Forum	Title	Content	Member	Sex	Country	Date/Time
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (Laura+Tom @ Mar 20 2009, 10:48 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (skparker @ Mar 20 2009, 03:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Laura+Tom @ Mar 20 2009, 10:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Due you think I'd be able to book a medical for June now? Or would they make me wait a couple more months? I want to book it before I go away. as long as you have your NVC number--the number the NVC gives you on the white piece of paper in the mail--you can schedule it Yeah I know that, I have my Packet 3 anyway. Just wondering if they will have an issue with me booking it so far in advance. I suppose I'll find out tonight. Pat could not book hers more then 30 days out. You can certainly try though. It's not like they are going send you to detentions or anything. Edited by Bob and Patricia, 20 March 2009 - 11:01 AM.	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-20 11:01:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (skparker @ Mar 20 2009, 09:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> once spring hits though....prices jump x2 at the minimum. your once $450 flight to europe is now $900-$1200 I had to change my travel plans twice trying to find better ticket prices for my trip to see Pat in 2 weeks. The difference between departing on 2 different weekdays changed my fare from $1,050 US to $525 US. Bob QUOTE (Bob and Patricia @ Mar 20 2009, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (skparker @ Mar 20 2009, 09:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> once spring hits though....prices jump x2 at the minimum. your once $450 flight to europe is now $900-$1200 I had to change my travel plans twice trying to find better ticket prices for my trip to see Pat in 2 weeks. The difference between departing on 2 different weekdays changed my fare from $1,050 US to $525 US. I don't even want to think about what a flight there in May for her interview will set us back. Bob	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-20 09:43:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (Nik+Heather @ Mar 19 2009, 05:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi UK forum! I've been sort of lurking around here while I waited for our NOA2, and now I can join THIS thread, as I just got it in the mail this afternoon - which puts us between NOA2 and interview! I'm Heather, the USC, and Nik is the UKC...looking forward to sharing this (hopefully speedy!) part of our visa journey with you guys! Welcome to the fray and congrats on the NOA2! 43 days from NOA1 to 2 is amazing! I hope the rest of your journey goes as well. Bob and Pat	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-19 18:15:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (Laura+Tom @ Mar 19 2009, 11:10 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I just found this whilst booking some travel at work (the site also deals with visas): 'The US Embassy is going to be closed between Monday 30th March and Friday 03 April..' Doesn't give a reason why though. Um, heading to Cabo for spring break?	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-19 13:17:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (Laura+Tom @ Mar 19 2009, 09:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> It's been mentioned a few times that for US immigration medicals are only done at the Bentinck Street location even though the website says otherwise. They do medicals for other countries too so maybe their website is generic. http://www.visamedicals.info/index.asp I stand corrected. Yes, Bentinck Street is where Pat is scheduled to go. Edited by Bob and Patricia, 19 March 2009 - 12:11 PM.	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-19 12:10:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (mr and mrs @ Mar 19 2009, 06:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> the knightsbridge medical reviews are posted/pinned at the top of the uk forum. and someone said recently that all of the american medicals take place at one location, i think the bentinck street location. ill see if i can find the post. im glad that things are moving along again for you. : ) There are two locations for medicals. From the Embassy Website The medical examination is performed at one of two medical centers in London. The medical examination cannot be performed by the applicant's own physician.	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-19 09:22:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (mr and mrs @ Mar 18 2009, 09:41 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> i called and the DOS is closed today? hmm. no big deal, helps me practice being patient. I got through without a problem today. Didn't even have to wait more then 15 seconds or so talk to a person. *Puts grouchy old man hat on* .. We've lost this thread to a lot of off topic critter talk.. lets get it back on track folks. *Takes off grouchy old man hat* Bob (Who has nothing against animals)	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-18 17:22:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (skparker @ Mar 16 2009, 09:44 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> no one else gotten a interview date yet???? Our paperwork arrived at the embassy 4 days ago. Pat requested her police certificate (expedited), she and I are going over the forms she needs (230, 156, 156k 157), and she just get her medical for sometime in mid-April when I'm there. Waiting for packet 3 and the police report now. Bob and Pat	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-17 07:53:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (KnightAndMagpie @ Mar 12 2009, 08:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, my Knight can have a potty mouth on him when he has a mind to. Magpie. Going through this process can often make the air turn blue with language. Bob	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-13 10:22:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (skparker @ Mar 12 2009, 09:42 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (RBAL_TN @ Mar 12 2009, 05:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Bob and Patricia @ Mar 12 2009, 04:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Took me 2 re-dials to get past the busy signal yesterday evening about 7:30pm NVC time. I was on hold for about 10 minutes before I got to speak to someone. So far with 3 calls there, I have to say they've got some great staff. This last one sounded actually bubbly when she told me our case had been sent on to London. Sigh, now its Packet 3 prep time. Thankfully we took care of the letter of intent and sponsorship stuff back in December when Patricia was here. Guess I should think about adding 2008's tax return to the stack since we'll interview after April 15th. (Sorry, just mental babble here.. I do that a lot since proposing) I went through the same thing in calling NVC. Tried several time throughout the day before finally getting through. Turns out our case was sent out and tracking via DHL shows it was in London already. That was FAST. I'm flying over to Manchester on the 27th and we are hoping she can get the medical done while I am there. She's calling today with the LND# to see if she can get an appointment. With any luck, I'll be back there for the interview and help her pack sometime in April. My only other concern is the the £ to $ ratio is really at a low point right now (1.376! ). We were hoping it would be back to something more average and above 1.6 by now. May have to wait on transferring money over here if this keeps up. UGHHH...the exchange rate was 2.10 in Feb 2008!!!!! what the heck. last time i checked it was 1.41 here. This really sucks...we are barely going to get anything extra for our pound to $ ratio. yuck. We got approved this morning....sadly I haven't been able to talk to stuart about the whole thing yet because his phone is being stupid on the train....so all I know is "We got APPROVED...see you in 2 weeks beautiful"....that was sent at 5:33am to me. so hopefully ill be able to talk to him soon. So now onto the next steps I suppose. MARM--we will have to start a UK thread from Interview through AOS process keep everyone together on this IF and when Pat sells her house, we may have to leave the money in England until the exchange rates come back to normal... (LOL @me pretending to know anything about money) That's great! Lot's of good news on VJ this morning... some other December fliers have got their NOA2, our stuff left NVC bound for London, and of course your interview. Looking forward to Stuart's review of the Virgin train from Manchester, the hotel, and the interview.. Pat and I will be making that same run hopefully soon! (It almost makes me want to be a fly on the wall at O'Hare's Terminal 5 when he gets here.) Bob (and Pat)	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-12 10:25:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (Nich-Nick @ Mar 12 2009, 07:47 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Bob and Patricia~~ This is probably your package number for tracking to London 9136859480 http://track.dhl-usa...v=TrackBynumber Wow that wasn't there when I looked 3 hours ago! Yeah I'm pathetic, I checked even before I brushed my teeth and shaved this morning. Thanks for the heads up! Bob (and Patricia)	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-12 07:59:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (RBAL_TN @ Mar 12 2009, 05:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Bob and Patricia @ Mar 12 2009, 04:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Took me 2 re-dials to get past the busy signal yesterday evening about 7:30pm NVC time. I was on hold for about 10 minutes before I got to speak to someone. So far with 3 calls there, I have to say they've got some great staff. This last one sounded actually bubbly when she told me our case had been sent on to London. Sigh, now its Packet 3 prep time. Thankfully we took care of the letter of intent and sponsorship stuff back in December when Patricia was here. Guess I should think about adding 2008's tax return to the stack since we'll interview after April 15th. (Sorry, just mental babble here.. I do that a lot since proposing) I went through the same thing in calling NVC. Tried several time throughout the day before finally getting through. Turns out our case was sent out and tracking via DHL shows it was in London already. That was FAST. I'm flying over to Manchester on the 27th and we are hoping she can get the medical done while I am there. She's calling today with the LND# to see if she can get an appointment. With any luck, I'll be back there for the interview and help her pack sometime in April. My only other concern is the the £ to $ ratio is really at a low point right now (1.376! ). We were hoping it would be back to something more average and above 1.6 by now. May have to wait on transferring money over here if this keeps up. Thanks for the nudge on the exchange rate.. reminds me I need to buy some £'s before I go to see Pat in a few weeks. We're also hoping the exchange rate heads back to be more favorable by time she moves. We had this trip planned since December and have kinda lucked out for the timing of her needs for the medical. I am also planning on being back there for her interview. Bob	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-12 07:46:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (Laura+Tom @ Mar 12 2009, 03:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I tried calling NVC yesterday but they were busy, I don't like the fact that you can't be put on hold but instead have to keep calling back. So I decided to call the expensive embassy number and see if they had my case, apparently it arrived a couple of days ago and I would expect to hear from them soon (yeah right). He gave me my case number too. Luckily I wasn't on for too long. Took me 2 re-dials to get past the busy signal yesterday evening about 7:30pm NVC time. I was on hold for about 10 minutes before I got to speak to someone. So far with 3 calls there, I have to say they've got some great staff. This last one sounded actually bubbly when she told me our case had been sent on to London. Sigh, now its Packet 3 prep time. Thankfully we took care of the letter of intent and sponsorship stuff back in December when Patricia was here. Guess I should think about adding 2008's tax return to the stack since we'll interview after April 15th. (Sorry, just mental babble here.. I do that a lot since proposing)	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-12 05:38:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (Laura+Tom @ Mar 10 2009, 12:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I don't see why not, just bear in mind that for AOS purposes the medical is valid for one year. Kinda my way of thinking too. And if it takes more then one year from this point, we've got bigger problems then re-doing a medical. Bob	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-10 13:02:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (mr and mrs @ Mar 8 2009, 10:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ive decided that you probably already knew all of that stuff i spouted up there. ive also decided that you wanted to know roughly how long it takes to get a medical with the knightsbridge doctors in london once you have contacted them. :l im slow. sorry. since we have not scheduled one, i cant tell you personally, but it seems like they have a lot of availability. i thought it said 1-2 days on the website when i checked the other day, but i dont see that time frame there now. instead it currently says, The practice is open on Mondays to Fridays from 9am to 5pm. For appointments, please call 020 7589 8965 . Appointments can usually be offered promptly at a time to suit you. which also sounds promising. i believe you can book your appointment once you have received your LND case number. (it's very possible that i am just posting to read my own advice and see if it makes sense. ignore me. : ) ) While on the subject of medicals... I just called the NVC and got our LND number (K-1 visa) At first, the very nice lady at the other end of the line did not want to give me the number. I explained that we wanted to set up an appt for a medical. She went on to explain that we should not do that until packet 3 was received and returned. In the end she gave me the number. This waiting seems to clash with traditional VJ wisdom, that says make the appointment as soon as you can. Is there such a thing as too-early for a medical? Bob and Patricia	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-10 12:48:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (misscharlotte @ Mar 9 2009, 08:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I already have an LND number- it was my case number for the whole process Opps, my bad. Didn't notice you're a CR-1/IR-1 visa. We're K-1 so I've been working in that mindset. The rules are different. Call me embarassed, Bob	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-09 08:18:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (misscharlotte @ Mar 9 2009, 07:21 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We just got our notice saying that my case had been completed on Friday. Today I am going to start calling the NVC to check if they have assigned me an interview date. How long has it usually been taking people? When should I call up to get a medical with one of the doctors? Do I have to wait to be assigned a doctor also or do I just call? First of all congrats on the approval and welcome to the pre-interview thread. Today will be too early to call. I tried calling a week after we received out NOA2 (spoke to a real person as Nich-Nick outlined above) and they had not received it or assigned an LND case number to us yet. Having said that, you can certainly call but it most likely there will be no info. Remember we're talking the speed of government here. The NVC does not assign your interview date, that will be done by the embassy after they send you packet 3 and you send it back. You can can call for an appointment for the medical after you get your LND case number from the NVC. Congrats again, Bob and Patricia	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-09 07:58:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (miss g @ Mar 4 2009, 06:50 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ive read blue shield blue cross are really good for temp medical insurance dont know for sure i was thinkn to go to hsbc coz i bank with them and they all about global banking so maybe theyd know somefin We've got Blue Cross PPO here, I'm trying to work out a deal with my employer where I can get Pat in with COBRA until we get married.... shouldn't be more then a month after her feet hit the ground at O'Hare. Bob	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-05 09:02:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (skparker @ Mar 2 2009, 08:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> anyone else ever take the plane from o'hare to manchester??? just curious We've settled on American flight 54 for Chicago to Manchester. Departs here at 5:40pm, lands there about 7:20am. For the other direction we like American 55 (10:35am departure, 12:55pm arrival). Sometimes the fares are cheaper on other flights, but we're looking to be making the Chicago <-> Manchester trek at least once a year... It's all about the miles and occasionally getting a free flight. Bob	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-03 06:04:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (skparker @ Mar 2 2009, 09:25 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Me and my fiance have received our INTERVIEW DATE!!!!! I called the washington number this morning and they said our interview is MARCH 12, 2009 @ 830am :-D We both almost had a heart attack, i swear. Cool and congrats! We're looking forward to hearing all about it! Bob and Patricia	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-02 17:30:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (skparker @ Mar 2 2009, 12:19 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (MARM @ Mar 1 2009, 04:02 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Talyss @ Mar 1 2009, 07:52 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> My understanding from the temporary EAD stamp debate is it is only valid if you have a work related visa which specifies employment with a specific employer. In addition when I came through Chicago yesterday they wrote "Admitted solely to marry" on the back of my I194. Thanks for the info Talyss. My fiance will also be coming in through Ohare for POE since I live in Chicago . We were initially planning on JFK just for the temp EAD, but it is not worth it as it is not valid anymore for K-1 admittances. marm where in the uk is ur fiance flying in from?? maybe our fiances can fly in to ohare together, lol. Hmmmm maybe I can get Patricia on the same plane. Too bad we're not that far along yet.. just got our NOA2 last week. But its good to see other Chicago/UK couples out here. Bob, who is looking forward to picking her up at O'hare for the last time.	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-03-02 06:26:00
United Kingdom	People between NOA2 and Interview ~2009~	QUOTE (MonkeyJuice @ Feb 26 2009, 12:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hey, I can join you guys now!! woo hoo! We hired a lawyer at the beginning of this whole LONG process to help us with the K1. They were useless in chasing up the NA02 but at least now they can do something useful & complete all the forms and collate all our photos, emails etc. We might get our moneys worth now! lol We're joining this thread too! Got the email notification for NOA2 just a few hours ago. We thought about a lawyer also but decided to go it on our own... for us it was not wanting to turn something so important over to a 3rd party. I'm not saying a lawyer is the wrong decision, it just wasn't right for us. Now if we can just get an interview date to coincide with my planned (and ticketed trip) to see Patricia in April. Bob	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-02-26 22:29:00
United Kingdom	The 2009 United Kingdom Interview Thread!	QUOTE (Jasmin&Travis @ Nov 13 2009, 04:21 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I'm hoping to get there for christmas, I'm not financially able to at the minute but I'm hoping I can work my socks off to make it happen! If not it'll be in the new year I think for the interveiw scheduling they go by some kind of priority date? I think it's the date you file but I'm not sure, I remember reading something somewhere a long time ago That's not much help is it! lol. Congratulations to everyone who's getting their dates today and good luck to everyone who's waiting! They try to accommodate your travel /weddings dates that you put on the IV-15 checklist. We left ours blank originally and were waiting forever for an interview. Our wedding plans changed, I filed an amended form and we had an interview date scheduled pretty soon afterwords. Good luck, Bob and Pat Bob	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-11-16 09:18:00
United Kingdom	The 2009 United Kingdom Interview Thread!	Hmm Guess I've been away from this topic for a bit.. lots of new names. Congrats to everyone on your progress! Bob and Pat Edited by Bob and Patricia, 03 November 2009 - 08:31 AM.	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-11-03 08:29:00
United Kingdom	The 2009 United Kingdom Interview Thread!	QUOTE (app-girl @ Jul 27 2009, 09:56 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Andrew's medical went well. Just waiting for the embassy to recieve medical info and send visa. Time to start looking for plane ticket. Hey congrats on the interview and medical! We've been busy getting Pat settled in and planning our wedding trip so haven't been on VJ much recently. Congrats to ALL the approvals that have happened in our absence. Bob and Pat	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-07-28 10:03:00
United Kingdom	The 2009 United Kingdom Interview Thread!	QUOTE (Gary_UK @ Jul 27 2009, 10:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Thanks for the good luck wishes marm. Starting to look up the finer details of my journey on Friday. e.g. when will the chosen tube station open ? where is the goulds pharmacy etc. I know others have posted this information but I think its part of the "preperation" to look this info up anyways. On the question of gould's, according to google maps. the pharmacy on North Audley St is listed as opening times of 8:30 am. My interview is for that time. So have I got to look for some alternative safe place to store my phone and keys ? I have tried to call the pharmacy directly but its constantly engaged. Has anyone got any personal experience of using them ? Good luck for Friday! We used Gould's for Pat's car remote door lock, (electronics). Everything else we left in our hotel.. mobile phones, laptops, etc. Along with the car door opener, we forgot 2 USB pen drives in her purse. They found those in x-Ray. Fortunately they were empty and I wasn't about to make the trip back to Gould's to store them, so they were binned. Our appt was for 9:30 so I can't vouch for their opening time. Bob and Pat	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-07-28 10:00:00
United Kingdom	The 2009 United Kingdom Interview Thread!	QUOTE (Julie Ivy @ Jul 9 2009, 07:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> QUOTE (Ellie-and-David @ Jul 8 2009, 02:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Congrats to all who have been approved this week! Good Luck for tomorrow Julie Ivy! Hi guys, we are approved!!! And very very happy and relieved. Had the nice young american guy and it really did feel more like a chat than anything, he asked some basic questions then said everything was in order and congratulations. Am exhausted having missed my flight back to edinburgh and having to get a later one (shouldnt have had that 2nd beer!) but just happy to be sorted and hoping to have visa in hand and fly out to newark next friday. thanks for everyones words of wisdom. chris and julie Hey congrats! It's always a sigh of relief when you get that interview over and visa in hand. Bob and Pat	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-07-10 08:02:00
United Kingdom	The 2009 United Kingdom Interview Thread!	QUOTE (JerrysGirlAnne @ Jul 7 2009, 10:38 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Same for us, Approved---pending one piece of paper. But it does feel good for it to be almost over with. Sounds like a lot of great news out of London!	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-07-07 11:16:00
United Kingdom	The 2009 United Kingdom Interview Thread!	QUOTE (WHITE COW @ Jul 7 2009, 08:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Happy Day! We are approved. Its all bought and paid for.... only thing is he needs to get one document from Croatia retranslated and send it back via courier with his passport. Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! I can't believe it. Praise God!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Whoooo hoooo! Yippy do da!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No other words to describe how I am feeling.... :-) White Cow. Hey congrats! That deserves a few dancers. Bob and Pat	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-07-07 09:23:00
United Kingdom	The 2009 United Kingdom Interview Thread!	QUOTE (karenandtrev @ Jul 3 2009, 11:06 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You must be so excited!! I bet you can't wait to be together My visa arrived yesterday morning, no problems whatsoever, so it's all go now! One problem tho-I really want to have a look inside that HUGE brown envelope!! Why do they make it so tempting?!?! I'll just have to control my curiosity Great news on the visa arrival! Very excited here, but more then ready for this. It's just been such a long time coming, (not nearly as long as others though) that it almost seems surreal... can this really be happening! However, I think my biggest emotion is awe and wonderment that she'd actually do this for us. Bob	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-07-03 11:29:00
United Kingdom	The 2009 United Kingdom Interview Thread!	QUOTE (WHITE COW @ Jul 3 2009, 08:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi- please add me to the list. We just got word on Monday our Interview is on July 7th at 9am! I thought my stomach would be eating its self for a month or 6 weeks waiting for the interview. now that we got one that's less then a week away- the nervousness is concentrated. ugh.... Congrats on the interview date. Review this thread for tips and you'll do just fine.. there is a lot of collective wisdom here. Bob and Pat 1 day 3 hours 30 min until Pat's plane touches down in Chicago.	Bob and Patricia	Male	England	2009-07-03 09:07:00