Visa question

[Cecileem12 3]

Hello VJ people,

I have two questions. My husband's CR1 interview is on Thursday June 20th. I applied from the states. Will they care that I've been with him most of time since July ?? I came on a spouse visa to the UK in July but I kept my USA address and applied to the Chicago lock box using my Usa address. Will they ask him about that or does it not matter to them? Also, if we are traveling and are not home when they deliver the visa, will they leave it at the post office for us to pick up when we return? Or will the take it back to London. We live in Scotland thanks everyone. I love this site !

[lost_at_sea 995]

I don't know the first bit of your question, but as for visa delivery - it's done by courier. So if you're not there when they deliver it, you'll need to reschedule delivery. It needs a signature. It won't get left somewhere for you.

Edited June 17, 2013 by lost_at_sea

[Penguin_ie 5,993]

It's a good thing that you lvied together for a while, it shows you have a bonafide marriage.

[Cecileem12 3]

Ok good. Thanks for your replys sorry for the type errors. This iPad makes silly mistakes when I type super fast! Lol

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Hello VJ people,

I have two questions. My husband's CR1 interview is on Thursday June 20th. I applied from the states. Will they care that I've been with him most of time since July ?? I came on a spouse visa to the UK in July but I kept my USA address and applied to the Chicago lock box using my Usa address. Will they ask him about that or does it not matter to them? Also, if we are traveling and are not home when they deliver the visa, will they leave it at the post office for us to pick up when we return? Or will the take it back to London. We live in Scotland thanks everyone. I love this site !

You can give any address to the courier when you make arrangements on interview day for passport and visa delivery. If you have a friend or relative who will be at home during the day, they can receive the visa for you. They say the receiving person needs some kind of ID from you like a credit card, a bill, driver license, but often the courier never asks. You do know that the passport is left at the embassy so make sure your travels don't require having your passport.

[Cecileem12 3]

You can give any address to the courier when you make arrangements on interview day for passport and visa delivery. If you have a friend or relative who will be at home during the day, they can receive the visa for you. They say the receiving person needs some kind of ID from you like a credit card, a bill, driver license, but often the courier never asks. You do know that the passport is left at the embassy so make sure your travels don't require having your passport.

[Cecileem12 3]

Would they allow us just to pick the visa up from the embassy a few days later instead of sending it thru the post? Also, do they arrange a specific day to deliver the package or is it a general estimate. If they arrange an exact day and time with us it won't be a problem. If its just an estimate we won't know if we would be back home in time. His interview is this Thursday and we won't be home until next Tuesday evenin June 25th.

[MikeJill 5]

To give you some idea, I had my interview on a Tuesday and the visa was delivered to my home the following Monday. I was able to specify the time of day, but not the date. Good luck to your husband

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

Would they allow us just to pick the visa up from the embassy a few days later instead of sending it thru the post? Also, do they arrange a specific day to deliver the package or is it a general estimate. If they arrange an exact day and time with us it won't be a problem. If its just an estimate we won't know if we would be back home in time. His interview is this Thursday and we won't be home until next Tuesday evenin June 25th.

You aren't allowed to pop back in the embassy to pick up a visa.

It's possible you could get it on Tuesday but some people wait a week to 10 days. The time to print it and turn over to the courier varies. Why don't you make arrangements with the courier to note it "do not deliver before Wednesday, June 26" and they could schedule you accordingly if it happens to get to them quickly.

[Ryan H 3,812]

Moved from IR-1/CR-1 Progress Reports to UK regional forum; topic is primarily about return of passport after the interview which is a country specific subject.