London 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread

[Anna Grant 169]

Well find out a cost to rebook your trip so you can evaluate.

I think they are pretty nice humans at the embassy with a heart and won't try to punish you. Ask if they have anything on June 11-14 because your fiancé will be over and would like to travel with you to London. I wouldn't leave it too open, so specific dates are good. You also have a very important date to get to the US so you don't won't to push it too far back, unless that is also flexible.

You are getting real good at calling, checking, and wrangling your way through this.

Thanks Nich-Nick. That means a lot to me, coming from you. As i'm learning more and more, I am able to contribute more and more. Particularly, in the 'Yes You Can Visit' thread. You have been invaluable to me and so many people. In fact, we were talking about you at Knightbridge Doctors last Thursday. Everyone there was on VJ and they all felt indebted to you. You are an absolute star!

Talking of 'human beings', am I able to actually talk to someone at the Embassy rather than e-mail? If I were to actually speak to someone and say 'can it be brought forward but if it can't, I will keep the18th?' It is so much easier to have that conversaton with a person than try it via e-mail.

I am trying to reschedule the trip to Devon (my fiance wants to see where I lived as a child - sweet!) but there are a number of ducks that I need to get in a row there.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

I just wanna add in my own question while the subject is Affidavit of Support. I'll be taking a letter from my fiancé's employer and his last 6 payslips (equivalent to 3 months). Can the payslips be photocopies or do they need to be the originals?

Either way isn't an issue, I just thought I'd check.

I think this didn't get answered. My opinion is photocopies would be fine. They aren't normally super picky about details on the I-134.

[Laura. 90]

I think this didn't get answered. My opinion is photocopies would be fine. They aren't normally super picky about details on the I-134.

Ah thank you!

[uk2upstateny 13]

Hi guys - Finally got all my stuff sent in to the embassy and have my medical scheduled for June 12th, fee paid and everything.

Anyone have any recent estimates about how long it will take to hear about my interview? And roughly how long away my interview is in general?

I realise there is probably a timeline for this somewhere, but I've literally filled in so much paper work and stared at so much information today that I think my brain has stopped working..

[Anna Grant 169]

Hi guys - Finally got all my stuff sent in to the embassy and have my medical scheduled for June 12th, fee paid and everything.

Anyone have any recent estimates about how long it will take to hear about my interview? And roughly how long away my interview is in general?

I realise there is probably a timeline for this somewhere, but I've literally filled in so much paper work and stared at so much information today that I think my brain has stopped working..

All I can tell is my recent experience.

Medical on Thu 30 May.

Results sent to Embassy on Mon 3 June

File updated on Tue 4 June (CEAC website). Called DOS who confirmed that I had been allocated an interview date of 18 June.

Still not received the actual interview letter.

In my covering letter, I said that we were getting married on 12 July and included confirmation of the wedding booking as evidence of that. I don't know if this helped in getting a date relatively soon.

[uk2upstateny 13]

All I can tell is my recent experience.

Medical on Thu 30 May.

Results sent to Embassy on Mon 3 June

File updated on Tue 4 June (CEAC website). Called DOS who confirmed that I had been allocated an interview date of 18 June.

Still not received the actual interview letter.

In my covering letter, I said that we were getting married on 12 July and included confirmation of the wedding booking as evidence of that. I don't know if this helped in getting a date relatively soon.

Thanks, that's helpful Kind of wish I'd put a 'date of travel' on mine as well, but seeing as we're not planning on celebrating our wedding till October I'm not sure how much it would have helped..

So I just put something along the lines of 'I do not yet have a specific date of travel or marriage as of yet, but I hope that you schedule my interview as soon as possible, since I'm available to travel to the interview at any given time'.

I'm just really scared right now that I'm going to be away from my guys for ages and ages and ages. It's giving me the fear!

[Anna Grant 169]

Thanks, that's helpful Kind of wish I'd put a 'date of travel' on mine as well, but seeing as we're not planning on celebrating our wedding till October I'm not sure how much it would have helped..

So I just put something along the lines of 'I do not yet have a specific date of travel or marriage as of yet, but I hope that you schedule my interview as soon as possible, since I'm available to travel to the interview at any given time'.

I'm just really scared right now that I'm going to be away from my guys for ages and ages and ages. It's giving me the fear!

It has been known for people to make up a wedding date If the Embassy staff are allocating interview dates, then they may give preference to someone who has stated that their wedding is in a month over someone who says they haven't booked their wedding.

Although we all know that the offical advice is not to book your wedding until your visa is in your hand.....

I wonder if there's a way of saying now that you're scheduling a wedding for late July or something? I don't know if you can send another covering letter or beg the extortion line for the code to e-mail the Embassy direct.

Edited June 6, 2013 by Anna Grant

[Anna Grant 169]

I need to e-mail the Embassy direct as I would like to ask permission for my fiance to accompany me to the interview.

I got the all important code from the extortion line but..... he said to e-mail LondonConsulate@state.gov. Checking, it seems more likely to be LondonConsular@state.gov. But I've also found londoniv@state.gov which 'Sunshine', who was in exactly the same positon as me last August, e-mailed and got a response.

Any thoughts on which is the best e-mail address to use? The code will only be valid until the end of today, i think.

[Anna Grant 169]

I have decided to use LondonConsular@state.gov to e-mail them. It seems to be the most widely used e-mail address. I have received an automated repsonse to say:

Your message has been received by the Consular Information Unit. We are currently averaging four to five days to answer routine email correspondence and ten to twelve days for all other email correspondence.    There is no mechanism for "status checks" while a visa application is being processed.  Inquiries concerning cases which require administrative processing or background checks, and which have beenpending less than 90 days, will not be answered.   Please do not, under any circumstances, send a duplicate or follow-on e-mail.  Repeat messages slow down our response time, and we reserve the right to permanently delete all e-mails from senders who transmit repeatmessages or status checks. Sincerely,Consular Information Unit

The daft thing is that the letter says that your US citizen fiance can accompany you as long as you let them know in advace his/her full name but them doesn't tell you how to tell them! Still - I am still 11 days away from the interview.

Edited June 7, 2013 by Anna Grant

[Anna Grant 169]

Sorry about the text in the post above - the site won't allow me to edit it.

[Anna Grant 169]

Well - it must have been the right e-mail address because they e-mailed within two hours to say:

Thank you for your email.

Your fiancé’s name has been added to the access list for June 18^th. He must bring his U.S. passport with him for identification.

[Laura. 90]

We got our NOA2 today, so I have begun to run around like a headless chicken trying to get everything prepared. I haven't even sent off for my Police Certificate yet because I wasn't expecting to be approved so soon! I'll be sending off for it on Thursday so hopefully I'll have it in a few weeks.

I keep seeing so much mention of Tax Transcripts, and I just wanted to run something by you guys before it's too late. My Fiance lived in the UK until Feb 2013, and didn't realize he needed to be filing taxes still. He has been trying to sort it with the IRS for a while, but they haven't been replying to his correspondence. He wasn't earning much so hopefully we can get it sorted quick.

So because of all this, it is looking likely that we won't have any transcripts for my interview. Will London be bothered?

What we do have for the I-134 is: 6 payslips (covering 3 months) and a letter from his employer. Will that be enough to satisfy London? Should we bring more payslips?

I don't want to slip up on something that could have been avoided.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

What we do have for the I-134 is: 6 payslips (covering 3 months) and a letter from his employer. Will that be enough to satisfy London? .

YES

He will need his tax return info when you apply for your greencard so keep on it. He needs 3 years of filing OR a statement why he wasn't required to file. It can't be as simple as "I didn't earn enough." It has to state exactly what he earned in the UK converted into US dollars and the threshold for filing each of those years. If he earned over $9000ish, he likely needs to file late returns.

Edited June 10, 2013 by Nich-Nick

[Laura. 90]

YES

He will need his tax return info when you apply for your greencard so keep on it. He needs 3 years of filing OR a statement why he wasn't required to file. It can't be as simple as "I didn't earn enough." It has to state exactly what he earned in the UK converted into US dollars and the threshold for filing each of those years. If he earned over $9000ish, he likely needs to file late returns.

Ah thanks!

I'll keep at him about getting it sorted.

[kdg 24]

to clarify, even though my children will NOT be moving with me or following I still need to submit copies of their birth certificates with my DS 157?

to clarify, even though my children will NOT be moving with me or following I still need to submit copies of their birth certificates with my DS 157?