[11 Dec 2009|09:01pm] brits_americans [chicleeblair] Hi! My name is Chelsey. I am a senior at Oglethorpe University in Atlanta. I've studied in the UK on trips a couple of times (Uni. Westminster and Oxford) and am including UK schools in my grad school quest. For this summer, I have been offered a (BUNAC) internship with the Royal Association for Disability Rights (I'm disabled, have been an advocate for years). I'm working on finding funding sources for airfare and such, and was wondering whether you lovelies had any ideas. Also, what's the best option for 3 month housing in London? 7 comments|post comment

US travel visa WITH a UK caution on your record [10 Dec 2009|12:09pm] brits_americans [cauddie] [ mood | frustrated ] Hi all, This is a US travel visa question, more specifically regarding UK citizens who have a caution on their record. My boyfriend is unfortunately in this situation. He has a minor caution—NEVER went to court—from 2 years ago for possession of a very small amount of cannabis. Just to add to that, he has never once done a drug in front of me and the cannabis wasn’t even his. But anyway… He was supposed to be flying out to the US with me next week for Christmas. He just went in for his US visa interview today—he got the police record for £75, applied for the interview, £80—only to be told that if his caution for possession of drugs happened 2-3 years ago, he needed to submit for a medical examination, which would cost him another £120. He has already paid £150 + £15 worth of phone calls to the embassy, so as you can see, this is getting to be QUITE an expensive trip. AND he could still very well be denied entry. I feel terrible for him--and even worse that he will be spending Christmas alone--but I don’t think we want to give up on this now, as we've spent the last month and a half working on it. Has anyone ever been in a similar experience like this or know someone who has? Have you GOTTEN your visa or were you denied? I feel like he has a better chance of coming over here because we are BOTH flying back and forth to the UK at the same time (as I live and work here) and he will be staying with my family. Oh, and also, I know that many people just tick 'no' and lie on the form, but he didn’t want to do that because if we do decide to get married, we figured there would extensive checks on our records. So it probably wouldn’t look too good to see that he had entered the US illegally numerous times if they discovered the caution. Thanks for your advice and or help! 12 comments|post comment

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