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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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Hello from sunny England!

We got here safe... Russ loves it here so much we thinking about moving over here!!

Does anyone knoe of a website like this, but that is for US to Uk.

I just wondering how long it takes to get visa's etc etc!

Thanks Guys!

K1

08-14-2006 Sent I-129F sent

09-11-2006 NOA1 Received

11-09-2006 RFE Issued

11-17-2006 RFE Arrives via Snail mail

11-27-2006 RFE Returned to visa land

01-09-2007 NOA2!!!!!!!

01-29-2007 Packet 3 Recieved

02-05-2007 Packet 3 sent to embassy

02-13-2007 Medical booked for March 12th

02-15-2007 INTERVIEW MARCH 13th

03-12-2007 medical... easy peasy!

03-13-2007 Interview.... I passed!!

03-20-2007 VISA IN HAND!

03-22-2007 FLY HOME!

04-04-07 Filled for SS #

04-05-2007 Wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

04-10-2007 Marrige Cert arrived in post!

AOS

04-12-2007 Sent off

04-14-2007 Arrived in Chicago

04-23-2007 NOA1

04-23-2007 Cheque cashed

04-30-2007 Biometrics appointment May 10th

05-10-2007 Biometrics appointment.. quick and easy

05-17-2007 Moved to CSC

06-01-2007 Recieved at CSC

06-03-2007 Touched

06-04-2007 Touched

06-05-2007 Touched

06-06-2007 Touched.... waaaaaa Is this good or bad???

06-19-2007 WELCOME LETTER EMAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!

06-20-2007 Touched

06-24-2007 Touched

06-25-2007 GREEN CARD in HAND!!!!!!!!

EAD

04-12-2007 Sent off

04-14-2007 Arrived in Chicago

04-23-2007 NOA1

04-23-2007 Cheque cashed

04-30-2007 Biometrics appointment May 10th

05-10-2007 Biometrics appointment.. quick and easy

06-27-2007 Card Ordered

AP

04-12-2007 Sent off

04-14-2007 Arrived in Chicago

04-23-2007 NOA1

04-23-2007 Cheque cashed

06-27-2007 Aprroved... after green card!

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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www.britishexpats.com or something to that effect

wouldnt that still be for Brits moving to USA?

K1

08-14-2006 Sent I-129F sent

09-11-2006 NOA1 Received

11-09-2006 RFE Issued

11-17-2006 RFE Arrives via Snail mail

11-27-2006 RFE Returned to visa land

01-09-2007 NOA2!!!!!!!

01-29-2007 Packet 3 Recieved

02-05-2007 Packet 3 sent to embassy

02-13-2007 Medical booked for March 12th

02-15-2007 INTERVIEW MARCH 13th

03-12-2007 medical... easy peasy!

03-13-2007 Interview.... I passed!!

03-20-2007 VISA IN HAND!

03-22-2007 FLY HOME!

04-04-07 Filled for SS #

04-05-2007 Wedding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

04-10-2007 Marrige Cert arrived in post!

AOS

04-12-2007 Sent off

04-14-2007 Arrived in Chicago

04-23-2007 NOA1

04-23-2007 Cheque cashed

04-30-2007 Biometrics appointment May 10th

05-10-2007 Biometrics appointment.. quick and easy

05-17-2007 Moved to CSC

06-01-2007 Recieved at CSC

06-03-2007 Touched

06-04-2007 Touched

06-05-2007 Touched

06-06-2007 Touched.... waaaaaa Is this good or bad???

06-19-2007 WELCOME LETTER EMAIL!!!!!!!!!!!!

06-20-2007 Touched

06-24-2007 Touched

06-25-2007 GREEN CARD in HAND!!!!!!!!

EAD

04-12-2007 Sent off

04-14-2007 Arrived in Chicago

04-23-2007 NOA1

04-23-2007 Cheque cashed

04-30-2007 Biometrics appointment May 10th

05-10-2007 Biometrics appointment.. quick and easy

06-27-2007 Card Ordered

AP

04-12-2007 Sent off

04-14-2007 Arrived in Chicago

04-23-2007 NOA1

04-23-2007 Cheque cashed

06-27-2007 Aprroved... after green card!

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I looked into it briefly before we made the decision which way to go and from what I can remember it was a cinch bringing a fiance or spouse to the UK - much easier than the other way round. Don't quote me though! I just tried to do a google search and couldn't come up with anything concrete.

Annie UK

2004 Awaiting my divorce

Decree nisi 29th July YAYYYYYYYYYY

15th Dec DIVORCED AT LAST!!!!

Dec 23 decree arrives, I-129F sent to Nebraska!!!

Dec 27 NOA1

Feb 16 2005 NOA2 (51 days)

May 17 INTERVIEW 9am!!!! (day 141) Approved

May 30 Arrived POE Chicago (flight delayed!!)

June 13 applied for SSN

June 30 Wedding on beach at sunset awwwww

AOS 2005

July 11 Sent off AOS/AP/EAD to Chicago

Sep 1 I485 transferred to CSC

Sep 15 EAD and AP approved (59 days)

Nov 25 Green card and Welcome letter arrive in mail (no interview) 130 days

Removing Conditions 2007

Aug 15 I-751 sent to Nebraska

Sep 14 NOA1 rec'd, transferred to CSC again

Sep 21 rec'd bios appt for 9/28/07

Jan 26 2008 Approved. 10 Yr card received 1/28/08.

Naturalization 2008

Sep 8 N-400 sent to Nebraska

Sep 11 Priority date

Oct 7 Biometrics

July 10 2009 - Interview, approved!

Aug 20 Oath ceremony

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Filed: Citizen (pnd) Country: England
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I just googled "UK Spouse visa" and found tons of info on moving to the UK. Give it a go.

From stories on this forum, it is apparently MUCH easier and faster to move to the UK as a spouse. Something ridiculous, like a week or two until the Visa is in hand.

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I would be sure you explore all your options - there's a lot more to living in the UK than just liking it (as I'ms ure you are aware).

Just my .02

Ditt-o. Consider this too -- if you can tough out 3 years in the US and get your citizenship, you never have to think about dealing with USCIS again. If you move to the UK before then, and then decide to move back to the US after all, you have to go through the agony of US immigration again.

UK visas are comparatively easy to get for spouses, but they still cost an absolute ton of money. Would he be able to integrate into life over there? Is there work for him? Is he ready to leave his life in America? And also, the cost of living should not be underestimated. (I just spent a week in Los Angeles, and realised I could rent a house with a garden and garage in West Hollywood for less than what I was paying in grotty old North London.)

God, I sound miserable today -- must be that I am back in CT after all that California sun!

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Filed: IR-1/CR-1 Visa Country: Ireland
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Hey Maven, I'm with you, I'm hoping to be moving out to LA by next May, can't wait to get out of my miniscule London Flat.

The forums for UK visas tend to focus on people who have very complicated immigration histories, or have been denied because the process for most people is pretty quick and painless (apart from the cost) so don't let them scare you.

http://www.ukresident.com/

There is one form and supporting docs, and the easiest place to find all the info you'll need is the official source. Their guides are relatively easy to follow, provided you fall in to a simple category, i.e. married:

http://www.ind.homeoffice.gov.uk/

http://britainusa.com/

BUT

MOVING to the UK is a very different thing to LIVING in the UK. One is a case of rocking up to the consulate and getting a sticker in your passport. The other is slowly unlearning to expect a good standard of living or for businesses to be set up to please you, the customer.

After 5 years or living here my OH is STILL in shock everytime he needs to get anything done - banks, phone, broadband, TV services, jobs, etc. - at the archaic and cumbersome systems in place here, not to mention the BAD BAD BAD service. My victorian flat might feel lovely and historical, but it wasn't so great the other day, when the equally ancient electrics went haywire and blew my speaker system, router and external hard drive. Things like this are the order of the day.

And then if you get here, and want to move back, and you've abandoned your PR status, you gotta stay here and go through the whole process all over again!

The UK Wiki

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www.uk-yankee.com

Lots of people here to give you lots of information

DCF - London

18 Jul 04 - Police Certificate Requested

19 Jul 04 - I-130 sent

22 Jul 04 - NOA I-130 logged with INS

29 Jul 04 - DS230 sent

29 Jul 04 - Had vaccinations

14 Aug 04 - Police Certificate Received

30 Sept 04 - I-130 approved

30 Nov 04 - Received I-864 from co sponsor

04 Dec 04 - Sent DS2001

13 Jan 05 - Interview date 04 Feb 05

04 Feb 05 - VISA APPROVED!!!

08 Feb 05 - Proud owner of IR-1 Visa

09 Jun 05 - Arrived in the USA

24 April 09 - US Citizen

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It is a total cinch for any legit US-UK couple who have a bit of income to make the move from US to UK. It is more expensive than UK to US, but very fast and easy (a couple weeks by mail or same day in person at a British consulate).

However, I'll reiterate what everyone else is saying about the standard of living in the UK and customer service compared to in the states. Moving to the UK and actually living here are very different things. In my opinion, the best course of action, would be to live in the states for long enough to become a natuarlized citizen and then make the move to the UK if you still want to. That way if (probably when! I'm cynical and terribly unhappy living in the UK) you want to move back to the states, you don't have to do anything except faff about with the movers! :)

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US Immigration Timeline

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24 Feb 2007 - Sent I-130 to London USCIS office (I'm the petitioner)

25 May 2007 - NOA2

2 June 2007 - Received Packet 3

12 Oct 2007 - Sent Packet 3 back by special delivery

5 Nov 2007 - Interview in London - Approved without any hitches!

7 Nov 2007 - Visa and MBE arrived by SMS! :)

30 Jan 2008 - Fly to Michigan!! :)

*Note: Any delays in our case are only due to us taking things slowly

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