January Filers at the CSC - How are you doing?

[MissYoko 4]

Ok added in copies of cards Gareth sent me for Christmas,Valentines, and my Birthday (June) as well as copy of our wedding reception rental agreement, copy of engagement ring receipt and engagement ring appraisal I had done here since we bought it online, and receipt for my wedding dress............that should be MORE than enough stuff I would think LOL!!!

Sunny maybe you can prove also that Gareth tried to visit you and he was denied at the POE! no?

[sunnybear 0]

Yeah I think I am gonna let Gareth share that info when they ask for proof of ongoing relationship haha!

Ok here's a question....does Gareth pay another fee when he goes to visa interview? We know he pays for police record (he has to get new one now argh) and medical but he wasn't sure if he pays a visa fee as well? Thanks!!

[Craig & Julia 0]

Yeah I think I am gonna let Gareth share that info when they ask for proof of ongoing relationship haha!

Ok here's a question....does Gareth pay another fee when he goes to visa interview? We know he pays for police record (he has to get new one now argh) and medical but he wasn't sure if he pays a visa fee as well? Thanks!!

Yep, another $131

[sunnybear 0]

Yeah I think I am gonna let Gareth share that info when they ask for proof of ongoing relationship haha!

Ok here's a question....does Gareth pay another fee when he goes to visa interview? We know he pays for police record (he has to get new one now argh) and medical but he wasn't sure if he pays a visa fee as well? Thanks!!

Yep, another $131

Thanks they sure do make money off of us huh? Oy

[Craig & Julia 0]

No kidding

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Thanks Pam! Yeah it says not to send phone bills and letters and such but I think I will include some extras anyway! So far I have the 12 pics, mapquest of the distance we lived apart when I was there LOL, military orders stating my being there (with ex hubby haha naughty naughty), a paper of me setting up an account over there at the military base dated the month him and i started dating, color copies of my military id card and also UK drivers license I had while there, and Gareth is sending over some bills dated around that time so they know he was living in the UK too at that time LMAO....I think I will also make copies of a letter I wrote him on my last day there and similar things like that. We have concert ticket stubs but none have our names on them so how could we prove we went together ya know? Gareth and I were talking as I was getting things together and I mean honestly any and all "proof" they want can be made up ya know? I mean if people REALLY wanted to....so it is silly to have to keep sending this stuff but oh well I shall do whatever I can to be with my love!!!!!

These are good.

Do you have any receipts from British stores? Those could also be useful.

Did you book plane tickets online? Even if you do not have the stubs you might still be able to acquire a copy of your itinerary.

[Cecile and Bryan 0]

Sunny I hope things will go very smooth after the RFE. With all these things you are sending them, there should not be any more problems.

Damian, we live in south St. Louis. There seems to be several people from this area on visa journey!

So, I've been in the USA for 4 days now, it is VERY hot right now, I knew it was hot but I had forgotten it would be that bad I'll get used to it. the good thing is I don't need to blow my hair after the shower: two minutes outside and it's done!

I have been exhausted the entire weekend from the jet lag. I have opened a bank account at NationalCity, they only needed my passport and another ID (I showed them my French driver license). No SSN needed. Now I'm waiting for my bank in France to set the wire transfers via the Internet.

It is nice to be here again, and together. I have met some new people and some old ones too, so nice to see them again I feel quite overwhelmed by the many things I will have to learn (all the conversion things, getting used to new products at the grocery stores, driving, etc.) but as long as I do all this step by step it should be ok.

Today is my first day completely alone, Bryan went back to work this morning. And when he comes back, we will go to a restaurant because today is my birthday we can finally celebrate together.

We will probably get married by the end of August.

[Josh and Nathalie 0]

Sunny I hope things will go very smooth after the RFE. With all these things you are sending them, there should not be any more problems.

Damian, we live in south St. Louis. There seems to be several people from this area on visa journey!

So, I've been in the USA for 4 days now, it is VERY hot right now, I knew it was hot but I had forgotten it would be that bad I'll get used to it. the good thing is I don't need to blow my hair after the shower: two minutes outside and it's done!

I have been exhausted the entire weekend from the jet lag. I have opened a bank account at NationalCity, they only needed my passport and another ID (I showed them my French driver license). No SSN needed. Now I'm waiting for my bank in France to set the wire transfers via the Internet.

It is nice to be here again, and together. I have met some new people and some old ones too, so nice to see them again I feel quite overwhelmed by the many things I will have to learn (all the conversion things, getting used to new products at the grocery stores, driving, etc.) but as long as I do all this step by step it should be ok.

Today is my first day completely alone, Bryan went back to work this morning. And when he comes back, we will go to a restaurant because today is my birthday we can finally celebrate together.

We will probably get married by the end of August.

Happy Birthday!

[sunnybear 0]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY Cecile!!!!

Well have all stuff posted off so here's hoping it was enough evidence for them!!! I can track it as sent it overnight so it should be in their hands tomorrow by 3pm Michigan time so by noon I would think there! Cannot wait to see that they received it!!! UGH onto the next step already pleaseeeeee!!!!

[CourtAndGrey 0]

Good luck, good luck, good luck!!!

And happy birthday Cecile! Mine was Thursday, WAHOO FOR LEO'S!!

Well have all stuff posted off so here's hoping it was enough evidence for them!!! I can track it as sent it overnight so it should be in their hands tomorrow by 3pm Michigan time so by noon I would think there! Cannot wait to see that they received it!!! UGH onto the next step already pleaseeeeee!!!!

[Alex & Rachel 78]

Happy birthday Cecile!

Ooh, it must be so good to be celebrating it with Bryan. I completely forgot that you'd be in the US already.

[BlakeandOlha 0]

Sunny I hope things will go very smooth after the RFE. With all these things you are sending them, there should not be any more problems.

Damian, we live in south St. Louis. There seems to be several people from this area on visa journey!

So, I've been in the USA for 4 days now, it is VERY hot right now, I knew it was hot but I had forgotten it would be that bad I'll get used to it. the good thing is I don't need to blow my hair after the shower: two minutes outside and it's done!

I have been exhausted the entire weekend from the jet lag. I have opened a bank account at NationalCity, they only needed my passport and another ID (I showed them my French driver license). No SSN needed. Now I'm waiting for my bank in France to set the wire transfers via the Internet.

It is nice to be here again, and together. I have met some new people and some old ones too, so nice to see them again I feel quite overwhelmed by the many things I will have to learn (all the conversion things, getting used to new products at the grocery stores, driving, etc.) but as long as I do all this step by step it should be ok.

Today is my first day completely alone, Bryan went back to work this morning. And when he comes back, we will go to a restaurant because today is my birthday we can finally celebrate together.

We will probably get married by the end of August.

I'm so glad you are settling in - and remember, I warned you about the heat in St. Louis I think you have the right attitude - one step at a time...... After all the hype and anxiety and waiting the sudden silence has to be a little deafening. It will be nice for you to get into a routine again that will keep you busy. If you two ever get buggy, Chicago isn't that far away.....

OH YES, HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Edited August 4, 2008 by BlakeandOlha

[BlakeandOlha 0]

Yeah I think I am gonna let Gareth share that info when they ask for proof of ongoing relationship haha!

Ok here's a question....does Gareth pay another fee when he goes to visa interview? We know he pays for police record (he has to get new one now argh) and medical but he wasn't sure if he pays a visa fee as well? Thanks!!

Sunnybear,

What exatly did you send them? If you sent the same information as proof of having met as last time then you might have the same problem. There is a big distinction in the minds of these people between evidence that proves an on going relationship and evidence that proves that you have met within the right time period before the application was sent in. This is the issue that is causing your problem. The cards and phone records, etc. are good for showing an ongoing relationship, but they do not answer the question of having met in person within the two year period prior to submitting the application.

You can prove you were in England through passport stamps and military ID's, but I can see how the adjudicators are confused by the circumstances because if I read it right you were there with your husband at the time. So it is not as if you flew to England to specifically meet Gareth, but met him while you were already there. In your "Circumstances of Having Met" memo in your application did you give dates and details? The documentation you give to prove that you two have met has to conform with this.

This is where purchase receipts, train tickets, hotel receipts, bank transactions (atm receipts) are important - they all place you in England at the time you and Gareth met (according to your circumstances memo). You don't need to prove that Gareth was in England, that is assumed by the adjudicator. You, as the applicant, have to prove you were there at that time.

You've got the on-going relationship thing nailed, I worry that it's in the proving of having met that you might still run into a problem God, I have my fingers crossed for you two.

[BlakeandOlha 0]

Which dress were you interested in Miss Yoko?

This is that one is it yours?

http://www.monsoon.co.uk/invt/35202341

Beautiful dress, wow.

[sunnybear 0]

Hey Blake well I sent them.......

12 photos of us (a couple I think were same but lots of new ones including ones of me with his friends then him with his friends that you can tell were all taken same night, I also made sure to waterstamp photos in program with the dates taken and then wrote on each page who were in pics (me and Gareth etc..) and then also address of location where each pic was...some of these were intimate pics of us in bed together clearly umm undressed with sheet pulled up covering bits haha)...

Color copies of my passport pages with arrows and writing pointing out when I was in UK and when I entered US

A copy of me opening my own bank account in April (when Gareth and I technically started dating even though I was still legally married) in the UK

Copy of military orders, UK drivers license, and military id card showing again that I was there BEFORE Gareth and I filed our petition

Copies of Gareths lease and bills showing his address at our time of meeting

Copy of mapquest showing that we lived 8 miles apart (haha)

Then also sent the stuff to prove ongoing just in case

cards, engagement ring stuff, wedding dress stuff, reception hall stuff

So yeah hopefully that does the trick!!! I was in the Uk as of 2004 but met Gareth November 2006 through a friend which we put in intitial package...