United Kingdom Interview Thread 2007

[Captain Oates 911]

oh well

postlady comes down the road and walks past every day

no sign of packet 3

email bounces back 'email returned - deleted unread'

think i will try that with my tax bill

or does it only work one way ?

might is right eh ?

[Lansbury 19]

Alan if NVC only sent the case to London on the 17th Aug it isn't that long yet. Appreciate your time constraints but you might pee them off by keep e-mailing.

One day during a business call with the lady in charge of the section that deals with the I-130s in London I ask jokingly her when she was going to do ours. The next day they cleared all the I-130s up until the day before the file date of ours and then did nothing more for 5 weeks.

Edited August 30, 2007 by Lansbury

[Captain Oates 911]

Alan if NVC only sent the case to London on the 17th Aug it isn't that long yet. Appreciate your time constraints but you might pee them off by keep e-mailing.

One day during a business call with the lady in charge of the section that deals with the I-130s in London I ask jokingly her when she was going to do ours. The next day they cleared all the I-130s up until the day before the file date of ours and then did nothing more for 5 weeks.

That confirms what Carolyn says - she says they think like that...

Never did understand the female mind - oops did I really say that ! I am sure male administrators are just as petty and vindictive (cough)

Luckily my email was bounced by their automatic system as it needs a special code apparently before it gets through

I have visions of the thing getting lost twixt NVC and London but there must be pretty rare. They get lost USCIS -NVC regularly from posts that I have read and from a pal's story

Yes I have resigned myself to it being late November now so I will work on plan B to fill the long winter evenings and not order my car without a wide range of dates as there is a lot of horror ahead I am sure....

This interminable dangerous random chaos process is going to spit me out of the other end as wizened and with the same future prospects as a fallen Florida orange if I don't get a grip!

Everyone seems to accept that this process is how it is because the U.S. government does not have the money to fund it to meet the level of demand so that it can be made reasonably quick and with minimum error.

I have my doubts and I think it is designed to try and shake out a good percentage through attrition.

If I am right then I will have to acquire patience or they will succeed

so the P3 can be another week or two

the p4 can be a month

the interview can be 10 weeks

etc etc

jeez - every time you reach an important milestone you celebrate and think you have cracked it - only to be worn down by the next one...

ok positive thinking !

[The_dip_sticks 0]

We would love to be put on this thread! I always just eye ball it, but it just makes me cry and Im not sure if we fit in. We have been wating to get our NOA2 for my husbands I-130 or I129f but neither of them have arrived. USCIS is making our life a living hell as its been over a year now still stuck there, yes that is correct just at the first level still at USCIS. We have not even made it to NVC. Congressman and senators say there is nothing they can do untill they finish their background checks or fbi checks or name checks or what ever the hell checks it is they are doing. They tell us ther is nothing they can do to help to get our case moving and its out of their hand, till these checks or complete. I wish the can be done. I mean how long does it take for them to complete what ever it is they are doing, its been over a year now. =0(

Personally Im going crazy and I just wish we could get our approval and they finish their checks so that we can move with the rest of the process and join all you guys there. Unless you want to add us and list us honerary members some place on the list and..... write WISHING HOPEING AND PRAYING that we get approved soon. Maybe the rest of the UK peeps can say a prayer for us and hopefully the prayer will be answered with more voices .

[Captain Oates 911]

We would love to be put on this thread! I always just eye ball it, but it just makes me cry and Im not sure if we fit in. We have been wating to get our NOA2 for my husbands I-130 or I129f but neither of them have arrived. USCIS is making our life a living hell as its been over a year now still stuck there, yes that is correct just at the first level still at USCIS. We have not even made it to NVC. Congressman and senators say there is nothing they can do untill they finish their background checks or fbi checks or name checks or what ever the hell checks it is they are doing. They tell us ther is nothing they can do to help to get our case moving and its out of their hand, till these checks or complete. I wish the can be done. I mean how long does it take for them to complete what ever it is they are doing, its been over a year now. =0(

Personally Im going crazy and I just wish we could get our approval and they finish their checks so that we can move with the rest of the process and join all you guys there. Unless you want to add us and list us honerary members some place on the list and..... write WISHING HOPEING AND PRAYING that we get approved soon. Maybe the rest of the UK peeps can say a prayer for us and hopefully the prayer will be answered with more voices .

Probably need your own thread chucky - in the K3 forum ? that is where you are at right now...I feel terribly sorry for your predicament - when it's a check or a form or something that goes wrong at least you can do something about it but yours is so hard. You shouldn't be saying 'or whatever it is ' though - you should get them to be specific at least about what kind of area they are not certain about or checking into.

Can't help you with the praying stuff as I would rather believe in the tooth fairy and her red nosed reindeer than God - but even God needs terrestrial help so I would encourage you to to spend less time praying and more time pushing the USCIS via your Congessman etc etc etc so at least you can get some specifics... try not to get hysterical (like I get) as it is counter-productive. I dont believe in immigration lawyers generally, but I reckon it would be a good idea here as long as they are really good recommended ones who give you an estimate of charges.

best of luck with it and hope you are onto the Embassy forum sooner rather than later

Alan

[marstorr 0]

Well, I found this site quite late into our process (only about 2 weeks ago), but it has helped me calm down immeasurably in the run up to our interview this Tuesday, the 4th. We filed our I-130 on the 23rd of March, and I hope we'll be ok. Our interview is at 8:30am, so we're driving down to London on Monday and staying in a hotel for the night. Elmcitymaven, I wanted to thank you in particular for your detailed post about filing late tax returns at the London embassy, as I was in a similar predicament, causing me lots of stress. We filed the late tax returns last Wednesday (for our interview 6 days later, waiting until the last minute), and it was as easy as you described.

Besides the nasty tax shock, our process has been remarkably smooth (which makes me even more worried going into the interview, as I have heard some real horror stories and can't believe we'll be spared!). As long as we get approved, I should only be in the states for 2 weeks ahead of my UK spouse. Almost better than we could have ever hoped for. Thanks for all the help!

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Well, I found this site quite late into our process (only about 2 weeks ago), but it has helped me calm down immeasurably in the run up to our interview this Tuesday, the 4th. We filed our I-130 on the 23rd of March, and I hope we'll be ok. Our interview is at 8:30am, so we're driving down to London on Monday and staying in a hotel for the night. Elmcitymaven, I wanted to thank you in particular for your detailed post about filing late tax returns at the London embassy, as I was in a similar predicament, causing me lots of stress. We filed the late tax returns last Wednesday (for our interview 6 days later, waiting until the last minute), and it was as easy as you described.

Besides the nasty tax shock, our process has been remarkably smooth (which makes me even more worried going into the interview, as I have heard some real horror stories and can't believe we'll be spared!). As long as we get approved, I should only be in the states for 2 weeks ahead of my UK spouse. Almost better than we could have ever hoped for. Thanks for all the help!

Glad to be of assistance! Good luck on your interview -- come back and give us your good news on the 4th!

[Captain Oates 911]

Well, I found this site quite late into our process (only about 2 weeks ago), but it has helped me calm down immeasurably in the run up to our interview this Tuesday, the 4th. We filed our I-130 on the 23rd of March, and I hope we'll be ok. Our interview is at 8:30am, so we're driving down to London on Monday and staying in a hotel for the night. Elmcitymaven, I wanted to thank you in particular for your detailed post about filing late tax returns at the London embassy, as I was in a similar predicament, causing me lots of stress. We filed the late tax returns last Wednesday (for our interview 6 days later, waiting until the last minute), and it was as easy as you described.

Besides the nasty tax shock, our process has been remarkably smooth (which makes me even more worried going into the interview, as I have heard some real horror stories and can't believe we'll be spared!). As long as we get approved, I should only be in the states for 2 weeks ahead of my UK spouse. Almost better than we could have ever hoped for. Thanks for all the help!

Interview is a piece of cake and just to make sure you exist...

Stand up job at the counter and a little chat about stuff for a few minutes

i did it at K1 and it was painless

You will walk it !

best wishes

alan

[Lansbury 19]

Yes as Alan says quite painless and very straightforward. Good luck on the 4th

[marstorr 0]

Thanks everyone for calming me down. We're leaving tomorrow morning for the hotel; I'll post back here on the 4th with how it went!

[Captain Oates 911]

called dept of state in usa to try and confirm my case has at least arrived in London- the message said there was a 15 minute wait and to hang on ...

i have now held on for one hour and 10 minutes with a message every 20 seconds or so saying they will be assisting me ...

i believe the moon landings were a studio mock up...

[Lansbury 19]

You realise today (Monday) is a public holiday in the USA. No federal offices will be open

Edited September 3, 2007 by Lansbury

[Captain Oates 911]

You realise today (Monday) is a public holiday in the USA. No federal offices will be open

Crikey - I could have waited 24 hours !

now who is the dumber - me for not realising they have a holiday over there or them for leaving an auto message that says I will will be answered in 15 minutes....

I am biased - I think they win on the dumbness stakes....

Anyway same result...

Business as usual with dragging the cross up to calvary

[blspicer 0]

Marstorr, our interview is tomorrow as well. Pete will probably get there around 9am since the interview is at 9:30. We're hoping he'll get the visa in the mail this week because his flight is for next monday, but we can always reschedule if something comes up. Tonight we'll be busy going over our checklist, but I've heard that the last few interviews in London have been a breeze. Our process has been an easy one too so we're kinda worried. Hopefully it'll be quick and painless. Good luck to you both...fingers crossed

Well, I found this site quite late into our process (only about 2 weeks ago), but it has helped me calm down immeasurably in the run up to our interview this Tuesday, the 4th. We filed our I-130 on the 23rd of March, and I hope we'll be ok. Our interview is at 8:30am, so we're driving down to London on Monday and staying in a hotel for the night. Elmcitymaven, I wanted to thank you in particular for your detailed post about filing late tax returns at the London embassy, as I was in a similar predicament, causing me lots of stress. We filed the late tax returns last Wednesday (for our interview 6 days later, waiting until the last minute), and it was as easy as you described.

Besides the nasty tax shock, our process has been remarkably smooth (which makes me even more worried going into the interview, as I have heard some real horror stories and can't believe we'll be spared!). As long as we get approved, I should only be in the states for 2 weeks ahead of my UK spouse. Almost better than we could have ever hoped for. Thanks for all the help!

[Lansbury 19]

now who is the dumber - me for not realising they have a holiday over there or them for leaving an auto message that says I will will be answered in 15 minutes....

No reason why you would know. I agree anyone who takes the day off and says the phone will be answered in 15 mins wins those stakes hands down. Makes you sort of worried that these people are running the country that claims to be the leader of the free world.