2010 United Kingdom Interview Thread

[Dodi 69]

Just an FYI for anyone wanting to stay overnight in London before their interview and needing a cheaper hotel = When I went in March I used Active Hotels - UK and they had some pretty good rates. We stayed at the Shastesbury Premier Notting Hill and got a room that was usually closer to £200 per night for £79, and £15 for breakfast if we wanted a full English. The room was small, but had a VERY comfy bed, nice furniture, etc. My only complaint was the size of the shower. I literally had to SUCK IN to get the shower doors to close, and I was touching the glass walls on 3 sides while trying to take a shower. Not fun when you're claustrophobic. I did get a great night's sleep, so I can't complain too much.

They've got lots of hotels in London to choose from, and much better rates than I was finding on the more well-known discount sites.

Edited August 20, 2010 by Dodi

[Nik+Heather 121]

I literally had to SUCK IN to get the shower doors to close, and I was touching the glass walls on 3 sides while trying to take a shower.

Eewwww...I wouldn't have been thinking so much about how cramped it was, but how many other people had been rubbing their bodies all over the walls....

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Eewwww...I wouldn't have been thinking so much about how cramped it was, but how many other people had been rubbing their bodies all over the walls....

Thank you, Heather. Now I need to vom lustily all over the place for that.

Edited August 20, 2010 by elmcitymaven

[Nik+Heather 121]

Thank you, Heather. Now I need to vom lustily all over the place for that.

Dodi started it!

[Justine+David 218]

Congrats everyone!

One tip to avoid at your interview:

Make sure your fiance/e pays for the visa! David was never asked to pay for it and he only remembered about it after he had left the embassy! Took us 5 weeks to get the darned visa after that!

[MelissaJulian 30]

Add us to the waiting for interview list! Julian mailed out his P3 on the 19th, and he has his medical later this week. Fingers crossed everything will be OK. I told him not to have anything to drink the night before, but he said he doesn't see how one or two pints is going to affect the results. I'm sure some of you know how hard it is to keep your British man away from his beer!

[amykathleen2005 441]

January 2010 Graduates of the US Embassy, London

Jewel-8, Claire and Troy, lirwin2000, laura00412, beatlesrebel, Kimmy and PJ, NotworkSte, xSweeTiex, FrostyMist

viol8torUK, TeamMoran, D_G, Andrew + Bethany, RUSSandRACHEL, david'sgirl/Scotinmass, Nikki-UK

earlgreygirl, jonoger1984, jenanddan2010, amykathleen2005



February 2010 Graduates of the US Embassy, London

Hindocha, munkeynuts, yorkshirerose22, .Jay'n'Terri, ajbe1986, brit la, Think~Pink, h1a1, karenista

March 2010 Graduates of the US Embassy, London

kjrrem, MattHeartCass, jkminney, pwac, Justine+David, moss, ruth_a, david b



April 2010 Graduates of the US Embassy, London

ohlpomr, Rito, Hellojulie, musikgal06, Hokie97, Ricky+Vanessa, JMR

May 2010 Graduates of the US Embassy, London

Kristen & David, Gela, sveta & jeff, sara & Alex, ztaylor, Archeon, Amy and Michael, nickm, doghandler

Adrian+Mike, jennareid, staceyafreeman

June 2010 Graduates of the US Embassy, London

The Webbs, Christi and Ian, F2C-MaDMaXX, Memmab, TransATL, MrStrain14, Leenie, Y&E,

SunDrop, Twoowls, W+R, Miss Jess, DukeofYork

July 2010 Graduates of the US Embassy, London

evilmonkey, sharaincali, evey, A and J, Weescotlassie, arwilson

Still Waiting:

CR-1.......treehugger.............22 February 2010 (still in AP)

K-1........ThomasBell............18 May 2010

CR-1............A Miller..............25 May 2010

K-1...............MJM....................8 June 2010

K-1.....Twinkles/Coffeemuse.....30 July 2010 (approved pending medical)

August Interviews

DCF.........Matt_UK............5 August 2010

CR-1.........app-girl.............9 August 2010

K-1..........AJones.............12 August 2010

K-1......ukprincessmx.....13 August 2010

K-1..........MikeH60...........23 August 2010

September Interviews

K-1...Darren + Heather.....8 September 2010

CR-1...monsterna..............9 September 2010

K-1....Rob and Jill.............14 September 2010

K-1.....Dodi.........................17 September 2010

= APPROVED

Waiting for interview date

marlea

Asila

MelissaJulian

[MelissaJulian 30]

Thanks Amy!

[Ban Hammer 13,445]

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So how is the weather in England, I haven't been for awhile...

[MikeH60 0]

I'll do a full review of the process type thing later but happy to let you know we were accepted. Thanks for your encouragement, all! (Now very pleased to be leaving London. )

[Twinkles 10]

Congratulations Mike =)

@Charles. Hope i have understood you right and its ok to reply to the weather question, forgives if not.

The weather in England, particulary near the North Sea is bloomin wet,damp and cold bleh!

I think Summers done dusted for us here

However, there is a bright side! Its nearly Longjohns with bumflaps weather

[Dodi 69]

Hey, Marlea! Any news yet?

[marlea 84]

Hey, Marlea! Any news yet?

Nope. I called a few times last week and they said they didn't have his stuff yet, but I know it's there. Since you and another person had the experience of getting an interview date after the medical results were due to arrive at the embassy, I will try calling again next week after he goes to his medical. He had to schedule it a few weeks out as he couldn't get away from work before then to get to London. His medical is next Tuesday, so maybe we'll hear something by the end of next week. But, as much as I would love for him to have his visa in his hand now, our wedding isn't scheduled until next April, and he isn't planning on coming over until after Christmas, so there isn't a rush.

[Nik+Heather 121]

Nope. I called a few times last week and they said they didn't have his stuff yet, but I know it's there. Since you and another person had the experience of getting an interview date after the medical results were due to arrive at the embassy, I will try calling again next week after he goes to his medical. He had to schedule it a few weeks out as he couldn't get away from work before then to get to London. His medical is next Tuesday, so maybe we'll hear something by the end of next week. But, as much as I would love for him to have his visa in his hand now, our wedding isn't scheduled until next April, and he isn't planning on coming over until after Christmas, so there isn't a rush.

Ooh, that's a consideration I hadn't thought of before - them waiting for the medical results to arrive before issuing an interview date. There was a lot of speculation about how the policy introduced late last year to require the medical to be completed before the interview would be enforced...I guess that is one way! Too bad the medical isn't one of the fields in the timeline, you're such a whiz at those that it could be pretty plain if the data was there.

[marlea 84]

Ooh, that's a consideration I hadn't thought of before - them waiting for the medical results to arrive before issuing an interview date. There was a lot of speculation about how the policy introduced late last year to require the medical to be completed before the interview would be enforced...I guess that is one way! Too bad the medical isn't one of the fields in the timeline, you're such a whiz at those that it could be pretty plain if the data was there.

Well, it makes sense. I was looking over the forms again, and although they ask what your travel date is, they don't ask what date your medical is scheduled for. I wonder if there have been a number of people lately who have been trying to do the medical and the interview in one trip to London, which would hold things up. My fiance has to come in from Cardiff, and there are obviously some people who have to travel even further. i.e. Scotland or Northern Ireland. I can see why people may think "well, I'll just go do my medical on Tuesday since my interview is on Wednesday..." or something of the sort, and that would add a lot of extra work on the embassy's end as things would be done out of order (the horror! A bureaucracy having to work out of order!). Maybe this is there way of forcing the issue.