how long should i expect to wait for interview date?

[Azsara 110]

I know what you mean.. its just tough when family are breathing down your neck trying to get certainties out of you! I really dont want to disappoint anyone.

Out of interest, do you know what kind of average time people are waiting for their visa delivery? We opted to have it delivered to the south london depot because we can drive there in an hour instead of waiting extra days for delivery.

Yea thats not a bad idea. I think "on average" people are waiting around 5-6 working days. But im going to monitor the recent visa interviewees to see how long its taking them

and maybe add 2-3 days to that for people getting courier delivery

[jola83 19]

So is it quicker to just have the visa sent to one of those stated places instead of a home address?.I know from looking at the options on website there is a place as the next town from me but I'd rather take that drive when the time comes if it means me getting my visa quicker

[Azsara 110]

So is it quicker to just have the visa sent to one of those stated places instead of a home address?.I know from looking at the options on website there is a place as the next town from me but I'd rather take that drive when the time comes if it means me getting my visa quicker

Jola any news? Any sniff of packet 4?

[jola83 19]

Nope nothing :-/

How long after you got assigned a interview date was it that they sent packet 4 out to u?

[Azsara 110]

on the 23rd of august DOS gave me that interview date and packet 4 arrived on the 29th x

[jola83 19]

Hmm my last update was 30th August.if the theory that dos don't know what they are talking about

Is right that would be the day they assigned it

[nobbie 105]

Hmm my last update was 30th August.if the theory that dos don't know what they are talking about

Is right that would be the day they assigned it

does seem to be around 5-7 days from when it is assigned to getting the letter. I would not rely on the CEAC site update meaning anything, I have my appt letter dated 23 Aug but my case on CEAC has not updated since 15 Aug and I think that was receipt of docs and medical.

[jola83 19]

does seem to be around 5-7 days from when it is assigned to getting the letter. I would not rely on the CEAC site update meaning anything, I have my appt letter dated 23 Aug but my case on CEAC has not updated since 15 Aug and I think that was receipt of docs and medical.

Yea I've heard of people not getting updated for certain things but I got two random updates which dos can't even see for some reason.the same thing happened to someone else on here and it turns out it was the logging of their medical

[nobbie 105]

Yea I've heard of people not getting updated for certain things but I got two random updates which dos can't even see for some reason.the same thing happened to someone else on here and it turns out it was the logging of their medical

I would guess your update on 30th is a good sign, they seem to send stuff out on Fridays, mine was 23rd yours 30th., your medical was one day after mine so maybe you just missed that fridays. Hope you get your letter this week.

[jola83 19]

I hope so too, nothing today i guess there is still tommorow

[Kate33 4]

I had my medical 3 weeks ago (I sent in all the Packet 3 forms well before that) and still haven't been assigned an interview date. This is getting very tedious...

[jola83 19]

I had my medical 3 weeks ago (I sent in all the Packet 3 forms well before that) and still haven't been assigned an interview date. This is getting very tedious...

Do u know if your forms have been logged?. Its comming up for five weeks for me.I received a email reply from the embassy today asking what date I sent my forms, tedious indeed

[Kate33 4]

Yes, I sent my forms in July; but I only had my medical 3 weeks ago because I was visiting my fiance in the US most of July and August. My status on CEAC says:

Your case is ready for your interview when scheduled at the U.S. Consular section. If you have already scheduled an appointment for an interview, please prepare your documents as directed in your appointment letter and appear at the consulate on the appointed date and time. Otherwise, please wait until you have been notified of your interview appointment.

which I presume means they have the forms.

I also wrote the embassy a couple of weeks ago to notify them of my revised wedding date and change of address, didn't get a reply.

Good luck!

Kate

[Jeannie & Al 18]

It probably will go just fine. There are hundreds and hundreds of offices across the US. Some have workers who, like your lawyer, think a K1 is not eligible or don't know how to find the name or any other crazy story. K1s are eligible for 90 days, but the SSA won't process the application when there is only 2 weeks left of your 90 days.

Print off this from the SSA which clearly says a K1 is eligible for a card. if somebody says NO, don't get frustrated and leave. Ask for a supurvisor and try to be helped. https://secure.ssa.gov/apps10/poms.nsf/lnx/0110211530

My husband had no issues at all. We were already married and had applied for AOS. There is no need for them to ask if you are married. But there is also no telling what any one of thousands of workers might do because a K1 is a rare thing to them.

Just wanted to follow up on this...we printed out our I-94 and had the backup printed out from your post just in case...we went to the SS office on Friday. We were lucky in that we had a very short wait, and had a lovely girl who was very knowledgeable about K-1s and said no problem, this will just take me a couple minutes. We thought we were in the clear...

Unfortunately, my fiance's mom gave him two middle names for some long reason and our lovely Immigration Dept put his first name and his two middle names in the first name field on his paperwork...and it all doesn't fit in the box on the Social Security Card...you can't make these things up. so she said they have contacted Immigration and it could take more than a month to rectify...they gave us a notification to follow up in a month if we haven't heard anything....we could have had the card in 3 days otherwise. We of course called his mom to razz her about giving him so many names.

But once again, had we listened to our attorney instead of you and others on this board saying not to wait until we were married to apply for the SSN, we would have been behind another month since we're not being married until the end of this month...I hope we will still be able to file everything right after the wedding with this little snafu...lol - expect the unexpected in this process huh?

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

...I hope we will still be able to file everything right after the wedding with this little snafu...lol - expect the unexpected in this process huh?

Well, you tried. You don't need a SSN to file, so the snafu won't matter.