July Interview Dates Open for London

[S&J2013 117]

On 5/25/2020 at 7:54 PM, ayestaci said:

Oof was August the closest appointment? That sounds like July immigrant appointments are already gone (not sure if DCF/K-1/CR-1 all take up the same slots).

I hope they’ve saved some appointments slots for CR1s!! We’re waiting on an interview date too

[ayestaci 121]

3 minutes ago, S&J2013 said:

I hope they’ve saved some appointments slots for CR1s!! We’re waiting on an interview date too

Me too! I know they have a lot of cancelled interviews to reschedule, but London was never busy before the virus, so I was hoping it still wouldn't be too far out. 

[S&J2013 117]

7 minutes ago, ayestaci said:

Me too! I know they have a lot of cancelled interviews to reschedule, but London was never busy before the virus, so I was hoping it still wouldn't be too far out. 

Same - we need to be there by mid August for school starting so its going to be tight 😬 really hope they are opening soon 🤞🏻

[ohcoffeeeyes 120]

Possible reopening of everything in June, hopefully that helps us out...

[MattyUKtoUS 242]

Ahh so for CR-1 this does not actually change anything, we still gotta wait till we get our interviews scheduled for us?

 

Does anyone know if that is done via letter or phone?

[ayestaci 121]

1 hour ago, MattyUKtoUS said:

Ahh so for CR-1 this does not actually change anything, we still gotta wait till we get our interviews scheduled for us?

 

Does anyone know if that is done via letter or phone?

Yeah for CR-1, they schedule the interview for you after DQ at NVC and I believe it's sent by letter. 🙂 

[FM Beauty Bar 3]

On 5/24/2020 at 8:04 AM, Wuozopo said:

The London website had that order I gave for a long time. Then they changed the steps and they really make no sense. Some people rush it all through, but I try to emphasize getting your ducks in a row before picking appointments. I have been on this UK forum years and have seen the desperate posts about “My Medical is in two days and my GP surgery can’t give me my things for two weeks”.  It’s less stressful if you are prepared before each step and don’t get bumped out of the work flow and are stuck wondering when they will work you back in after pausing you for lack of preparation.

 

Get all the shots needed for AOS before your medical so you will be signed off and not have to pay $$$ to another approved doctor in the US. Even if the clinic says you can wait to get them, understand that you will have expense and hassle in the US that can be avoided if you get all that done and signed off at your visa medical.

Hi! might be a dumb question... is it too early to book my fiance's flight?his police certificate is on the way. the packet with me and my cosponsors info, new evidence, etc is in England. but not delivered to my fiance just ye. medical is on June  25th. Interview is scheduled for August 10th. was thinking of booking for after the 24th of August? or do people usually wait till after the interview to book the tickets. thank you in advanced for your opinion

 

[Wuozopo 4,293]

8 hours ago, FM Beauty Bar said:

Hi! might be a dumb question... is it too early to book my fiance's flight?his police certificate is on the way. the packet with me and my cosponsors info, new evidence, etc is in England. but not delivered to my fiance just ye. medical is on June  25th. Interview is scheduled for August 10th. was thinking of booking for after the 24th of August? or do people usually wait till after the interview to book the tickets. thank you in advanced for your opinion

 

Too early. Wait until he has the visa and passport received back after the interview. Stuff happens when times are normal. This current situation makes it just foolish to book now IMO. The virus has not gone away. A lot can happen to ruin your plans. 

 

 

[corntop 129]

On 5/29/2020 at 10:39 PM, ayestaci said:

Yeah for CR-1, they schedule the interview for you after DQ at NVC and I believe it's sent by letter. 🙂 

Does your CEAC still say that your case is with NVC? 

 

I've been wondering if we'll get any notice it has been sent to embassy given everything is closed, or if we'll just randomly be sent an appointment letter.

[ayestaci 121]

4 hours ago, corntop said:

Does your CEAC still say that your case is with NVC? 

 

I've been wondering if we'll get any notice it has been sent to embassy given everything is closed, or if we'll just randomly be sent an appointment letter.

It does say that! I assume it’ll change when the embassy’s open and it’s sent across. But who knows

[MattyUKtoUS 242]

5 hours ago, corntop said:

Does your CEAC still say that your case is with NVC? 

 

I've been wondering if we'll get any notice it has been sent to embassy given everything is closed, or if we'll just randomly be sent an appointment letter.

Mine has been saying it's at the NVC since I got DQ about 5 weeks ago. As far as I understand, it stays that way till them schedule and appointment and then NVC forwards the application to your spouses local embassy. Your petitioner will receive your appointment letter. I believe it's email and paper. 

[visasammy 1]

On 5/25/2020 at 7:54 PM, ayestaci said:

Oof was August the closest appointment? That sounds like July immigrant appointments are already gone (not sure if DCF/K-1/CR-1 all take up the same slots).

Yep believe all of July was taken. August was the soonest.

[theballaam96 49]

We haven't heard anything from the embassy in terms of emails of next steps (RE: What we need to do). We got our NOA2 in late March, given the embassy has been open for close to a month now, I would have thought we would have heard something, I tried contacting the embassy but they just hung up on me as soon as I started to explain my dilemma. Any ideas on what is happening?

[Wuozopo 4,293]

2 hours ago, theballaam96 said:

We haven't heard anything from the embassy in terms of emails of next steps (RE: What we need to do). We got our NOA2 in late March, given the embassy has been open for close to a month now, I would have thought we would have heard something, I tried contacting the embassy but they just hung up on me as soon as I started to explain my dilemma. Any ideas on what is happening?

They have a small staff working. They are not “open”. You can only contact the Immigrant Visa Unit via their contact form. They do not and never have taken phone calls. The people who have scheduled interviews for July/Aug did it online.  Where below are you?

• Your NOA2 came from USCIS. The petition was approved. ✅
• USCIS must send your case to NVC.  ❓
• NVC assigns you a case number, and sends file to London❓
• London receives case and logs it in ❓
• London sends letter of instruction 
   

After the first four points, you can follow the London K1 instructions on the embassy website  https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/applying-for-the-visa/

 

Edited June 2, 2020 by Wuozopo

[theballaam96 49]

8 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

They have a small staff working. They are not “open”. You can only contact the Immigrant Visa Unit via their contact form. They do not and never have taken phone calls. The people who have scheduled interviews for July/Aug did it online.  Where below are you?

• Your NOA2 came from USCIS. The petition was approved. ✅
• USCIS must send your case to NVC.  ❓
• NVC assigns you a case number, and sends file to London❓
• London receives case and logs it in ❓
• London sends letter of instruction 
   

After the first four points, you can follow the London K1 instructions on the embassy website  https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/fiancee-2/applying-for-the-visa/

 

We have received a case number from the NVC, we're not sure whether London has received that case as I don't believe we were given any notification about this (How would we know if this has happened?).
I have started to get together as much as I can for the full list of things that the USCIS website state for the medical/interview (just in case we don't have much time between interview and embassy notice), and we do have access to fill out the DS-160, but the NVC have told us not to fill this in until we get an email from the embassy with instructions etc.