Between the medical and interview

[Jrsg1989 7]

I have my medical in Knightsbridge on Thursday. My fiancé is sending out my affidavit of support and supporting documents for the interview this week. Obviously they may take up to two weeks to arrive to me and I'm just wondering how long on average do people usually take after the medical until they attend the interview? 

[JFH 12,190]

If it's a fiance visa then book your own appointment for the interview in London. Wait until you receive the required documents then book an appointment date that's convenient for you. 

[Jrsg1989 7]

1 minute ago, JFH said:

If it's a fiance visa then book your own appointment for the interview in London. Wait until you receive the required documents then book an appointment date that's convenient for you. 

What I'm worried about is the time I leave between the medical and interview will be too long? I don't think there'll be a problem but I'm just anxious about everything about it right now. We should've had the documents sent to me as soon as we received the NOA2 but other stuff going on prevented us doing so to be honest. For example, if I have my medical this Thursday, will booking the interview for exactly a month later be ok? 

[Peot 161]

For me I had more choice in booking the medical than I did with the interview. Booked interview 2 weeks later, and fiance send all the documents overnighted, even though we had 2 weeks.

 

You could wait until you have all documents before booking an interview, the but Letter of Intent must be signed with 30 days of that interview, and again, interview dates aren't always all that flexible or available. Booking a few weeks out will give you PLENTY of time to get things sent over.

 

1 minute ago, Jrsg1989 said:

What I'm worried about is the time I leave between the medical and interview will be too long? I don't think there'll be a problem but I'm just anxious about everything about it right now. We should've had the documents sent to me as soon as we received the NOA2 but other stuff going on prevented us doing so to be honest. For example, if I have my medical this Thursday, will booking the interview for exactly a month later be ok? 

You have 6 months of validity on the medical. You'll be fine.

Edited October 22, 2017 by Peot

[Jrsg1989 7]

3 minutes ago, Peot said:

For me I had more choice in booking the medical than I did with the interview. Booked interview 2 weeks later, and fiance send all the documents overnighted, even though we had 2 weeks.

 

You could wait until you have all documents before booking an interview, the but Letter of Intent must be signed with 30 days of that interview, and again, interview dates aren't always all that flexible or available. Booking a few weeks out will give you PLENTY of time to get things sent over.

 

You have 6 months of validity on the medical. You'll be fine.

Perfect. Thank you so much 

[S*UK 543]

Time between my medical at knightsbridge and my interview at the US embassy was 3 and a half weeks (my own choice). I must add however, when my fiance sent me the documents USPS it took 20 days exactly to arrive in the UK! So depending on who you are using to send those, be careful not to book it too soon  

[Peot 161]

2 minutes ago, S*UK said:

Time between my medical at knightsbridge and my interview at the US embassy was 3 and a half weeks (my own choice). I must add however, when my fiance sent me the documents USPS it took 20 days exactly to arrive in the UK! So depending on who you are using to send those, be careful not to book it too soon  

I agree and would add that you should double-check with the courier as to what date it will arrive. "Next day" shipping is often NOT set to arrive on the next day.

 

For example when we first tried USPS next day, they told us it would not arrive for 5 business days at the earliest. UPS was legitimately overnighted, and FedEx would have also offered a similar service. You pay more, but you get the documents right away with tracking info.