2010 United Kingdom Interview Thread

[lirwin2000 0]

Has anyone who had interviews so far in January received their passport back from the courier yet? ... how long did it take?

[NotworkSte 19]

Approved!

Interesting day, will post more later, but the ConOff part lasted all of 3 minutes! Yippee!

[Claire and Troy 2]

January Interviews

K-1....Jewel-8.............................4th Jan 2010

K-1....Claire and Troy.................5th Jan 2010

K-1....lirwin2000........................5th Jan 2010

K-1....laura00412........................7th Jan 2010

K-1....beatlesrebel......................7th Jan 2010

K-1...Kimmy and PJ.....................8th Jan 2010

CR-1....NotworkSte.....................8th Jan 2010

K-1...amykathleen2005...............14th Jan 2010

K-1....FrostyMist.........................15th Jan 2010

CR-1....viol8torUK......................19th Jan 2010

K-1......TeamMoran.....................20th Jan 2010

K-1.......D_G................................20th Jan 2010

K-1.....Andrew + Bethany............25th Jan 2010

K-1.....RUSSandRACHEL..............25th Jan 2010

CR-1.david'sgirl/Scotinmass........25th Jan 2010

K-1..........Nikki-UK.......................29th Jan 2010

February Interviews

K-1.........yorkshirerose22..........4th Feb 2010

K-1.........ajbe1986....................5th Feb 2010

K-1.........brit la..........................9th Feb 2010

K-1.........Think~Pink.................10th Feb 2010

= APPROVED

Approved and waiting for interview dates:

Justine+David

Approved!

Interesting day, will post more later, but the ConOff part lasted all of 3 minutes! Yippee!

Congratulations!!!

Has anyone who had interviews so far in January received their passport back from the courier yet? ... how long did it take?

Claire has been tracking ours and it shows to be delivered on Monday the 11th. Will let you know.

[amykathleen2005 441]

I want one of those stars so badly!

[Claire and Troy 2]

Claire has been tracking ours and it shows to be delivered on Monday the 11th. Will let you know.

Correction...

The tracking now says Tuesday the 12th. I'm guessing the weather? Hopefully they don't back it up any further.

[pdcvcc 0]

Kimmy and PJ are approved. Here is the message she sent me....

Yep, success...but he was there for like 5 hours - waiting because the computers crashed or something. But it's done and over. YAY!

[Claire and Troy 2]

January Interviews

K-1....Jewel-8.............................4th Jan 2010

K-1....Claire and Troy.................5th Jan 2010

K-1....lirwin2000........................5th Jan 2010

K-1....laura00412........................7th Jan 2010

K-1....beatlesrebel......................7th Jan 2010

K-1...Kimmy and PJ.....................8th Jan 2010

CR-1....NotworkSte.....................8th Jan 2010

K-1...amykathleen2005...............14th Jan 2010

K-1....FrostyMist.........................15th Jan 2010

CR-1....viol8torUK......................19th Jan 2010

K-1......TeamMoran.....................20th Jan 2010

K-1.......D_G................................20th Jan 2010

K-1.....Andrew + Bethany............25th Jan 2010

K-1.....RUSSandRACHEL..............25th Jan 2010

CR-1.david'sgirl/Scotinmass........25th Jan 2010

K-1..........Nikki-UK.......................29th Jan 2010

February Interviews

K-1.........yorkshirerose22..........4th Feb 2010

K-1.........ajbe1986....................5th Feb 2010

K-1.........brit la..........................9th Feb 2010

K-1.........Think~Pink.................10th Feb 2010

= APPROVED

Approved and waiting for interview dates:

Justine+David

[NotworkSte 19]

okdokey, I've had a little doze and some dinner, so here's a little recap on my day.

The 3 of us caught the bus down to London on Thursday night. It was a cold one up here in Scotland but the bus was running, left only half an hour late and got into London at 0815. Ended up getting to the embassy at 0915, 45 mins late.

Bad attitude at the initial securty check.

Bad attitude at the reception where you get the number.

4 hour wait before getting first call to window.

Bad attitude at first window. They had "lost" my medical results and found it after some searching at the back.

Each of the 3 people I dealt with were, I believe, British!

During my 2 hour wait for interview with ConOff we had a security alert where we moved into the passage alongside the bathrooms for 10 mins before allowing to return back to the seat.

Called to interivew. Got up there and introduced Cindy and Josie to the nicest government employee I have ever met. He smiled and said

"where did you guys meet"

"Egypt"

"Oh wow nice! Please raise your right hand"

Did affirmation

Signed DS-230 part 2

"ok you guys will be pleaaed to know I'm going to go right ahead and approved this, welcome to America!"

Seriously that was it! During the whole day there was only maybe 3 windows doing I visas at any one time. and for the second rounds I believe that most seemed to get a lengthy interview - seemed that way anyway - so I was pleasantly surprised how short mine was.

I believe since I turned up with both C and J and how nervous but together we looked, sort of amrs round each other and "close" he made a quick determination within the first couple of seconds. He never asked to see any of the documentation I brought with me. I would have hugged him if there hadn't been a partition between us. He ever shared a wee joke with Josie!

[jenanddan2010 0]

hi everyone i'm posting this on behalf of my fiancé, dan, as he does not yet have a visajourney account. we're both a bit nervous about his upcoming k-1 interview at the london embassy. he's scheduled for his interview on january 19th, and his medical exam is scheduled for january 15th. he called the embassy yesterday to confirm the dates, and the person he spoke with said that he won't be allowed to attend his interview if the embassy does not have the results of his medical exam. this worries us, because everything we've read so far says that as long as the medical exam is at least booked, it's okay to attend the interview.

here are two conflicting pieces of information from the embassy website (italics mine):

from http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/visa/...cal_letter.pdf:

What if I cannot secure a medical appointment before the visa interview takes place?

Don’t worry. You should still keep the visa appointment and, once the medical has been completed, the results will be delivered directly to the Embassy. When they have been received, the Embassy will contact you concerning the next steps that you are required to take.

from http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/visa/forms/IV019.pdf:

Medical Examination

Your medical results will be sent directly to the Embassy by Knightsbridge Doctors and will take approximately 5 workdays from the date of the examination to be received. If you have not yet arranged an appointment for your medical examination, you should do so immediately as the medical examination must take place before the visa interview. Please visit http://london.usembassy.gov/cons_new/visa/iv/medexam_K.html for further information. You will require your case number in order to book the medical examination. If you attend the Embassy without having attended the medical examination, the interview will be cancelled and you will be required to reschedule for a later date.

and then we have the person dan spoke with, who told him that if the embassy does not have the medical results in hand, they will cancel his interview. he has emailed the embassy regarding this matter and is awaiting a reply. has anyone else been in this situation? can anyone offer advice?

our current plan is that he should hopefully have his visa by the end of january. he finishes work in early february, enters the states mid-to-late february, and we marry on march 12th. he received his letter from the embassy on january 6th informing him of his interview date, so since the 6th i have been trying to do as much wedding planning as possible before i start my spring semester of nursing school. we haven't been able to do much wedding planning at all prior to this, because the embassy wasn't giving us any information as to when he might have his interview. he would call weekly, and he would get a different answer each time. one time they told him it would be an additional nine month wait (i.e. until fall 2010!), someone said three months, someone said four weeks... so you can see why we haven't planned anything.

thanks in advance for everyone's help. any chance we could get added to the list of january 2010 london interviews? thanks!

~jennifer

[Claire and Troy 2]

hi everyone i'm posting this on behalf of my fiancé, dan, as he does not yet have a visajourney account. we're both a bit nervous about his upcoming k-1 interview at the london embassy. he's scheduled for his interview on january 19th, and his medical exam is scheduled for january 15th. he called the embassy yesterday to confirm the dates, and the person he spoke with said that he won't be allowed to attend his interview if the embassy does not have the results of his medical exam. this worries us, because everything we've read so far says that as long as the medical exam is at least booked, it's okay to attend the interview.

thanks in advance for everyone's help. any chance we could get added to the list of january 2010 london interviews? thanks!

~jennifer

That does sound like a bit of a sticky one. I know that the medical requirements changed in that regard a few months ago. Some people here have managed to get their interview dates changed to accommodate various things. Possibly someone can chime in and instruct you on the best way to do this. I'm only suggesting that route to give you piece of mind knowing that the medical results have a better chance of being there before the interview. I think it would be a real pain and very frustrating to get there just to be turned away because of one or two days lapse in them getting the results of the medical exam.

I will be happy to add your name to the list! Please keep us posted on what happens and good luck!

[Claire and Troy 2]

January Interviews

K-1....Jewel-8.............................4th Jan 2010

K-1....Claire and Troy.................5th Jan 2010

K-1....lirwin2000........................5th Jan 2010

K-1....laura00412........................7th Jan 2010

K-1....beatlesrebel......................7th Jan 2010

K-1...Kimmy and PJ.....................8th Jan 2010

CR-1....NotworkSte.....................8th Jan 2010

K-1...amykathleen2005...............14th Jan 2010

K-1....FrostyMist..........................15th Jan 2010

K-1.....jenanddan2010................19th Jan 2010

CR-1....viol8torUK.......................19th Jan 2010

K-1......TeamMoran.....................20th Jan 2010

K-1.......D_G................................20th Jan 2010

K-1.....Andrew + Bethany............25th Jan 2010

K-1.....RUSSandRACHEL..............25th Jan 2010

CR-1.david'sgirl/Scotinmass........25th Jan 2010

K-1..........Nikki-UK.......................29th Jan 2010

February Interviews

K-1.........yorkshirerose22..........4th Feb 2010

K-1.........ajbe1986....................5th Feb 2010

K-1.........brit la..........................9th Feb 2010

K-1.........Think~Pink.................10th Feb 2010

= APPROVED

Approved and waiting for interview dates:

Justine+David

[beatlesrebel 0]

lol no i869 was White shirt and suit guy, I was asleep on other side i870, I kept an eye on all the i numbers coz waiting is fun!

I wasn't sure it was phill until I came on here and saw your pic

Got home from London this morning, only 18 hours late, some people had been waiting nearly 72 hours!

I'm never going to London for a visa again!

Oooh okay! lol! Glad you finally got home okay!

Approved!

Interesting day, will post more later, but the ConOff part lasted all of 3 minutes! Yippee!

Congratulations!

[lirwin2000 0]

January Interviews

K-1....Jewel-8.............................4th Jan 2010

K-1....Claire and Troy.................5th Jan 2010

K-1....lirwin2000........................5th Jan 2010

K-1....laura00412........................7th Jan 2010

K-1....beatlesrebel......................7th Jan 2010

K-1...Kimmy and PJ.....................8th Jan 2010

CR-1....NotworkSte.....................8th Jan 2010

K-1...amykathleen2005...............14th Jan 2010

K-1....FrostyMist.........................15th Jan 2010

CR-1....viol8torUK......................19th Jan 2010

K-1......TeamMoran.....................20th Jan 2010

K-1.......D_G................................20th Jan 2010

K-1.....Andrew + Bethany............25th Jan 2010

K-1.....RUSSandRACHEL..............25th Jan 2010

CR-1.david'sgirl/Scotinmass........25th Jan 2010

K-1..........Nikki-UK.......................29th Jan 2010

February Interviews

K-1.........yorkshirerose22..........4th Feb 2010

K-1.........ajbe1986....................5th Feb 2010

K-1.........brit la..........................9th Feb 2010

K-1.........Think~Pink.................10th Feb 2010

= APPROVED

Approved and waiting for interview dates:

Justine+David

Congratulations!!!

Claire has been tracking ours and it shows to be delivered on Monday the 11th. Will let you know.

How do you track it? On our invoice it says to go to the website and use the invoice number and post code to track it, this doesn't work. Is the invoice number 10 digits long?

[Claire and Troy 2]

How do you track it? On our invoice it says to go to the website and use the invoice number and post code to track it, this doesn't work. Is the invoice number 10 digits long?

Yes that's what we did. used the invoice number and post code. I checked ours again and now it's not showing any info when it did earlier. It originally said the 11th, then changed to the 12th, now it says it's not in the system. Uhh....not sure what's up with that. We're going to call DX int he morning and see what's up.

Please let me know if you see any changes on your end.

[hindocha 0]

Hello,

I have finally been given a Interview date in Feb. I'm a I-130 beneficerer, can anyone please direct me to the checklist (if possible). Also I have evidence, which can I / can I not take? Any other advise will be greatfully recieved. Just praying and hoping for the magic word Approval, so that I can finally be with my wife in USA.