Greetings from a newbie!
I live in california, and my partner in the UK; we are just beginning to research the process of fiancee visas and the like :roll: but i can't seem to divine the amount of money i'm supposed to be making, in order to prove to the powers that be that he won't be a burden to the welfare state... or, if he should have proof of income/savings as well. can anyone clarify this issue for me? my mind is all-a-scattered from the millions of links and what-not...!
thanks for any info you might be able to provide! :D [font=Comic Sans MS][/font]
These two links may help you.
http//travel.state.gov/visa/immigrants/info/info_1327.html
http//travel.state.gov/pdf/I-864Checklist-Guidelines-Final.pdf
I know how you feel with all the information you get out there. Many people hire lawyers to help them through the whole confusing process.
Good luck.
ahhh! you are a link-genius! now why couldn't i find those 2? roll i'm constantly trolling the govt. site, lol!
thanks for pointing me in the right direction!
I think they defintely hide them to make them hard to find. wink I found them by accident on another website.
The second link is helpful with how to figure out how to use assets as well as your income to count towards the amount you need.
yes-- it explained a lot, though i understand that some areas use a different scale -? all in all, it looks like we may have to wait until i've finished my degree, as i'm hovering right around the mark for the family unit of 4! we may end up having the longest ldr ever, lol, unless one of my parents is willing to sponsor as well roll
My hubby and I were in a LDR from June 2004 until December 2006 when we finally married...and then, I didn't move to the UK until March of 2007 so we were still apart. We found it much easier for me to come here and be together while we apply for his visa in London. Of course it was a bit of a waste of money for my visa to be here, but well worth it as I couldn't stand being separated much longer.
It all has a way of working out as long as you stick to it.
lol... it all sounds so romantic when it's happening to somebody else wink . we've actually been together since 2004, and have managed several long-term visits (mostly him over here); adopting my nieces has put a bit of a wrinkle in my plans, which is why i'm not done with school yet, and why i probably won't move to the UK permanently until they are a little older-- i'd like to do at least one year of exchange teaching in the UK, but for the short term, we're looking into a B-2 visa so he can stay over here longer than 3 months at a time. so many options, so little info on the 'net, lol... i'll probably hire a lawyer when it comes to filing the K-1, just to make sure everything goes smoothly. I appreciate the advice and encouragement-- i take it you're still in london, or did you make it back to the US?
No we are still here in the UK waiting on the embassy. roll They update their website every week or so to say where in the line of petitions they are. Last time we looked, they were doing petitions received on Dec. 05 2007. They didn't receive ours until Jan 24. Funny enough that you mentioned London...I have never been. I live in Staffordshire in the West Midlands. I will finally get to see London when we go for my husbands medical exam and interview. He HATES London because of all the traffic. Can you imagine me going back to the States and saying "Yeah I lived in England but never saw London????" shock
You sound like a lovely Aunt adopting your nieces. It is very hard when children are involved. This is a second marriage for both myself and my husband and we both have two children.
ah! forgive me; i read the post wrong, lol... or maybe i just have "london" on the brain (my sweetie lives in morden)... rather like i tell people i'm from L.A., when i live about 30 miles out!
funny-- when i tell people that i've been to the UK, they always ask if i visited stonehenge first, and big ben second...few yanks seem to know what the london eye is, which was one of my favorite parts of the whole trip! even with all the knifings and such, i felt pretty safe, but going on the tubes was pretty nerve-wracking-- the schedules were hard to read on the boards. your hub is right-- the traffic is awful, but coming from so-cal, i was used to it for the most part... it's a trip when i think that cali alone is pretty much the size of the UK; 8 hour car rides here are no big deal, but over there is nearly unheard of!
i miss the food there like nobody's business-- i can't wait to get back for a long-term stay! it'll be a real challenge taking the younguns' when i go again-- they think everyone is a princess, lol i'm a bit worried that they'll have a hard time adjusting to the school system and such, but we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. they are wonderful girls, and don't deserve the raw deal they got from their birthmother... i'm lucky that my birth children are very supportive, and aren't jealous at all (they are in college, and love to spend time with the twins mrgreen )... our family get-togethers are pretty interesting! roll
that must be maddening, waiting on your paperwork-- where do you plan to settle when you get back to the states?
Ah the food. I'm rather fond of it myself roll and have managed to put on a stone (14 pounds) since coming here. I always assumed English food would be awful, boy was I wrong.
I still find it funny how the people here think a long commute to work is 30 minutes when I used to know people that would commute 1+ hours to get to Boston from the suburbs of NH.
The schools are very different here. I think in many aspects (but not all) they are a bit more advanced than children in the US.
We plan on moving back to New Hampshire and settling in the White Mountain region and opening our own breakfast place. )
Well today is Saturday and its time for the one thing I really hate here...the grocery store. The place is always a zoo. BUT, later on today we're off to watch some footy with the boys as our team is on the top of the Championship League. GOARN STOKE! ...sorry had to add that!