UK Steps After NVC Received

[TriloByte 1,818]

I have a few questions about the timing of the steps after NVC received.

 

I am attempting to make some sense out of and follow this: https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/applying-for-the-visa/

 

If you have been notified that the petition has been approved and you have received the Notice of Action, Form I-797, and NVC has advised you that your application has been transferred to the Embassy in London for processing, you are required to complete the following 5 steps to prepare for your immigrant visa interview. (Spouses of U.S. Citizens and their children applying for K-3 & K-4 visas are required to follow the same instructions).

Do I wait any time in between steps or do I just power through them as fast as humanly possible? 

 

Please do not schedule the visa interview until you have completed Steps 1 – 4.

 

Step 1 – Complete the application online Form DS-160 for each family member applying for a visa and print the confirmation page as it will be required at the time of your interview.  If a question does not apply to you, please mark it with a N/A.

This step is fairly clear but was unsure WHEN. NVC case checker says "At NVC". My lawyer says that in general, we can do the DS-160 now.

 

Step 2 – Assemble all of the documents required in support of your application, including the Affidavit of Support from your fiance(e) or in the case of a K3 visa applicant, spouse. Download the document checklist (PDF, 2 paqes).  Do not send any documents to the Immigrant Visa Unit.

This step is fairly clear and we've done all of this.

 

Step 3 – Schedule a medical examination with the Embassy approved  physician in London.  All visa applicants, regardless of age, require a medical examination.  Information about the medical, including how to book is available here.  The results of the medical examination will take 5 working days to be received by the Immigrant Visa Unit.

Can this be done right after the DS-160? Like for example today is June 30th, 2017 and we did the DS-160 on Jun 30th, 2017. Can the medical be scheduled on June 30th, 2017? As I mentioned above, our case is still "At NVC"

 

Step 4 –Once you have completed steps 1-3 above, notify the Immigrant Visa Unit that you are ready for an interview by using our Notification of Applicant Readiness online form, here.

Do we wait for the results of the medical to come back or do we just power forward and on the same day, June 30th, 2017, notify them that we are ready? Nowhere in step 3 does it say we must do the medical or wait for results before moving to step 4, It just says to schedule the medical.

 

Step 5 – Once you have submitted the Notification of Applicant Readiness online form in Step-4 above, you should schedule the visa interview and pay the MRV application fee.  Your passport will be returned to you by the Embassy approved courier service.  To ensure that there are no delays with the delivery, you must register with courier at the time you schedule the appointment.

Should we schedule the interview and pay the fee on June 30th, 2017? Assuming step 4 is done on June 30th, 2017? Then, what about the MRV fee? Is this different from the fee that we pay at the interview itself?

 

 

Edited June 30, 2017 by TriloByte

[Wuozopo 4,293]

For London, they want to have your case file in London and send the beneficiary a letter saying they are ready for you to begin. You can power through if you want, but the medical people will want certain things from you for the appt and the interview appointment system may not let you in if it's too early. So with that in mind, proceed as you wish knowing you might not go through smoothly when you get out of sync with their desired flow. May work out for you just fine. 

 

"Schedule a medical examination" means make an appointment. Do that and you have completed the step and can move to step 4.

 

If your case was already in London and you had received the letter from London, I would say yes, all steps could be done on June 30. 

 

 

Edited June 30, 2017 by Wuozopo

[TriloByte 1,818]

7 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

For London, they want to have your case file in London and send the beneficiary a letter saying they are ready for you to begin. You can power through if you want, but the medical people will want certain things from you for the appt and the interview appointment system may not let you in if it's too early. So with that in mind, proceed as you wish knowing you might not go through smoothly when you get out of sync with their desired flow. May work out for you just fine. 

 

"Schedule a medical examination" means make an appointment. Do that and you have completed the step and can move to step 4.

 

If your case was already in London and you had received the letter from London, I would say yes, all steps could be done on June 30. 

 

 

Thanks. 

[Wuozopo 4,293]

17 minutes ago, TriloByte said:

Thanks. 

 

For example, did you read this on the medical link?

 

Please do not schedule an appointment unless you have received your appointment letter from the National Visa Center or, if your application is being processed by the IV Unit, you have been advised that your case file has been received in the Immigrant Visa Unit, London.

 

That hasn't happened yet, so that's what I mean by getting out of sync may work, but it may just throw a spanner in the works when you try to jump the queue.  

 

The medical  website and info of what they now require is here. http://www.visamedicals.info/us-bring.asp

Edited June 30, 2017 by Wuozopo

[TriloByte 1,818]

3 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

 

For example, did you read this on the medical link?

 

Please do not schedule an appointment unless you have received your appointment letter from the National Visa Center or, if your application is being processed by the IV Unit, you have been advised that your case file has been received in the Immigrant Visa Unit, London.

 

That hasn't happened yet, so that's what I mean by getting out of sync may work, but it may just throw a spanner in the works when you try to jump the queue.  

 

The medical we website and info of what they now require is here. http://www.visamedicals.info/us-bring.asp

Trust me, I know, that's why I am asking. I don't want to come all this way and then screw up at the end. The information is presented in a way that seems intentionally confusing. I don't want to sit around waiting, because we've been apart for so long and this needs to end, but at the same time it needs to end well

Edited June 30, 2017 by TriloByte

[Wuozopo 4,293]

54 minutes ago, TriloByte said:

Trust me, I know, that's why I am asking. I don't want to come all this way and then screw up at the end. The information is presented in a way that seems intentionally confusing. I don't want to sit around waiting, because we've been apart for so long and this needs to end, but at the same time it needs to end well

 

You won't jeopardize your visa. You may just experience things like going to make the interview appointment and seeing "number not recognized" so then you wonder what happened and think your number is somehow wrong so try to chase that down. In fact it may just be too early for the system to be ready for you (because the case is still at NVC)  and if you try again in a couple of days, you have no issues with the number. 

 

Or you call Knightsbridge to make an appointment and they say bring a health summary for the appointment next week,  but your GP can't be bothered to help you for 3 weeks. Meanwhile you already rushed ahead and have an interview in two weeks. So no GP info means medical next week has a problem. And if you don't have the medical next week, the results won't make it to the embassy for the interview you already picked for a week following the medical.

 

You may experience extreme panic if your ducks aren't neatly in a row for each step before going to the next step, but there is a fix for just about anything and London is a very easy embassy. 

[TriloByte 1,818]

9 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

 

You won't jeopardize your visa. You may just experience things like going to make the interview appointment and seeing "number not recognized" so then you wonder what happened and think your number is somehow wrong so try to chase that down. In fact it may just be too early for the system to be ready for you (because the case is still at NVC)  and if you try again in a couple of days, you have no issues with the number. 

 

Or you call Knightsbridge to make an appointment and they say bring a health summary for the appointment next week,  but your GP can't be bothered to help you for 3 weeks. Meanwhile you already rushed ahead and have an interview in two weeks. So no GP info means medical next week has a problem. And if you don't have the medical next week, the results won't make it to the embassy for the interview you already picked for a week following the medical.

 

You may experience extreme panic if your ducks aren't neatly in a row for each step before going to the next step, but there is a fix for just about anything and London is a very easy embassy. 

Very good to know a screw-up will not jeopardize the Visa! Thank you!