IR-1 approved today

[Lovemad 7]

Hi everyone, I am pleased to report that my IR-1 visa was also approved today. I am incredibly happy that I had a very quick and smooth interview, and would like to thank the VJ family for all of their help and support throughout this process. My husband and I are totally grateful, and I'll definitely be sure to stick around and do what I can to help others with their visa journeys. So happy to see that other VJers also had a good interview and got approved today too. I will be sure to post a review of the consulate and my interview ASAP. Thanks again VJ.

[erin&fi 3]

Congratulations!

[wilfon 30]

Congratulations

[Darnell 8,478]

Congratulations ! Whatcha cooking, to celebrate ?

[Memphis 26]

woohoo.. congrats!

[ndu26 114]

congrats!!!!

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ConGraTuLaTions

[Lovemad 7]

Congratulations!

Congratulations

Congratulations ! Whatcha cooking, to celebrate ?

woohoo.. congrats!

congrats!!!!

ConGraTuLaTions

Thank you all for your good wishes. So happy, especially when my passport arrived on Monday. I have now posted my embassy/interview review, so hope it's of some help. Any questions, feel free to ask. Once again, thank you VJ!

[MikeJill 5]

Congratulations!!! Heading off now to read your review....can't wait to be going to the embassy

[Memphis 26]

Congrats!

[Lovemad 7]

Congratulations!!! Heading off now to read your review....can't wait to be going to the embassy

Congrats!

Thanks for your good wishes and all the best with your visa journeys.

I received a couple of PMs with questions relating to my interview/embassy review, which I will answer here so that the answers I provide are available to any VJers who feel they may be of some use. I will be going to the US in May of this year. I stayed at the Queens Park Hotel in Bayswater, it cost me £50 (which IMO is reasonable for London) for the night and it was clean and comfortable. Check out booking.com The room was small but had everything I needed for the night, and plus from 7am continental breakfast is available, which was included in the price. I chose this hotel because of the price, because it is located in what I deem a safe part of London and also because of its proximity to Queensway tube station, which is on the central line. As Bond Street is also on the central line, I knew that I could get a direct tube to the embassy without having to change lines, which was particularly important as I had an appointment at 8am and wanted to ensure I arrived on time. Some may say that Marble Arch tube station is nearer to the embassy than Bond Street, Marble Arch also falls on the central line so would be a direct tube from Queensway.

I was also asked about the DX courier service and selecting the standard option, which to my recollection was either £14.50 or £14.95. As I understand it, the option which you select does not determine how quickly your passport arrives but rather what time of day it arrives. With the standard option your passport will be delivered between 8am and 6pm on the delivery date. I recall another option which guaranteed that my passport would arrive by 8am was around £38, which is why I selected the standard option as it was almost double the price. I can't remember exactly what other delivery times and costs that were available. However, anyone can sign for the passport, so even if you are not home, it does not matter as long as someone else is. DX, the courier company also send you a text telling you what date your passport will be delivered, so you could plan around this, as I received the text a couple of days in advance.

[MikeJill 5]

Thank you I cannot wait to be going to London!!!

I hope all goes well with your move in May, and that you and your husband have a wonderful life together

[Lovemad 7]

I have also been asked what documents I took to my interview in a PM, and thought I'd also answer that here just so any who are interested can see. To the interview, I took a display book with 40 transparent pockets to put documents in, so that this way all my documents would be in the one place.

My documents:

1) My interview letter

2) My passport

3) 3 recent U.S sized passport photos (I got mine from Timpsons, and would recommend them to other UK based VJers as their service is quick and reasonably priced)

4) Printed copies of receipts for AOS and IV bills paid to the NVC

5) Photocopy of my birth certificate (original submitted to NVC)

6) Photocopy of my marriage certificate (original submitted to NVC)

7) Photocopy of my Police Certificate (original submitted to NVC)

8) Copies of my DS-230 parts I and II (submitted to NVC with Pt I signed and Pt II left unsigned)

9) Copies of the I-864 from my husband and my joint sponsor

10) Copy of my husband's 2012 W-2

11) Two most recent statements from our U.S joint account

12) Recent statements from my husband's personal account and for his stocks and shares

13) Recent statements from my UK savings accounts and stocks and shares

14) Receipt of payment from my medical and updated vaccine record provided by Knightsbridge Doctors at my medical

15) The Stubs of my boarding passes for my visits to see my husband in the U.S. (we sent photocopies with our I-130)

16) Copies of the pages in my husband's passport with stamps to show he visited me in the UK

17) Some recent pictures of the most recent time my husband and I saw each other, which were not submitted with our I-130

18) A selection of greeting cards which my husband and I had sent to each other, and also some cards which my in-laws sent to me

19) The checklists for our RFE and with my interview letter

We sent photocopies of each document along with the originals to the NVC, but I made sure I took another set of photocopies to London as there is now, I believe, a $1.00 charge to photocopy any documents if required at the embassy. We were not asked about most of these documents, but I felt better knowing that I had them to hand, if requested.

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Thank you all for your good wishes. So happy, especially when my passport arrived on Monday. I have now posted my embassy/interview review, so hope it's of some help. Any questions, feel free to ask. Once again, thank you VJ!

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