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Re: ILR
« Reply #45 on: February 15, 2018, 02:04:08 PM »
That's the bank statements stamped!   ;D
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Re: ILR
« Reply #46 on: February 15, 2018, 03:33:09 PM »
Quote from: larrabee on February 15, 2018, 02:04:08 PM
That's the bank statements stamped!   ;D

Already?  You're so close...!  :)

I'm still more than a month away from booking my appointment, but I think I'm all set with everything.  All we have left to do is get the bank statements, collect the remaining payslips between now and the appointment, and add the most recent time-block's jointly-addressed correspondence to the stack when we get it (our council tax bill should be coming soon, right?).
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Re: ILR
« Reply #47 on: February 15, 2018, 03:40:40 PM »
Quote from: jfkimberly on February 15, 2018, 03:33:09 PM
Already?  You're so close...!  :)

Feels more like.. finally!   ;)

I seem to be going through a lot of emotions. I was actually a little tearful as I drove to the bank, thinking of all that's happened since starting this. Five years is a long time!  8)
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Re: ILR
« Reply #48 on: February 15, 2018, 04:10:31 PM »
Quote from: larrabee on February 15, 2018, 03:40:40 PM
Feels more like.. finally!   ;)

Good point!  But I meant since booking... which I now realize you did a few weeks ago (well before my husband's holiday last week).  When I saw that you had your bank statements I thought, "but you only just made your appointment...".

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I seem to be going through a lot of emotions. I was actually a little tearful as I drove to the bank, thinking of all that's happened since starting this. Five years is a long time!  8)

I completely understand that!  It's amazing, isn't it?  My life is so different now to what it was 6 years ago (I hadn't even met my husband in person yet in February of 2012!).  Plus, the relief I'll feel when this hurdle is behind us... I imagine it will be immense.
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Re: ILR
« Reply #49 on: February 15, 2018, 04:55:24 PM »
Quote from: jfkimberly on February 15, 2018, 04:10:31 PM
Good point!  But I meant since booking... which I now realize you did a few weeks ago (well before my husband's holiday last week).  When I saw that you had your bank statements I thought, "but you only just made your appointment...".

Yeah, it's been a while since then so from that point of view it also feels like...finally!  ;D

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Plus, the relief I'll feel when this hurdle is behind us... I imagine it will be immense.

Amen!  ;D
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Re: ILR
« Reply #50 on: February 15, 2018, 05:13:20 PM »
Quote from: larrabee on February 15, 2018, 04:55:24 PM
Yeah, it's been a while since then so from that point of view it also feels like...finally!  ;D
 
Amen!  ;D

The relief, alone, could make me cry.  You know that cathartic cry you do after a stressful event passes?  Like, you deal with it, and you deal with it, and you deal with it, and then when you can finally relax, you utterly break.
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Re: ILR
« Reply #51 on: February 24, 2018, 02:58:24 PM »
I am done!  ;D

Everything checked, double checked and then checked again at least two more times!  ;D

Just waiting for the day now...
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Re: ILR
« Reply #52 on: February 24, 2018, 03:25:07 PM »
Quote from: larrabee on February 24, 2018, 02:58:24 PM
I am done!  ;D

Everything checked, double checked and then checked again at least two more times!  ;D

Just waiting for the day now...

Woohoo!
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Re: ILR
« Reply #53 on: February 24, 2018, 04:10:38 PM »
Quote from: larrabee on February 24, 2018, 02:58:24 PM
I am done!  ;D

Everything checked, double checked and then checked again at least two more times!  ;D

Just waiting for the day now...

Well done! Are you anxious? Is your husband anxious? This is it! No more visas!
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Re: ILR
« Reply #54 on: February 24, 2018, 04:50:54 PM »
Thanks guys!  :D

I'm actually quite excited!  :D  We haven't done an in-person appointment before and well, I don't get out much!  ;D
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Re: ILR
« Reply #55 on: February 26, 2018, 10:58:12 AM »
Quote from: larrabee on February 24, 2018, 04:50:54 PM
Thanks guys!  :D

I'm actually quite excited!  :D  We haven't done an in-person appointment before and well, I don't get out much!  ;D

In-person is awesome (I've only done one, mind you)... getting your decision in a couple of hours, rather than a couple of months is such a relief!  Let us know as soon as you know!
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Re: ILR
« Reply #56 on: February 26, 2018, 11:40:13 AM »
Quote from: jfkimberly on February 26, 2018, 10:58:12 AM
In-person is awesome (I've only done one, mind you)... getting your decision in a couple of hours, rather than a couple of months is such a relief!  Let us know as soon as you know!

Will do!

My biggest concern at the moment is actually getting there, with all this weather on the way!  :o
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Re: ILR
« Reply #57 on: February 26, 2018, 11:41:35 AM »
Quote from: jfkimberly on February 26, 2018, 10:58:12 AM
In-person is awesome (I've only done one, mind you)... getting your decision in a couple of hours, rather than a couple of months is such a relief!  Let us know as soon as you know!

The in person is worth it, in that it's done in a day.  But I've always been plagued with system issues and therefore 6-8 hour waits.  That part is UBER annoying.  But then it's DONE and you (kind of) forget about the wait.
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Re: ILR
« Reply #58 on: February 26, 2018, 11:42:06 AM »
Quote from: larrabee on February 26, 2018, 11:40:13 AM
Will do!

My biggest concern at the moment is actually getting there, with all this weather on the way!  :o

That's a stress you don't need!
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Re: ILR
« Reply #59 on: February 26, 2018, 12:14:31 PM »
Quote from: larrabee on February 26, 2018, 11:40:13 AM
Will do!

My biggest concern at the moment is actually getting there, with all this weather on the way!  :o

Do you have to go far? We live in London and went to Croydon, but even so,  we stayed in a hotel the night before!
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