biggish data

QUOTE (weedebz @ Feb 13 2008, 10:00 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

i had interview at 10am on a tuesday, visa was in my hand by 9.30am thursday.

Had you gone back to Scotland when you received the visa, or do they require you stay in London to await the delivery of the visa?

Courtney

Female

England

2008-02-13 10:57:00

QUOTE (DonnaB @ Feb 5 2008, 12:03 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hey!

I just found out my interview has been scheduled March 10th at 9:30am. I have a problem though. I am meeting Rory in Mexico Feb 27th - March 9th for a pre-wedding honeymoon and I put this down on my packet 3 info. The trouble is I just realised my flight doesn't land in England until the morning of the 10th - way too close to the interview time. So annoying.

Has anyone received packet 4 then asked for the embassy to change the date? Should I write back to them explaining and also send them an email. The last thing I want to do is annoy them or delay the interview much longer - I wish I could call someone and speak to them about this. I could cancel the flights but would lose all the money. Ahhhhhh

Thanks for your help

Donna

I don't know about asking the Embassy to change the dates, but I can't imagine that's very easy!
What happens if you return from your trip early? Does the airline penalize you for changing your dates (rather than fully cancelling?) I know that US airways charges you $200 to change the dates, and also charges you the difference for the new flight, but I would think that would be less expensive than cancelling your trip entirely...
*edited to add Congrats on getting the interview date! *

Edited by Courtney, 05 February 2008 - 12:14 PM.

Courtney

Female

England

2008-02-05 12:13:00

I have a question-- Has anyone in here taken their US citizen to their interview? My fiance was just reading his packet from the Embassy, and it tells him he can't bring anyone with him. I've read a lot of accounts in here where people have brought their US citizen with them, and so I'm wondering if those people were also told not to bring anyone, but did anyways. Any thoughts?

Courtney

Female

England

2008-02-04 18:24:00

I don't want to spoil anyones good news... but i've seen where Cheryl and Josh posted somewhere else, and as far as i can tell it's not bad news

Courtney

Female

England

2008-02-04 09:52:00

QUOTE (DonnaB @ Feb 1 2008, 08:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

This may be a dumb question but I just called the NVC line (603 334 0700) to see if the London embassy had received my packet 3 and I was told they have no embassy related information at all. But people keep saying they get information from the DOS about packets 3 and 4. Is that a different place and telephone number all together from NVC?

Thanks!

I'm getting sooooo impatient - I can't believe i've held out this long and these last weeks are killers...... xx

I called the Department of State to get Embassy related info. 203-663-1225 press 1, then 0 and then waiting in silence for a "visa specialist" to pick up. Usually took me about 10 minutes to get someone. You'll need to give them your beneficiary's DOB or full name, and your LND case number (if you've gotten it. I think they'll take the number that USCIS assigned you as well).

Edited by Courtney, 01 February 2008 - 09:25 AM.

Courtney

Female

England

2008-02-01 09:23:00

QUOTE (weedebz @ Jan 28 2008, 03:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (barrel_roll @ Jan 28 2008, 07:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Am I the only September filer to have the visa in hand? Ours was like divine intervention, or as close as you can get with the US government; from I-129F to visa in four months.

probably!!!!!

@courtney....congrats

Thanks Debz

Good luck at your interview! I know you're worried, but i don't think you should be! I think the embassy is more interested in the validity of your relationship than they are in the fact that your co-sponsor isn't related to you (which was something you were worried about, if i recall correctly). The fact that you HAVE a co-sponsor, and they meet the requirements, should be all that's important. As long as you go into the interview with confidence that everything in your application is 100% true and accurrate, and you're friendly and have a smile on your face, you should do fine! Have you ever been to the US Embassy before? My fiance was initially REALLY nervous, but he took a trip into to London and checked out the Embassy, and realized it's not scary at all! I myself have been there (and up and down the street right by the Embassy for 3 hours- in the rain!). It's pretty straightforward-as I'm sure people on here have been saying. You find the right line to stand in outside the Embassy. Then, they allow your line into the Embassy, you go thru security (very similar to airport security), and then you're in!

OFF TOPIC: I never actually made it thru security when i went to the Embassy, but not because I was a threat! I was working as a nanny then, and I had tagged along to the Embassy for the family I was working for at the time. They were there to get a passport for their infant daughter. I made it thru security fine, but the mother had a bottle of perfume in her purse, and it was confiscated at security. She got really angry and made a pretty big scene, and they told her she'd either have to dispose of the perfume, or go to the post office and "post it to herself". The mother told them she had NO desire to leave her perfume with the postal service, and it was a "very expensive perfume", (Chanel Madmoiselle and the bottle was only 1/3 full), so she threw the bottle at me and told me to take care of it while they were in the Embassy. And thus I was out in the rain, (slave girl that I was at the time) babysitting a bottle of perfume. I walked up and down Grosvenor Avenue for 3 hours. In the rain. But at least there was a nice little coffee/pastry shop right near by! And that was the first day i ever spent in London. Good times ;-)

Courtney

Female

England

2008-01-28 15:40:00

I just called DOS and we have an INTERVIEW DATE!!!!!

February 20th, 2008, at 10:00am!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Please add us to the list!

Courtney

Female

England

2008-01-28 13:58:00

QUOTE (DonnaB @ Jan 23 2008, 09:15 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Hi

I am waiting for packet 3 to come through but just wanted to ask a few quick questions:

1. Do we only return Part 1 (pages 1&2) of the DS-230-1? What happens to part 2? Do we fill this out at the interview?

2. How do you email the embassy re. interview dates. I'm hoping to have one as quickly as possible so i'll email the embassy once we've returned packet 3 if that will help.

3. Vacinations - I have some of the original childhood records that i've had most of them. Can I take these 20+ year old records to my medical?

Thanks and good luck to those with interviews coming up!

My fiance just had his medical, and the doctor told him that he didn't need his vaccinations for the K1 visa, just for the AOS once he's in the US. (if you're applying for something other than the K1, you can probably disregard my advice)They told him that it would cost him about 60 pounds to have the vaccinations done at the medical, but that his own GP would probably do them for free (and they have). He also found out that unless his vaccinations were less than 10 years ago, he was going to have to have them done again. SO you can take your vaccination history with you to the medical, but I wouldn't expect you'll need them. My fiance practically knocked himself out finding his, and didn't need them in the end at the medical.

Good luck!

Courtney

Female

England

2008-01-23 11:30:00

QUOTE (Jeraly @ Jan 8 2008, 08:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

You know the fresh smell of spring/summer? When you can smell the dew on the grass and the sun is bright and the birds are singing - I kinda feel like that at the moment and I don't quite know why

But I want to feel like that in my new life as well so that makes me want to start it now!! I know I'll have down days too but I am making the most of this wonderful feeling - I mean what a big adventure!!!

It's so funny you say that Aly- I feel the same way this morning! It may only be January 8th in the deep dark winter of the Northeast (US), but I've got a skip in my step and I could be walking on clouds! My fiance got his medical appointment this morning- 15th of January... We've just received packet 3 and are still waiting on our police certificate before we send back the package... But things are moving so quickly now, and I feel like skipping!! ANNND - after weeks of 10 degree temps (Fahrenheit), today it's in the forties!

. Feels incredible! Like summer! (well, not really, but compared to the temps we've been having, it's very refreshing!)

Courtney

Female

England

2008-01-08 08:52:00

My Honey and CHonCo sandwiches!

Just wanted to let eveyone know that I'm sending in my I-129F monday. The long journey begins for me and sonia.

Francesco

Male

Peru

2007-01-21 06:31:00

HELP ME! ASAP!!!

Hi, My fiancee is from Peru, She has been to vermont and boston. In vermont she lived for a year and a half on a J1 visa (we got waiver for restiction removed) and in boston a little over 6 months. Is it 6 month or more everywhere in South america for the police certificates? I know im not even close to needing to do this but I wanna get an idea of what I need to do now so I dont panic later.

Francesco y Sonia

I129f Mailed 1/24/07
NoA1 2/5/2007

Francesco

Male

Peru

2007-02-05 20:28:00

Supporting each other.

Hello everyone, I'm starting this topic to invite people to chat on MSN of AIM My msn = p_ac_o@hotmail.com and my aim handle = Saden1782. I would like to get to know people and support each other when times are tough, its always nice to have someone to talk to. I know I have just started but this is a long process and its hard and I know when im feeling stressed its always nice to talk to someone going through the same thing. anyway add me if you wanna chat.

Francesco y Sonia.

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I129f Mailed 1/24/07
NoA1 2/5/2007

Francesco

Male

Peru

2007-02-07 04:23:00

Lima - Peru Interview Date Feb. 21

Let us know how it goes! my fiancee is also from Peru and I wanna know what the interview will be like. Im planning on going for the interview so I can be with her and go through it together. I know im not even close don't even have my NOA1 hehe but still wanna get a feel for it.

Francesco y Sonia

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I129f Mailed 1/24/07

Francesco

Male

Peru

2007-02-05 01:11:00

Very important!

Hello everyone, our case was approved last week! and I got a letter today from NVC stating that they are sending packet 3 to my fiancee in a week! everythings happening so fast I'm kind of in a panic I thought I had a lot more time. Anyway Im working on my proof of support now. But what I dont understand is the police certificates! She has been to the us many times on visas. Does she need a police certificate for 6 month or 1 year of living in the us? she is from peru btw. I tried calling VSC cant get a hold of anyone except recordings I really need this info if anyone could help that would be awesome. If anyone knows the correct number i can call to get to a person at VSC that would be awesome. Thanks in advance.

Francesco y Sonia.

Francesco

Male

Peru

2007-03-02 08:05:00

interview date april 13th! peru!

Another April 13th interview here. Good luck to you guys!

Good luck on your Interview guys!

Francesco

Male

Peru

2007-03-28 01:05:00

interview date april 13th! peru!

Ok so we got our interview date on april 13 we are both nervous. I'm going to fly out to peru around the 4th or 5th to be with sonia to support her. I really hope we dont have any problems and everything goes well. thank you all for the help and support.

Francesco y Sonia

Francesco

Male

Peru

2007-03-20 05:18:00

Peruvian interview

I will let everyone know. Thank you very much.

Francesco

Male

Peru

2007-03-21 18:07:00

Peruvian interview

Ok our date is on april 13th were both nervous, mostly because we came all this way and we don't want to be denied now! I'm bringing an exact copy of I-129f packet with me noa1-2 letters. NVC letter, proof of our relationship, the I-134 proof of support, my us citizenship papers, my taxes for 2006, statement from boss on my job position, salary ect ect. statement from bank. Sonia is almost finished with packet three. am i missing anything?

What should we expect? are they cold people? nice? I was told to sit in the back row because we might be there a while. any info would be great. what paper work did they ask for stuff like that. Thanks in advance.

Francesco y Sonia.

Francesco

Male

Peru

2007-03-21 00:32:00

Emails/Chats

Interview was some time last July.

Took the following evidence of continuing relationship with me:
Letters of continuing intent.
Receipts from a visit to US and a visit to the UK.
Some sample emails.
Screenshots showing us using Skype plus our
gazillions of Skype history entries.

Was asked for:
Nothing.

Colin the Conditional

Too Hot Too Cold

Male

United Kingdom

2008-02-05 10:02:00

Which is Easier ?

QUOTE (Too Hot Too Cold @ Feb 10 2008, 08:49 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

...
Had my interview taken another
I caught the last stayed at a hotel in the Paddington area
...

Colin

D'oh!

Had I had to wait another half hour for my interview I'd have had to pay for
a single back up. I caught the final train valid for Saver Return. Arrived
at 9am, but ended up as the second interview after lunch. I hope it's a bit
less busy earlier in the year than July.

Colin

Too Hot Too Cold

Male

United Kingdom

2008-02-10 20:56:00

Which is Easier ?

QUOTE (ericdraven @ Feb 7 2008, 07:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Ok now I've not got my interview yet, but its coming (soon I hope). But I don't know what to do about getting down there and stuff. Went down on the overnight Bus for the medical from manchester, was not fun it was packet !!! got no sleep but was ok coming back. so I could ether,

1) go down on the overnight bus on a return ticket for the interview. it get in about 6.15

2) go down the day before on the bus and stay in the hotel.

3) get the plane there and back.

4) get the plane the day before and stay in the hotel.

Look't at the train and it was coming up more expensive than the plane

go figure !!! the bus is only £ 36 pound But not sure If I could do it again LOL anyone want to share their experience on this please

thanks in advance

Eric

I was travelling down for my interview in July 2007 (how time flies!) from Doncaster.

I was able to get a GNER Saver Return train ticket by booking in advance, travelling down
the night before and back before 2:30pm. Had my interview taken another
I caught the last stayed at a hotel in the Paddington area
and then was able to walk to the embassy in the morning.

I could have travelled down in the very early hours, but I didn't want to chance it.

I would always suggest travelling down the night before unless cost is a bigger issue than the
risk of delay.

I was slightly concerned about the risk of oversleeping, but the noise woke me well
before my alarm!

I hope that your interview goes well.

Colin

Too Hot Too Cold

Male

United Kingdom

2008-02-10 20:49:00

Easier for Brits to adjust?

QUOTE (devilette @ Feb 2 2008, 11:37 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

What about West Country cider?

Didn't ever have real West Country scrumpy, but I was a cider drinker before I
stopped drinking.

Although I've now allowed myself a Christmas six-pack and had one at my first
Superbowl party (just 4 couples and lots of food :-D). (I live in Maine, so it
ended on a bad note.)

My wife (USC) doesn't drink much and only drinks coolers and, thanks to my
influence, hard cider.

There aren't many ciders around here. Tried a local organic cider that was
more like an apple wine, but didn't like it.

Both my wife and I like Woodchuck Amber (from Vermont),
which is a clear, medium-sweet cider. It's not as nice as my UK
favorite* (and my wife's since she's only had a few :-) ) whose name
I can't bloody** remember right now but it's not a Weston's cider.

The Woodchuck Granny Smith is drier. It has a nice smack but
neither of us liked the aftertaste.

Haven't tried Hornsby's yet, although the local supermarket has some.

I've also found that regular US cider ages nicely in the fridge.

Colin

* I'm deliberately changing my vocabulary and spelling to US English
although not my pronunciation.
** Except for swearing.

Too Hot Too Cold

Male

United Kingdom

2008-02-05 09:40:00

Survived first year.

I sometimes have tomato juice at restaurants.

I heave a deep sigh. Then I order. Then I wait for the waitress or waiter to say "Pardon?" and glance at my wife.

Then I say it again and it's ok.

One time I spotted the waitress mouthing "tomahhh-tohhh" as she walked away.

Another time the waitress came back with the juice and said "Your tomahtoh juice" as she handed it to me.

Having to repeat myself the first time I speak to a stranger who doesn't know that I'm English isn't uncommon. However, I don't have a regional English accent so I don't think my pronunciation is too, um, quirky

for Americans to understand me. Fortunately, I'm in Maine so dropping my trailing r's is ok.

I've made a conscious decision to changed my vocabulary and spelling to US English. I live here now

so it seems right that I switch over. Plus, I'll need to do it for my future employment. But I'm not going to change my pronunciation. If my pronunciation changes naturally then so be it. But it won't.

However, I don't think my wife will want me to change my swearing and exclamation. She's particularly fond of "Blimey!" and "B*ll*cks!"
Oh and she says that she likes it when I emphasize with a repeated bloody: "I couldn't get the bloody, bloody, bloody thing to work!"

Colin

PS Incidentally that "r" in "Americaris a big country" is to avoid an hiatus. It makes it easier to say. Ironically we lazy English often drop our t's and create hiatuses.

Instead of dropping their t's lazy Americans use d's. But not in mittens.
PPS According to my wife it's a New England thing to put an r on the end of words that don't have them. People here have idearz.
She also says that she's heard Americans say "Americaris". Again that might be regional. But, Maine is Maine. Everybody not from here is from "away".

PPPS When my wife imitates "English" she sounds very posh. Not in the ridiculous American-actor-doing-bad-posh-English-accent way, just posh.

Too Hot Too Cold

Male

United Kingdom

2007-12-08 22:04:00

How did everyone meet?

Met in an online word game.

We were both regulars there, although she was a more recent regular than I.

Eventually we started messaging. Don't need to do that any more.

Colin

Too Hot Too Cold

Male

United Kingdom

2008-02-10 21:27:00

Foreign police certificate requested

QUOTE (Johnnie Oz @ Nov 29 2007, 10:16 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Thanks for posting this!

I have been debating whether or not to worry about the fact that I have lived in Holland for around 11 months.

The thing is this:

For Dutch police certificates (as noted on the supplemental info sheet you got w Packet 3), the US Embassies have to apply for them. In other words, the visa applicant cannot do this since the Dutch Justice Ministry wont send them to individuals.

So I have been wondering whether or not to contact the embassy with the specific info (address etc) they would need should they decide they want to see this certificate. The worry being that if I do, they will be on to this and request it, resulting in a delay. So I share your concern here.

In addition, unlike your checklist, the checklist the US Emb in Stockholm sent out states that you need police certs from ALL COUNTRIES where you have lived more than 6 months (and not one year). However, the supplemental form I received states the one year rule applies.

OK, two quick questions:

1) why do you think they requested it? Was this before the interview? Did they just want to remind you? I have heard of people being asked out of the blue during interviews, ie not even being warned like you were.

i mean, was the only place you mentioned the 11 months in Germany the DS 230 form? Where it says where you´ve lived since the age of 16.

2) Did you have to show it during the interview?

cheers!> my

1) They didn't say why. The letter looked like a standard form "Please bring the following to the interview' with a box marked with an X and next to it some text like "GERMANY police certificate. Please ignore this if you have already applied for one."

It might have been requested because my _period_ of residence was more than a year even though I was only 16 for the last 10 or 11 months.

I did consider putting the start date as the month of my 16th birthday but decided to be completely honest. ;-)

It could simply have been that their data processing program has an automated check that fails to take age at start of residence into account.

2) At London anyway, it's a two-step process. The first step is the document processing. The second is the interview.
In the first step I just handed the certificate and translation with the rest of my documents in the order requested in Packet 3.
So, I have no idea whether they really cared.

(Note: I made sure I brought photocopies of everything and after the lady checked the original documents I said that I had photocopies
and asked for the originals back. That was so that I wouldn't have to get any new copies for the Adjustment of Status.)

What they didn't ask to see was the absolute mass of evidence I had printed and photocopied to show my relationship was continuing.
I spent ages picking emails and taking screenshots from my Skype history. 8-|

Colin

Too Hot Too Cold

Male

United Kingdom

2007-11-30 17:36:00

Foreign police certificate requested

QUOTE (IanUK @ Nov 23 2007, 07:40 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

QUOTE (Too Hot Too Cold @ Nov 22 2007, 06:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

C, happily married in Maine

ROFL --- Nice to see a fellow Brit here in Maine, I was wondering if I was the only one !

There are several of us. londonspod keeps a list of Brits and there were a few in Maine.

I added myself with this post

QUOTE

About to send of my AOS forms here now that they are complete.

I hope it goes smoothly for you. My AOS has only been touched once since the my biometrics on November 1st although my EAD is apparently ordered.

Mind you, they have supposedly also sent confirmation of my EAD approval but I haven't received it yet.

The biometrics at the Portland USCIS office were easy enough: it's conveniently located near the Portland mall. When we went it was empty so I was in and out before my appointment time!

QUOTE

Where about's in the UK are you from Colin if you don't mind me asking ?

Well, I was living near Doncaster but I'm kind of from various places. (Services child).

You?

QUOTE

Congrats to you and your wife, long may it last

Ian

Thanks Ian.

I love her very much

so I think it'll last a long time.

I hope you and Anne are happy too.

Too Hot Too Cold

Male

United Kingdom

2007-11-26 17:52:00

Foreign police certificate requested

Don't worry, I'm happily married and adjusting status in the USA.

This is just my little tale of woe that might help others who were in my position.

My father was in armed forces and as a result I lived in Germany for a time.
I lived there from the age of 14 1/2 and returned aged just under 16 years and 11 months.

Now the information you'll read on the London Embassy website and in the packet
you receive says something like...

Police certificates are required for each visa application aged 16 years or older. A separate certificate is required from the police of each country in which the applicant has lived for twelve months or more after the age of 16; the period is six months if country of birth or current nationality.

Another bit of text in the checklist wasn't so clear.

So, I thought, I come in just under the 12 months so I don't need a Germany police certificate.

I wasn't sure what to do, but thinking the process of obtaining a Germany police certificate could be time-consuming and a possible cause of delay I decided to call the (premium rate) Visa helpline. Although unsure they tried to help and finally gave me the answer I wanted to hear: I didn't need one.

To complete the checklist my fiancée needed to send me a packet of information. She had done that. On the day I had my medical in London everything seemed to have gone fine and the doctor mentioned the interview should be within 4 weeks of the medical. I called my fiancée in the states and we were optimistic. I arrived home from London and saw the packet my fiancée had sent had arrived. The day was perfect.

But then I saw a letter from the US Embassy in London. I opened it and read it:
it was a request to obtain a Germany police certificate.

****ing hell! ****! ****ing ********! ****!

I said something like the above. Very loudly.

Having read that it could take 4 weeks to process the Germany police certificate request and adding time to get the necessary certifications and translation I was thinking at that it would cause a 2 month delay.

This was in mid-late May. My wife is a teacher and we wanted to marry while she was on vacation so we could have some time together before she went back to work. Also, I wanted my family to come over for the wedding and since I wasn't used to driving, being a commuter using public transport and Maine not having any significant public transport it would be much easier if my wife were on vacation.

So, at that point I was thinking that we had no chance of my moving there during summer vacation so we arranged for my fiancée to visit the UK in July. It would have been much cheaper for me to go over to the US and stay with her, but I didn't have enough prorated annual leave left for a whole week and my circumstances meant that I couldn't justify asking for unpaid leave.

Naturally I was feeling very low and very foolish for not having played safe and applied for the certificate.

I didn't want to take a chance and send the checklist off without having everything on it. It asks you to sign saying that you have everything and there was no way I'd put my signature to a lie.

And so I began the process of obtaining a translated police certificate from Germany. I used the German London embassy website and telephoned the Germany embassy in London to get the information I needed

To obtain the certificate I needed to :

(1) Get a certified application form.
(2) Send the form to the German Justice department in Bonn.
(3) Wait for the certificate back
(4) Get a certified translation.

(1) Get a certified application form.
I didn't have to go to the embassy. They have a number of solicitors around the country who are Honorarkonsul.
They have the ability to certify documents for legal recognition in Germany. The nearest and easiest was at a company in Leeds. The German embassy in London can tell you where your nearest Honorarkonsul is.

So I made a morning appointment with the company, taking my passport with me. A legal secretary had the signed, stamped form ready for me to fill in. I showed her my passport and paid a fee. It was something like #15.

(2) Send the form to the German Justice department in Bonn.
A had a cheque, envelope and stamp ready and I sent the form to Bonn address.

The fee was #11, the official sterling equivalent of the 13 euros. You can send a cheque from a UK bank
in pounds sterling.

It cost a couple of pounds to send it, I think. I could have paid more and saved a couple of days, but given the delay I was expecting I didn't think it would be worth the cost of expediting the posting.

(3) Wait for the certificate back.
I think it was about two weeks after posting the application that I received an envelope from Germany.
The response was so quick that I thought I must have made a stupid mistake with the form or cheque.

But no. It appeared to be a certificate. Keine Eintragung. No entry. :-)

(4) Get a certified translation.
I contacted a couple of the translators listed on the website. One wasn't available but another was.
(By the way, don't phone her number at night. I was expecting an answering machine and she answered and was annoyed . Oops!

)

The next day morning I phoned the translator and she told me to send a copy of the certificate and cash or postal order with the fee. I think it was #10, but I'm not sure.

I sent the copy "signed for". That was a waste of time. It still hadn't appeared online on the Royal Mail website when I received the returned translation. I lived with my parents and had them phone me at work when it arrived and got them to check that it contained a translation.

I then immediately phoned the solicitors in Leeds to arrange an appointment to have the translation certified. I was able to get an appointment for the next morning. It was another #10 or #15 pounds. As instructed by the translator, I took both the translation and the original certificate with me to the solicitors to prove that the translation was of the same document. The legal secretary attached a certification to the translation and stamped it.

(Just a note: when several sheets are stapled together you must keep them stapled together for the document to remain legal. A folded corner and stamp across the staple will show that they are associated. I was careful about this.)

With the translation in my possession I was then able to sign the checklist and send it to the embassy.

From receiving the letter requesting a Germany police certificate to sending the signed checklist had taken 3 weeks exactly, and that included a day lost to a Bank Holiday.

Our hope of being able to marry during the summer vacation was restored and sure enough I got my visa in time,
thanks also to my employers, with whom I'd been open about my visa process, allowing me to leave with less than 4 weeks notice.

The lessons learned:
(1) If you aren't sure whether you'll need the police certificate apply for one anyway. It'll save the future delay.
(2) Don't bother with the visa helpline.
(3) Germans really are efficient!

C, happily married in Maine

Too Hot Too Cold

Male

United Kingdom

2007-11-22 12:20:00

Brits in the USA

QUOTE (Too Hot Too Cold @ Nov 8 2007, 02:04 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

C (UKC) and wife L (USC), Maine since August 2007. C is currently a post-biometric, pre-EAD status adjuster. :-)

Oops! Make that: C (UKC) and wife L (USC), Maine since August 2007. C is currently a post-biometric, EAD-in-production-since-November-6th status adjuster. :-)

Too Hot Too Cold

Male

United Kingdom

2007-11-08 16:47:00

Brits in the USA

QUOTE (londonspod @ Nov 5 2007, 03:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

MAINE:
clmarsh (Christina & Chris) - Portland, ME
Tonyt (soon to be USC) + wife(UKC) - Brunswick, ME
Kins - Jill (UKC -Macclesfield) and Mike (USC) - now living in Portland, ME with our three children
Sheri&Carl - Sheri (USC) and Carl (UKC - Herefordshire) - Carl moving to Maine soon

C (UKC) and wife L (USC), Maine since August 2007. C is currently a post-biometric, pre-EAD status adjuster. :-)

Too Hot Too Cold

Male

United Kingdom

2007-11-08 14:04:00

stressing

I know how the waiting feels. I hope you receive your interview date very soon. Then you will feel like everything is coming together

Kayla34

Female

United Kingdom

2010-01-22 13:17:00

Visa processing/Mail courier

My fiance was approved for his K1 visa January 14th and was told it would take 3 to 5 days for delivery. They have given us a tracking number to use on the DX site and nothing has shown up as it has been 5 days. My fiance called the DX service and they told him it takes 10 to 15 days for the embassy to process everything and send it to them. So what's going on here? Does any one have any helpful information. Thanks.

Kayla34

Female

United Kingdom

2010-01-21 08:14:00

Losing patience

I'm feeling better about it. My honey called the embassy today and they said it's been processed just needs to be handed over to the courier. Should be here Wednesday or Thursday. Thanks everyone

Kayla34

Female

United Kingdom

2010-01-25 06:25:00

Losing patience

My fiance was approved Jan. 14 and it is now the 22nd. Guess what, no visa yet. He calls the embassy and they can't give him any information, he calls the DX service and they tell him its not in their system. I've seen a lot of people on here that have been getting theirs in the predicted 3 to 5 days. I don't know what's going on. Maybe I'm overreacting. Were getting married Feb. 19th and I just really want him back home with me, I've had to plan everything myself without him and I really want to include him on something! I'm hoping it arrives Monday or Tuesday. I guess that's my rant. Just feeling a little frustrated, this isn't the most easiest process

Kayla34

Female

United Kingdom

2010-01-22 13:14:00

Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)

I-130 Interveiw

I completely understand your worry. My fiance recently went for his interview and I was so scared for him. The questions they ask are ones you should know. They just need to make sure everything is sincere and in the right place. I wouldn't worry but I know its easier said than done.

Kayla34

Female

United Kingdom

2010-01-22 18:23:00

Waiver approved!!!!

Congratulations!

Fischkoepfin

Female

Germany

2006-01-30 07:27:00

Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)

Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)

Thanks to everyone for your kind responses. I've decided to be honest about it because it's the right thing to do. Thanks for supporting me in this decision.

Fischkoepfin

Female

Germany

2006-01-31 07:40:00

Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)

Hi,

I'm not 100% sure but almost - I did hear something about aged out overstays and your overstay happened in 1992. I'm pretty sure nothing will happen to you anymore anyway. And other visas were issued to you after that....

Difficult decision to put in in or not, can't give you any advice on that... I guess I would not... But on the other hand...

Anja

Where did you hear about the age-out? I heard there was some sort of amnesty at one point too. But I also heard that if you have received other visas there is not guarantee that they're not aware of overstays anyway.

This is a complicated and sensitive issue, and unlike with other things immigration there doesn't seem to be too much info on the net.

Fischkoepfin

Female

Germany

2006-01-28 15:52:00

Waivers (I-601 and I-212) and Administrative Processes (221g)

i will not, nor should should anyone else here (according to the TOS) advocate anything less than honesty.

if you choose not to go the honest route ... be prepared to deal with the consequences should they occur, no matter how improbable that seems at the moment.

I'm not asking anyone to tell me to be dishonest, but I'm interested in finding out what people in general think about this issue and how they would respond in a similar situatioon. I have mulled this over for a while, and as I said I'm extremely torn on it. Right now and for the last six months, I have tended towards honesty. But the closer the sending off of forms gets, the more I'm doubting if this would be the smartest decision.

I'm not too sure as what the consequences would be either way, so if anyone has any details please let me know as welll.

Fischkoepfin

Female

Germany

2006-01-28 15:49:00