 or...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 1st 2009, 3:50 pm
Replies: 30
Views: 3,786
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: bye bye land of Oz!

Taking a deep breath for you. Hurry with an update :)
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 1st 2009, 6:00 am
Replies: 20
Views: 4,585
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: After 13 years I am moving back to England

Have a look at http://england.shelter.org.uk/
There is information on what qualifies you for assistance from your local authority. From what I understand, you are a British subject, regardless of...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Feb 1st 2009, 3:56 am
Replies: 20
Views: 4,585
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: After 13 years I am moving back to England

A slight hijacking going on here but I have a question off the back of this. Situation is, the Father was paying child support, forced through the CSA for a short time then left his job and then has...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 30th 2009, 3:48 pm
Replies: 3
Views: 713
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: Are we right to be upfront....

I can relate to what you are saying and I agree with Mummy in the foothils. Our son was our only child for years and we always included him in our decision making and most the time that was fine...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jan 30th 2009, 7:12 am
Replies: 37
Views: 2,651
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: Our son goes back to the UK next weekend

All aboard the USAGypsies rollercoaster! Marmalade, when you put '(for now anyway)' I think you must have been having a premonition.
Now we're tearing our hair out all over again and it's only been...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 29th 2009, 1:44 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,228
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: Can we do it in only 1 month???

It all gets very real once those tickets are booked. Can't wait to get to the point where we can book ours :)
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jan 29th 2009, 1:14 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 3,229
Posted By USAGypsies

4 baking potatoes. Publix: 2.89 + tax. Tesco: 69p.

WTH?

Loaf of bread. Closest to British I could find (i.e. doesn't taste like sugar or smell like bleach), Publix: 2.59 + tax. Tesco: 1.07.

Someone back home was telling us that food prices...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jan 29th 2009, 1:06 pm
Replies: 1
Views: 419
Posted By USAGypsies

Applying for US passport outside of US?

I have a question inspired by another thread that got me thinking.... Say DH & I are naturalized US Cits. and we are living in the UK. Our DS who is 16/17 whom is living with us in the UK can apply...
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 29th 2009, 12:57 pm
Replies: 13
Views: 1,228
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: Can we do it in only 1 month???

Yes. We did it in 10 days (last time we did it). It was frantic at times but somehow we pulled it off. The only thing we didn't do exactly as we hoped was with our pets. They had to go to a pet...
Forum: US Immigration, Citizenship and Visas
Jan 28th 2009, 1:41 pm
Replies: 37
Views: 2,651
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: Our son goes back to the UK next weekend

HI MITF, thinks for your thoughts.
Update time..... what was that song.....? 'what a difference a day makes'...? well it's been a few days since everything blew up and things are a lot calmer now....
Forum: Moving back or to the UK
Jan 28th 2009, 1:13 pm
Replies: 31
Views: 2,999
Posted By USAGypsies

Re: Has the housing market really dropped that much in the UK?

OP, we too are watching the prices of property in the UK drop and the general assumption we are picking up from friends back home is that house prices will drop a further 20% on average in 2009 with...
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