Gizzmondo

Hi

Im from not so sunny Yorkshire in the UK, just about to start the K1 visa application to be with my fiance in New Jersey, my next visit is planned from Boxing Day (26th Dec) and will spend New Year with her

I was just wondering for those that made the move what was the first fun thing you did to celebrate your move to your new home / state / country ?

Great forum by the way

fozzyb

Bagels for breakfast, at an outdoor cafe, in Californian sunshine.
Thinking the day before when we left the UK it was snowing.

BunnyGirl

I fly out on a K1 in 5 days and the first thing we're going to do is go and get our marriage license

Bob

Not shag like bunnies?

Welcome to BE to the OP!

We went and checked out a couple of apartments that the missus had lined up viewings. All very rock and roll.

BubbleChog

yup flew out on a K1 on a Tues, bought wedding rings on Weds, got married Thurs and then celebrated with sushi

Lx

BunnyGirl

BunnyGirl

We're celebrating at a British pub

SultanOfSwing

What Bob said, basically.

Other than that, we didn't really do much. I moved over on a Thursday, my wife had to work the next day. I think we probably went out for something to eat that weekend but it was nine years ago, all I can remember is demolishing a Dairy Milk once I got home from the airport because I was hungry

Mrs Danvers

Mine was long long ago in 1999. I do remember getting breakfast from a Denny's the next day and in awe of how big it was. I had visited the USA before but never a Denny's. Some time later in the week I went to the social security office for a card and though I don't remember the details they were super nice and friendly which was not how I was told they were going to be.

I also remember getting my drivers license which they made me do a written test for but not the practical test.

lansbury

Probably need to get out the airport first.

markonline1

Got picked up by the missus from the airport, then stopped off at our now regular mexican restaraunt for some celebratory margaritas.

GeoffM

Arrived at pregnant relative's house, got fed, went to bed. Woke up early the next morning to find that during the night she was no longer pregnant and so went out with the father to buy a car seat, got a PAYG phone contract, and then ended up looking after their 4-year-old as the father was exhausted from the night's activities (mother and daughter stayed in hospital a few days). Also got a bank account.

Then within the next week, AMEX transferred, new PC bought (I still use it 2.5 years later), SSN enquired and number given, and basically just started working.

Yorkieabroad

If you're not allowed to use cellphones in the immigration hall, I'm sure displays of, ahem, "affection" would definitely be frowned upon!

Yorkieabroad

We were staying with in-laws. Wife was almost 7 months pregnant, so the first thing we did was to go looking for an OBGYN. The first one was rejected before we even got to see him because his questionnaire had 1.5 pages of questions on STD's and sexual assaults, and 3 questions on pregnancy (have you had a test, how many periods have you missed and do you want to know the sex). Wife was already creeped out, then when the door opened and he appeared, looking like a cross between Marty Feldman and Eddie Murphy she got out of there as fast as she could waddle!

Yorkieabroad

I remember having Denny's for breakfast just about every day when we were here on vacation in 1979 and they were huge. Then when we moved here in 2002, I recall being phenomenally upset that I had to choose between bacon OR sausage
I also remember just about every restaurant plonked down a little bowl of salad with 1000 island dressing before you'd ordered, so you could eat it while you perused the menu - what happened to that?