The 2009 United Kingdom Interview Thread!

[roughsweet 0]

CONGRATS, Amanda and Tony and Inhopeofglory!!!

:dance:

Way to start off the week for us. Here's hoping for straight approvals all week long.

Best of luck and love to you guys, the part you've waited and worked for is almost here!

[Jay&Jo 4]

CONGRATS CONGRATS CONGRATS!!!!!!!!

i couldnt be happier for you guys

[gmjdmj 2]

Congrats to Amanda and Tony and Inhopeforglory! YEAH!!!! I am so happy for you guys!!!!

[gmjdmj 2]

Hey Guys! Since there are a lot of interviews this week, I wanted to give you a frame of reference on when visas are coming back. As you all know, David had his interview a week ago today. He still has not received a text message from the courier service letting us know when it will be delivered.We have also checked the tracking number on the courier's website and there is no information available there as well. I called DOS today and was told that they usually show when the visa has been printed and according to our case number, it has not. The system shows no issues or anything pending just the interview date of 11/24. I can only assume that they are backed up or the holiday caused a delay as well. I am hoping in the by the end of the week he will have it back but at this point, there is no way to know...Anyway, I wanted to let you all know so that you can plan accordingly. I will post when we do hear something but for now...we still don't know what is going on...

Good luck to everyone! It is a great start to the week so far!

[Jay&Jo 4]

isnt this whole process just relentless!!! even with the approval of the visa there's more waiting!!

here's hoping you'll have it by the end of the week

[ptrober 0]

I called DOS today and was told that they usually show when the visa has been printed and according to our case number, it has not.

Sorry for being so naive, but what is the DoS number and will they be able to provide information on other visas besides K-1? Which case number do you provide? CIS or NVC?

Thanks!

[Nik+Heather 121]

I called DOS today and was told that they usually show when the visa has been printed and according to our case number, it has not.

Sorry for being so naive, but what is the DoS number and will they be able to provide information on other visas besides K-1? Which case number do you provide? CIS or NVC?

Thanks!

I think they will do it for the IR-5 as well. Give them the number which starts with LND, so NVC, probably.

[Jewel-8 21]

I called DOS today and was told that they usually show when the visa has been printed and according to our case number, it has not.

Sorry for being so naive, but what is the DoS number and will they be able to provide information on other visas besides K-1? Which case number do you provide? CIS or NVC?

Thanks!

The DOS number is 202-663-1225. I press 1 and then 0 to get to an operator. Good luck!!

[FrostyMist 1]

Congratulations to all those of you that have been approved this week!

[SunDrop 59]

January 2009 Graduates of the US Embassy, London
Jason&Sarah, Hannah+Vito, Mrssmith, ShannonNick, adrianandlinsay, Marmite Lovers!

February 2009 Graduates of the US Embassy, London
Rob&Dawn, Zoe and Hal, Terri and Seb, Talyss, TeeKol

March 2009 Graduates of the US Embassy, London
Stinky Monkey, skparker, Laurence+Lauren, pothergavel, paumanda, texpat cymru, obbynox, jhonscotland, Caminic, Furious Biscuit, ahlpo, jojo_gee

April 2009 Graduates of the US Embassy, London
DairyFarmer, skeez&titanic, SwanTiger, miss g, LondonLad, niniel71, mr and mrs, Stinkerpotsam, Marty J, Helen&Dougie, KAT&Allie, KnightAndMagpie, paul., Kirsten UK, Colinjess, Alixhilary, prima and jay

May 2009 Graduates of the US Embassy, London
Graziumphry, emma77, Monkey Juice, Gemmie, mrs_sdp, H&V, RBAL_TN, laura819, JM&Vid, Brookeluvsadam, Bob and Patricia, MARM

June 2009 Graduates of the US Embassy, London
JimandChristy, krystiandjon, Nik+Heather, John and Camie, Ellie-and-David, aoifee, John & Mary, karenandtrev, emma88

July 2009 Graduates of the US Embassy, London
JerrysGirlAnne, WHITE COW, Julie Ivy, aidy, Jenn and Nick, app-girl, Yvie and Brett, morretti, Gary_UK, Hanshi, yorkster

August 2009 Graduates of the US Embassy, London
imaisha, Sherri and Matt, Speeditup, sammills89, viknkam

September 2009 Graduates of the US Embassy, London
tomsarah11, settler72, ealachan, embo123, Luke and Deanna

October 2009 Graduates of the US Embassy, London
irakro97, siya, Britt and Duv, oliviawyatt, tinypyramids, Ian and Lisa, haleywynne, formakashic, mightymints, Cynthia&Simon

November 2009 Graduates of the US Embassy, London
DIARD, nickandkayte, gmjdmj, noone1

December 2009 Interviews
K-1....Amanda and Tony...1st Dec 2009
K-1...Inhopeofglory....1st Dec 2009
K-1....Jay&Jo.............3rd Dec 2009
K-1....Martin77...........3rd Dec 2009
K-1....cadburys..........4th Dec 2009
K-1....roughsweet.......4th Dec 2009
K-1....Jasmin&Travis...7th Dec 2009

January 2010 Interviews


STILL WAITING!!!
Allie and Nigel..3rd Nov 2009 - Approved pending additional documents
Wendy_n_John...25th Nov 2009 - Pending provision of 2 originals
Thayani.............7th August 2009 - Approved pending additional documentation
Aniomaman.......10th August 2009- Administrative Processing
SSS8380.............9th Oct 2009- AP - USEM req'd passport 9th Nov - fingers crossed!


= APPROVED Edited December 2, 2009 by SunDrop

[Allie and Nigel 2]

Well we sent our documents, and they acknowledged them on Nov 23rd so hope we get our visa soon too! Dang holiday week it was...! Thats whats was the holdup i'm sure of it! The DOS ladies know us well! We phone every day or so!

Edited December 2, 2009 by Allie and Nigel

[Amanda and Tony 0]

Thanks for the congrats everyone. Tony and I would like to say a big thank you to everyone in the forum for your support and advice. Because of VJ and you, we've had a reasonably smooth ride and have been as prepared and we possibly could.

Ginny, I hope David gets his visa soon. I plan to fly on Wed, the man who interviewed me said I should be ok. My 5th business day will be Tues so I could be recheduling!

Inhopeofglory, that probably was me...congrats on your approval!

Now the review. We arrived at 8:30 for a 9 am appointment and got through security pretty quickly. We sat and waited..Tony read the paper and I analysed the the number system. Windows #1 and 14 we're processing paperwork for I numbers and windows #15 and 16 were interviewing them.

I had around 9 people ahead of me and was called to window #1 around 10ish.

I smiled nicely and said hello at the lady behind the window who promptly looked up and grunted at me.She was very rude and made it quite clear with her facial expressions and comments that I was being an inconvennience to her. She asked for each document one at a time, birth certificate, police certificate, photos and evidence of support.

She snapped at me when I didn't understand her. The funniest part was the finger prints. I seemed to not press hard enough and she told me to press harder. I did and then she yelled at me that I wasn't listening to her! Tony was stunned into silence at this point. She then tried to hole punch all my documents several times with various comments and pulled faces.

I was quite worried at this point that if my interview was to be the same then it was going to be a rough ride.

After paying for the visa and handing her back my receipt she said that I should sit back down and wait for my interview.

Tony and I then spent the next hour watching the next victims go to her window.

About 11:15 we were called to window 16. The man looked very stern but was very friendly. The whole interview was like a chat. After swearing me in he asked me

- How long have you been engaged?

- How did you meet?

He asked Tony- When are you getting married?

He then looked like he was about to ask more questions. He flicked through our file one more time, looked up and said "well I'm going to go ahead and approve you. Welcome to the family!"

At which point I cried, thanked him and hugged Tony.

He then explained how the visa will be delivered and said we should have it in time to fly on Wednesday. He told us how he was from SC and we chatted about the south while he sorted our papers. He wished us look and congratulations for the wedding.

I then went and paid for the courier and we left the embassy at 11:30.

In all not bad - the paperwork lady was the worst part.

I'm glad that I was lucky enough to have Tony with me, he calmed me down when I needed it. It was very hard to say goodbye to him this morning but I know that I will be seeing him very, very soon!

Amanda

[inhopeofglory 0]

Wow, so sorry you had a hard time with the paperwork person, Amanda! But you had the same guy as me for the interview, at Window 16 (unless he'd taken a break by the time you went). Very nice guy.

For anyone who's interested, my interview review is on the main review page for the London Embassy here on VJ.

[Allie and Nigel 2]

Our interview day was one of the worst, most nerve wracking, most difficult days of our lives..........it stunk big time. Still does.

[Allie and Nigel 2]

Nigel got the SMS message, our visa should arrive on Dec 3rd...forwarded it to me to show me....he held that info from me ALL DAY!! He's in trouble now! lol