confirmation of packet 3 LDN contents

[nattrav 0]

Hi - i am waiting for my packet 3 from london

i would like to get ahead and apply for my interview rather than waiting for it to arrive before i do

any one with experience of receiving packet 3 (from LONDON) please help!

are these the 5 forms to complete?

DS-230 Part 1

DS 2001

Form DS-156

Form DS-157

Form DS-156-k

plus the cover letter

anything else to complete?

i have all the financial stuff from my fiance plus my police checks

i know i also need to schedule my medical appointment - in LDN, at Knightsbridge medical centre, so (stupid question alert - sorry!!!) that means i have to get it done like, NOW so they can send in the results, as the embassy won't schedule the interview til they have my results?

so this means (another stupid question!!) that i have to travel to london for the medical, then back to london again for the interview??

this seems wrong - i mean, we've all jumped through a number of hoops already but do they really expect everyone in the UK to travel to london twice??

i know it says on the embassy website to send in the forms with the medical appointment date on the cover letter, then to schedule the appointment - this confused me as surely its the other way round

am i being dumb though? is there a way to not have to do two trips to london (from scotland its a 6hr trip and fairly expensive - although not much compared to the other costs involved!)

anyone who has done this please, help me out!!

thanks a million

nat

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Yes, what you said is correct. Forms are correct. You can mail the DS-xxx forms first then gather your list of documents to bring and inform them in a second mailing of the DS-2001 that you are ready to interview and the date of your medical. Or to speed things along, if you have all your interview ducks in a row, send all 5 forms in one mailing.

Yes, you need to go to London twice. Just last year you could do it all in one trip and they would hold off the visa printing until the medical results arrived a few days after your interview. They started to get much stricter about having your medical results there when you go to interview. I guess they find it more efficent to work that way. The reason we "think" they won't schedule the interview until they know you have a medical exam date to report is someone on the UK forum waited and waited for a very long time for an interview appointment. Finally they found out that London was waiting because they hadn't scheduled the medical and as soon as they took care of that they got an interview. The couple was waiting for an interview so they could schedule the medical the day before and make one trip. That was all during the transition to the more strict schedule they want now over what had been okay before.

Just do yourself a favor and READ very carefully the London website's list of what to bring to the interview. Many people don't read the bit about your parents' names have to be on your birth certificate and get delayed when they show up with the BC they used for school. Everything you need to know is listed and explained if you read it and follow all the links on the pages and in the left hand column.

Edited January 13, 2011 by Nich-Nick

[nattrav 0]

Yes, what you said is correct. Forms are correct. You can mail the DS-xxx forms first then gather your list of documents to bring and inform them in a second mailing of the DS-2001 that you are ready to interview and the date of your medical. Or to speed things along, if you have all your interview ducks in a row, send all 5 forms in one mailing.

Yes, you need to go to London twice. Just last year you could do it all in one trip and they would hold off the visa printing until the medical results arrived a few days after your interview. They started to get much stricter about having your medical results there when you go to interview. I guess they find it more efficent to work that way. The reason we "think" they won't schedule the interview until they know you have a medical exam date to report is someone on the UK forum waited and waited for a very long time for an interview appointment. Finally they found out that London was waiting because they hadn't scheduled the medical and as soon as they took care of that they got an interview. The couple was waiting for an interview so they could schedule the medical the day before and make one trip. That was all during the transition to the more strict schedule they want now over what had been okay before.

Just do yourself a favor and READ very carefully the London website's list of what to bring to the interview. Many people don't read the bit about your parents' names have to be on your birth certificate and get delayed when they show up with the BC they used for school. Everything you need to know is listed and explained if you read it and follow all the links on the pages and in the left hand column.

thanks, this has been a very helpful answer!

i'll get the medical appt asap and get all my forms completed and sent off

i think i have read all the info (in the entire world!) about what to bring to the interview so should be fine with that! altho, i find the more i read the more the info is conflicting, so i shall have everything with me...a kitchen sink, yes here it is

Edited January 13, 2011 by nattrav

[Angelheart1962 6]

I thought you had to wait for NVC to schedule you an interview at the embassy....am I wrong?? My case is still at NVC and I scheduled my medical for next Monday, but I dont know how NVC can schedule you anything if they dont know your medical is imminent, and they dont ask you to let them know.

Im worried now, please advise!

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I thought you had to wait for NVC to schedule you an interview at the embassy....am I wrong?? My case is still at NVC and I scheduled my medical for next Monday, but I dont know how NVC can schedule you anything if they dont know your medical is imminent, and they dont ask you to let them know.

Im worried now, please advise!

Different visa from yours. They are K1

http://london.usembassy.gov/immigrant-visas/interview.html

[Angelheart1962 6]

Ok, didnt know if process was the same. Cheers