Packet 4

ann h · Aug 2, 2006

thanks for the info will try and get NVC case number and check it out.

ukrn2ca · Aug 5, 2006

nothing yet
but if they issue them on one day of the month im hoping it will be next month for me

Hi English nurse

Did you get a confimation letter from the NVC when they sent your file to the UK? & if so did it come direct to you or your agent:uhoh3:

ukrn2ca

english_nurse · Aug 5, 2006

hiya

no, i havnt had a letter, just the man with the rather disjointed voice on the telephone at the NVC telling me it had been sent there.

i suppose there is a chance if there was a letter it went to the sponsor (agency) rather than to me

I have emailed the embassy in London to see if there has been any progress, but i havnt recieved a reply yet but they are quite slow to respond, or so im told, anything from a week to 14 days to reply!!!

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Aug 5, 2006

hiya
no, i havnt had a letter, just the man with the rather disjointed voice on the telephone at the NVC telling me it had been sent there.
i suppose there is a chance if there was a letter it went to the sponsor (agency) rather than to me
I have emailed the embassy in London to see if there has been any progress, but i havnt recieved a reply yet but they are quite slow to respond, or so im told, anything from a week to 14 days to reply!!!

Hi the US Embassy normally responds 1-2 days after you email them, they are very good. Once packet 3 has gone to them it takes 3-4 months for your interview due to the amount of work they have. This time frame is the only fixed part of your immigration time line.

when did you email them-I have emailed them on a fair few occasions and have always had a response very quickly

english_nurse · Aug 5, 2006

last week i had the automatic response email saying it had been recieved will give it until tuesday and email them again i think

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Aug 5, 2006

[email protected] this is the email addy i used

english_nurse · Aug 5, 2006

yeah same here just no reply as yet

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Aug 5, 2006

I would say that coming here in the lovely 'winter' months is great to get used to the weather but to be honest the summer hasnt been as bad as people warned me about. When we got here all we heard was OH wait until the summer you wont like the weather but it has been fine. HOT but hey air con lol.

Try and rent a house with a pool you with thank me for that advice next summer because all you want to do is swim it is the only time your cool outside.

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Aug 5, 2006

We have a community pool v close by but now the summer is half way through the chlorine is awful and I wont go anymore

english_nurse · Aug 5, 2006

a house with a pool is what i promised myself and my children when we decided to move to the USA so its high on the agenda

:cool:

madwife2002, BSN, RN · Aug 5, 2006

You'll be able to rent one for about $1500-$2000 a month. Here they talk about sq feet of a house, we live in a house about 1956sq feet so that is a good size. We dont use it all. No pool which is a big mistake I was trying to keep costs down and I looked in the winter, otherwise I would have had a more sensible head on and got a pool house. My house is $1200 a month so not bad but other utilities are more expensive

TV, Internet, Phone $200

Electricity $70 winter and $350 summer ( rent a one storey house cheaper)

gas $50

water $60-$70

Garbage $100 per six months

english_nurse · Aug 5, 2006

when i looked at your phone bill i thought it sounded alot but then i added up what we spend here as a comparison

sky/internet/phone £100

electric £45

no gas just coal (dont laugh) £100 in winter £0 in summer

water £30

rent on 3 bed house about £800 i think

garbage is in council tax which is £1200 year