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Hi there,

Well this has been a real roller coaster of a ride for me. My wife is a USC and I am a UKC and we are currently living in the UK.

After being in AP for 11 months, the US embassy FINALLY asked for me to send in my passport last month. According to the DC Office I should receive my passport, brown envelop, visa etc back in 5-10 days. As my story goes, it is well over 15 working days and still nothing!

To add to this on going saga, my wife is 27 weeks pregnant and the doctor has stated that we should go before or on the 28 week mark. I have been emailing the US Embassy asking for an update, stating that this is an emergency and still nothing!!

Very frustrating, and even more disheartening.

I really do not know what to do anymore ... I would have thought that with a medical emergency that the situation would have changed.

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers!

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Ryan H Grand Master

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Pregnancy and impending birth doesn't qualify as a medical emergency. If the happenings in Washington DC do not work themselves out by Friday, your looking at another chapter in your saga.

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So you want to leave the NHS and go to what...

“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”

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Call your senator and your house rep NOW. Explain the situation and put emphasis on the fact that you have been waiting in AP for almost a YEAR. I pray that the government shutdown will not happen either.

Keep on calling the US Embassy in London.

Two VJers in the past have had the UKC contact their local MP to ask the embassy as well.

To Ryan, lack of compassion much? They've ALREADY asked for the passport, so likely all the checks are done.

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Thanks Justine+David for your kind response,

Obviously it is much more than the NHS!

We have in the past tryed to contact our congressman which has led to little success. His office sent a message to the DOS and it came back with the usual "administrative processing". From what our lawyer has mentioned, the senator / congressman needs to directly contact the DOS rather than the office.

I have been calling the 090 number for the US Embassy but to be honest what I have realised is that their networks are not linked to the Embassy in London or DC. They don't have it in their files that I have sent my passport whereas DC and London have it on their system. Sad state of affairs.

I do get an email code from them and I have emailed London twice already this week. Really hoping to hear something back today or tomorrow.

Apart from that there is nothing much that I can think to do. I will look into contacting my MP. All we know is that checks have been completed and my passport is in London, god only knows why they are taking so long to send it back!

Call your senator and your house rep NOW. Explain the situation and put emphasis on the fact that you have been waiting in AP for almost a YEAR. I pray that the government shutdown will not happen either.

Keep on calling the US Embassy in London.

Two VJers in the past have had the UKC contact their local MP to ask the embassy as well.

To Ryan, lack of compassion much? They've ALREADY asked for the passport, so likely all the checks are done.

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I think the other person might be referring to - how are you going to pay to have a baby in a US hospital? It's not free.... not by a long shot. And w/o US health insurance - which you probably don't have since you're living abroad - it will be VERY costly..

Thanks Justine+David for your kind response,

Obviously it is much more than the NHS!

We have in the past tryed to contact our congressman which has led to little success. His office sent a message to the DOS and it came back with the usual "administrative processing". From what our lawyer has mentioned, the senator / congressman needs to directly contact the DOS rather than the office.

I have been calling the 090 number for the US Embassy but to be honest what I have realised is that their networks are not linked to the Embassy in London or DC. They don't have it in their files that I have sent my passport whereas DC and London have it on their system. Sad state of affairs.

I do get an email code from them and I have emailed London twice already this week. Really hoping to hear something back today or tomorrow.

Apart from that there is nothing much that I can think to do. I will look into contacting my MP. All we know is that checks have been completed and my passport is in London, god only knows why they are taking so long to send it back!

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Wasn't talking about Boiler, I said, "To Ryan" while writing my reply :thumbs:

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