2010 United Kingdom Interview Thread

[Lansbury 19]

Just as an interjection here, I hadn't heard about VJ wiki until about 6 months after I joined VJ and I feared that they would be out of date...I think this kind of thread is a great idea because it has the freshest (is that a word? ) information, ideally, and people don't generally point to VJ wiki here, they either point to the guides or to the regional forums...

A group of us are getting together to rewrite the WIKI and keep it up todate. We will use a lot of information we glean from this and other threads

[SunDrop 59]

A group of us are getting together to rewrite the WIKI and keep it up todate. We will use a lot of information we glean from this and other threads

I've been working on a wiki map after it was suggested on the NOA2-interview thread. It would be helpful to know about the group, so that any/ everyone who wants to or is interested can participate. Lots of wasted effort otherwise! lol..

I believe you do need a copy of the i-129f, whichever way, i'm getting a copy sent over for me.

You don't. They've got it from the NVC, along with all the other bumpf you sent for your initial petition.

But if you want a copy for the sake of a lil' peace of mind, there's no harm in that.

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

well.....the thread for it is right below this one

[SunDrop 59]

Just as an interjection here, I hadn't heard about VJ wiki until about 6 months after I joined VJ and I feared that they would be out of date...I think this kind of thread is a great idea because it has the freshest (is that a word? ) information, ideally, and people don't generally point to VJ wiki here, they either point to the guides or to the regional forums...

I think part of the reason why the wiki isn't used is that it isn't very user-friendly. People don't point others there because of that and also no one is actively involved in ensuring that it's updated. Too many of the pages are either duplicated or still drafts. There's no consistency to the titling of pages, so you have to look through them all to find scattered information about your specific process or country.

That's why for the time being, I've continued updating the post in the NOA2-interview thread, so that at least it's an immediate and easily-accessible source of information, located where current members are used to looking.

well.....the thread for it is right below this one

Awesome, I'll go join in with it now. Some people read the forums by 'view new content' rather than honing in on specific sub-forum

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I disagree completely about the wiki - it was created long after I went through the process but when it was I actually found it much more digestible than The Guides. And it's a lot easier to locate than a single thread. It just needs membership to keep it up to date.

[F2C-MaDMaXX 1]

I could of sworn the guides/timeline stated you need the I-129f pack that was sent to the NVC when you're at the embassy as well?

[Justine+David 218]

^^If they mentioned it, it might just be consulate specific. You do *not* need it for the UK consulate.

As per the wiki debate, well, it's not very accessible...nobody really talks about it, like I said, I only discovered it about 6 months ago and I gleaned a lot from VJ and reading the threads...I even didn't know about the consulate sections until I saw someone make an offhand comment on it. Perhaps if more people said, "check out wiki!" it would be more helpful...or have a thread that is pinned like the others that says, go to this link! and all your dreams will come true...for all the people that do need to be spoon fed, it's impossible to know how many people anonymously click on all the threads and do proper searches...we just don't see them, naturally

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

well, interest in it has been re-surfaced after being dormant for some time.

The problem with any thread about any particular subject is that however valuable the information in that thread might be, once the OP/posters in that thread move on in The Process one generally becomes less interested in the particulars of that particular phase and are less likely to maintain the information and it will often fall out of sight so future users must rely on their ability to search the precise terms (and may not know what they might be) in order to find them.

I don't know how many times the same information has been regurgitated in so many different threads over the years, some with info that is out of date now, some still relevant. The wiki has the ability to be a "living" document - easy to find, easy to update, easy to understand.

[Rito 28]

By the way, for anyone doing the K1 visa to AOS near Northern California, I found (via seeing a recommendation in another forum) a great medical center that understands the i-693 and will gladly transcribe vaccinations rather than require a checkup - and all for $15.

Call the Meridian Medical Group in San Jose at 408-729-5800. Press 9 for English and 2 for visas, ask to speak to Tina. Tina knows how this all goes down. She says to fax her:

1. A cover sheet with the fiance's full name, address, phone, date of birth, social security number (if applicable), a number (if applicable), city of birth, country of birth

2. Records of all vaccinations

Then the medical group will do all the transcriptions. You just have to have the beneficiary come by to pick up the finished packet and sign for it. So, I'm getting everything done before my beneficiary even arrives in the US - he'll just need to sign, pay $15, and pick up the packed. Done!

[MelissaJulian 30]

Can't wait to join this thread! I started posting at VJ last year, and was all set to file the I-129F (I even started the May 2009 filers thread, lol) when my fiance had some bad family news and we decided to postpone sending it off. It was supposed to be a month... then we ended up taking a relationship break. It was pretty hard for me, I was almost ready to send back the ring when Julian showed up at my door. He stayed with me for 88 days (he was able to telecommute from here in Pasadena!) and by the end of it we realized it was meant to be after all. He went back two weeks ago and I sent the I-129F for real (lol) today.

So...hi again!

[Leenie 15]

Can't wait to join this thread! I started posting at VJ last year, and was all set to file the I-129F (I even started the May 2009 filers thread, lol) when my fiance had some bad family news and we decided to postpone sending it off. It was supposed to be a month... then we ended up taking a relationship break. It was pretty hard for me, I was almost ready to send back the ring when Julian showed up at my door. He stayed with me for 88 days (he was able to telecommute from here in Pasadena!) and by the end of it we realized it was meant to be after all. He went back two weeks ago and I sent the I-129F for real (lol) today.

So...hi again!

Aw, I love cute stories with happy endings! Welcome back

[F2C-MaDMaXX 1]

I just received a letter from the embassy about not hearing from me re the P3. I sent it back last week, but i need a contact point there to tell them it's sent and to check they have it. Is there an email or number i can call that someone knows of?

[Lansbury 19]

^^If they mentioned it, it might just be consulate specific. You do *not* need it for the UK consulate.

It is the other way around, the need is not consulate specific it is the Con Off manual for it to be produced. London at the current time do not ask for it. You cannot say it is not needed, rather that is not the practice to ask for it. Let people decide for themselves if they want to take it or not. Far better to understand the situation and to decide for themselves to take something not asked for than to be asked for something they don't have.

Use to read similar advice to people doing DCF in London that all that was required for domicile was to say you were moving back to the US. Of course the manual said otherwise and one day someone got asked for their proof of US domicile and denied their visa until they could prove it.

[Justine+David 218]

It is the other way around, the need is not consulate specific it is the Con Off manual for it to be produced. London at the current time do not ask for it. You cannot say it is not needed, rather that is not the practice to ask for it. Let people decide for themselves if they want to take it or not. Far better to understand the situation and to decide for themselves to take something not asked for than to be asked for something they don't have.

Use to read similar advice to people doing DCF in London that all that was required for domicile was to say you were moving back to the US. Of course the manual said otherwise and one day someone got asked for their proof of US domicile and denied their visa until they could prove it.

Well, the official Packet 3 instructions for the US Embassy in London do not ask for the I-129F, so I felt pretty safe telling the poster that it's not needed. When in doubt, OP, check the official Packet 3 Instructions for the US Embassy for London in the United Kingdom.

Edited April 13, 2010 by Justine+David

[Lansbury 19]

Well, the official Packet 3 instructions for the US Embassy in London do not ask for the I-129F, so I felt pretty safe telling the poster that it's not needed. When in doubt, OP, check the official Packet 3 Instructions for the US Embassy for London in the United Kingdom.

I think you miss the point I was making which was in general terms rather that specifics as I've also seen people told that a letter of intent is not needed when the circumstances are the same. Practice and manual sometimes are out of sync and we are not the ones inconvenienced when they suddenly line up unexpectedly.