Research

With my birth certificate and police certificate safely with Foofer (I took them with me to the US), I now have to prepare to fill in my DS-230.

Okay, as well as my name and address (and Foof's too), I need to know the following information - Employment history for the last ten years (easy - I have a c.v. (a résumé)), every town in which I've lived since I turned 16 (I've always lived in the same town), all educational establishments I've attended (I checked and they want higher education - diplomas or degrees, they don't care about my infant school) and details of every visit I've made to the US (which may be tricky as they cater for a "from/to" "month/year" layout and I'm pretty sure that I've visited New Jersey twice in the same month).

Also, they'll need to know the year in which my father died.

I drew a blank.

I asked my Mum and . . . she wasn't sure either.

We couldn't find the death certificate but, fortunately, I found an old email where I mention it to a friend.

Thank goodness for the interwebz.

Update

...and I'm back!

That was a lovely break (The Dairy Queen in Ludlow, CA will always remain a special memory).

As I mentioned before, I took the DS-3032 with me and we posted it on the ninth (or maybe it was the tenth - I was kinda tired).

We had our honeymoon in NV, AZ and CA.

Just before Foofer started the sad sad task of driving me to the airport yesterday, she checked her mail. The NVC had contacted her, as my agent, in a letter dated 16th April. They were asking for $400 but it still cheered us up as things are progressing (and they're progressing fast).

The letter also contained instructions about how, three days after (online*) payment Foof should go back to the website she paid on and, once payment was acknowledged, download the next round of forms.

Things are speeding up...

*There were instructions about paying by mail but we skipped those - viva la intrawebz.

A Very Late Honeymoon

This blog should be quiet for the next week or two. I'm flying over to McCarran to see my Foof and take her on a very late mini-honeymoon.

We'll be touring the Mojave Desert.

Aren't you jealous?

As my DS-3032 only arrived yesterday, I'm taking it with me and posting it in the US so that it will reach the NVC ASAP. Okay?

Ciao...

More mail!

My DS-3032, Choice of Agent, form arrived today. For some reason it came to the UK via Germany (Deutsche Post in Frankfurt to be exact (or, maybe, Niederaula (as that's on the envelope too))). The DS-3032 is a strange form where you have to enter some of the information twice (why? I do not know).

I have a dilemma.

Do I fill this in and send it or, as I'll be in Las Vegas in 48 hours, do I post it from Sin City? I see that a new option (discussed on Visajourney.com) is to email the NVC directly, claiming that you haven't received your form yet and proposing your spouse as your agent.

I will be IMing with Foof later today so we'll decide what to do then.

The "Magic" of this Blog

When I seem to note, on this blog, that I'm waiting (patiently) for something but that it's going to be a long long time, stuff happens.

Today, Foofer received a package from the NVC (posted on the 25th of March).

A copy of the DS-3032 and a bill for $70. Foofer is paying this fee as I type (which will take about three days to go through).

If my copy of the DS-3032 hasn't arrived by Thursday, I now know that there's one waiting for me in Las Vegas.

Yay!!!

Waiting (again)

Every day is like the next - at least, that is, for me,
I'm waiting for our letter from the NVC.
I haven't waited very long (though it feels like it's been ages).
I bet it falls upon my mat, the second I'm in Vegas.

I'm heading out to Las Vegas in a couple of days to have a well deserved mini-honeymoon with Foofer. As the first form from the NVC has yet to arrive, it will be just my luck if it gets here the day after I've flown. Still, Foof should get a copy too so, hopefully, we'll be able to fill that in instead.

More news when I get it...