Question about the medical at Knightsbridge London

[JunkTardis 183]

Okay so, I have reached the point upon which my Medical is booked, and a week before the medical I will book my Visa Interview. My main question is regarding Knightsbridge. How are they with luggage? I have a considerable journey of about 250 miles by train ahead, so I'll need things like my phone battery pack, my folder with my documentation I'll need to show, and laptop. Are they okay with me bringing my backpack in with me or am I going to have to find some kind of storage I can pay to rent in London?

Thanks in advance 

[trudi 1,317]

Knightsbridge are easy going you'll be fine

[JunkTardis 183]

2 minutes ago, trudi said:

Knightsbridge are easy going you'll be fine

Thanks for the quick reply! I hope so! I am not really looking forward to my day off work being poked and prodded about 😂

[trudi 1,317]

1 minute ago, JunkTardis said:

Thanks for the quick reply! I hope so! I am not really looking forward to my day off work being poked and prodded about 😂

It's not as bad as you think, minimal poking and prodding but still a day trip lol

just consider it a step closer to the plane 😁

[JunkTardis 183]

2 minutes ago, trudi said:

It's not as bad as you think, minimal poking and prodding but still a day trip lol

just consider it a step closer to the plane 😁

Definitely a day trip! 5 hour train ride to and from, the joys lol. The things we do for love, right? I think the only thing keeping me sane through this process is knowing it should be 5-8 weeks from now until jumping on the plane or having a move date. 

[trudi 1,317]

3 minutes ago, JunkTardis said:

Definitely a day trip! 5 hour train ride to and from, the joys lol. The things we do for love, right? I think the only thing keeping me sane through this process is knowing it should be 5-8 weeks from now until jumping on the plane or having a move date. 

Time flies once your file arrives in London, make the most of it and get everything ready for leaving, spend as much time as you can with friends/family and wrap up your affairs. That way the last few weeks/days won't be a mad rush or stressful. You'll be on the plane before you know it

[JunkTardis 183]

1 minute ago, trudi said:

Time flies once your file arrives in London, make the most of it and get everything ready for leaving, spend as much time as you can with friends/family and wrap up your affairs. That way the last few weeks/days won't be a mad rush or stressful. You'll be on the plane before you know it

I'm kind of an OCD prepper, so this visa process I think was made for me 😂 I've been prepping for my medical since we filed the I-129f and got all my vaccinations up-to-date within weeks after, and mailed off a lot of packages full of my stuff for months. £40 for a giant box delivered within days via UPS is pretty decent. I even have a printed P85 form ready to obtain my tax refund when I leave. I just want to board the plane with a lightweight suitcase, deal with the visa stuff at my POE and have a nice relaxing journey. I plan on handing in my notice at work a few days before my interview, and just having 1 solid week before I leave to spend with family, and then change my address with my bank and I should then be all sorted. I'm just hoping with a change of address I'll still be able to use my UK cards until I can get my SSN and open a US checking account! It's amazing how much work there is still left to do really

[trudi 1,317]

5 minutes ago, JunkTardis said:

I'm kind of an OCD prepper, so this visa process I think was made for me 😂 I've been prepping for my medical since we filed the I-129f and got all my vaccinations up-to-date within weeks after, and mailed off a lot of packages full of my stuff for months. £40 for a giant box delivered within days via UPS is pretty decent. I even have a printed P85 form ready to obtain my tax refund when I leave. I just want to board the plane with a lightweight suitcase, deal with the visa stuff at my POE and have a nice relaxing journey. I plan on handing in my notice at work a few days before my interview, and just having 1 solid week before I leave to spend with family, and then change my address with my bank and I should then be all sorted. I'm just hoping with a change of address I'll still be able to use my UK cards until I can get my SSN and open a US checking account! It's amazing how much work there is still left to do really

You sound like you've got it under control 😂

Don't forget that you'll need to give notice to cancel things like sky tv, mobile phone, cancel home/car insurance, tell the tv license people you're leaving the country, council tax, water rates and all the other things we forget about 😂

The list goes on forever!

Good job having the P85 ready, you might get a rebate if you're lucky

[JunkTardis 183]

Just now, trudi said:

You sound like you've got it under control 😂

Don't forget that you'll need to give notice to cancel things like sky tv, mobile phone, cancel home/car insurance, tell the tv license people you're leaving the country, council tax, water rates and all the other things we forget about 😂

The list goes on forever!

Good job having the P85 ready, you might get a rebate if you're lucky

One of the main reasons I'm glad I moved back home with my parents is the fact that none of that stuff is in my name! It's made things a lot easier on this end of the K1 process. I think all I really have to deal with is my phone contract, but that's now a rolling contract as it ended 2 years ago and I plan on keeping this SIM until they basically kick me off it (about 3 months after moving). Just for the reason of it costing me £15 a month with 'Feel at Home' from Three. I've seen the expense of US phone providers and I'm not in a hurry to switch to Cricket for a cheap plan at $50 a month sim only. I will definitely miss cheap phone and internet! Luckily I sold my car a few months into our relationship to save on monthly costs to expedite my savings, but I am eager to get my US license in order and get back into driving. I actually almost missed the P85, I didn't even think about it until it occurred to me in the shower, in my eagerness I calculated my estimate refund and it should definitely cover the huge expense of the medical and half of my flight, which is a lot off my mind. It is somewhat frustrating knowing that if we didn't get an RFE, my medical would be £45 cheaper since they raised the cost last month 😂

[Meisha&Jake 869]

Knightsbridge are really friendly! I was worrying alot before my appointment 

 

You will be fine with your backpack

[JFH 12,190]

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Edited August 1, 2018 by JFH

[JoannaV 174]

On 7/30/2018 at 10:01 PM, JunkTardis said:

 I plan on keeping this SIM until they basically kick me off it (about 3 months after moving).

Ohhhhh 😭 I wanted to keep my UK phone number forever, because 1) it was my number and 2) then I could use it when visiting the UK. To do so I had to make a phone call or text every 180 days. But then one time it was, like, 183 days when I thought about it. 😭 So sad! (Even sadder is that I haven't been back to the UK since that happened, lol.)

[JunkTardis 183]

12 hours ago, Meisha&Jake said:

Knightsbridge are really friendly! I was worrying alot before my appointment 

 

You will be fine with your backpack

Thank you for this! I wasn't looking to be having to find a secure place to keep it locked away for the duration. It's a long train ride (4-5 hours) so I'd love to take my laptop with me 😁

[JunkTardis 183]

4 hours ago, JoannaV said:

Ohhhhh 😭 I wanted to keep my UK phone number forever, because 1) it was my number and 2) then I could use it when visiting the UK. To do so I had to make a phone call or text every 180 days. But then one time it was, like, 183 days when I thought about it. 😭 So sad! (Even sadder is that I haven't been back to the UK since that happened, lol.)

I am pretty sure in the t's&c's of the 'Feel at Home' thing from Three it stipulates that using your SIM internationally works for a maximum of 3 months as it costs them for us to use it when roaming. My longest US stay was 1 week shy of 3 months, but I did not get any warnings or anything like that, so I am not sure how true that 3 month thing is or if they follow it too strictly. I will try to use it for as long as possible, for the same reasons you gave too! It would be nice to call home for free so no one has to plan to be on Skype or anything like that, and unlimited data and texts are a winner too