Teething problems with booking/paying/courier changes.

[Jo Amelia Finlay 20]

As I sloooowly approach the final phase of the K-1 process (medical next week) I'm curious as to how the new London embassy booking/paying online and courier problems are panning out? Are people still experiencing problems with any of it, or has the dust settled?

With anything new there's always a bit of a mess at first, and with visas being Big Deals to those who are applying for them, the levels of stress are going to be very high during this time. I hope anyone affected by the teething troubles have got things resolved now, or they are well on the way to being sorted out

[Azsara 110]

As I sloooowly approach the final phase of the K-1 process (medical next week) I'm curious as to how the new London embassy booking/paying online and courier problems are panning out? Are people still experiencing problems with any of it, or has the dust settled?

With anything new there's always a bit of a mess at first, and with visas being Big Deals to those who are applying for them, the levels of stress are going to be very high during this time. I hope anyone affected by the teething troubles have got things resolved now, or they are well on the way to being sorted out

To be honest it seems we are all stil having problems with it as people are posting a new topic every week or so asking for help with it. I was having exactly the same problems as everyone else and had to get my fiance to try it for me and he managed to do it. Which seems to be the case for a lot of people. We dont really know what we are all doing wrong with it but all seem to be having the same issue. Though some people do it first time! Good luck with your medical!

[Jo Amelia Finlay 20]

To be honest it seems we are all stil having problems with it as people are posting a new topic every week or so asking for help with it. I was having exactly the same problems as everyone else and had to get my fiance to try it for me and he managed to do it. Which seems to be the case for a lot of people. We dont really know what we are all doing wrong with it but all seem to be having the same issue. Though some people do it first time! Good luck with your medical!

How aggravating and adding stress to an already stressful experience! I hope they iron out the creases, for the sake of everyone's nerves!

Aww thank you! A bit nervous about it though rationally I know there's no need to be!

[Azsara 110]

How aggravating and adding stress to an already stressful experience! I hope they iron out the creases, for the sake of everyone's nerves!

Aww thank you! A bit nervous about it though rationally I know there's no need to be!

We all found it went so much better than originally thought! You'll be great!

[kdg 24]

I registered and paid my MRV fee yesterday - medical was on tuesday so I know I have a long wait yet for my interview date but after reading of the problems people were having with the site Ithought I would give it a go now rather than last minute; I had no problems and paid/organised courier to home then went back and changed delivery address to work - all straight forward so maybe this part has been sorted out even of the actual delivery process hasnt!!

[Jo Amelia Finlay 20]

I registered and paid my MRV fee yesterday - medical was on tuesday so I know I have a long wait yet for my interview date but after reading of the problems people were having with the site Ithought I would give it a go now rather than last minute; I had no problems and paid/organised courier to home then went back and changed delivery address to work - all straight forward so maybe this part has been sorted out even of the actual delivery process hasnt!!

Interesting! I didn't think of doing it early like that. Also good to know they will accept work addresses; my options are office or depot pick-up, if they still allow that.

How did your medical go?

[kdg 24]

I figured I would, knowing my luck, be out when they try to deliver lol and someone is at the clinic I work at everyday - my nearest depot is about an hours drive away so for me the extra $30 was well worth it.

Medical was a breeze, in and out in 40 minutes, although I foolishly admitted a 6 month stint of antidepressants 5 years ago which then meant my notes couldn't be sent to the embassy until my GP had sent a letter explaining why when what prognosis etc - luckily I went straight from Knightsbridge back home via the doctors surgery and begged them to fax a letter ASAP - which they did te next morning so hopefully nothing was held up.

Just a waiing game now for interview date!

[Jo Amelia Finlay 20]

I figured I would, knowing my luck, be out when they try to deliver lol and someone is at the clinic I work at everyday - my nearest depot is about an hours drive away so for me the extra $30 was well worth it.

Medical was a breeze, in and out in 40 minutes, although I foolishly admitted a 6 month stint of antidepressants 5 years ago which then meant my notes couldn't be sent to the embassy until my GP had sent a letter explaining why when what prognosis etc - luckily I went straight from Knightsbridge back home via the doctors surgery and begged them to fax a letter ASAP - which they did te next morning so hopefully nothing was held up.

Just a waiing game now for interview date!

I've a history of depression so I'm going armed with a GP letter (another reason to thank this site, because that's where I got the idea!). I hope your results are forwarded quickly, sounds like you dealt with it nice and fast! My GP's were such a pain with my letter, it ended up taking nearly a month to sort out

Hopefully you hear soon about an interview - nearly there now!

[UK-USA-K1 128]

I figured I would, knowing my luck, be out when they try to deliver lol and someone is at the clinic I work at everyday - my nearest depot is about an hours drive away so for me the extra $30 was well worth it.

Medical was a breeze, in and out in 40 minutes, although I foolishly admitted a 6 month stint of antidepressants 5 years ago which then meant my notes couldn't be sent to the embassy until my GP had sent a letter explaining why when what prognosis etc - luckily I went straight from Knightsbridge back home via the doctors surgery and begged them to fax a letter ASAP - which they did te next morning so hopefully nothing was held up.

Just a waiing game now for interview date!

Just so you realize, because I didn't until we did a little research on the courier, that the person it is scheduled to be delivered to must show something to prove their identity. In other words if you have it sent to you and you are not at the office, they will not let just anyone sign for it, only the designated recipient. You might have already known this but it wasn't clear in your post, so I wanted to let you know so you aren't surprised if they come and the designated recipient isn't there and they don't deliver it.

[kdg 24]

Oh poop no I didn't know that. Will have to change it back again I guess and hope I am home after all. Thanks for the heads up

[UK-USA-K1 128]

Oh poop no I didn't know that. Will have to change it back again I guess and hope I am home after all. Thanks for the heads up

I believe there may be an option to designate the delivery to someone else, but you would have to double check that. My fiance will be home as she works evenings anyway, so we weren't too concerned with whether she'd be there or not, but did have to research to make sure she had the proper proof of ID as her passport has been her ID for her entire adult life and the courier will have that. Luckily though they accept credit and bank cards as well as a few other things so we were good to go. Hopefully this doesn't add to the stress level for you and you can get it worked out reasonably well.

[kdg 24]

Just an update and warning to this and people paying and booking early as I did, thinking I would be prepared.....

As stated, I used my work address as the delivery option as I guessed I would eb more likely to be there than home, however, since it has taken SOOOOOO long to get an interview date, I actually finish work at the end of this month and will no longer be there to get my visa and passprt when delivered!!

No problem, I thought, jsut go back and change the delivery address which at the time the website said was possible up to 24 hours prior to the interview date.

THIS OPTION IS NO LONGER POSSIBLE! I have sent 2 emails to them requesting the change, and explaining the situation, to which I get a standard response auto email back saying it is not possible to change the deliver address........

This now means I will have to hopefully be able to track when it leaves the depot and is on track for delivery, and spend the day at my old place of work awaiting its arrival!!!