French/American Couples - Part III - 2014

[frfrog 5]

hey!!!

we met thanks to a mutual friend on fb, and i am from Toulouse

wwwooooow angie33, congrats!!!!!!! (j-8 for you!!!) where will be your POE?

[RKandGC 1]

Hey everyone,

Just found this thread. My girlfriend and I plan on moving to the USA soon as well. What parts of France are you from or your SO is from? My girlfriend is from Nice in the south. Also how did you guys meet each other? It's crazy that there are so many US-French couples on this board.

Cheers

Hi !

I'm from Lyon but I've moved a fair bit (I lived 9 years in Nice).

My fiancée is from South Florida and that's where I'm going to move. We met while I was working as an intern in Miami.

Edited September 27, 2016 by RKandGC

[quentin955 4]

I haven't been on this forum for some days and apparently a lot of things happened!

First of all, Congrats to everyone who got approved!! And thank y'all for the reviews about the consulate.

Hey everyone,

Just found this thread. My girlfriend and I plan on moving to the USA soon as well. What parts of France are you from or your SO is from? My girlfriend is from Nice in the south. Also how did you guys meet each other? It's crazy that there are so many US-French couples on this board.

Cheers

I'm from the parisian area, and she lives in North Louisiana.
I met her online, on Interpals.com. It's just a website to find penpals and friend all around the world and learn languages.
I met some friends here. Then I met my girlfriend. After some months, I visited her in the US and stayed with her for 3 months. We waited again for some months, and she visited me for 3 months too! And now, we are waiting for the visa. The interview is in October

[USAUAinCZ 38]

I haven't been on this forum for some days and apparently a lot of things happened!

First of all, Congrats to everyone who got approved!! And thank y'all for the reviews about the consulate.

I'm from the parisian area, and she lives in North Louisiana.

I met her online, on Interpals.com. It's just a website to find penpals and friend all around the world and learn languages.

I met some friends here. Then I met my girlfriend. After some months, I visited her in the US and stayed with her for 3 months. We waited again for some months, and she visited me for 3 months too! And now, we are waiting for the visa. The interview is in October

A lot of people have met online. It's pretty cool how technology has made this so much easier then before.

Good luck on your interview!

Hi !

I'm from Lyon but I've moved a fair bit (I lived 9 years in Nice).

My fiancée is from South Florida and that's where I'm going to move. We met while I was working as an intern in Miami.

I hope you can handle some humidity! Otherwise welcome to the USA. Hope you enjoy it.

[RKandGC 1]

A lot of people have met online. It's pretty cool how technology has made this so much easier then before.

Good luck on your interview!

I hope you can handle some humidity! Otherwise welcome to the USA. Hope you enjoy it.

Thank you,

I lived in Fort Lauderdale for more than a year so I'm good with humidity

I can't wait to be done with the whole visa process to focus on our new life.

[angie33 10]

We'll live in Washington state!

Wow congrats! Bordeaux is incredibly beautiful (well most of France is). Where are you deciding to live in the USA?

But I met my girlfriend when she was studying abroad in the USA. She couldn't find a work visa afterwords so we decided to compromise and move to a place where we could both speak English and get decent jobs, so I've been in Prague now for 4 years. It's great here!

My PEO will be in Portland, OR. You?

hey!!!

we met thanks to a mutual friend on fb, and i am from Toulouse

wwwooooow angie33, congrats!!!!!!! (j-8 for you!!!) where will be your POE?

[taylor&ilies 5]

Hey everyone,

Just found this thread. My girlfriend and I plan on moving to the USA soon as well. What parts of France are you from or your SO is from? My girlfriend is from Nice in the south. Also how did you guys meet each other? It's crazy that there are so many US-French couples on this board.

Cheers

Hello!

I just recently found this thread too and am surprised!

My fiance is actually Italian but has lived in France for the past 8 years. We are both living in the South of France now (in Antibes - very close to Nice!). We will both be attending his interview in 2 weeks! So excited Then we will travel to Hawaii, where I'm from, and stay there until we can evenutally move to California.

[taylor&ilies 5]

Oh and we met in Paris 4 years ago when I was studying abroad there!

[mattelo 45]

Congratulations Angie33!! Fantastic news! =D

Okay so my interview is tomorrow, oddly I'm not that anxious about it, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be quite complicated to sleep at night though =P But anyway, thanks to all the information that I got here, and thanks to Sonia with whom I got lunch today, I feel ready!!

But anyway, that's not why I'm here I just got the medicals today and wanted to warn people here about two things. Well first I really invite you to read Sonia's review about the medicals, it was super helpful to me! (link: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/473587-frenchamerican-couples-part-iii-2014/?p=8300196)However, two unexpected things happened to me today that I believe most of the people around here should know before getting to that point of the process.

First, the blood test! I went to Laboratoire Bio Paris Ouest located at 2 place du Général Leclerc around 8:30AM. When I told them why I was there and that I had my appointment with the Dr Jolly on the same day (2:30PM) they told me it was unlikely that she'd have the results in time!!! I told them that it said on her website that the results should be sent to her before 2PM if the blood test was carried out before 9AM and they told me they should, yes, but that it is not possible now that the US administration requires an urinary test (for the gonorrhea). When I told the lady that I wasn't concerned by that test (because it only starts on October the 1st), the lady seemed reassured and told me that everything should be fine then. But for those who want to carry out the blood test and the urinary test on the very day of their appointment, I would strongly advise you to call the lab first and see if that's possible or not, because the lady on the front desk said that the urinary test takes too long to proceed to have the results on the same day!! Well, maybe it's different if you show up there super early (opens at 7:15AM) but it's not even sure, so if I were you, I would call to ask or would go there at least the day before the appointment with the Doctor, just to make sure. Also, for you to know, when I got there, there were only a few people before me. When I got out, around 8:40AM, almost FIFTEEN people were waiting!!! I realized that if I had showed up there 10 minutes later, I would probably not have carried out the blood test before 9. So be careful for all that.

Second, the chest X-Ray at the Centre de Radiologie EIFFEL. I didn't have an appointment since it wasn't necessary (according to the Dr Jolly's website). Well, guess what they told me when I showed up there? "Oh I'm sorry but we do not proceed to any X-Rays this morning"!!!! I was in SHOCK! I immediately told the lady at the front desk that my appointment was this afternoon and that I absolutely needed the X-Rays, so they decided to make an exception! I'm not sure I was the only exception though because I heard some noise in the chest X-Ray room after I left, but yeah, when the front desk lady told me that, I must say I got super scared! And it really felt like she did me a favor, so yeah, that's something I guess you guys should know, maybe it's better to have an appointment, or at least make a call to make sure that they're carrying out X-Rays before you show up =P

I think in the end we can say that I got super lucky today!!! Hopefully I'll just have the same kind of luck tomorrow But in the meantime, I really wanted to warn you about those 2 things!

Take care guys ♥

[frfrog 5]

matt88 i wish you good luck for the interview!!!!i cant wait to read you!!!!!

angie33, my POE will be in miami....omg i cant wait!!!!

welcome to all the other ones!!! i wish you all good luck!!!

[angie33 10]

Wow you got really lucky today lol!!! Good luck for tomorrow!!!! Keep us posted!!!!! And thank you

Congratulations Angie33!! Fantastic news! =D

Okay so my interview is tomorrow, oddly I'm not that anxious about it, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be quite complicated to sleep at night though =P But anyway, thanks to all the information that I got here, and thanks to Sonia with whom I got lunch today, I feel ready!!

But anyway, that's not why I'm here I just got the medicals today and wanted to warn people here about two things. Well first I really invite you to read Sonia's review about the medicals, it was super helpful to me! (link: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/473587-frenchamerican-couples-part-iii-2014/?p=8300196)However, two unexpected things happened to me today that I believe most of the people around here should know before getting to that point of the process.

First, the blood test! I went to Laboratoire Bio Paris Ouest located at 2 place du Général Leclerc around 8:30AM. When I told them why I was there and that I had my appointment with the Dr Jolly on the same day (2:30PM) they told me it was unlikely that she'd have the results in time!!! I told them that it said on her website that the results should be sent to her before 2PM if the blood test was carried out before 9AM and they told me they should, yes, but that it is not possible now that the US administration requires an urinary test (for the gonorrhea). When I told the lady that I wasn't concerned by that test (because it only starts on October the 1st), the lady seemed reassured and told me that everything should be fine then. But for those who want to carry out the blood test and the urinary test on the very day of their appointment, I would strongly advise you to call the lab first and see if that's possible or not, because the lady on the front desk said that the urinary test takes too long to proceed to have the results on the same day!! Well, maybe it's different if you show up there super early (opens at 7:15AM) but it's not even sure, so if I were you, I would call to ask or would go there at least the day before the appointment with the Doctor, just to make sure. Also, for you to know, when I got there, there were only a few people before me. When I got out, around 8:40AM, almost FIFTEEN people were waiting!!! I realized that if I had showed up there 10 minutes later, I would probably not have carried out the blood test before 9. So be careful for all that.

Second, the chest X-Ray at the Centre de Radiologie EIFFEL. I didn't have an appointment since it wasn't necessary (according to the Dr Jolly's website). Well, guess what they told me when I showed up there? "Oh I'm sorry but we do not proceed to any X-Rays this morning"!!!! I was in SHOCK! I immediately told the lady at the front desk that my appointment was this afternoon and that I absolutely needed the X-Rays, so they decided to make an exception! I'm not sure I was the only exception though because I heard some noise in the chest X-Ray room after I left, but yeah, when the front desk lady told me that, I must say I got super scared! And it really felt like she did me a favor, so yeah, that's something I guess you guys should know, maybe it's better to have an appointment, or at least make a call to make sure that they're carrying out X-Rays before you show up =P

I think in the end we can say that I got super lucky today!!! Hopefully I'll just have the same kind of luck tomorrow But in the meantime, I really wanted to warn you about those 2 things!

Take care guys ♥

[angie33 10]

matt88 i wish you good luck for the interview!!!!i cant wait to read you!!!!!

angie33, my POE will be in miami....omg i cant wait!!!!

welcome to all the other ones!!! i wish you all good luck!!!

You'll leave just the day after me ^^!

That's amazing!

Good luck to everyone and I forgot to say thanks to matt88 for all the details you added ^^

[Sonia&Anthony 2]

Oh whoa I'm late to the party!! Hello to newcomers (or oldies that I had never talked to before lol)

Hey everyone,

Just found this thread. My girlfriend and I plan on moving to the USA soon as well. What parts of France are you from or your SO is from? My girlfriend is from Nice in the south. Also how did you guys meet each other? It's crazy that there are so many US-French couples on this board.

Cheers

Hello! I'm from the Paris area - well, sort of. My fiancé Anthony is originally from the SF Bay Area but we met in LA when I was on a J1 visa 2.5 years ago; and that's where we'll be living Most of my timeline (in my signature) should give you the necessary info about us but feel free to PM me as well! Oh and where are you guys going to be moving to in the US?
Also, if you say girlfriend, does that mean you're not engaged yet but soon to be? I'm sure any of us would be happy to answer questions about the K1 process and stuff ^^

Hello!

I just recently found this thread too and am surprised!

My fiance is actually Italian but has lived in France for the past 8 years. We are both living in the South of France now (in Antibes - very close to Nice!). We will both be attending his interview in 2 weeks! So excited Then we will travel to Hawaii, where I'm from, and stay there until we can evenutally move to California.

Hey -nice to meet you too!! Whoohooo! Good luck at your interview then! What part of Cali would you guys be moving to?

Congratulations Angie33!! Fantastic news! =D

Okay so my interview is tomorrow, oddly I'm not that anxious about it, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be quite complicated to sleep at night though =P But anyway, thanks to all the information that I got here, and thanks to Sonia with whom I got lunch today, I feel ready!!

But anyway, that's not why I'm here I just got the medicals today and wanted to warn people here about two things. Well first I really invite you to read Sonia's review about the medicals, it was super helpful to me! (link: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/473587-frenchamerican-couples-part-iii-2014/?p=8300196)However, two unexpected things happened to me today that I believe most of the people around here should know before getting to that point of the process.

First, the blood test! I went to Laboratoire Bio Paris Ouest located at 2 place du Général Leclerc around 8:30AM. When I told them why I was there and that I had my appointment with the Dr Jolly on the same day (2:30PM) they told me it was unlikely that she'd have the results in time!!! I told them that it said on her website that the results should be sent to her before 2PM if the blood test was carried out before 9AM and they told me they should, yes, but that it is not possible now that the US administration requires an urinary test (for the gonorrhea). When I told the lady that I wasn't concerned by that test (because it only starts on October the 1st), the lady seemed reassured and told me that everything should be fine then. But for those who want to carry out the blood test and the urinary test on the very day of their appointment, I would strongly advise you to call the lab first and see if that's possible or not, because the lady on the front desk said that the urinary test takes too long to proceed to have the results on the same day!! Well, maybe it's different if you show up there super early (opens at 7:15AM) but it's not even sure, so if I were you, I would call to ask or would go there at least the day before the appointment with the Doctor, just to make sure. Also, for you to know, when I got there, there were only a few people before me. When I got out, around 8:40AM, almost FIFTEEN people were waiting!!! I realized that if I had showed up there 10 minutes later, I would probably not have carried out the blood test before 9. So be careful for all that.

Second, the chest X-Ray at the Centre de Radiologie EIFFEL. I didn't have an appointment since it wasn't necessary (according to the Dr Jolly's website). Well, guess what they told me when I showed up there? "Oh I'm sorry but we do not proceed to any X-Rays this morning"!!!! I was in SHOCK! I immediately told the lady at the front desk that my appointment was this afternoon and that I absolutely needed the X-Rays, so they decided to make an exception! I'm not sure I was the only exception though because I heard some noise in the chest X-Ray room after I left, but yeah, when the front desk lady told me that, I must say I got super scared! And it really felt like she did me a favor, so yeah, that's something I guess you guys should know, maybe it's better to have an appointment, or at least make a call to make sure that they're carrying out X-Rays before you show up =P

I think in the end we can say that I got super lucky today!!! Hopefully I'll just have the same kind of luck tomorrow But in the meantime, I really wanted to warn you about those 2 things!

Take care guys ♥

Once again, GOOD LUCK FOR TOMORROW, I'm sure you'll do great!! It WAS fun hanging out today haha keep us posted!!

Also, very small news but we switched to AP today hehe getting closer!!

[RKandGC 1]

Congratulations Angie33!! Fantastic news! =D

Okay so my interview is tomorrow, oddly I'm not that anxious about it, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be quite complicated to sleep at night though =P But anyway, thanks to all the information that I got here, and thanks to Sonia with whom I got lunch today, I feel ready!!

But anyway, that's not why I'm here I just got the medicals today and wanted to warn people here about two things. Well first I really invite you to read Sonia's review about the medicals, it was super helpful to me! (link: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/473587-frenchamerican-couples-part-iii-2014/?p=8300196)However, two unexpected things happened to me today that I believe most of the people around here should know before getting to that point of the process.

First, the blood test! I went to Laboratoire Bio Paris Ouest located at 2 place du Général Leclerc around 8:30AM. When I told them why I was there and that I had my appointment with the Dr Jolly on the same day (2:30PM) they told me it was unlikely that she'd have the results in time!!! I told them that it said on her website that the results should be sent to her before 2PM if the blood test was carried out before 9AM and they told me they should, yes, but that it is not possible now that the US administration requires an urinary test (for the gonorrhea). When I told the lady that I wasn't concerned by that test (because it only starts on October the 1st), the lady seemed reassured and told me that everything should be fine then. But for those who want to carry out the blood test and the urinary test on the very day of their appointment, I would strongly advise you to call the lab first and see if that's possible or not, because the lady on the front desk said that the urinary test takes too long to proceed to have the results on the same day!! Well, maybe it's different if you show up there super early (opens at 7:15AM) but it's not even sure, so if I were you, I would call to ask or would go there at least the day before the appointment with the Doctor, just to make sure. Also, for you to know, when I got there, there were only a few people before me. When I got out, around 8:40AM, almost FIFTEEN people were waiting!!! I realized that if I had showed up there 10 minutes later, I would probably not have carried out the blood test before 9. So be careful for all that.

Second, the chest X-Ray at the Centre de Radiologie EIFFEL. I didn't have an appointment since it wasn't necessary (according to the Dr Jolly's website). Well, guess what they told me when I showed up there? "Oh I'm sorry but we do not proceed to any X-Rays this morning"!!!! I was in SHOCK! I immediately told the lady at the front desk that my appointment was this afternoon and that I absolutely needed the X-Rays, so they decided to make an exception! I'm not sure I was the only exception though because I heard some noise in the chest X-Ray room after I left, but yeah, when the front desk lady told me that, I must say I got super scared! And it really felt like she did me a favor, so yeah, that's something I guess you guys should know, maybe it's better to have an appointment, or at least make a call to make sure that they're carrying out X-Rays before you show up =P

I think in the end we can say that I got super lucky today!!! Hopefully I'll just have the same kind of luck tomorrow But in the meantime, I really wanted to warn you about those 2 things!

Take care guys ♥

Thank you for all this info Matt88. Happy for you that all of this is done now.

I don't live around Paris, so it means I have to take 3 days off work for the medical and interview process + 2 or 3 nights at a hotel or airbnb.

As if they're trying to make sure we really want it.

good luck for tomorrow!

[quentin955 4]

Congratulations Angie33!! Fantastic news! =D

Okay so my interview is tomorrow, oddly I'm not that anxious about it, but I'm pretty sure it's going to be quite complicated to sleep at night though =P But anyway, thanks to all the information that I got here, and thanks to Sonia with whom I got lunch today, I feel ready!!

But anyway, that's not why I'm here I just got the medicals today and wanted to warn people here about two things. Well first I really invite you to read Sonia's review about the medicals, it was super helpful to me! (link: http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/473587-frenchamerican-couples-part-iii-2014/?p=8300196)However, two unexpected things happened to me today that I believe most of the people around here should know before getting to that point of the process.

First, the blood test! I went to Laboratoire Bio Paris Ouest located at 2 place du Général Leclerc around 8:30AM. When I told them why I was there and that I had my appointment with the Dr Jolly on the same day (2:30PM) they told me it was unlikely that she'd have the results in time!!! I told them that it said on her website that the results should be sent to her before 2PM if the blood test was carried out before 9AM and they told me they should, yes, but that it is not possible now that the US administration requires an urinary test (for the gonorrhea). When I told the lady that I wasn't concerned by that test (because it only starts on October the 1st), the lady seemed reassured and told me that everything should be fine then. But for those who want to carry out the blood test and the urinary test on the very day of their appointment, I would strongly advise you to call the lab first and see if that's possible or not, because the lady on the front desk said that the urinary test takes too long to proceed to have the results on the same day!! Well, maybe it's different if you show up there super early (opens at 7:15AM) but it's not even sure, so if I were you, I would call to ask or would go there at least the day before the appointment with the Doctor, just to make sure. Also, for you to know, when I got there, there were only a few people before me. When I got out, around 8:40AM, almost FIFTEEN people were waiting!!! I realized that if I had showed up there 10 minutes later, I would probably not have carried out the blood test before 9. So be careful for all that.

Second, the chest X-Ray at the Centre de Radiologie EIFFEL. I didn't have an appointment since it wasn't necessary (according to the Dr Jolly's website). Well, guess what they told me when I showed up there? "Oh I'm sorry but we do not proceed to any X-Rays this morning"!!!! I was in SHOCK! I immediately told the lady at the front desk that my appointment was this afternoon and that I absolutely needed the X-Rays, so they decided to make an exception! I'm not sure I was the only exception though because I heard some noise in the chest X-Ray room after I left, but yeah, when the front desk lady told me that, I must say I got super scared! And it really felt like she did me a favor, so yeah, that's something I guess you guys should know, maybe it's better to have an appointment, or at least make a call to make sure that they're carrying out X-Rays before you show up =P

I think in the end we can say that I got super lucky today!!! Hopefully I'll just have the same kind of luck tomorrow But in the meantime, I really wanted to warn you about those 2 things!

Take care guys ♥

Well, thank you for all of this information!!!

Thankfully I live near Paris and I have two days off next week so I'll be able to go get everything done before the medical appointment in two weeks. I wasn't planning to do so, but you convinced me. It's better to make sure everything will be okay!