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Just an FYI for anyone that is interested - having an account with HSBC in the UK was one of the best things that could have happened to us. My wife has been a HSBC customer for a while and before we left the UK we learnt that they "transfer" details globally. So in preparation, she opened a...

It's been a while since I've posted here! Life's been crazy since arriving. We arrived on May 10th 2015, I received my green card around July time but had problems with getting an SSN. It was the reverse for my wife. She got her SSN within 3 weeks without us having to do anything but her GC is...

Hello everyone, it's been a while. Thought I would leave a little update. My wife and I set Sail on the Queen Mary 2 from Southampton (UK) to Brooklyn, NY for our activation/permanent move. We had an amazing 7 days at sea with all inclusive 5* service on the ship. We took our lives with us, and...

Our cruise ship allows us to take as much as we can fit in our cabin so long as each piece doesn't weigh more than 20kg each. We have now packed everything up and are taking 4 boxes 2 big suitcases and 2 backpacks. Hopefully the port has some trolleys both here in the UK and in NYC.

Thank you SB that's very helpful! How long did it take to get the phone contract letter? We did consider booking an AirBnB but as we are thinking of traveling for 2/3 weeks before starting work in late june/july we don't want to book it for a very long period.

haha I know how you feel! Spent all weeking booking estate agents for our UK home & sorting out personal paperwork! 5 weeks left for me! Hurry up!

Question to those who have landed: How difficult/easy was it to rent a house? How did you put down a deposit? Did you use foreign bank account? We haven't really got anyone we can crash with when we arrive so will need to rent ASAP in order to have an address to give at the bank, at the phone...

We had our interview in London a couple of months ago and it couldn't have gone better! (story write up on another thread)

Oh sorry it didnt link right, here is a quote:

Hi Kamally, welcome! Have you tried calling KCC directly?

I would try and a week between medical and interview, ours was a little to close for comfort and my wife was freaking out a little bit thinking maybe the medical hadn't arrived (it had) We had our interview also in London 2 days ago, it was smooth (i've posted in the winners thread)

Interview completed before McDs could stop serving breakfast! We were in line at 7.30am, in by 8.20am, cashier to pay and hand in documents by 9.10am and interview around 9.40am to 10.00am. It was all very straight forward and wife only got asked 2 questions: - When did you apply? CO checked...

Great article on the BBC today! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-30537090 Leo actually got in touch with me to get our story (obviously not as interesting as Abdi's!) and used it to fact check many of the things, suprising he didnt mention the medical exam though. Podcast available on the...

its on our signature.

it took a while to refresh, 7th of January! Will now have to change flights back from holiday haha

just received the kcc email to check the website! We have a date people, we have a date!

sorry message got cut off somehow. Meant to say that they stated that notification would be sent by end of November latest (I'm guessing this time next week).

Right, I know, I know - contacting the KCC is distracting them from actually doing their job, and goodness knows they are slow enough on their own that our help is NOT needed. However, we have been quite patient this month, not checking every hour, until now when we called the KCC. We were...

You are probably right, being from Europe I cannot speak for other regions. It might very well be harder (but not impossible). On a side note, I have no desire to get a masters (unless/until it is required to move up).

We take full responsibility for submitting it "late" - though a definition of "late" is subjective, given that there are 3 months in which to review forms from july to october - and I fully understand that they start working on forms as and when they arrive (it makes sense and should in theory...