Am I Interview Ready?

[TomandCatie 7]

Thanks very much TomandCatie and VLRWHS!! I am so happy everything is moving along.

And Catie congrats on finding out your interview date!!! You must be thrilled!!

Does anyone know how long it generally take between packet 3 being "logged" and packet 4 arriving?

I've seen very different estimates different places and have not been sure if the estimates are from the date it is signed for at the embassy and the date it is logged into the system....(Up until recently I thought logged and delivered were the same thing!)

And does anyone happen to know if our CEAC status will be updated again once we're assigned an interview date? Or is this IT until the actual interview....

Mine were logged from the beginning, SO taking in to account that they received everything on the 9th... it took 8 days (6 working days) to get my interview scheduled.

And yes, it was updated on CEAC to show the interview had been scheduled. So expect another update for that

[catsanddogs 0]

Thank you for the info! I reaalllyyyy hope our timeline is the same as yours. Fingers crossed

[Dbkrantz 16]

Hi Guys,

I have an update dated today on CEAC, but no replies from London Visa Unit, so this might mean that our forms have finally been logged! Will call DoS and confirm!

[catsanddogs 0]

Excellent news!!!

[Dbkrantz 16]

Yes, that would be indeed, if the forms have been logged (tbc). But according to the tracker, no interview yet, I am still waiting for one to be scheduled.

[catsanddogs 0]

I know, I'm still waiting too. Hopefully it won't be too long now...

Do you happen to know what exactly the tracker says once the interview date has been assigned? Is it something other than "READY"?

[TomandCatie 7]

Mine says "Ready" still, and the underneath part hasn't changed. However, when the glitch stuff was going on, the first sentence changed to "Your interview has been scheduled" so it might say either one.

[catsanddogs 0]

Thank you very much for that info!!

Just spoke to the DoS (very short wait time for anyone else who may be wanting to call today). No interview scheduled, and she said she didn't know how long it would take because every case is different...

[Jviddy 1]

Hi Guys

Sorry to commedeer this thread but i didn;t want to post another am i ready for my interview thread with this one at the top.

Is there a check list of what you need to take with you to the interview.

I've got my inteview on Monday so i'm into full on panic mode (fly to london on Saturday so need to be ready by friday).

So far my stack of paper looks like this. Can anyone tell me what else i'm missing

stuff needed tick copy Appointment letter my Passport yes DS-230 my Birth cert yes marriage cert yes police cert yes 2 passport photos wife Passport child Passport wife Birth Cert child Birth cert 3 colour photos of the three of us I-864 wife yes 3 tax return bank statement birth cert proof of moving back cruise booking email from nany agency lettter from E+D about living there letter from gran about moving out email from nuirsery letter expalining moving back i-864 co sponsor yes tax returns passport birth cert

[catsanddogs 0]

Looks good to me/similar to what other people bring. Although I am by NO means an expert on this, so hopefully someone who knows more will weigh in...

Also: question for the group -- when using a co-sponsor, does one need both passport copy AND birth certificate? Or would one of those things suffice on its own?

[lost_at_sea 995]

London's document check list for interview: http://london.usembassy.gov/application_documents.html

[Dbkrantz 16]

I forgot to keep you guys posted but the forms which were received at the embassy on August 16th have been logged into the system early this morning!