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London Embassy Interview - APPROVED!!!

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I finally had my interview in London yesterday and thankfully my visa was approved. I was so happy I almost had a little cry on the way out of the Embassy!

My appointment was at 10.30am and I arrived at 10am to find a long queue of people waiting. I stood outside until 11am before they let me inside. On entering the Embassy building I was given a ticket and told to listen for my number.

After about 30 minutes I was called to a window. The lady behind the glass looked me up and down and said that I looked too young and too carefree to be married! She was really lovely and wouldn't shut up about her kids. She took all my original documents and then took my fingerprints too. All my paperwork was in order so she gave me back my x-ray and told me to take a seat and wait for my number to be called again.

I was only waiting for 5 minutes before I was called back to another window. The man behind the glass asked me to confirm my name and he scanned my fingerprints again. I was asked to raise my right hand and swear that I would tell the truth.

He then asked the following questions:

How did you meet your wife?

Where is she now?

What does she do?

Where will you live?

When were you last in the US?

Who is your co-sponsor?

He asked all of these in a really casual manner as he was flicking through all the papers. He was very light hearted and non-threatening.

He then said all my paperwork was in order and that I should receive the visa along with my passport in 3-5 days.

After that I paid for the courier service and left the Embassy by 1pm.

Thank you to everyone who has answered my questions and to everyone that posts on this site. It has been a great resource for me and a fantastic support system for what is undoubtedly a stressful and often frustrating process.

Jamie (Scotland) + Katie (USA)

01-01-2002 - Moved to NYC on J-1 Student Visa.

30-10-2002 - Met Katie in NYC.

01-02-2003 - I return to Scotland.

2002 /2004 - Back and forth UK/USA (many times!)

30-10-2004 - Proposed to Katie. YES!!!

03-02-2005 - Married in Glasgow.

01-03-2005 - Katie returns to US to file UK visa application.

29-03-2005 - UK visa issued!!

06-04-2005 - Katie comes home to Scotland.

11-04-2005 - Filed I-130 DCF London Embassy

14-04-2005 - DCF rejected. Must file through a US SC.

02-06-2005 - Filed I-130 TSC

13-06-2005 - Receipt notice from CSC

28-12-2005 - Received email notification, I-130 approved 21-12-05!!

09-01-2006 - Case received by NVC, case number assigned.

15-11-2006 - NVC complete case and forward to Embassy in London.

19-01-2007 - Interview scheduled for Feb 28th.

06-02-2007 - Medical in London

28-02-2007 - Visa Interview - APPROVED!!!

02-03-2007 - Visa in hand.

23-05-2007 - Enter USA through Newark (EWR)

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Well done James! It must be a huge relief after such a drawn out process.

Coincidentally, my wife and I flew back from London the day you had your interview. I had my medical on Tuesday.

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Congrats!!

Anna (Chicago) and Javon (Jamaica)

USCIS: I-130 Process

10/30/06 - Married to my loving husband

01/06/07 - NOA1 ($190)

05/16/07 - NOA2!!!!!

NVC: CR-1 Process

05/21/07 - NVC recv'd case (per rep @ NVC)

05/29/07 - NVC Assigned Case # (KNG2007******)

06/01/07 - Faxed change of address request to NVC

06/08/07 - NVC confirmed new address

06/18/07 - DS-3032 (Choice of Agent) & AOS (I-864) Fee Bill generated

06/23/07 - Recv'd DS-3032 & AOS Bill via snail mail

07/09/07 - Emailed DS-3032 (Choice of Agent) to NVC

07/19/07 - Mailed AOS Fee Bill ($70) to St. Louis, MO

07/19/07 - Recv'd email from NVC - Choice of Agent was accepted

07/23/07 - IV (DS-230) Fee Bill was generated

08/11/07 - Recv'd IV Fee Bill via snail mail

08/15/07 - Recv'd AOS Packet in the mail

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