Question regarding NOA2/London Embassy

[goingslowlycrazy 0]

Hi all,

My fiancee and I received our NOA1 on February 24th. At the time, we were thinking (perhaps wishfully) that perhaps a July or August wedding would be possible. However, here we are on June 11th without NOA2. We will be dealing with the London Embassy, and I see that it is taking an average of two months or so between NOA2 and the interview itself. Therefore, even if we were approved tomorrow, the interview would not be until mid-August, according to this data.

We would like to know whether the two months that is given as the average time between NOA2 and the interview can be reduced depending on how organized the beneficiary is with returning forms, etc. With things looking increasingly unlikely for a July/August wedding, we are considering booking a vacation next month instead, and having the ceremony next January.

We don't want to book the vacation, and then find out we could have followed through on our original plan. What do you guys think?

Thanks

[canadian_wife 1,829]

A lot of what you want depends on when NVC receives your file from USCIS, sometimes this can take a month in itself and there is nothing you can do about it

Basically, there are SO many variables that you cannot control that trying to plan anything may just lead to disapointment, as you can see from your projected July/August wedding.

What happens if you book a vacation only to have to cancel it because that is your interview date? Or the window for her medical?

Good luck

[stevo222 18]

Hi goingslowly,

Your NOA1 trails my NOA1 by almost exactly two months (mine was Dec 22). Got my NOA2 on May 9 (139 days, which beat the 5 months by two weeks). Might not see your NOA2 before early July, based on that. Then add two months to the interview (maybe in UK it can happen faster?). Good Luck to you, but looks a lot like a September Visa approval.

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

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We would like to know whether the two months that is given as the average time between NOA2 and the interview can be reduced depending on how organized the beneficiary is with returning forms, etc.

There's things you can be doing right now to reduce your time. See the first post in this UK FORUM thread http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/350185-london-2012-k1s-from-noa2-to-interview-thread/ then keep reading the whole thread for many tips. The police certificate link has changed and I can't edit the post but a correction is given later in the thread.

July/August is probably ambitious given you don't have petition approval yet, but you could get your London ducks in a row and be ready.

[OrderofProtection 42]

My NOA 1 date is 2/9 and I've never expected him here before about Labor Day. It think it's a bit of wishful thinking to think July/Aug, especially with all that's going on re: 2012 Olympics.

I'd plan mid-September or later.

Good luck!

[Knope2012 10]

Hi all,

My fiancee and I received our NOA1 on February 24th. At the time, we were thinking (perhaps wishfully) that perhaps a July or August wedding would be possible. However, here we are on June 11th without NOA2. We will be dealing with the London Embassy, and I see that it is taking an average of two months or so between NOA2 and the interview itself. Therefore, even if we were approved tomorrow, the interview would not be until mid-August, according to this data.

We would like to know whether the two months that is given as the average time between NOA2 and the interview can be reduced depending on how organized the beneficiary is with returning forms, etc. With things looking increasingly unlikely for a July/August wedding, we are considering booking a vacation next month instead, and having the ceremony next January.

We don't want to book the vacation, and then find out we could have followed through on our original plan. What do you guys think?

Thanks

We sent in our petition on Jan. 13th and we still don't have an NOA2. The London embassy is slow and takes 2-3 months to get an interview, so right now, we're hoping to have him here in September. I would count on October probably, and the service center seem to be a little behind right now.

[orangedesk 27]

Hi all,

My fiancee and I received our NOA1 on February 24th. At the time, we were thinking (perhaps wishfully) that perhaps a July or August wedding would be possible. However, here we are on June 11th without NOA2. We will be dealing with the London Embassy, and I see that it is taking an average of two months or so between NOA2 and the interview itself. Therefore, even if we were approved tomorrow, the interview would not be until mid-August, according to this data.

We would like to know whether the two months that is given as the average time between NOA2 and the interview can be reduced depending on how organized the beneficiary is with returning forms, etc. With things looking increasingly unlikely for a July/August wedding, we are considering booking a vacation next month instead, and having the ceremony next January.

We don't want to book the vacation, and then find out we could have followed through on our original plan. What do you guys think?

Thanks

Hi!!! I'm going through the London embassy as well. I don't want to be the bearer of bad news, but I think you'd be cutting it really close with the July/August wedding. I received my NOA2 in May and had a pretty quick NVC/packet 3 process. I've seen a few posts where people are waiting at NVC for a month before getting the case number they need to book the medical and receive packet 3, so just keep that in mind.

The biggest thing though is that when I called to pay the visa fee, the woman on the phone said that realistically, I should expect an August interview date. I know you can request the first available date and advise of a planned wedding date in the cover letter/DS-2001 that you send to the embassy... but that's what I was told, which was kind of discouraging. You can save a lot of time if you head over to the UK forum and read the pinned thread at the top... but there's no guarantees with how fast you'll get an interview.