London CR1 / IR1 Appointment Updates

[Christine Kapp 12]

Anyone else from later in December hear back? Only 3 interviews released so far?

Edited March 15, 2021 by Christine Kapp

[SophH 11]

I just had my interview this morning and was very straight forward and have been approved. I was wondering when you have to pay the immigrant fee as I didn't get anything when I was there, does the information on how to pay come with your passport? Thanks 

[Charlie87 31]

When is the new appointment ready to be registered? I have just tried and it says that your case is not ready? Do you have to wait 24hrs?

[Wuozopo 4,293]

8 minutes ago, SophH said:

I just had my interview this morning and was very straight forward and have been approved. I was wondering when you have to pay the immigrant fee as I didn't get anything when I was there, does the information on how to pay come with your passport? Thanks 

Wait until you get your visa. Right now you haven’t been issued a visa (yet).

 

USCIS pages that  take you to payment after a bunch of explaining  https://my.uscis.gov/uscis-immigrant-fee

[Shal_Ohol 36]

7 minutes ago, Charlie87 said:

When is the new appointment ready to be registered? I have just tried and it says that your case is not ready? Do you have to wait 24hrs?

Yea, I'd say wait a day. I tried on the same day but it didn't work so give it a day. 

[Shal_Ohol 36]

Just got my passport in the post with the visa in it  and a piece of paper with more information. I am so excited!!!!! 

[Rol_P 43]

5 minutes ago, Shal_Ohol said:

Just got my passport in the post with the visa in it  and a piece of paper with more information. I am so excited!!!!! 

Awesome stuff!! 👏👏

[Ontarkie 14,314]

On 10/26/2020 at 3:11 AM, R1CH1991 said:

I was a regular reader of the last London thread to keep myself updated with current timelines etc before it went to 70+ pages and way off topic.

 

I thought it was such a useful resource so I’ve decided to start the ball rolling again so we can keep each other updated on news as it comes in.

 

To kick us off, me and my wife were DQ 10th July so we’re hoping to get our interview appointment email early November. It appears June DQ dates have been scheduled so hoping this is our time after literally years of waiting.

 

Fingers crossed for no Tier 3 lockdown in London! 

~~I'm quoting the OP Here as a warning that this thread is dangerously close to being locked for repeatedly  going Off Topic. This thread is for interview updates for IR1 and CR1's. Enough with the Off Topic posts. This thread serve no purpose if you continue to post topics that need to be in there own thread.~~

You have your own forum that is specific for you all to get your answers no reason to overload this one thread with other questions.

I do not want to shut down another thread and have a No Restart. DO not cross this line.

 

Multiple post have been removed. Start a new thread for questions. 

[txdoc 35]

Wife had her interview today, went really well! They kept her passport and said they’re going to issue the visa once they receive medical (waiting for TB cultures). Meanwhile, they gave her an orange form (221-G). 

Didn’t ask for any documents. Overall she said it was a very pleasant experience. 

[VJmember2020 32]

5 hours ago, txdoc said:

Wife had her interview today, went really well! They kept her passport and said they’re going to issue the visa once they receive medical (waiting for TB cultures). Meanwhile, they gave her an orange form (221-G). 

Didn’t ask for any documents. Overall she said it was a very pleasant experience. 

Congratulations!!
How many days before the interview did she have her medical done? Just wondering thanks. 

[AS777 9]

Hi everyone,

 

Thanks for sharing all of your updates - this thread has been a real lifeline throughout this process! I thought I would do a quick summary based on previous posts in this thread on where we seem to be at with April interviews. 

 

For context, I was DQ on January 4th and I’m still waiting for my interview (hoping for May…)

 

If anyone has any further updates (or corrections!) please do share:

 

@Muso303DQ October 16th - Interview April 7th (changed by Embassy from March)

@Jonathan Simpson DQ October 16th - Interview April 7th (changed by Embassy from March)

@Jamie B DQ October 8th - Interview April 8th (changed by Embassy from March)

 

@Charlie87 DQ December 14th - Interview April 19th

@bharats DQ December 16th - Interview April 26th

@Ailurus DQ December 16th - Interview April 27th

 

It seems like December 16th was the cut off for April interviews since: 

@Christine Kapp DQ December 17th - No interview yet

@Dawn2021 DQ December 22nd - No interview yet 

 

I also jotted down the dates interviews were released each month:

• March 15th 2021
• February 11th 2021
• December 15th 2020
• November 13th 2020
• October 7th 2020

 

So, in summary, I’m hoping that those of us that were late December / early January DQ dates will hear about our May interviews sometime in mid-April..! 

 

I hope this is somewhat helpful also for those new to the thread.

 

Thanks

Edited March 25, 2021 by AS777

[Rachyu 1]

Hi, may I ask how you can see how many Interviews are being done? What is the website you can see on? And do I need to be documentation approved before being able to see? Thank you in advance :)

[Charlie87 31]

5 hours ago, Rachyu said:

Hi, may I ask how you can see how many Interviews are being done? What is the website you can see on? And do I need to be documentation approved before being able to see? Thank you in advance

If you are going down the IR1/CR1 route then you will need to wait until the NVC has approved your documents at which point you will become ‘documentary qualified’.

You will then need to wait for an email from the NVC which notifies you of an appointment at the Embassy. The date is automatically chosen for you.

The average time at the moment between becoming DQ and getting an interview date is approximately 3-4 months.

[Rachyu 1]

8 hours ago, Charlie87 said:

If you are going down the IR1/CR1 route then you will need to wait until the NVC has approved your documents at which point you will become ‘documentary qualified’.

You will then need to wait for an email from the NVC which notifies you of an appointment at the Embassy. The date is automatically chosen for you.

The average time at the moment between becoming DQ and getting an interview date is approximately 3-4 months.

Thank you for this help. 
I understand the process, I am just looking for a little hope as we have been living apart for almost 2 years now. 
We were sent to NVC on Jan 11th so we should be DQ’d in the next week or so (based on their current timelines). 
We are just trying to work out when we should be expecting our next steps to come and wondered how everyone seems to know what seems like insider information.

[Wuozopo 4,293]

1 hour ago, Rachyu said:

We are just trying to work out when we should be expecting our next steps to come and wondered how everyone seems to know what seems like insider information.

This thread is very long and if you read all of it you would see that people tell their updates and when they got notified of their interview dates. So they try to find patterns...like mid month has been when the latest people in London have been notified. But all who thought they had it figured out were thrown in January when nobody in this thread got notified of a date. It’s speculation and prediction. There’s no website with official information.