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[NickyMcMillan 0]

Morning!

My first post stateside. Activating the K1 in Dublin was nice. Very friendly IO who took me to a wee room. Had to wait 15 mins whilst they got there stuff together. Could hear the woman who was going to deal with my visa, ask some guy how to deal with the K1. Then she asked me into the room, I could hear the guy who was sat at the desk behind her on the phone, giving my case details to someone stateside.

Even got a "Welcome to America" which was nice.

Hope everybody is well.

[SMB x2 0]

I'm really warming to this Dublin idea, especially as the flight seems to be about 200 quid cheaper than going direct to Chicago.

[NickyMcMillan 0]

The price of the flight was what made me go via Dublin. I paid £248 for the one way ticket via Edinburgh. After that I was looking at £400+

I did consider going to Chicago via JFK for the EAD. Cheapest I found was £600. Not worth it for something that's not guaranteed.

[Jeraly 4]

JFK tends to be pretty much guaranteed but I would go for the cheaper flights and nice welcome

[VisaJourneyLady 33]

I'm going to be flying from Shannon, I was kinda paranoid that they'd mess up processing me, but I suppose it's worth the risk. Since i'm going to be in Ireland anyway, saying goodbye to my family it's much cheaper to go from there.

[no name 1]

TGIF!

[ginger1981 0]

Just about to go and get married here...the legal one at least! Got my Hamilton ($10) to give to the judge. And as I am a good employee as well as I will be a good wife, I'm also doing this over my lunch break as city hall is right down the street

[Jeraly 4]

You're getting "married" in your lunch break?! That's hilarious! I love it!!!

[ginger1981 0]

You're getting "married" in your lunch break?! That's hilarious! I love it!!!

Honestly if I got British type holiday benefits at my work I would take the day off! However, with a trip back to Nebraska to see my family and a trip to the UK so far this year, I'm not left with much vacation time...I have 2 allotted already for the days coming up to our wedding, and then basically 1.5 days of vacation left until next year.

I really hope I don't get sick either as I don't have much sick leave!

[Jeraly 4]

You're getting "married" in your lunch break?! That's hilarious! I love it!!!

Honestly if I got British type holiday benefits at my work I would take the day off! However, with a trip back to Nebraska to see my family and a trip to the UK so far this year, I'm not left with much vacation time...I have 2 allotted already for the days coming up to our wedding, and then basically 1.5 days of vacation left until next year.

I really hope I don't get sick either as I don't have much sick leave!

Yeah - it really sucks - Jeremy gets 5 weeks paid leave a year and is able to negotiate unpaid time off as well but I don't think he is the norm

[no name 1]

Jeremy gets 5 weeks paid leave a year and is able to negotiate unpaid time off as well but I don't think he is the norm

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

good morning uk

[Ban Hammer 13,352]

good morning uk

where is everyone?

[SMB x2 0]

Ssshh, it's Sunday, we're in bed!

Stu

(morning!)

[Jeraly 4]

Actually I was up at 6.30am with my cat >< You know they have a sixth sense..? Well she doesn't see dead people (AFAIK) but she can *definitely* sense something is up with the impending move...