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I am really not sure of the exact rules anymore. Like I said they change. There are a few websites just like this one out there for moving to the UK. The one I used the most when we did the move over was UK-Yankee. Very friendly bunch of folks there with lots of helpful information.

10/26/03 Met in Yahoo chat room
06-2004 Glyn flies to Boston for 2 week holiday with me in White Mountains
06/07/2006- HE PROPOSES!!
12/13/2006- Glyn and Simon the best man fly in for wedding.
December 16,2006- Happiest day of my life
12/25/2006- Best and worst Christmas ever. Glyn flies back to England at 6 pm Christmas Night.
02/19/2007- UK spousal visa approved in NY after only 4 days.
March 2,2007- Reunited in England with Glyn.
01/21/2008-mailed I-130 to USCIS in London
01/24/2008-NOA1
04/13/2008-Panic. RFE received
April 17, 2008-Mailed off again.
April 22, 2008-NOA2 received dated April 21, 2008.
April 26, 2008-Packet 3 received
April 28, 2008-Mailed off DS-230
May06,2008-Packet 3 sent
May 08, 2008-Medical scheduled
May 22,2008-Packet 4 received
June 03,2008-Interview APPROVED!!!!!

June 04, 2008-Visa in hand
June 20, 2008-Shippers come for our things.
June 25, 2008-Flying to the USA
November 15, 2010-Sent off VERY late I-751 along with many prayers.
04/09/2011-10 year GC arrives in mail.
09/08/2011-Glyn leaves for UK
01/30/2012-Biometrics for UK spousal & dependent visas sent out w/ application same day
02/24/2012-UK settlement visas issued

04/16/2013-I-130 sent off-----04/19/2013 NOA1

05/15/2013-NOA2

Never received packet 3 although it was mailed to us on May 29th

07/17/2013-Sent off packet 3 after finally getting ALL our documents together

08/19/2013-Medical scheduled (there were earlier appointments but unfortunately, we couldn't get there for them due to hubby's work)

09/24/2013-Interview APPROVED

11/01/2013-POE BOSTON

01/13/2014-10 Year green card received

03/09/2019- Sent I-130 to Chicago lock box for step-son

03/20/2019- NOA 1

08/10/2019-NOA 2

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
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Thank you, I appreciate your help :)

I am really not sure of the exact rules anymore. Like I said they change. There are a few websites just like this one out there for moving to the UK. The one I used the most when we did the move over was UK-Yankee. Very friendly bunch of folks there with lots of helpful information.

02/04/14: I-129f Sent

02/0714: I-129f Delivered

02/11/14: NOA1 Electronic Copy Received

02/1314: Alien Registration Number changed

04/21/14: NOA2 Electronic Copy Received

04/29/14: NVC Received Case / LND Number Received

05/06/14: London Received Case

05/13/14: DS-160 Submitted

05/15/14: Medial Exam

05/18/14: Readiness Form Submitted

05/22/14: Packet 3 Received

06/19/14: Interview - APPROVED!!!!

06/23/14: Visa Issued

07/28/14: POE Chicago!!!

08/18/14: Got married :)

09/17/14: AOS/EAD/AP Packet Sent

09/18/14: AOS Packet Received

09/22/14: EAD Electronic Notice of Action

11/25/14: EAD/AP Approved

12/04/14: EAD/AP Received

05/23/15: Big Reception With Both our Families!

06/26/15: Letter of Approval!

07/02/15: Greencard Arrived in Mail!

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Thank you for all of your help! At first I was worried about filing taxes abroad and worried we'd end up owing a lot, but I'm happy to see that's not usually the case. Say we were both working in the US and held steady jobs and he had a job lined up when we moved, would he have to go work there for a while beforehand or is simply having a job waiting for you enough?

Unfortunately, the UK citizen is required to move here and work for 6 months making over 18,600 pounds a year. It doesn't matter what was earned in the US and no co-sponsor can be used. I have a friend in the UK working and trying to find a second job to bring her husband here. They've already been separated for 6 months, she has a full-time job but finding an additional job has proved difficult.

Moreover, the visa can only be applied for in the US so separation cannot be avoided. We just went through this with my US husband. We have been married for 6 years and have a 5 year old daughter. We were denied a spouse visa because they didn't see a reason why I couldn't move to the US.

I would stay in the US.

Second IR-1 Green Card journey

06/04/2014 - sent I-130

06/11/2014 - case received at Chicago Lockbox

06/16/2014 - case sent to Nebraska Service Centre

06/18/2014 - expedite requested

06/24/2014 - received e-mail from NSC that expedite is being considered

07/10/2014 - I-130 approved

07/17/2014 - approved case sent to NVC

08/11/2014 - expedite requested

08/12/2014 - NVC case number assigned (no IIN)

08/13/2014 - IIN received by email while on hold to NVC

08/13/2014 - DS-261 submitted

08/14/2014 - AOS fee billed

08/15/2014 - AOS fee paid

08/18/2014 - expedite denied :-(

08/27/2014 - Sent AOS and IV package

09/02/2014 - USPS shows package delivered

09/03/2014 - AOS and IV scan date

09/08/2014 - email from NVC stating to wait 60 days for review

09/17/2014 - IV fee invoiced (invoice date of 09/15/2014, therefore 33 days since submitting DS-261)

09/19/2014 - IV fee paid

09/22/2014 - IV fee shows "paid". DS-260 became available.

09/24/2014 - DS-260 completed.

10/28/2014 - AOS Checklist. Checking/savings account verification requested, despite joint-sponsor's AOS package being accepted. Told to send in letter to disregard checking/savings account in the application. Checklist states 60 BUSINESS days to review. :cry:

11/05/2014 - Letter sent to NVC requesting them to disregard checking/savings account.

11/13/2014 - AOS Checklist scan date.

01/07/2015 - Case Complete!!!

01/15/2015 - Interview scheduled for Feb 9!

02/09/2015 - Interview - APPROVED! :dancing:

02/10/2015 - Visa Issued

02/12/2015 - Visa handed over to courier

02/13/2015 - Visa delivered at 8am

02/22/2015 - POE (Orlando, FL)

Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Wales
Timeline
Posted

Wow, I am sorry you were put through that, that's completely ridiculous!! I would hate to go through the whole process of being apart just to be denied, but I know he would like to be close to his family eventually, as would I. I guess we all knew our journeys would never be easy, but to keep a family apart and then deny the visa because they don't see why you don't move to the US is just unacceptable and unfair. Thank you for your advice and I hope your journey takes a better course soon.

Unfortunately, the UK citizen is required to move here and work for 6 months making over 18,600 pounds a year. It doesn't matter what was earned in the US and no co-sponsor can be used. I have a friend in the UK working and trying to find a second job to bring her husband here. They've already been separated for 6 months, she has a full-time job but finding an additional job has proved difficult.

Moreover, the visa can only be applied for in the US so separation cannot be avoided. We just went through this with my US husband. We have been married for 6 years and have a 5 year old daughter. We were denied a spouse visa because they didn't see a reason why I couldn't move to the US.

I would stay in the US.

02/04/14: I-129f Sent

02/0714: I-129f Delivered

02/11/14: NOA1 Electronic Copy Received

02/1314: Alien Registration Number changed

04/21/14: NOA2 Electronic Copy Received

04/29/14: NVC Received Case / LND Number Received

05/06/14: London Received Case

05/13/14: DS-160 Submitted

05/15/14: Medial Exam

05/18/14: Readiness Form Submitted

05/22/14: Packet 3 Received

06/19/14: Interview - APPROVED!!!!

06/23/14: Visa Issued

07/28/14: POE Chicago!!!

08/18/14: Got married :)

09/17/14: AOS/EAD/AP Packet Sent

09/18/14: AOS Packet Received

09/22/14: EAD Electronic Notice of Action

11/25/14: EAD/AP Approved

12/04/14: EAD/AP Received

05/23/15: Big Reception With Both our Families!

06/26/15: Letter of Approval!

07/02/15: Greencard Arrived in Mail!

Posted

Wow, I am sorry you were put through that, that's completely ridiculous!! I would hate to go through the whole process of being apart just to be denied, but I know he would like to be close to his family eventually, as would I. I guess we all knew our journeys would never be easy, but to keep a family apart and then deny the visa because they don't see why you don't move to the US is just unacceptable and unfair. Thank you for your advice and I hope your journey takes a better course soon.

Thank you! It has been very frustrating. We actually made his application while he was in the UK on Article 8 ECHR (right to family life) grounds in order to circumvent the separation. My income is a mix of a student stipend and employment so we weren't confident enough to apply outside of the UK. Now i'm on my 2nd round of applying for US residency and he has to leave the UK :-( ... I've still not figured out how to tell our 5 year old.. She will be devastated.

I'm a PhD (law) candidate and my research focus is on maintaining parent-child relationships while incarcerated. I suppose I always looked over children separated from parents due to immigration laws -- it might be a new area of research for me!

Second IR-1 Green Card journey

06/04/2014 - sent I-130

06/11/2014 - case received at Chicago Lockbox

06/16/2014 - case sent to Nebraska Service Centre

06/18/2014 - expedite requested

06/24/2014 - received e-mail from NSC that expedite is being considered

07/10/2014 - I-130 approved

07/17/2014 - approved case sent to NVC

08/11/2014 - expedite requested

08/12/2014 - NVC case number assigned (no IIN)

08/13/2014 - IIN received by email while on hold to NVC

08/13/2014 - DS-261 submitted

08/14/2014 - AOS fee billed

08/15/2014 - AOS fee paid

08/18/2014 - expedite denied :-(

08/27/2014 - Sent AOS and IV package

09/02/2014 - USPS shows package delivered

09/03/2014 - AOS and IV scan date

09/08/2014 - email from NVC stating to wait 60 days for review

09/17/2014 - IV fee invoiced (invoice date of 09/15/2014, therefore 33 days since submitting DS-261)

09/19/2014 - IV fee paid

09/22/2014 - IV fee shows "paid". DS-260 became available.

09/24/2014 - DS-260 completed.

10/28/2014 - AOS Checklist. Checking/savings account verification requested, despite joint-sponsor's AOS package being accepted. Told to send in letter to disregard checking/savings account in the application. Checklist states 60 BUSINESS days to review. :cry:

11/05/2014 - Letter sent to NVC requesting them to disregard checking/savings account.

11/13/2014 - AOS Checklist scan date.

01/07/2015 - Case Complete!!!

01/15/2015 - Interview scheduled for Feb 9!

02/09/2015 - Interview - APPROVED! :dancing:

02/10/2015 - Visa Issued

02/12/2015 - Visa handed over to courier

02/13/2015 - Visa delivered at 8am

02/22/2015 - POE (Orlando, FL)

Filed: Country: United Kingdom
Timeline
Posted

Unfortunately, the UK citizen is required to move here and work for 6 months making over 18,600 pounds a year. It doesn't matter what was earned in the US and no co-sponsor can be used. I have a friend in the UK working and trying to find a second job to bring her husband here. They've already been separated for 6 months, she has a full-time job but finding an additional job has proved difficult.

Moreover, the visa can only be applied for in the US so separation cannot be avoided. We just went through this with my US husband. We have been married for 6 years and have a 5 year old daughter. We were denied a spouse visa because they didn't see a reason why I couldn't move to the US.

I would stay in the US.

My daughter is married to a man in England and they have a child together that was born in the US - they were all living here.

They decided to move to the UK, but her husband did not have the means to support her (he had not been working for 6 months).

The father and child arrived there as citizens and she went over on a visitor's visa - intending to stay 3 months at a time until they had it sorted out.

She consulted an immigration attorney there, who referred her to the local MP and they were able to get her visa to live/work there approved on the grounds of being the mother of a British citizen. They said keeping the family apart was against her basic human rights. They said it was a special case that was outside of immigration law, but the entire process was complete before her 3 month visit was up - so then she was able to stay. The visa is good for 2 years, at which time she will be eligible to apply again.

It may be worth a try if you have kids...

Posted

My daughter is married to a man in England and they have a child together that was born in the US - they were all living here.

They decided to move to the UK, but her husband did not have the means to support her (he had not been working for 6 months).

The father and child arrived there as citizens and she went over on a visitor's visa - intending to stay 3 months at a time until they had it sorted out.

She consulted an immigration attorney there, who referred her to the local MP and they were able to get her visa to live/work there approved on the grounds of being the mother of a British citizen. They said keeping the family apart was against her basic human rights. They said it was a special case that was outside of immigration law, but the entire process was complete before her 3 month visit was up - so then she was able to stay. The visa is good for 2 years, at which time she will be eligible to apply again.

It may be worth a try if you have kids...

Thanks, LuvHaleiwa.

Your daughter is very lucky, but it appears that mother's rights are taken more seriously in these matters than a father's rights.

We used an MP, had medical evidence, a letter from my daughter's school and my from school but none of it made a difference. It was denied and we were refused permission to appeal any higher. We have received a letter saying all appeal rights have been exhausted and that he must leave. We couldn't afford a lawyer but as I am a human rights lawyer myself and many friends in law, I was not going in blind.

It seems that it all depends on which judge/official you are assigned to and even location.

The only option left is to apply for the visa outside of the UK at an extra cost or for me to go back to the US. We chose the latter as it's much cheaper.

Second IR-1 Green Card journey

06/04/2014 - sent I-130

06/11/2014 - case received at Chicago Lockbox

06/16/2014 - case sent to Nebraska Service Centre

06/18/2014 - expedite requested

06/24/2014 - received e-mail from NSC that expedite is being considered

07/10/2014 - I-130 approved

07/17/2014 - approved case sent to NVC

08/11/2014 - expedite requested

08/12/2014 - NVC case number assigned (no IIN)

08/13/2014 - IIN received by email while on hold to NVC

08/13/2014 - DS-261 submitted

08/14/2014 - AOS fee billed

08/15/2014 - AOS fee paid

08/18/2014 - expedite denied :-(

08/27/2014 - Sent AOS and IV package

09/02/2014 - USPS shows package delivered

09/03/2014 - AOS and IV scan date

09/08/2014 - email from NVC stating to wait 60 days for review

09/17/2014 - IV fee invoiced (invoice date of 09/15/2014, therefore 33 days since submitting DS-261)

09/19/2014 - IV fee paid

09/22/2014 - IV fee shows "paid". DS-260 became available.

09/24/2014 - DS-260 completed.

10/28/2014 - AOS Checklist. Checking/savings account verification requested, despite joint-sponsor's AOS package being accepted. Told to send in letter to disregard checking/savings account in the application. Checklist states 60 BUSINESS days to review. :cry:

11/05/2014 - Letter sent to NVC requesting them to disregard checking/savings account.

11/13/2014 - AOS Checklist scan date.

01/07/2015 - Case Complete!!!

01/15/2015 - Interview scheduled for Feb 9!

02/09/2015 - Interview - APPROVED! :dancing:

02/10/2015 - Visa Issued

02/12/2015 - Visa handed over to courier

02/13/2015 - Visa delivered at 8am

02/22/2015 - POE (Orlando, FL)

Filed: Country: United Kingdom
Timeline
Posted

Thanks, LuvHaleiwa.

Your daughter is very lucky, but it appears that mother's rights are taken more seriously in these matters than a father's rights.

We used an MP, had medical evidence, a letter from my daughter's school and my from school but none of it made a difference. It was denied and we were refused permission to appeal any higher. We have received a letter saying all appeal rights have been exhausted and that he must leave. We couldn't afford a lawyer but as I am a human rights lawyer myself and many friends in law, I was not going in blind.

It seems that it all depends on which judge/official you are assigned to and even location.

The only option left is to apply for the visa outside of the UK at an extra cost or for me to go back to the US. We chose the latter as it's much cheaper.

I'm so sorry :(

"The system" doesn't have any regard for what their policies do to families.

 
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