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| London, United Kingdom |  Review on May 15, 2024: |
Mil123
Rating:  | Review Topic: IR-1/CR-1 Visa
Medical appointment:
The medical appointment was pretty straightforward, but felt like a rip off in terms of how much they do for that £385. The only speed bump I hit was not having a recent Covid jab, which was a nightmare to get privately but by some miracle I got one within a few day.
US Embassy:
Again, pretty straightforward. There seemed to be two queues into the building. I got directed to one and handed over my passport and DS260 form which they signed and then said I would need to wait until half an hour before my appointment.
Once it got to that time I waited a few minutes in the other queue and then had to show my phone and open the clock app. Don’t bring a laptop, but iPads and kindles are fine you just need to have them turned on. I then got directed to the security queue and had to go through a toned down version of airport security. I would avoid bringing liquids, a family before me got stopped due to having several bottles of perfume. They asked me to have a drink from my water bottle, and didn’t seem to watch me do it and then let me leave the security building.
I did notice that anyone with young children was able to skip the previous queue and be taken into security.
I walked into the entrance and there wasn’t a queue inside and someone took my paperwork, gave me a number and pointed me towards the lift. She told me to go left and take another left. It’s pretty straightforward to find the area for the immigrant visas and there seemed to be a lot of people to point you in the right direction.
The first window you go to you hand over your documents, make sure you have the shipping confirmation if you’re going to have your passport posted back to you as they need that. They took fingerprints and then gave me some light reading about my rights when I get to the USA. The focus seemed to be on domestic abuse. I was a little worried as I have been in waiting for my marriage certificate to get to the UK from the USA and I only had a scan, but I did have the original marriage license so I gave both with my police certificate and birth certificate.
I waited around an hour/hour and a half for the “visa interview”. I got asked to swear I was telling the truth, a few questions about my husband and when we last saw each other, and that was it. He told me I was approved after this incredibly brief conversation. Relieved is an understatement. He gave me back my documents and didn’t need them I see any of my husband’s financial documents. This has been the easiest part of the whole process.
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Consulate / USCIS Member Review #33182