So, today I feel like I actually made some progress in getting set up here. I am in an online certificate program with Berklee College of Music and so my brain is pretty preoccupied with that at the moment. But I am trying really hard to get life going here in the UK! I need to feel some normalcy again!
Went to NatWest (that's where my husband banks) and found out what they need from me to open an account. Picture ID and home address verification. Sooo....
Went over to the town hall and requested a copy of a council tax statement with my name added on (we added my name to the council tax bill online last week) and boom! Easy as pie.
(*side note - it's amazing to me how easygoing things are around here. We walked in to the town hall and basically just told them who we are. They never even asked for our ID. They just handed over the council tax bill. Very trusting!!)
Now I can go open a bank account. Yay! And now I can go back over to the GP and show them my address verification as well to finish up my registration.
Stopped at the post office and got an application for my provisional driving license! Took the little ID photo for the application right there in the post office. Quick and simple! Now to get the application filled out and sent off.
Still have to figure out about the NIN though... But I'm not stressing it as I haven't really started the job hunt yet. Probably best to try to get the ball rolling anyway.
I feel like I'm like 20 years old all over again (not in a good way), just starting out in life by having to do all of these things I've already done in the US. You never really consider all it entails to move to a new country until you're in the midst of it. But I'm still looking at it all as an adventure and trying not to begrudge it at all. It's the only way to stay sane I think.
Any other things that I'm forgetting about that need to be done?