That's great - thank you. Will definitely try this once we get our reply (acceptance hopefully - fingers crossed) My worry is that the request for transfer might not be seen on time and then everything incl. interview will get rejected due to not being able to do everything within the timeline needed
I can move freely to the UK and back but I can't really stay there for an extended time. sure I can stay a day or two but if I need to stay for weeks or months that's not feasible. I am not sure how long would it take - i.e. get medical, then have an interview and say extended AP after interview? could it be done in a week? or is there more like ... months in between? (when I looked this up on their embassy website it wasn't clear, but something like you can do medical a week in advance and then come back for an interview or so? does it work like that or is that a wishful thinking?) I don't mind flying back in for each 'appointment' unless they need to send something to my 'address in the UK' which I won't have.
Any idea how much longer the process might be if we request the transfer to another country? and would there be a risk of not making it 'within the timeline' (from what I've see on VJ there were instances where the process took over 4++ months and they were given only 90 days etc) ? time and money wise this would be the best solution tbh but if it adds another 6months+ in the process then I'd rather fly back and forth to get this over with!