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| London, United Kingdom |  Review on July 10, 2020: |
Jamie Solo
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
So this took place in a COVID filled world before the embassy opened up to non-emergency stuff.
There was a bit of confusion for my appointment as it was an expedite and outside of being offered it I had no communication from the embassy to confirm it or anything. So when I arrived, embassy security had to actually call up to the office as my name wasn't on the list! And after leaving my house at 2am to get to London on time I was on edge lol. Fortunately everything worked out, got through security after showing an app working on my phone and walked through and up the elevators in a very empty/echo filled building.
When I got to the counter area there were about 4 or 5 people working in an office section that would usually have 20 or so people and I waited with about 4 other people in this time block to have my name called and give over some of my original documents to be checked. I was asked a couple of questions and handed the paper about my rights in America etc. Guy was really nice, and there was hand sanitizer and he said to take off the mask etc. as between the glass window and everything, no chance of spreading/catching the virus.
After chatting with him, I waited and got called up to the second person where I swore my oath. Her question was basically ; So how did you end up getting married in Japan? And between answering that and some anecdotes, about my time there, I was handed the 221g slip pending medical (which was scheduled for the afternoon).''
And now a week later, my medical was received and all approved and 8 days later, my passport is on its way to the depot! So they are definitely getting back into the groove of things!
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #28368