London Embassy - Process Tmes - Need help

[rebeccajo 14]

Not to be 'spilling the beans' here, but Gone orders a police certificate regularly due to his line of work.

Ever since I read how quickly he received his, I've surmised one reason for the speed of the response was because his records have been researched previously.

In other words, most people should expect to wait 40 days.

[selly 0]

Our police certificate only took 10 days to arrive, but I believe the norm is more like 40 days. If you've not applied for it yet, I'd get on that ASAP. You'll need it before you send back the checklist - and I believe they wait for that before finding you an interview date.

We are just waiting for the NVC to process and send out their bits to the embassy in London. I have also worried about the police certificate, not because I have a record, but because I have lived all over the place. Will a certificate from the Police National Computer suffice? I have made a concious decision to start filling in the downloadable forms now to cut down on the waiting time. NOA2 took long enough and we just want to get the whole thing finished so we can be together.

As long as you've only lived 'all over the place' in the UK I wouldn't worry about it.

TracyTN is right about the police certificate; my husband's took about as long as TracyTN's fellow's did but some people here have reported waiting over a month for them. Send off for it ASAFP!

Unfortunately 'all over the place' does include some foreign countries, but I'm not worried about that as my service record covers those locations. It's going to be a bind remembering all of my addresses though lol. Thanks for the reassurance.

[TracyTN 237]

Not to be 'spilling the beans' here, but Gone orders a police certificate regularly due to his line of work.

Ever since I read how quickly he received his, I've surmised one reason for the speed of the response was because his records have been researched previously.

In other words, most people should expect to wait 40 days.

That's true. He has to get one anytime his PCO license is due for renewal. Of course, we weren't sure at the time, so he applied for it before our NOA2.

I would definitely err on the side of caution and allow yourself the full 40 days.

[arwensun1965 0]

I sent away for mine and Alarna's on the 6th of March and I still have not got the police cert, I will wait till the end of the week and if I have not got it by then I will give them a quick call.

Janice

[psho 0]

I just called the NVC. Our NOA2 was approved April 12, but we're not in the system yet. The woman on the phone told me it can take up to 90 days, but she suggested calling back in a couple of weeks (which would be about a month after our approval).

[TracyTN 237]

I said more in the other thread, but this surprises me. Either NVC has gotten VERY slow, or CSC isn't sending them out after NOA2 nearly as quickly as they were.

Frankly, I'm starting to think its CSC that is the true culprit. They don't exactly break records for speed.

Or are any of those experiencing NVC slowdowns coming from Vermont?

Edited May 1, 2007 by TracyTN

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

I sent away for mine and Alarna's on the 6th of March and I still have not got the police cert, I will wait till the end of the week and if I have not got it by then I will give them a quick call.

Janice

Just saw in your sig that you finally got your police certs -- hooray!