biggish data

Called DOS today. Usually they just tell me that they're still going through my Packet 3 response but today they told me that it'd been 'approved' and that I'm now 'eligable' for an interview. She also said I should call back in a few days and they should be able to give me my interview date

Police certificates finally came too, yay.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-27 20:16:00

QUOTE (miss g @ Feb 26 2009, 07:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

when do u have ur interview?? wouldnt it be ridiculous if we ended up having it the same day .. i made my friends come with me for the medical and then we went to have lunch.. it was sad because my friends realised ohh.. shes going.. im going to miss my friends we are pretty much like family, every weekend we have a cook up

No interview date yet.. I've been bugging DOS like three times a week

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-26 14:21:00

QUOTE (miss g @ Feb 26 2009, 06:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

i am gonna get sooo crazy after the interview.. after the medical i had a mini celebration but after the interview ahhh

I could barely eat or sleep prior to the medical... it's going to be so much worse before the interview

I remember getting out of the medical and instantly having my hunger and 'tireds' return

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-26 13:31:00

QUOTE (miss g @ Feb 26 2009, 06:00 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

finally sent off packet 3 omg.. what torture.. i couldnt bring myself to send it off i kept checkn it and checkn it!! anyways its off

I think I re-read mine about 20 times... and my mum, who randomly came to visit, pointed out that I'd written her address wrong in the parent's data section. It made me worse

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-26 13:12:00

QUOTE (Stinky Monkey @ Feb 17 2009, 09:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (Furious Biscuit @ Feb 17 2009, 09:01 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hmm..
My Packet 3 response was delivered on the 9th (bloody snow).. is it too early for me to call DOS?

No it's not remember the time difference, go give em a call and let me know if you hear anything

I meant the date range.. since it's only been 8 days.. haha. Do you think they would have assigned me an interview date by now, I mean?

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-17 16:05:00

Hmm..
My Packet 3 response was delivered on the 9th (bloody snow).. is it too early for me to call DOS?

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-17 16:01:00

QUOTE (MARM @ Feb 6 2009, 01:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (Furious Biscuit @ Feb 6 2009, 09:30 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (MARM @ Feb 6 2009, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

How long is the wait until the interview after sending packet 3 back?

According to the K1 flowchart, 1 month and a week, but timelines differ obviously. Some people had theirs 3 weeks after sending back Packet 3, and others, 3 months. Can only hope it'll be quick.

I do believe it is much quicker for us UK pple than the K-1 flowchart predicts. According to immigration time-lines here on VJ, the average wait time for UK filers between NVC and interview is 61 days. And this includes the time it takes from NVC to the embassy and then sending out packet 3, the embassy receiving the response, and of course, the medical. So that is a great average! Hopefully we don't have issues with AP @ NVC and we get to the embassy stage of the process by the middle of this month!

Reeeally hope so. I'm waiting for my approval and I'll be booking my flight for a few days after if all goes to plan

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-06 08:46:00

QUOTE (MARM @ Feb 6 2009, 01:27 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

How long is the wait until the interview after sending packet 3 back?

According to the K1 flowchart, 1 month and a week, but timelines differ obviously. Some people had theirs 3 weeks after sending back Packet 3, and others, 3 months. Can only hope it'll be quick.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-06 08:30:00

Yay Marm, so happy for you

I hope your case gets through NVC nice and fast. I sent Packet 3 back yesterday. Now for the long wait til the interview.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-06 08:15:00

dogs

an excellent topic for thread hijacking. Here's mine.

A British greyhound lady who crossed the Atlantic in September last year. I'll see her next monday for the first time since December.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-04-01 12:21:00

Thanks for all of the congratulations.. I need to put my write-up here, but I'm still so amazed and tired and actually-eating-and-sleeping again that everything I write comes out bad

Good luck, Magpie

I know it's horrible before the interview but everybody here is right.. it's such an anticlimax. but I guess you have to experience it yourself before you'll actually admit to it/realize that, I know I was that way.. Haha

Edited by Furious Biscuit, 28 March 2009 - 07:32 PM.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-28 19:32:00

APPROVED

Will post a review later
but now is food time

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-27 11:56:00

QUOTE (mr and mrs @ Mar 23 2009, 06:23 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

The Dip Sticks................K3.......................................25th March 2009
Caminic.........................K1.......................................25th March 2009
Furious Biscuit...............K1.......................................27th March 2009
jojo gee........................K1.......................................27th March 2009

it will be a busy week! im rooting for 4 out of 4 APPROVED!!!!'s ! good luck everyone.

and it is IMPERATIVE that you let us here know IMMEDIATELY because we will be gnawing on our fingernails with curiosity and concern to hear the results!

I intend to

I just want the interview date to get here. Time is trickling by so slowly now

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-23 02:36:00

Congrats Obbynox

Thanks for the reassuring review too. Six days for me. AAAAAAH. I'm still calm. I think.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-20 20:15:00

9 days til my interview. I feel surprisingly calm. I hope it lasts

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-18 13:24:00

Congrats Sharon

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-06 09:58:00

So sorry, Dairyfarmer

I really do hope things get resolved for you.

Good luck Sharon, I hope you got the printer stuff sorted, will be thinking of you tomorrow

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-05 14:57:00

QUOTE (Stinky Monkey @ Mar 4 2009, 07:38 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You need a panic buddy

I have mine on Friday and now on permanent panic mode, feel sick with worry, oh well not long to go and I will find out

As you said to me loads of times on skype last night (and it was needed)..

YOU WILL BE FIIIIIINE

I'm so excited for you

I'm gonna be crapping myself with interview terror on the 25th onwards too, though. haha

Edited by Furious Biscuit, 04 March 2009 - 02:59 PM.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-04 14:58:00

QUOTE (miss g @ Mar 4 2009, 07:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

THAT WOULD MAKE ME HAPPY... at least we can like make each other calm down!!!

'K1' is it's own language

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-04 14:14:00

QUOTE (Talyss @ Mar 4 2009, 06:46 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Congrats on the interview date

they send packet 4 second class post so it can be several days after it gets on the computer system when it shows up in the post

QUOTE (Furious Biscuit @ Mar 4 2009, 12:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (miss g @ Mar 4 2009, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

urgh london have completed the paperwork so the next step is for them to schedule the interview... they better make it for the 27th @9 am like my dream.. so i can work as a psychic otherwise i will just be pscyho urghhh . hate waiting!!

Sorry, 27th at 9am is my interview XD I don't think they'd let us both go at once

(EDIT: Or would they? After how people say.. it looks like a post office/bank

)
I hope you get yours soon though

I think they book several people in for the same time

Oh awesome

Maybe I'll have one of you guys to panic with.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-04 13:55:00

QUOTE (miss g @ Mar 4 2009, 05:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Sorry, 27th at 9am is my interview XD I don't think they'd let us both go at once

(EDIT: Or would they? After how people say.. it looks like a post office/bank

)
I hope you get yours soon though

Edited by Furious Biscuit, 04 March 2009 - 01:35 PM.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-04 13:30:00

Add me to the list for 27th March

I would be more ecstatic but today I learnt that I probably need to have a psychiactric evaluation before my medical results are 'okay'. S***.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-03-03 12:23:00

QUOTE (KnightAndMagpie @ Feb 19 2009, 10:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (Talyss @ Feb 19 2009, 01:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I just guessed - I just out a list of places I think covered where I had been and next tot hem put the years I went
eg: USA 2007, 2008
France 2007, 2005, 2002
Greece 2008, 2004,2003 etc
seems that was good enough

Okay...'cause I've been to:

Australia (2005)
France (Numerous times...2001-2006?)
Germany (Errr, I really don't remember...)
Italy (I really dooon't recall...probably sometime between 2001-2004)
Malaysia (LOTS of times. 1999-2006)
Monaco (2001)
Saudi Arabia (Blah. Probably mostly 2006-2008)
Singapore (Between 1999-2004-05...er.)
Switzerland (Couple of times... 2001-2008?)
Turkey (2008)
UAE (2006-2008)

@_@ There were some trips there that I wasn't a willing participant of, so I wonder if I should let them know that if they point it out...

Magpie.

Woah, I'm jealous.. mine was just like. USA: 2007, 2008. Spain: 2005. I wish I was well-travelled enough to be able to forget dates haha

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-19 21:23:00

Congrats Talyss

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-19 15:10:00

QUOTE (Stinky Monkey @ Feb 2 2009, 06:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (Furious Biscuit @ Feb 2 2009, 06:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Couldn't get out today to post my Packet 3 response as the snow made the roads too dangerous to drive on, and couldn't book my medical because the bad weather made their computer systems go down (they couldn't schedule me an appointment) .. I moan all year that we don't get snow, because I usually love it, then as soon as we do get it, it delays my K1 progress a little

I hope I put my response together correct.. are you meant to send all of the forms in dulpicate to them? Is the one that says 'don't write below this line, the consular officer will help you will this in' the only one that you DON'T sign? because I signed the others when they prompted me too.

Argh this whole process is making me so paranoid about forms. I just want to be in the US with my boyfriend

No only the DS 156 is in duplicate and that is the one I told you not to sign so you are ok

I hope your fiance does not mind that you have a boyfirend

Haha I just hate that term

The website said three of the forms need to be in duplicate? I'm confused

http://london.usemba...a/iv/iv_15.html

Edited by Furious Biscuit, 02 February 2009 - 01:23 PM.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-02 13:20:00

I hope I put my response together correctly.. are you meant to send all of the forms in dulpicate to them? Is the one that says 'don't write below this line, the consular officer will help you will this in' the only one that you DON'T sign? because I signed the others when they prompted me to.
The checklist is in there too

Argh this whole process is making me so paranoid about forms. I just want to be in the US with my boyfriend

Edited by Furious Biscuit, 02 February 2009 - 01:15 PM.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-02 13:14:00

Sending back 'Packet 3' today. It says to wait until you have all of your documents.. but as long as I have them before the interview, will it be okay to just send it now? Affidavit of support documents will be in the mail soon, and police certificate is due here within a week..

http://london.usemba...a/iv/iv_15.html
... 'Police certificates' AND 'Police Certificate for the United Kingdom' ? Do I need more than the one I just sent away for?
Never been arrested, or anything..

You don't send ANY documents back to the embassy.. right? You just send back the forms, and take the documents/passport/certificates/evidence/etc with you to the interview? I saw some people saying that you're not meant to sign some of the forms until the actual interview..? Should I leave any blank? (Sorry for all the questions..)
(I can't believe how many times they ask you for the SAME thing in those 4 forms.. I think I answered my name like, 5 times.)

Booking my medical today too.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-02-01 23:02:00

QUOTE (Caminic @ Jan 30 2009, 10:54 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (Furious Biscuit @ Jan 30 2009, 04:43 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Um, I got packet 3, I think... only, it's more like a 'letter 3'.. it's a letter from the London consulate with a couple of web links for forms that I need to return to them. I thought they actually sent you the forms.. hence the packet? Did they just get lazy?

Our packet 3 was the same way this week too. They actually sent two identical packets (letters) with links to their website for forms to return, no forms inside the actual packet. It had instructions on booking the medical and the checklist sheet but that was it. We had already filled out the required forms so we are not too bothered by it, however it did leave us wondering the same thing.

Hmm, I got no instructions for how to book the medical/a checklist, just the letter with weblinks.. I hope just going to the website for the forms will be enough

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-01-30 05:59:00

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-01-30 05:43:00

QUOTE (Talyss @ Jan 26 2009, 10:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (Furious Biscuit @ Jan 26 2009, 10:10 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Still waiting for Packet 3. Sent away for police certificate today.
Apparently our case left NVC on the 12th.. should I be expecting Packet 3 any day now?

Our case left NVC on the 12th also, it just made it onto the embassy system today according to DoS, but no mention of package 3 being sent out yet

How did you find out?

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-01-27 05:27:00

Still waiting for Packet 3. Sent away for police certificate today.
Apparently our case left NVC on the 12th.. should I be expecting Packet 3 any day now?

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-01-26 17:10:00

Our case apparently left NVC on the 12th.. so hopefully it's in London by now? I'm waiting for Packet 3.. according to most UK timelines it seems to take around 12 days from the date NVC sent it. Hopefully I'll have an interview date to report soon

Is there any way I can find out if London recieved it without calling that extortionate £1.20/minute number?

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-01-20 15:54:00

We got our NOA2 today. Hopefully the interview will be on track soon-ish

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-01-06 16:48:00

Still waiting for my NOA2 but hoping to be on the interview list soon

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-01-04 03:02:00

QUOTE (kisschick1976 @ Jan 29 2009, 09:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Does anyone know anything about bringing a bunny to the US?

I'm from Texas currently living in the UK but eventually we would like to move back to Texas. I now have a pet bun-bun named Starsky. I don't want to have to leave him behind just because we decided we've had enough of the cold weather and ####### Mexican food!

How could I leave this little guy behind?

I figure he's small enough for carry on and his poops don't smell, they might roll around the floor of the plane though

Has anyone here tried it or heard of it?

I know Airpets handle rabbits..
http://airpets.com/index.html

Good luck

He is SO cute. I love bunnies.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-01-29 18:44:00

QUOTE (KnightAndMagpie @ Jan 26 2009, 11:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

/edit x2: By the way, I think greyhounds are beautiful. They've got these big, soulful eyes, eeeee. I hope that me and Knight can get a greyhound mix or something as a companion to Bean (he seems quite friendly toward everything, including dogs).

I grew up around greyhounds and can't be without them

If you went to a greyhound rescue and specified for a cat friendly hound, I don't think you'd have any trouble finding one. A lot of ex racers suprisingly can be de-trained very well

*convince*

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-01-26 19:20:00

QUOTE (RUSSandRACHEL @ Jan 26 2009, 07:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi everyone! I'm new to VJ. Me and my boyfriend are just starting to compile all the info needed together to file the I-129F and get things moving this spring. However, I have a dog, a labrador called Honey and have the worry of taking her over to the US hanging over my head aswell as all the other worries I'm sure you all know about. Does anyone have any experience or tale to tell about travelling over on their K1 with a dog in tow. Also any info about the process. Rabies shot, pet passport etc?? We'd all like to be fully prepared on the process. We'll be flying with Continental from Birmingham btw.

Thanks and good luck to everyone!

I sent my greyhound over before my actual approval.. was probably risky, but I would trust my boyfriend with her even if the worst happened with our case, and things here are stressful as it is. Here's what I did:

*Called the vet, arranged an appointment with a qualified vet to do a give her the rabies vaccine/pet passport/to be microchipped. Got her rabies-free certificate. Also got her some flea treatment just to be safe.

*Contacted Airpets, who would collect her from my house, house her in their kennels for 1 night (to make sure she had her meal, etc at the right time, so as not to soil her crate) The quote was £1500 total, which included her crate, (keep it, they're still useful after

) the kennel stay, them picking her up, the flight, another required certificate (general health) that must be issued within 10 days of the dog travelling. It was expensive but definately less stress on both of us. My dog is 31 kilos - not sure if your lab will be any less, as they're a litter smaller/probably weigh less?

*Went to Airpets, measured my hound for her kennel, she LOVED the people which made me feel a lot better

Signed some papers, nothing too scary, just who should be allowed to pick her up at the destination, etc. I put both mine and my boyfriend's names, as I was flying out to visit him the previous day. They have to be 'naked' for their flight, but they can attach collars and tags to the outside of the crate and you're allowed to stuff blankets in to make it comfy.

She made it fine

Peed in her crate, but I couldn't blame her because it was a new experience and the flight was also a bit delayed on take off, so the 8 hour flight became about 9.

Poor girl. but she was so happy and wiggly when she got out and she loves America/my boyfriend's dog

Picking her up though was a NIGHTMARE... but only because we were silly and forgot where we parked

When your dog arrives at the 'cargo center' you have to then go to the airport nearby to have some import papers approved.. which only took about 15min, but turned into about two hours thanks to us rushing in and not looking at parking garage signs o_o and when you know your beloved dog is a couple of miles away in a crate in a cargo center, it feels like the world is falling apart

I probably missed something important..
but yeah, I heavily recommend Airpets, their kennels are right next to the runway apparently too so the pets don't spend longer than necessary on the plane

Edited by Furious Biscuit, 26 January 2009 - 04:56 PM.

Furious Biscuit

Female

England

2009-01-26 16:55:00