Interview today... approved!

[kins 0]

Well it was my interview today and all went well and I am approved! Visa should arrive next week. So relieved...

I met up with Lina there which was great - lovely to have someone to chat to. Good luck with the rest of the process Lina!

I arrived at the embassy around 10am, queued for half an hour to get in, showed my passport and interview letter to anyone who asked, handed over my mobile/ipod/carkeys at security, showed my interview letter again, took a number, then waited inside. There were hundreds of people there but it was pretty well organised. They sell drinks and food there by the way. The tea was nearly drinkable...

When I was finally called to a window the first stage was to hand over the various documents to a lady with a quite dificult-to-understand accent. Friendly though. Anyway I gave her:

DS-230 part 2

my birth certificate and a copy

one photo

police certificate thingy and copy

I-864

copy of husband's latest tax return - they didn't want transcripts and they didn't want W-2s as he'd only worked in the UK

information on using our house as an asset - I had...

letter from estate agent confirming offer, and copy

statement from mortgage company showing outstanding balance, and copy

entry on land registry to prove it's really our house (just in case), and copy

I'd taken along loads of extra stuff just in case, but none of it was needed... blank I-864, children's birth certificates, husband's birth certifiicate, husband's job offer letter, old tax returns.

The woman behind the window had my file there, plus she could see that in the past I had applied for a K-1 visa and that I'd previously held a green card, so she asked why I was going through all of this again, and was happy with my explanation. She asked about my kids briefly. She scanned my fingerprints and thumbprints.

Then she told me my paperwork all looked fine, so to go and pay the visa fee at the cashier's desk and bring the receipt back to her. And she handed me a big brown envelope with my chest X-ray in it - hmm that was fun to carry all around London...

I got called again eventually to a different window for my interview, where I had my fingerprints scanned again, then I had to hold up my right hand and swear that everything I was saying was the truth. Then she didn't really ask me any questions, just said everything was fine and gave me back my original documents. She told me that the visa will be with me in 3-5 working days, that I had to pay for the courier on the way out, and that I will also receive a brown envelope which I shouldn't open. I asked her what to do with the X-rays and she checked through my file then said I could just pack them in my suitcase.

So we are approved! And I am flying out to the US with my three children on 30th June! And now I have SO much to do before then aaaarrrrrgggghhhh! The other good news is my husband has found us a house to live in when we get there, which is a nice bonus

By the way the whole thing including queueing took two hours, I think I was lucky...

[MissStacey 1]

Congratulations!!!!!

It is a great feeling, isn't it?

[Milka 0]

Congratulations and have a niee life in the US!

[Jasman0717 9]

Congratulations

[Mags 112]

Congrats, Kins! Do you know how Lina did aswell, btw?

[MaydayDas 1]

Congratulations

[Candace 2]

Congratulations! Best wishes for your journey home

[homesick_american 1]

Congrats!

[TimsDaisy 0]

[insert snoopy dance here]

Yay!!!!

[Mary Lou 681]

YAY! Congrats!

[Dawny&Tommy 0]

Yaaaaay! Congratulations

Dawn.

[homesick_american 1]

[insert snoopy dance here]

Yay!!!!

OK, I will:

[Linababe 0]

Hey kins yeahh congratulations!! yeah it was great seeign you and talking to you too - I was looking out for you and when you walked in you just walked past me so i thought i'd wait till i was called before i came to chat with you - lucky the window i had to go to was where you were sitting:) Congratulations on the house too:)

I dont think mine went as well as I had hoped but I am so tired and still stressed and worried about the medical and the interview that I will post laters I am gonna need some advice from ppl:) Basically my case is pending - I have to wait for my police letter and then call the couriers to come pick it up and passport and take to embassy - but my medical didnt go too well the day before neither - the DR wants a new letter from my GP and he also wants me to get psychiatrists evaluation - cuz my GP put on th eletter that i suffered from mild depression and agrophobia/anxiety which hopefully with the change in my social life I can be weened off my meds. _ I dont think the medical DR liked that and the fact that one of the meds I was on was Lorazapam which he said was highly addictive - which I said I knew and only took when I was very very anxious and nervous and the fact that I didnt have to take any before the interview and before me travelling to london and even before the interview and I had been perfectly fine made no difference to him:( hence why on the list of the medications I also put next to them "Take when needed" as my GP had now told me to do so. Anyways im blabering so - when I can think straight I will let you all know what happened.

Lina (UKC)

Well it was my interview today and all went well and I am approved! Visa should arrive next week. So relieved...

I met up with Lina there which was great - lovely to have someone to chat to. Good luck with the rest of the process Lina!

[no name 1]

congrats!

[Mags 112]

[insert snoopy dance here]

Yay!!!!

OK, I will:

Oh man, that's the best thing I've seen all week!

Linababe ~ I'm sure your visa will get sorted out after you have a chat to your doc. It's delayed slightly but you'll get there in the end! Stick with it, okay?