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| London, United Kingdom |  Review #4172 on April 1, 2009: |
darkequitus
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
My Wife, my Son and I arrived in line outside the embassy at 6am! My wife was determined to me first in line.
We started our journey from home at 5am, missing rush hour, circumventing the congestion charge and parking deep under Hyde Park.
It was rather cold that morning. My son (21 month old) refused to cover himself with his trusted blanket as we pushed his buggy toward Grovenor Square. It seemed he decided today of all days to start his terrible 2s early. My wife and I feared it would be a rather long day for him.
On arriving outside the embassy, we query a security guard as to where we should stand. The queue barriers created a snake of many mouths. He directed us to a standing stop with a wry smile. He soon left for home as his late arriving relief took over. Not before expressing his disgust at his colleague’s time keeping.
As time went on, the queue grew behind us. As the queue grew, my Son’s patients begin to diminish. Impatience ... read complete review
| | | London, United Kingdom | Review #4164 on March 30, 2009: |
ahlpo
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: Direct Consular Filing
Although currently staying just outside of London since our lease expired last week, my wife and I booked a hotel room near the US Embassy to avoid any risks of traffic or public transport delays or potential G20-related disruptions (which, by the way, there were not). We stayed at the Milleniuem Mayfair at Grosvenor Square, literally just 1 minute from the building, which was quite nice and reasonable priced for London from the rate we found on Lastminute.com. This was also convenient to leave our electronic devices and other belongings at the hotel.
When we arrived at 7:30 AM, there was a queue of about 20 people ahead of us who were slowly being let in. I was admitted without any problems although I had previously sent an email to the US Embassy to confirm it would be OK to accompany my wife for her visa interview. Once past security, we entered the building and were assigned a number. After waiting about 20 minutes, interview windows began to open up and numbers were... read complete review
| | | London, United Kingdom | Review #4142 on March 27, 2009: |
santos-wilson
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
And so is the story of a very strange day in my life...
I arrived in London about 7.30am and headed to the Embassy. On the way I passed 'Goulds Pharmacy' - which is a place you need to go to drop off any electrical items you have about you. The Embassy don't allow things like camera's, phones, i-pods, even head phones... so if you have these, just take a visit to Goulds Pharmacy first. It costs a flat fee of £5 to store your belongings.
My appointment was meant to be at 8.30am, but I joined the queue and they didn't mind that I was early.
After lining up I passed through 'security' which is just like the airport, but a lot less stressful. You can keep your shoes on for a start. You're in and out of there pretty quickly.
From here it's just a short walk around the building to the main entrance. I walked there with a scruffy looking guy with long grey hair and a Led-Zep T-Shirt... it turns out he was a roadie with 'UB40' - and ... read complete review
| | | London, United Kingdom | Review #4130 on March 25, 2009: |
bigticket77
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Dont want to replicate everything that everyone else has written, so will try to keep it short. I made my way down from Bond Street Tube station, which is a very short walk. If you need to drop phones off, key fobs etc which you cant take into the embassy- you can drop them in at Goulds Pharmacy on North Audley St which you pass on the way. I had a 9 am interview, but started queueing outside at 7.45am and was in the building for 8am, so my advice is to get there early. I was 5th in line (ticket 5005) and was seen by 8.50am, a very pleasant guy took some of my documents, took fingerprints and photos.( it helps if all your documents are easy to hand or in a nice folder, so there is no faffing around). I then jumped to the next window to pay the fee (£91) then sat down for about an hour or so and waited for my number to be called again and spent the time like the other 100 people there staring intently at the big screens. i took a book to pass the time but i kept thinking id heard my... read complete review
| | | London, United Kingdom | Review #4103 on March 20, 2009: |
skparker
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Click here if you found this review helpful | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Sorry i didnt post my review sooner, been busy getting things organised for my departure on the 26th March 
So i stayed at the Marble Arch Inn Hotel the night before as my interview was at 8:30am.
My day started at 6:30am by waking up and jumping in the shower to get myself awake and fresh for what i thought would be a long day ahead. After getting dressed and all that, i set out the door at 7:20 for an easy 15 minute stroll to the Embassy which i had planned the route the day before, stopping off for a newspaper on the way for some decent reading material about United kicking Inter Milans arse the night before.
I arrived at the Embassy at a respectable 7:45 to see that there was already a good 30-35 people in line, there was me thinking i would be right at the front, ha. So after about 10 minutes in line you are asked to show your appointment letter to a woman just before entering the security doors, oh might i add that there are sig... read complete review
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