How does an expedite at the Embassy work?

[USArmyWifey 2]

Hey guys!

Sorry if this is in the wrong place or if it has been asked a hundred times (i did search first) but i was just wondering if someone could explain how an expedite at the embassy works?

I remember reading somewhere that if you apply to expedite then if they have a free appointment or a cancelation then they can offer you that slot. Is this true? & if it is does anybody know how much notice they give you in advance (because i live about 3 hours away from london and getting there can sometimes be an issue)?

Thanks!

[Dan & Jenni 457]

Hey guys!

Sorry if this is in the wrong place or if it has been asked a hundred times (i did search first) but i was just wondering if someone could explain how an expedite at the embassy works?

I remember reading somewhere that if you apply to expedite then if they have a free appointment or a cancelation then they can offer you that slot. Is this true? & if it is does anybody know how much notice they give you in advance (because i live about 3 hours away from london and getting there can sometimes be an issue)?

Thanks!

i imagine they will give you more than 3 hours notice

[USArmyWifey 2]

i imagine they will give you more than 3 hours notice

lol! Oh of corse!

Its just a case of booking trains and busses and things like that (its cheaper to book them in advance and my bank balance will be around the zero mark after my medical lol)

I would love to file the expedite since i do really need to be in the states right now, but if they only give me 24 hours notice then its just not really possible but if it was something like 3 days notice (or more) then i could probably manage to do it.

[Inky 1,110]

may be embassy specific but when I requested my embassy expedited interview I emailed them a well worded email and attached the proof to the email of his deployment and the next day I had a response asking when I wanted my interview date. I emailed back with a few dates and they responded the same day with my interview date in the email.

[USArmyWifey 2]

may be embassy specific but when I requested my embassy expedited interview I emailed them a well worded email and attached the proof to the email of his deployment and the next day I had a response asking when I wanted my interview date. I emailed back with a few dates and they responded the same day with my interview date in the email.

Wow thats great! Thanks for the reply! I really hope i get a result like that in London. Im asuming you waited untill after your medical to file the expedite with them?

[Inky 1,110]

Wow thats great! Thanks for the reply! I really hope i get a result like that in London. Im asuming you waited untill after your medical to file the expedite with them?

No i had to chase the expedite through, we asked at USCIS a bit after we filed when we found out he would suddenly be deploying. Got the NOA2 and i called Dept of State and found out the embassy had my case and got my embassy case number, then I emailed them requesting the expedite explaining we asked for one from USCIS and all that.

[USArmyWifey 2]

No i had to chase the expedite through, we asked at USCIS a bit after we filed when we found out he would suddenly be deploying. Got the NOA2 and i called Dept of State and found out the embassy had my case and got my embassy case number, then I emailed them requesting the expedite explaining we asked for one from USCIS and all that.

Ah okay thank you! Ive been told to just send in a letter when i submit my next two documents to the Embassy and request a date i would like to come in and see what they say. Fingers crossed Thanks for the help!

[USArmyWifey 2]

Okay so here is the update:

I called the Embassy today and finaly got through to someone.

He told me that they are unable to expedite at the Embassy in London and i should just submit the documents and then it would be a 7 week wait untill my interview. Ovbiously it wasnt the reply i wanted to hear.. but its so nice to have a rough idea of what is going on!

[Inky 1,110]

Okay so here is the update:

I called the Embassy today and finaly got through to someone.

He told me that they are unable to expedite at the Embassy in London and i should just submit the documents and then it would be a 7 week wait untill my interview. Ovbiously it wasnt the reply i wanted to hear.. but its so nice to have a rough idea of what is going on!

Did they say why they cant expedite? seems like you wouldn't have a long wait for an interview anyways which is a good thing. But odd that they wouldn't consider expedite.

[USArmyWifey 2]

Did they say why they cant expedite? seems like you wouldn't have a long wait for an interview anyways which is a good thing. But odd that they wouldn't consider expedite.

Well i told him we had expedited at USCIS and the NVC and then asked how i would expedite at the Embassy and all he said to me was "well we cant really expedite at this stage, whats your case number?" so i replied with the number and he said "ah yes i see, have you recieved anything from the embassy yet" so i replied that i had not but i called the Embassy last week and had been told to submit the two forms and he just replied with "yes okay that is correct, well all we can do at the moment is wait for the forms and once we have recieved them it will be about a 4 week wait to process that and then a 3 weeks wait from recieving the medical results so you are lookin at around 7 weeks" and that was pretty much the end of the convo. And since i was calling on my moms phone i didnt want to keep the call going on any longer because its SO expensive and i didnt seem to be getting anywhere with him on the issue. Im asuming he got the 7 weeks number from the 2 lots of submissions added together so i am hoping that they will process them side by side since they will both be getting to the embassy around the same time and that might shave some time off? I dont know exactly what is going on lol! But 7 weeks in reality is nothing compaired to the 8 or so months we have been on this journey so i cant comaplain too much