United Kingdom Interview Thread 2007

[TracyTN 237]

Congrats to missingmilwaukee!!! :D

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Approvals Pending

Name..................Visa....P3Sent....MedDate.....P4Rec'd......IntDate/Time........Status

Justchillin...............K1.......05/01.....05/11.........05/05.........06/15..08:00..........PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW

justbee&robbie.....CR1.......05/12......06/27........05/30........7/11..................PENDING 2006 TAX RETURN

Dawny&Tommy....K1..........06/07.....08/15.........07/11.......08/16...10:00......PENDING some other Info

August 2007 Interviews

Name..................Visa......P3Sent....MedDate.....P4Rec'd........IntDate/Time........Status

adi77...................K1.........07/01......06/22.........07/31..........08/15...09:00......

Mothy..................CR1........06/11.....07/02.........06/27..........08/21...08:00......APPROVED

uzume.................K1..........05/29......06/14........06/23...........08/31................APPROVED

September 2007 Interviews

Name..................Visa........P3Sent....MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate/Time..............Status

blspicer...............K1..........06/12.......07/16.........06/26.........09/04.....09:30....APPROVED

marstorr.............CR1.....................................................09/04.....08:30....APPROVED

missingmilwaukee...DCF.....................07/18.........................09/07.............APPROVED

CardiffIan............K1..........07/04.......07/30.........................09/11.............

samwatts............K1..........08/16.......09/06.........................09/12.............

RaTBoX...............K1..........07/20.......07/26.........08/16.........09/28......10.00........

Waiting for Interview

Name..................Visa.........P3Sent.........MedDate.....

paulinespens..........K1..............................08/10

saywhat.........CR1/IR1..............................09/20

MargotDarko.........CR1..............................09/03

midicat.................K1..........03/19.............05/10..

[Lansbury 19]

Hi all! My husband Wayne got the okay at the embassy yesterday!

Many congratulations.

[Captain Oates 911]

Hi all! My husband Wayne got the okay at the embassy yesterday! We are very excited, needless to say. We were there for exactly 3 hours total. The first lady that we met with seemed annoyed that we'll be arriving in America 18 days before our 2 year wedding anniversary. But we have weddings to go to this week, and honestly I just want to go home. She told us to mention to the customs officer in Chicago that our anniversary will be coming up. I'm assuming we'll still have to do AOS, but now that the interview is over, I'm ready for anything!

Thanks to everyone for the good luck messages. The embassy was stress free for us, and totally easy. Not what I was expecting.

looks like i'm next up after missingmilwaukee and getting a little nervous already!

I've got a bunch of financial evidence but i'm still worried they're going to ask for more. I have a copy of my fiances last few payslips, her 2006 tax return, letter from employer, letter from bank and affadavit - plus statements from my bank to show my own funds - HSBC were hopeless when i asked them for the 'letter from a senior bank officer' that the P3 docs mention, they were completely baffled by it and it seemed like i was the first person to have ever thought about emigrating, so i hope the statements are ok.

I also still need to get passport pics - I went to the Snappy Snaps in cardiff last week and its turned into a cafe bar! so i'll have to do a quick trip to oxford street to get my pics.

But its my last day at work today, the rugby world cup is starting and the american football season is starting (go bears!) so its all good, roll on tuesday and i hope we hear good news from missingmilwaukee soon!

When we got our visa I noticed a photo booth in the waiting area at the Embassy. Someone who has been recently might be able to confirm it is still there.

The photo booth was there, but had an out of order sign on it! My husband had his photos taken at a machine at the train station, and they were acceptable.

AOS ? on a cr1 visa ? no... just removal of conditions after 2 years.. yes you are nuts to put yourselves through that for the sake of 18 days but hey its a free country right ? Our 2nd anniversary is 4th Nov and all the tea in china wont get me to emigrate before then...

Congrats ! alan

[milwaukeegirl 0]

Thanks for the info. Was hard understanding the officer at the embassy when she was explaining the procedure to us. The voice calling out the numbers made it nearly impossible to hear our officer. Anyway, I agree I'm crazy to have my husband arrive in America before our two year anniversary. But I would miss two weddings and I would have to live with my inlaws here in England for that extra 18 days. To be honest, I'd rather do the removal of conditions! I don't do anything the easy way...

Hi all! My husband Wayne got the okay at the embassy yesterday! We are very excited, needless to say. We were there for exactly 3 hours total. The first lady that we met with seemed annoyed that we'll be arriving in America 18 days before our 2 year wedding anniversary. But we have weddings to go to this week, and honestly I just want to go home. She told us to mention to the customs officer in Chicago that our anniversary will be coming up. I'm assuming we'll still have to do AOS, but now that the interview is over, I'm ready for anything!

Thanks to everyone for the good luck messages. The embassy was stress free for us, and totally easy. Not what I was expecting.

looks like i'm next up after missingmilwaukee and getting a little nervous already!

I've got a bunch of financial evidence but i'm still worried they're going to ask for more. I have a copy of my fiances last few payslips, her 2006 tax return, letter from employer, letter from bank and affadavit - plus statements from my bank to show my own funds - HSBC were hopeless when i asked them for the 'letter from a senior bank officer' that the P3 docs mention, they were completely baffled by it and it seemed like i was the first person to have ever thought about emigrating, so i hope the statements are ok.

I also still need to get passport pics - I went to the Snappy Snaps in cardiff last week and its turned into a cafe bar! so i'll have to do a quick trip to oxford street to get my pics.

But its my last day at work today, the rugby world cup is starting and the american football season is starting (go bears!) so its all good, roll on tuesday and i hope we hear good news from missingmilwaukee soon!

When we got our visa I noticed a photo booth in the waiting area at the Embassy. Someone who has been recently might be able to confirm it is still there.

The photo booth was there, but had an out of order sign on it! My husband had his photos taken at a machine at the train station, and they were acceptable.

AOS ? on a cr1 visa ? no... just removal of conditions after 2 years.. yes you are nuts to put yourselves through that for the sake of 18 days but hey its a free country right ? Our 2nd anniversary is 4th Nov and all the tea in china wont get me to emigrate before then...

Congrats ! alan

[Captain Oates 911]

Thanks for the info. Was hard understanding the officer at the embassy when she was explaining the procedure to us. The voice calling out the numbers made it nearly impossible to hear our officer. Anyway, I agree I'm crazy to have my husband arrive in America before our two year anniversary. But I would miss two weddings and I would have to live with my inlaws here in England for that extra 18 days. To be honest, I'd rather do the removal of conditions! I don't do anything the easy way...

Looking fwd to that big hall at the Embassy - I waited from 10.30am to 4.30pm for my K1 interview - everything about this process is awfully jinxed for me. I have no room to talk about doing it the long way - I did K1 and Adjustment of Status and went back to England a few weeks before the AOS interview when I already had a firm, date for the green card !

So all this stuff I did this year was 'unecessary' although Carolyn has seen a lot living here for almost a year...we have been all over the U.K. and Europe.

She set off for a week's holiday in Milwaukee 1 hour ago and I know she could never settle outside the U.S. as she has been here 12 months and worked in a big office too and she still feels an alien and says England is 'a third word country' - they don't even televise Packers games every week !

Well we got 'case complete' at NVC 17 August and I still don't have packet 3 so looks like the wheel has come off again...

I just bought a car online and they will hold the price to December 31 which I might need at this rate ! My hopes of getting medicare at 65 have gone now as there is no way I can get an london interview by 3rd November... So all the obstructiveness and inefficiency and incompetence along the way by all the agencies has wrecked all my plans for no valid reason - but this time I will stay the course. Alan

[milwaukeegirl 0]

My husband received a text stating that his visa should arrive tomorrow before 12. The movers will be dropping off our boxes tomorrow too. Time to decide what to toss, and what's worth shipping to America.

Good luck tomorrow CardiffIan!

[Captain Oates 911]

My husband received a text stating that his visa should arrive tomorrow before 12. The movers will be dropping off our boxes tomorrow too. Time to decide what to toss, and what's worth shipping to America.

Good luck tomorrow CardiffIan!

Party time ! he should follow Erica's example and put it in a plastic bag under his pillow (saves dribbling on it and making ink run) !

hey superb and go CardiffIan !

Edited September 10, 2007 by saywhat

[milwaukeegirl 0]

Hello- received my husband's passport with visa and brown folder this morning. As I explained before, we are married for less than two years. Is this why his visa says "upon endorsement serves as temporary I-551 evidencing permanent residence for 1 year" and has an expiration date for March 2008? It was my understanding that we had to apply to remove conditions 90 days before his two year anniversary of living in America. But that will happen in July 2008, not March! Is there something that I'm not understanding?

[milwaukeegirl 0]

Sorry- I should have done some research before that last post. My husband's visa in his passport is just a temporary green card, isn't it?

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Sorry- I should have done some research before that last post. My husband's visa in his passport is just a temporary green card, isn't it?

Yep, that's the expiration date of the temporary green card that the stamp functions as. Relax -- the truly awful bit of immigration is done now!

[~*Maria*~ 1]

Hello- received my husband's passport with visa and brown folder this morning. As I explained before, we are married for less than two years. Is this why his visa says "upon endorsement serves as temporary I-551 evidencing permanent residence for 1 year" and has an expiration date for March 2008? It was my understanding that we had to apply to remove conditions 90 days before his two year anniversary of living in America. But that will happen in July 2008, not March! Is there something that I'm not understanding?

Congrats!!

[Captain Oates 911]

Sorry- I should have done some research before that last post. My husband's visa in his passport is just a temporary green card, isn't it?

The beat goes on -its a fright a minute isnt it ! - but we get over them..

yeah the really tough bit is OVER !!!!!

They might send the green card with the wrong name or make it 10 years when it should be two etc etc but by then you are in country and can sort it out at your leisure....

Sorry dont get alarmed ! I just mean you can do any other stuff like conditions as a hobby now - the BUSINESS is done and you did it !

congrats !...alan

Carolyn is in Milwaukee this week - Bradford beach ! yippee

[CardiffIan 0]

yipeee!!! :D

Recent London 'graduates'

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Approvals Pending

Name..................Visa....P3Sent....MedDate.....P4Rec'd......IntDate/Time........Status

Justchillin...............K1.......05/01.....05/11.........05/05.........06/15..08:00..........PENDING ADMINISTRATIVE REVIEW

justbee&robbie.....CR1.......05/12......06/27........05/30........7/11..................PENDING 2006 TAX RETURN

Dawny&Tommy....K1..........06/07.....08/15.........07/11.......08/16...10:00......PENDING some other Info

August 2007 Interviews

Name..................Visa......P3Sent....MedDate.....P4Rec'd........IntDate/Time........Status

adi77...................K1.........07/01......06/22.........07/31..........08/15...09:00......

Mothy..................CR1........06/11.....07/02.........06/27..........08/21...08:00......APPROVED

uzume.................K1..........05/29......06/14........06/23...........08/31................APPROVED

September 2007 Interviews

Name..................Visa........P3Sent....MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate/Time..............Status

blspicer...............K1..........06/12.......07/16.........06/26.........09/04.....09:30....APPROVED

marstorr.............CR1.....................................................09/04.....08:30....APPROVED

missingmilwaukee...DCF.....................07/18.........................09/07.............APPROVED

CardiffIan............K1..........07/04.......07/30.........................09/11.............APPROVED

samwatts............K1..........08/16.......09/06.........................09/12.............

RaTBoX...............K1..........07/20.......07/26.........08/16.........09/28......10.00........

Waiting for Interview

Name..................Visa.........P3Sent.........MedDate.....

paulinespens..........K1..............................08/10

saywhat.........CR1/IR1..............................09/20

MargotDarko.........CR1..............................09/03

midicat.................K1..........03/19.............05/10..

[TracyTN 237]

YAY for Ian!!! :D

[elmcitymaven 9,712]

Ditto ditto ditto!