Any February 2012 filers?

[Gavin + Heather 7]

Hey all...i'm hoping someone can give me a bit of advice here but it's a bit of a unique situation so appreciate if no-one knows!!! There is a chance that Jason will have an opportunity to change jobs in October...my interview is November 1st! Obviously our affidavit is based on his current employment. There's no worries about finance. He's currently about 6x the threshold and would be getting an increase but he would obviously not have pay stubs from his current job if he changes and might even be cutting it close to do a new affidavit/employer letter! Should we avoid this happening? He could stay put and give a start date end November/beginning of December but if it's too good to turn down then he can't really wait!

Any advice or thoughts would be welcome Thanks!

I don't think it's anything you need talk about at the interview. If he is working up to the interview for the current company he is still employed when you have your interview, that he changes job the next day doesn't come into play. The I-134 only asks that he is employed and by who. So if he can stay there until the interview

I think it's a great idea - I also think we would all agree that no one who hasn't been through this process could possibly understand a grain of what we've all been through and you're right, it doesn't end with a visa approval. I for one have appreciated all the help / advice / suggestions I've had through this forum. I'd like to stick with it

I'll be thinking about you tomorrow... I just know you'll be cool

Thanks

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My sweet fiancee will arrive in less than 48 hours

[at long last 58]

My sweet fiancee will arrive in less than 48 hours

OMG I'm so excited for you guys... Really. can't wait to experience going home for good.

Terri

ps- try to get some sleep...

[MrsCastro 3]

Oh WOW i'm soooo happy for you...praying for you to speed thru the next stage

Thank you so much I appreciate it! Still keep checking the USCIS site like the status will change.. *nutjob*

[X Factor 1,111]

OMG I'm so excited for you guys... Really. can't wait to experience going home for good.

Terri

ps- try to get some sleep...

Thank you very much. It will be tough, but I will have to get some rest

[erminaNaydin 5]

there is a war in turkey now !!!!!????

it looks like everything is trying to make my fiance not come..!!!

hopefully everything will get processed the same . well faster !!!

please let him come to america soon and safe!!!!

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All these stupid wars

[erminaNaydin 5]

well the consulate recieved the papers. lets see when our interview is./ i think its going to be in febuary because the other ones are like 1/26 :/ oh please dont do that !!!!!!!!!1 omggg. that is too far

[Gavin + Heather 7]

Well that was all bit surreal. I got to the embassy for 07:05, there were two queue points, one for US citizens and one for visa applicants. I was the first there, some other people turned up and a lady come over to ask if any of us had electrical equipment or key fobs etc. Some did, so off they went directed to near by chemists that can store these things for a small price.

The lady then checked my letter and that I was on her list. After that, I was asked to wait by a pillar where I took off my belt and put it, my keys and money etc in my bag - in preparation for security. Security it pretty much the same as the airport, put your bag on the belt and walk through the scanner and pick up on the other side.

You then leave this small building outside the embassy and walk to the right around the embassy to a different entrance. At reception I handed over my letter, MRV and passport. The receptionist then printed off some barcode labels and stuck them on the letter. She directed me up some stairs on the left to the waiting area. I was sitting down by 07:33. At 08:00 the first numbers were called. All N numbers, 1 through 5 and then at 08:03 my number I901 was called (I for immigration I believe).

I went up to window 1, where the lady asked for my letter,MRV and passport. I tried to explain to her that there was a mix up with Packet 3 and I had sent some stuff with it that they hadn't required. She wasn't too sure what I was saying, but we got there in the end and she popped off for a couple of seconds to retrieve my file. I had sent my birth certificate, the I-134 forms for Heather and her father, pictures with the I-156 forms, police certificate and receipts for the engagement and wedding rings.

She worked through the forms and asked when I was planning to leave, I said next week, she asked for a day, so I said October 12th. While she was doing this, I noticed that on the forms I'd sent in that there was writing on them - so I don't know what processing they'd already done on them. She gave me a pick slip of paper and affixed one of the barcode labels to it that I had gotten earlier. She then told me to sit and wait to be called again. I sat down at about 08:15. So 12 minutes work so far. Oh and she came me the CD from the medical.

At around 09:00 my number was called for window 16. There was an American guy there and he said "Hello", asked me to write Heather's full name on a form and sign it. He then asked me to raise my right hand and swear that I'd tell the truth, which I did. He then very quickly asked a few questions. When we met, where we met, how we knew the mutual friends at the engagement party that we met at. I was also ask my age and Heather's age. I barely had chance to answer before the next question was coming. He then flicked through some photos that we sent in back in February and gave them and my birth certificate back to me. At which point he said "Pleased to say you're approved, please take the pink slip to the courier".

That was it, the interview lasted less than 5 minutes!

Wow, stunned at how quick that was. Oh, and my amazing folders of evidence, not needed Still, I was glad I had it.

:dance: :dance: :dance: :D

My sweet fiancee will arrive in less than 48 hours

So happy for you, I can't wait for my flight next week!

[SLMcT 5]

Well that was all bit surreal. I got to the embassy for 07:05, there were two queue points, one for US citizens and one for visa applicants. I was the first there, some other people turned up and a lady come over to ask if any of us had electrical equipment or key fobs etc. Some did, so off they went directed to near by chemists that can store these things for a small price.

The lady then checked my letter and that I was on her list. After that, I was asked to wait by a pillar where I took off my belt and put it, my keys and money etc in my bag - in preparation for security. Security it pretty much the same as the airport, put your bag on the belt and walk through the scanner and pick up on the other side.

You then leave this small building outside the embassy and walk to the right around the embassy to a different entrance. At reception I handed over my letter, MRV and passport. The receptionist then printed off some barcode labels and stuck them on the letter. She directed me up some stairs on the left to the waiting area. I was sitting down by 07:33. At 08:00 the first numbers were called. All N numbers, 1 through 5 and then at 08:03 my number I901 was called (I for immigration I believe).

I went up to window 1, where the lady asked for my letter,MRV and passport. I tried to explain to her that there was a mix up with Packet 3 and I had sent some stuff with it that they hadn't required. She wasn't too sure what I was saying, but we got there in the end and she popped off for a couple of seconds to retrieve my file. I had sent my birth certificate, the I-134 forms for Heather and her father, pictures with the I-156 forms, police certificate and receipts for the engagement and wedding rings.

She worked through the forms and asked when I was planning to leave, I said next week, she asked for a day, so I said October 12th. While she was doing this, I noticed that on the forms I'd sent in that there was writing on them - so I don't know what processing they'd already done on them. She gave me a pick slip of paper and affixed one of the barcode labels to it that I had gotten earlier. She then told me to sit and wait to be called again. I sat down at about 08:15. So 12 minutes work so far. Oh and she came me the CD from the medical.

At around 09:00 my number was called for window 16. There was an American guy there and he said "Hello", asked me to write Heather's full name on a form and sign it. He then asked me to raise my right hand and swear that I'd tell the truth, which I did. He then very quickly asked a few questions. When we met, where we met, how we knew the mutual friends at the engagement party that we met at. I was also ask my age and Heather's age. I barely had chance to answer before the next question was coming. He then flicked through some photos that we sent in back in February and gave them and my birth certificate back to me. At which point he said "Pleased to say you're approved, please take the pink slip to the courier".

That was it, the interview lasted less than 5 minutes!

Wow, stunned at how quick that was. Oh, and my amazing folders of evidence, not needed Still, I was glad I had it.

:dance: :dance: :dance: :D

YAY YAY YAY :dance: Fantastic to hear this new Gavin...can only imagine how you feel right now but will find out soon! Make the most of your last week Did you get an opportunity to request a day for your passport to be delivered?

[Gavin + Heather 7]

YAY YAY YAY :dance: Fantastic to hear this new Gavin...can only imagine how you feel right now but will find out soon! Make the most of your last week Did you get an opportunity to request a day for your passport to be delivered?

Thanks.

No, it's basically time of day or standard delivery.... http://www.thedx.co.uk/customerservice/dxservicesusembassy/visa-deliveries/

[KTandTommy 31]

Congrats on your approval, Gavin!

[Gavin + Heather 7]

Congrats on your approval, Gavin!

Thank you Hoping it's just as straight forward for everyone else !

[Shezi 108]

Well that was all bit surreal. I got to the embassy for 07:05, there were two queue points, one for US citizens and one for visa applicants. I was the first there, some other people turned up and a lady come over to ask if any of us had electrical equipment or key fobs etc. Some did, so off they went directed to near by chemists that can store these things for a small price.

The lady then checked my letter and that I was on her list. After that, I was asked to wait by a pillar where I took off my belt and put it, my keys and money etc in my bag - in preparation for security. Security it pretty much the same as the airport, put your bag on the belt and walk through the scanner and pick up on the other side.

You then leave this small building outside the embassy and walk to the right around the embassy to a different entrance. At reception I handed over my letter, MRV and passport. The receptionist then printed off some barcode labels and stuck them on the letter. She directed me up some stairs on the left to the waiting area. I was sitting down by 07:33. At 08:00 the first numbers were called. All N numbers, 1 through 5 and then at 08:03 my number I901 was called (I for immigration I believe).

I went up to window 1, where the lady asked for my letter,MRV and passport. I tried to explain to her that there was a mix up with Packet 3 and I had sent some stuff with it that they hadn't required. She wasn't too sure what I was saying, but we got there in the end and she popped off for a couple of seconds to retrieve my file. I had sent my birth certificate, the I-134 forms for Heather and her father, pictures with the I-156 forms, police certificate and receipts for the engagement and wedding rings.

She worked through the forms and asked when I was planning to leave, I said next week, she asked for a day, so I said October 12th. While she was doing this, I noticed that on the forms I'd sent in that there was writing on them - so I don't know what processing they'd already done on them. She gave me a pick slip of paper and affixed one of the barcode labels to it that I had gotten earlier. She then told me to sit and wait to be called again. I sat down at about 08:15. So 12 minutes work so far. Oh and she came me the CD from the medical.

At around 09:00 my number was called for window 16. There was an American guy there and he said "Hello", asked me to write Heather's full name on a form and sign it. He then asked me to raise my right hand and swear that I'd tell the truth, which I did. He then very quickly asked a few questions. When we met, where we met, how we knew the mutual friends at the engagement party that we met at. I was also ask my age and Heather's age. I barely had chance to answer before the next question was coming. He then flicked through some photos that we sent in back in February and gave them and my birth certificate back to me. At which point he said "Pleased to say you're approved, please take the pink slip to the courier".

That was it, the interview lasted less than 5 minutes!

Wow, stunned at how quick that was. Oh, and my amazing folders of evidence, not needed Still, I was glad I had it.

:dance: :dance: :dance: :D

So happy for you, I can't wait for my flight next week!

OMG I can't believe you just jumped the last fence...! Well for a while at least

Sounds painless Gavin... hope mine is the same. So pleased for you... Big congratulations to you both!!!!

[Shezi 108]

Oh my giddy aunt..... DOS have just told us our interview is scheduled and packet 4 went out yesterday.... amazing that the embassy couldn't tell me this when I rang yesterday

12th October, 2012 @ 9am :D:D:D