CR1 London Visa Interview Earlier Reschedule?

[JennyWhiteley 2]

Hi everyone =)

Firstly, I have looked high and low on the forums and cant really find an answer to my question, so if anyone does find it please let me know, but I did also try to answer my question before I asked it =P

I have sent my AOS and IV packets to the NVC and I'm now waiting for a case complete. (And hopefully no RFE's!)

Once my interview is scheduled in London, I want to know how easy it is, and likely it is to get an earlier interview date, and how I would go about it? I was just having a look and I can get a 6 hour train to London for £60 leaving latest 6:00pm to be able to attend an interview the very next day.

I can also head to London asap to get my medical done so that can be done well before the interview.

Has anyone on here asked for an earlier interview date in London? Are they likely, or even possible? Would they give me one with 24 hours notice if I asked for it? I'm so desperate to move already, and I have everything ready to go so I can leave in a heartbeat! =)

Any information or advice would be much appreciated!

Thank you very much =)

[AA100 19]

Hi,

It is not possible to schedule interview earlier because the interviews are scheduled by NVC unless there is a valid reason for e.g. medical treatment etc. Is there a reason you would like to get an earlier interview?

[cathy2904 97]

It has been done in London. When I am on my pc I will find the thread in which it was discussed at length and post a link. It was around the summer of 2011 when I was waiting for my interview date.

[cathy2904 97]

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/373164-bring-forward-london-interview-date/

The link is in this thread.

[justoleme 5]

Hi everyone =)

Firstly, I have looked high and low on the forums and cant really find an answer to my question, so if anyone does find it please let me know, but I did also try to answer my question before I asked it =P

I have sent my AOS and IV packets to the NVC and I'm now waiting for a case complete. (And hopefully no RFE's!)

Once my interview is scheduled in London, I want to know how easy it is, and likely it is to get an earlier interview date, and how I would go about it? I was just having a look and I can get a 6 hour train to London for £60 leaving latest 6:00pm to be able to attend an interview the very next day.

I can also head to London asap to get my medical done so that can be done well before the interview.

Has anyone on here asked for an earlier interview date in London? Are they likely, or even possible? Would they give me one with 24 hours notice if I asked for it? I'm so desperate to move already, and I have everything ready to go so I can leave in a heartbeat! =)

Any information or advice would be much appreciated!

Thank you very much =)

As i myself am also going down the exact road you have , may i ask what paperwork you took to your interview please? i just want to be sure i have all i need for January.

Thank you and Congratulations.

[JennyWhiteley 2]

As i myself am also going down the exact road you have , may i ask what paperwork you took to your interview please? i just want to be sure i have all i need for January.

Thank you and Congratulations.

Hi!

I took literally every single piece of paper I could think of, honestly the more you have the safer you will be, just take EBERYTHING!

Here is my interview review if that also helps you prepare =) Please dont hesiate to ask me any questions and super good luck! Oh and laso, i was never able to reschedule my interview =)

London CR1 interview

I left my friends flat at 7:00am after triple checking all my paperwork. I arrived at marble arch just before 7:30, and I picked up a chai latte and dropped off my cellphone and key fob at Goulds Pharmacy before waking to the embassy. I had assumed there would be a really long queue, but I just walked straight up to the desk and showed the woman my interview letter and I was directed to the security booth, where I out my bag through the scanner and was told to take a sip of my drink to prove it wasn't dangerous. I walked round the right had side of the building to a set of doors and walked up to a reception type desk where I handed over my interview letter again and the lady stuck a strip of stickers on it all with barcoded and the number I908. Now my interview was only at 9:00am, but I think that when you arrive at the embassy, irrespective of the time of your "actual" interview, you're given the next number along in your visa category and you essentially form a new queue with your assigned numbers. So if you want to get out of there early, get there early And don't listened to the "don't arrive over an hour before your interview" because I did and no one seemed to care in the slightest!

Right back to the interview: you walk into a really long rectangular room with rows and rows of seats facing a bank of television screens up high on the opposite wall to where you came in. The left hand screen was black at the time but as soon a the interviews started at 8:00am it was turned on and flicked through the N(non immigrant) I(immigrant) visas and various other letters and numbers to indicate other visas (I also saw L & V). I have no idea how long it took for me to be called up finally, but I chatted to naive guy there for a tourist visa for probably an hour and a half before I was called up to window 14.

A really nice friendly American guy greeted me and took my fingerprints from both hands and had a look through all my paperwork. He took my passport and interview letter, made me sign the back of my photos I had brought (just incase, even though I sent some to the NVC too, good thing I did!!). He also asked when I wanted to fly, and even though I wanted to leave on the Monday or Tuesday the next week, I told him I wanted to leave on the weekend. I wold very strongly advise that even if you want to fly in a month, tell them you want to fly asap, or you get put on the bottom of the pile! My interview was Tuesday, my visa was issued 24 hours later and is available for pick up today(Friday) from my local depot. I have seen too many people waiting weeks for their passports and it really stresses them out, so unless you need to delay the return of your passport for as long as possible I would just say you are flying within a few days to get it back asap and take that stress off yourself! After he had asked me a few further questions about where I lived and had a look through everything, he handed back my interview letter and told me to go and sit down and listen out for my number again.

After chatting to more people (it's really good at cal ing you down!) I was called up again to window 16 this time and was greeted by a very stoned faced, brown haired American man called Michael. After checking my fingerprints to see if it was still me, and making me raise my right hand and swear the information in the documents before him and that I was about to give was correct, he asked me:

Where my husband and I met

How he proposed

What our degrees were

What Dan wants to do for a job

What first attracted me to my husband

Where we are going to live when I get there

How long it had been since I last saw him

What did we do for our first date

He hardly smiled at all though the interview and didn't do much to settle my nerves, unlike the man I had before who put me at ease! What was worse was that after asking me this question he just got up and walked away!! No "excuse me a moment" or "I'll be right back" he just buggered off down the row of desks behind him and went to talk to someone there. It really terrified me that I was about to be denied!! Thankfully when he came back he said "I'm going to approve your visa" to which I squealed yay!! He then told me about how I would get my passport back (courier) and that I shouldn't open the envelope that comes with my passport as that's only for the immigration officers at the POE. I also told him about my imminent travel plans to reiterate the need for a quick issuance before hugging my paperwork to my chest and dancing my way out of there!!! Needless to say a lot of skyping ensued between my husband, his parents, my parents, my friends and I!! We are all so thrilled

A quick summary of some pointers:

Take extra passport photos, it can't hurt

Get the early to get out early

Tell them you plan to travel within a few days to get your passport back ASAP and not stress about where it might be.

Good luck on your interview day

[Avery Cates 1,141]

London embassy is more or less a walk in the park. They give you interview times and tell you not to show up more than an hour before because they don't want a crush of people showing up at 8:00 AM, but they're pretty loose with the time you're actually allowed in, and it's a first come first served type deal.

As far as scheduling earlier interviews, they tell you when your interview is, and they don't change them to earlier dates without good reason. Everyone wants their interview date earlier. They have to schedule them however they do.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Hi!

I took literally every single piece of paper I could think of, honestly the more you have the safer you will be, just take EBERYTHING!

Hi Jenny,

Can you clarify what you mean by "everything"? Is it literal? I'll need to reconstruct the I-130 petition if that is the case, because my printer broke back when I made the original one and I just wanted to get it sent off!

I was just planning on taking updated proof of a bonafide marriage, but I'm guessing that is woefully inadequate

[lost_at_sea 995]

Hi Jenny,

Can you clarify what you mean by "everything"? Is it literal? I'll need to reconstruct the I-130 petition if that is the case, because my printer broke back when I made the original one and I just wanted to get it sent off!

I was just planning on taking updated proof of a bonafide marriage, but I'm guessing that is woefully inadequate

Here's the list of stuff you need to take (you don't need to take a copy of the petition you submitted): http://london.usembassy.gov/application_documents.html

London doesn't generally need to see more relationship evidence. People take stuff anyway, but it ends up mostly just being a security blanket. You can read more interview reviews here: http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?cnty=United+Kingdom&cty=&dfilter=5&topic=IR-1%2FCR-1+Visa

Edited November 27, 2013 by lost_at_sea

[CounterProductive 0]

I just e-mailed the embassy once I got my interview date and they moved it sooner due to a cancellation. It never hurts to try.

[Ketsuban 1,034]

Here's the list of stuff you need to take (you don't need to take a copy of the petition you submitted): http://london.usembassy.gov/application_documents.html

London doesn't generally need to see more relationship evidence. People take stuff anyway, but it ends up mostly just being a security blanket. You can read more interview reviews here: http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?cnty=United+Kingdom&cty=&dfilter=5&topic=IR-1%2FCR-1+Visa

That is really helpful, thank you