UK VJers Progress Update Thread

[DJ6372 111]

Ahhh thank you!! I feel assured now I was manically stressing yesterday looking at AOS stuff.. wahh!

I think some embassies schedule medical and interview at the same time so there is no delay in between! WHY CAN'T LONDON DO THAT!

Assuming they took bloods, they need to be screened

And anyway why should they schedule same day, they really don't care what you want

Just saying

[Emmylou151 44]

They cant do the interview and medical on the same day as Knightsbridge have to get the results to the Embassy so we'd always have 2 trips to do - we get it easy compared to some as we are only a small country and have pretty good transport links so the travel is limited - China for example can have a heck of a trip getting to their locations!

It would be too easy for them both to be arranged at the same time - we need things to stress over, we would only create a whole new bunch of stuff to worry about if it was too simple...

Fingers crossed everyone waiting hears good news soon

Assuming they took bloods, they need to be screened

And anyway why should they schedule same day, they really don't care what you want

Just saying

I know they don't care. I was just expressing some emotion and frustration to my VJ family. And I meant that some embassies let you book the within a few days of each other .. meaning you don't have to have had your medical before getting an interview scheduled.

Either way...

Came home to a letter from London. My interview is 25th January!!!

I can sense more coming our way...!

Edited January 13, 2016 by Emmylou151

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

The blood has to go to the lab so there's a 3-4 day delay between medical and results. It might equally stressful to you to attend your interview and not be told whether you are approved. It's like showing up without a document. No way to approve you without it. So you wait at home for the results to get to the embassy, for them to organize your file and go back for review by the officer (again), then the additional processing leading up to printing.

London issues almost 500 visas per day. It is more efficient for them to have an officer review your complete case in one go and approve you. They are positive your medical results will be there instead of hoping you schedule a few days in advance and hoping there are no hiccups. It's an effort to move things along so they don't get backlogged for many months. The same with paying in advance and scheduling the courier online. It used to be on the day of the interview. Just another way to get people in and out faster on interview day so they can keep up with the demand.

[trudi 1,317]

I know they don't care. I was just expressing some emotion and frustration to my VJ family. And I meant that some embassies let you book the within a few days of each other .. meaning you don't have to have had your medical before getting an interview scheduled.

Either way...

Came home to a letter from London. My interview is 25th January!!!

I can sense more coming our way...!

Woohooo that is fantastic news!

[DJ6372 111]

I know they don't care. I was just expressing some emotion and frustration to my VJ family. And I meant that some embassies let you book the within a few days of each other .. meaning you don't have to have had your medical before getting an interview scheduled.

Either way...

Came home to a letter from London. My interview is 25th January!!!

I can sense more coming our way...!

Great news!!!

There are a lot of things I wished the USCIS/NVC and all did better, speed the eff up was always my beef!!

Your nearly there, paaaaaarty time soon lol

[gavw72 23]

Pretty much agree with what Nick says about the interview & medical on the same day - yes it's an extra trip to London with the added expense but not everyone's medical is straightforward. For example at my medical the doctor said I had a swollen thyroid that needed investigating by my GP. This took 6 weeks of GP appointment, specialist referral (had to go private because of the 10 week delay on the NHS), then an ultrasound followed by a follow up with the specialist to sign me off & do the letter for Knightsbridge!

They were really quick at the embassy - my appointment was at 9am. I arrived at 755 & joined the line. Was through security & in by about 840. Called for my docs at 905 (took about 10mins), called for interview at 10 & out of the building by 1020! Only saw about 10 immigrant numbers on the screen while I was in there.

AOS - I've pretty much completed all the forms for AOS, EAD & AP. Apart from the things that I'll get after the wedding all the docs are ready to go.

This is my list so far…….. comments if necessary lol (obviously if you've never been arrested or aren't adopted then you won't need those items)

AOS

(MAIN APPLICATION)

· COVERING LETTER

· FEE OF $1070

· FORM I-485

· POLICE CERTIFICATE, SAR & PND

· ADDITIONAL ARREST LETTER

· COPY OF PASSPORT BIOGRAPHICAL PAGE

· COPY OF PASSPORT VISA PAGE

· ELECTRONIC I-94 COPY

· GRO LETTER, ADOPTION & BIRTH CERTIFICATE

· CERTIFIED COPY OF MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE

· COPY OF NOA2 (I-797)

· G-325A FORM (BIOMETRICS)

· 2 PASSPORT PHOTOS (US SIZE) (FULL NAME & A# ON BACK)

· I-864 WITH PROOFS

· COPY OF VACCINATION SHEET

(EAD)

· I-765 FORM

· COPY OF NOA2 (I-797)

· COPY OF PASSPORT BIOGRAPHICAL PAGE

· COPY OF PASSPORT VISA PAGE

· ELECTRONIC I-94 COPY

· 2 PASSPORT PHOTOS (US SIZE) (FULL NAME & A# ON BACK)

(AP)

· I-131 FORM

· COPY OF NOA2 (I-797)

· COPY OF PASSPORT BIOGRAPHICAL PAGE

· COPY OF PASSPORT VISA PAGE

· ELECTRONIC I-94 COPY

· 2 PASSPORT PHOTOS (US SIZE) (FULL NAME & A# ON BACK)

Edited January 13, 2016 by gavw72

[AndyR82 8]

I know they don't care. I was just expressing some emotion and frustration to my VJ family. And I meant that some embassies let you book the within a few days of each other .. meaning you don't have to have had your medical before getting an interview scheduled.

Either way...

Came home to a letter from London. My interview is 25th January!!!

I can sense more coming our way...!

Excellent news there

So it's just 11 days away now

[Emmylou151 44]

Great news!!!

There are a lot of things I wished the USCIS/NVC and all did better, speed the eff up was always my beef!!

Your nearly there, paaaaaarty time soon lol

Excellent news there

So it's just 11 days away now

Thank you so much both of you.

This goes to EVERYONE on VJ. It's been a life saver having this community!! I am keeping everything crossed for those waiting on interview to get it ASAP.

*when* I get approved, my POE will be Arizona, 11th Feb 2016.

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL! And PLEASE - keep me updated as usual! xxxx

[AndyR82 8]

Thank you so much both of you.

This goes to EVERYONE on VJ. It's been a life saver having this community!! I am keeping everything crossed for those waiting on interview to get it ASAP.

*when* I get approved, my POE will be Arizona, 11th Feb 2016.

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL! And PLEASE - keep me updated as usual! xxxx

It is a good place to be on here otherwise I would've cracked up a long time ago.

Cheers hopefully not too much longer

You're going into a nice warm area, smarter than me looking to go into the frozen tundra

[Emmylou151 44]

It is a good place to be on here otherwise I would've cracked up a long time ago.

Cheers hopefully not too much longer

You're going into a nice warm area, smarter than me looking to go into the frozen tundra

ooooohh really?! Where? I'm a sun worshiper. My fiancé knows that if we move states it will have to be somewhere warm!!! Lets hope you don't mind the cold then!

[AndyR82 8]

ooooohh really?! Where? I'm a sun worshiper. My fiancé knows that if we move states it will have to be somewhere warm!!! Lets hope you don't mind the cold then!

Davenport IA, the home of the former WWE World Champion, Seth Rollins, and not a lot else I'm a Slipknot fan, so there is a bit of satisfaction listening to them in their home state.

It's been like -22 without the windchill at the moment, it's a little nippy, thankfully all my warm stuff is over there already.

Your be set in Arizona, none of that nasty humidity just proper warmth.

Haha your have him well trained ;D

[Emmylou151 44]

Woohooo that is fantastic news!

THANK YOU TRUDI!!! <3

[Emmylou151 44]

Davenport IA, the home of the former WWE World Champion, Seth Rollins, and not a lot else I'm a Slipknot fan, so there is a bit of satisfaction listening to them in their home state.

It's been like -22 without the windchill at the moment, it's a little nippy, thankfully all my warm stuff is over there already.

Your be set in Arizona, none of that nasty humidity just proper warmth.

Haha your have him well trained ;D

WOW !! -22 is something I could NOT handle! You are a lot more bad ### than me!!! Good ol' Slipknot hey!! Still going....!

Oh he is super well trained, I started at a younger age, made sure I rewarded him with teats for good behaviour, and now he doesn't even wee on the carpet!!

[AndyR82 8]

WOW !! -22 is something I could NOT handle! You are a lot more bad ### than me!!! Good ol' Slipknot hey!! Still going....!

Oh he is super well trained, I started at a younger age, made sure I rewarded him with teats for good behaviour, and now he doesn't even wee on the carpet!!

Haha it's not too bad really it feels colder in Bournemouth, when it's -2, go figure!

Yeah seen them a few times, I'll miss Download and those types of festivals but the local arena has had them, Crue and Metallica fairly recently.

Good work! The better half is 10 years older than me so she's training me well, haha us blokes are a bit notorious for doing that especially after a few vodkas

[Emmylou151 44]

Question ref interview documents I need to take...

Would I be correct in saying that the documents they ask for (other than birth certificate whereby you bring yours AND your USC fiancé), are documents relevant to the INTERVIEWEE only?! For example, it says military records, my fiancé WAS in the military - I am not.. so I don't bring HIS military docs?!