Apart

As of today we’ve been apart longer than we ever have been before.  80 days.  And we have 65 more to go.  I’m having a really hard time with this.  My life is in limbo, waiting for the future.  I don’t feel that I can start anything new in my life when I have no [...]

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Package 4 and Interview Date

The letter from the Embassy confirming my interview date arrived today. In just a month all the waiting will be over.

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Come to America and stay for ever!

We were in the middle of our daily chat on the webcam when I had to do a double take as this advert appeared enjoining me to:
Come to America and stay forever! We are waiting for you!
I think they are a little behind on our story. It won’t be long now and I will be [...]

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Visa papers on their way

Today I completed all my visa application forms, made loads of copies, and posted it all off. Now all I’m waiting for is the date for my US Embassy interview.
I’ve all the papers I need for the interview and more besides.
Though the equity in the house and my pensions are more than adequate because of [...]

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Visa Medical

I arrived in plenty of time, the directions were fine and I had no difficulty finding the place. As advertised it was a five minute walk from Bond Street underground station. I was a bit peeved to have to fill out an almost identical medical questionnaire, though there were some obvious improvements. The question about [...]

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Going for my medical examination

My medical examination is at two pm today. Of all the things I need to do to get my visa, this is the one that has worried me the most. I guess it is because it is the one step I have little control over, and could quite easily (at my age) show up [...]

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