London Embassy Graduates Thread

[Alison 0]

My container arrived yesterday, it's 4 weeks on Sunday that we would been here for but I can't believe it's gone that quick, the container left on the 17th, everything turned up okay and in excellent condition. We're not sending my forms off for my social security number until I'm married and then send it the same time as when the AOS forms gets sent too.

Well we're settled down now and of course miss the rest of the family but I'm not feeling homesick or nothing, I think we've got ourselves into a routine now that fits in with the kids and Scott going to work and so on but I will be glad of being in our own proper house where we'd have more privacy, Scott's mom telling me things that I shouldn't do this and do that and then trying to take over to what I want at my wedding, that's a whole long story.

Alison.

[StacySmith 0]

We rec'd NOA today in the post for Paul's biometrics appointment!! Boy what short notice tho....it's Monday the 19th only 5 days from now in Memphis, TN!!

Oh well, the sooner they get this done the closer we are to him getting his EAD!

Stacy

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

That's great news, Stacy. I hope I hear something more soon, I sent my packet off only a few days after yours.

They did take forever and a day to cash my cheques though. So I think you and Paul are going to shoot way ahead of me.

[StacySmith 0]

Huffy they took forever to cash our checks as well. We had our NOA's b4 they even cashed the checks! So hopefully everything will move along quickly for you guys as well!

Stacy

Edited June 15, 2006 by SpriteyStace

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

Huffy they took forever to cash our checks as well. We had our NOA's b4 they even cashed the checks! So hopefully everything will move along quickly for you guys as well!

Stacy

Thanks for your kind words, Stacy. I had some good news waiting in the mailbox for me today, NOA for my biometics appointment for a weeks time, at 8am! Still at least we're in the city we'll just have to be up early.

[FormerBrit 0]

Good luck Huffy!

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

Thanks, Kiki. I'll let you know how it goes.

[StacySmith 0]

Well the biometrics appointment on Monday was a piece of cake.

Goodluck Huffy!

Stacy

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

Thanks, Stacy. Glad to hear it all went smoothly for you.

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

Okay, so I had my biometrics an hour and a half or so ago, and as promised, I'm going to post about my experience here. It's a cut and paste from the AOS forum, so apologies if any of you have read it before.

We turned up at 7:40 to find the carpark near empty, so took a little drive around the area nearby and returned a couple of minutes to 8am. After a short wait with about 5 other couples we were let inside and I was first in, being closest to the door that was opened first.

When inside I showed the guy at the desk my appointment letter, my passport and marriage certificate to show the name change. Then he handed me a form and told me to take it to the guy at the adjacent desk. So I filled it out and took it over to the desk and I was person 2 of the day, how someone beat me to filling out the forms, I don't know. tongue.gif

Anyhow, I was then passed over to a woman nearby who was at a computer thingy and she typed my details in, checking with me that they were all correct, before telling me that the liquid she was going to spray on my fingers was water, and then she started to scan my fingers altogether first, then thumbs, then each finger individually (took quite a while since they kept turning out too dark, or weren't big enough). She kept telling me to relax my fingers, but that's kind of difficult to do when they then go and twist and turn your finger to get a full picture of your fingerprints!

After the 10 or so minutes of me getting my fingers scanned I then stood by a white screen and she took my picture, it didn't actually look too bad for an ID picture. Then she gave me a little comment card to fill out, while she called what I assume is the supervisor, over, and he wrote something on my NOA. Then she handed that, along with my ID back and told me to keep hold of my receipt as proof I'd had my biometrics done (I assume by )receipt, she means the stamp and stuff I had written on my NOA.

Then we were out the door and done by 8:30, so it all went pretty quickly and smoothly. And I learned that apparently I have difficult fingerprints.

[weebeansy 0]

[quote name='HuffyTheSlayer' date='Jun 23 2006, 11:31 AM' post='26962

"After the 10 or so minutes of me getting my fingers scanned I then stood by a white screen and she took my picture, it didn't actually look too bad for an ID picture."

Good thing the picture turned out well.....that's the one they'll use on your EAD card! Andrew just received his last week!!! Congrats on having the next step of the process out of the way! -Weebeansy

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

Yeah, I knew that in advance, since SanDan lives close to me and she told me the picture on her EAD was the one she had taken then. Part of the reason I was relieved to find out it was an okay picture.

Glad to hear that Andrew now has his. Happy job hunting.

[rebeccajo 14]

Utter and total stalemate here with us. Still.

It's been 116 days since we had our interview and were 'approved' pending his security clearance.

[HuffyTheSlayer 22]

I'm sorry that you're being so held up, Rebecca. You were approved on my birthday, which was some time back. I hope you hear some good news soon!

*crosses her fingers for you*

[rebeccajo 14]

TY Huffy...appreciate that.