United Kingdom US Consulate Reviews
Average Rating: 4.4
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1822 Review(s)
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| London, United Kingdom |  Review #1233 on January 28, 2007: |
pcraddy
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I stayed at the Gloucester Place hotel – 12 minutes walk from the embassy (I timed it ) Not bad, room could have done with a bit of a Hoover, but it was at the back of the hotel and on the 4th floor, so very quiet. Breakfast was OK, nothing fancy but I wasn’t too hungry before the interview anyway.
I arrived at the embassy at about 10 to 10, with my interview being at half 10. I wandered up to the front of the two queues that had begun to form and as I approached a lady with a clipboard asked if I needed any help. She directed me to the queue on the right hand side, alongside the first set of fencing (actually more like a low crowd control barrier). A sign at the front of the queue says “Visas” but it’s hard to see when the queue is already there.
A 2nd queue which was parallel to the 1st one a few metres away (and in the shade of the sun for those at the front, lucky people! ) seemed to be people who had a 10am appointment. As the queue formed... read complete review
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| London, United Kingdom | Review #1206 on January 18, 2007: |
flutter95
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My interview was on December 5th, it's just taken me forever to get this done!
My appointment was at 10:30am and I got there at about 9:30, there were about 5 people in the line ahead of me and I wasn't sure if I was in the right place so I just stood there and a nice young lady came along and checked my letter and whatnot and stayed in the line. Soon they started to let us in and I had my passport and letter checked by a security guard who made fun of my passport pictures! I then went through the x-ray machines and all the way around the embassy. I went inside and at the desk I was asked if I had any electronics on me, and I think if you have cameras and the like they make you leave them there. Also you can't take in liquids, they don't like them.
I then went through the heavy doors and I handed my letter over to a young lady who printed out a deli counter style ticket and I sat down. Its like a crazy mix of a massive deli counter/post office. I sat down with nu... read complete review
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| London, United Kingdom | Review #1189 on January 11, 2007: |
uk2usa
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wow that wasn't so bad.
all i need to do now is wait for my visa to be delivered.
am so happy
from what i've read everyone's experience is different.
i have been waiting for a while, till it was my turn to give advice.
so here's my version.
08:25
outside US Embassy. a lady checked my name on her list. security guard checked my appointment letter & passport. then a short walk to the security check tent, to x-ray my bag. another walk around the US Embassy in order to enter the building. there were plenty of signs saying "VISA". receptionist asks what i was there for. then went up the stairs on the left. entered another set of doors. boy were those doors hard to open.
08:31
got my ticket from a gentleman checking my appointment letter. i got ticket #1. sat down & waited till my number was called.
08:45
got called to window 1. nice chinese lady greeted me, who was a bit disorientat... read complete review
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| London, United Kingdom | Review #1171 on January 3, 2007: |
JenandJerry
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Everyone else seems to only be marking the London Embassy for their performance on the day of the interview. Like others here, our interview was very fast and efficient, which is why we are giving them two out of five and not zero. As the London embassy took over the processing of our application from the NVC in August, we think it is fair to mark their overall performance since then.
We received our package three promptly, just two days after the embassy took charge of our case from the NVC. From this point on, things went downhill. After sending in our completed checklist, we waited nearly seven weeks before we got our package four. We would have been waiting much longer, had we not been advised by fellow applicants on this forum, to resend our checklist after not hearing back for four weeks. The embassy never acknowledged that they had lost our paperwork, but we believe it's too much of a coincidence that two weeks after resending the checklist, we suddenly had an int... read complete review
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| London, United Kingdom | Review #1160 on December 30, 2006: |
campervanman
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I arrived a little early for my appointment so I expected to be standing outside the Embassy for quite a while. However, one of the Embassy staff was coming along the line making sure everyone had their necessary documents. When she saw that I had an immigrant visa application she took me into the other line and I was allowed into the building about 5 minutes later. Inside the waiting room was very busy but I took my ticket and took a seat. I was called up for my first interview bang on time and the lady I spoke to was very courteous, and we even shared a few jokes. I then returned to take a seat before being called for the final interview. I had a wait of about half an hour before I was called to the second window. I was asked a couple of very easy questions about my relationship with my fiancée, and where I would be living in the USA. A few minutes later I was asked to raise my right hand and swear I was telling the truth before being advised that I had been accepted for the visa. A... read complete review
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