Finally got home early in the morning of 23rd December, having got a stand-by seat on the evening BA flight - booted to World Traveller Plus too, which was a bonus! Land by about 7am, train into Green Park, tube to Waterloo, on the train by about 9.40am, home by lunchtime.
Still waiting on any further moves on the visa process - they received the petition on the 1st December, but not further news since then. Government departments work to their own schedules :-)
Christmas/New Year (my last as a UK resident! *giddy* lol) went OK, now back to the grindstone of work - or rather, me doing work, breaking programs, waiting for developers to fix them!
Gone through some clothes and books, sending a load to the charity shops, and will have a load of other stuff to go in a few months out in the garage, that I've already split off into what is coming with me, and what isn't.
Slowly catching up on reading the new books that I got for my birthday and Christmas, along with the myriad blu-rays that I've received or bought. Oh, and watching a few series at the same time as Gin, together over Yahoo messenger lol
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
Monday, 20 December 2010
Winter
Well, had a wonderful week in Utah with Gin, including a road trip to meet her friend in Colorado, and then I start my journey back and get as far as Chicago.
England is snowed/iced in - no flight until Thursday!
England is snowed/iced in - no flight until Thursday!
Saturday, 4 December 2010
Delivered
Gin has received notification from the US Customs & Immigration Service (USCIS) that the visa petition has been received!
Yay!
Yay!
Thursday, 25 November 2010
And so it begins..
Well, the journey has begun.
Two days ago, my beautiful fiancée Gin started the visa process for me, sending the initial documentation in to the US Customs & Immigration Service. Assuming all is well with it, I could be looking at a May interview!
Bring it on!
Two days ago, my beautiful fiancée Gin started the visa process for me, sending the initial documentation in to the US Customs & Immigration Service. Assuming all is well with it, I could be looking at a May interview!
Bring it on!
Wednesday, 3 November 2010
Still organising
The going through of boxes is nearly complete - I think that it's only my toolboxes to go now out in the garage.
To sell: the Triumph, the gas cooker, the tumble dryer, the router, the circular saw, various other bits and bobs and eventually the car, TV, blu-ray player, hdd recorder, etc next year.
To sell: the Triumph, the gas cooker, the tumble dryer, the router, the circular saw, various other bits and bobs and eventually the car, TV, blu-ray player, hdd recorder, etc next year.
Monday, 25 October 2010
Organization
Organizing stuff takes time.
Have started splitting off stuff that would be moving with me to Utah and stuff that will be offered to friends, family, car boot and finally charity. Down to possibly 4 boxes of stuff to take with me, so it makes more sense to not take my bedroom furniture as I could use FedEx instead of a removals company..
A penny saved is a dollar earned, or something like that!
One bonus, Jessops do US-sized passport photos at 2 for £7, so I can get those sorted easily for visa purposes. Biogrpahic information form completed and colour photocopy of birth certificate made to take with me to Utah in December..
Yep, I'm back off to see Gin in Utah again in mid-December, and so looking forward to it. The countdown is, naturally, tough again though. Flying with AA again, out via Dallas, back via Chicago - parents are taking me up, train is bringing me back from London. Talking of which, I'd better book my train ticket :-)
Have started splitting off stuff that would be moving with me to Utah and stuff that will be offered to friends, family, car boot and finally charity. Down to possibly 4 boxes of stuff to take with me, so it makes more sense to not take my bedroom furniture as I could use FedEx instead of a removals company..
A penny saved is a dollar earned, or something like that!
One bonus, Jessops do US-sized passport photos at 2 for £7, so I can get those sorted easily for visa purposes. Biogrpahic information form completed and colour photocopy of birth certificate made to take with me to Utah in December..
Yep, I'm back off to see Gin in Utah again in mid-December, and so looking forward to it. The countdown is, naturally, tough again though. Flying with AA again, out via Dallas, back via Chicago - parents are taking me up, train is bringing me back from London. Talking of which, I'd better book my train ticket :-)
Thursday, 21 October 2010
Confucious say...
that the process for US immigration on a K-1 (or fiancé) visa is somewhat confusing!
To work over there once I've arrived in theory needs the EAD (Employment Authorisation Document - work permit), but it appears that this is so that a US employer can complete the I-9 employment status verification form. It doesn't mention if I can telecommute back to my overseas employer.
Gin contacted the US immigration people (USCIS) and the agent there said that I could, and people on message boards say that USCIS 'forgives' work for people adjusting their status from the K-1 visa to Legal Permanent Resident.
Confused.com!
Mental note not to look at visa and emigration stuff late at night though - it gets my brain buzzing and then I can't get to sleep for ages!
To work over there once I've arrived in theory needs the EAD (Employment Authorisation Document - work permit), but it appears that this is so that a US employer can complete the I-9 employment status verification form. It doesn't mention if I can telecommute back to my overseas employer.
Gin contacted the US immigration people (USCIS) and the agent there said that I could, and people on message boards say that USCIS 'forgives' work for people adjusting their status from the K-1 visa to Legal Permanent Resident.
Confused.com!
Mental note not to look at visa and emigration stuff late at night though - it gets my brain buzzing and then I can't get to sleep for ages!
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