ForumTitleContentMemberSexCountryDate/Time
USCIS Service CentersWhat decides what service center you get?
Normally you'll get your NOA1 within a week of them receiving your petition and logging it into their system for example, our petition was sent 8th March, received on the 12th, touched and logged on 15th and NOA1 received 20th March.
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-10-01 05:49:00
USCIS Service CentersWhat decides what service center you get?
Well it does usually depend on what state the USC lives in but sometimes the Service Centers can send petitions to one of the other Centers to ease their workload.
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-09-29 06:54:00
United KingdomProcess after NOA2
Hi, me and my US citizen fiance should be expecting our NOA2 within the next few weeks, which i'm getting pretty excited about :D But I was just wondering about the exact process of what happens after we get the NOA2. What are both of our roles in the process? Would appreciate any responses. Thanks :)

Edited by xXJulzXx, 14 July 2012 - 06:00 AM.

xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-07-14 05:54:00
United KingdomUK medical after NVC case number but before Packet 3

We have been getting mixed information from the NVC, US/UK Embassy, and DOS.

the NVC mailed it to the Embassy tuesday Aug 14th, we scheduled his medical for the for Thursday Aug 23rd. As of today Aug 16th the Embassy says they haven't received our papers yet.

He called the extortion line again, and the first lady said it was fine, but her boss freaked out and said the medical could get lost if the papers are not received by the Embassy yet.

Do we reschedule, or ask Knightsbridge to mail it late, or if they lose it, can't Knightsbridge just send it over again?

We're trying to make a Nov. 11th wedding, so i am reluctant to push things back unless there is a serious problem.

Thank you


It's only been 2 days.. and even though i'm not at that part of the process yet myself, i'll still say give it 2-3 more days and then call back to see if they have received your case. Your date for the medical is fine.. by the time they send the results over to the embassy they definitely should have your case. (I think it can take up to a week for them to send the results over to the embassy anyways) So yeah.. I wouldn't worry about pushing things back :star: :)
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-16 12:47:00
United KingdomRecently Approved
Thanks guys :star: :) :D
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-18 04:32:00
United KingdomRecently Approved
Ahh, yeah all the forms are pretty easy if you know what you're doing :P Yes, I was also approved yesterday :D and I have all the forms prepared already so as soon as the embassy says they have received my case, I'm gonna send all the forms off pretty much straight away :) X

Edited by xXJulzXx, 17 August 2012 - 04:51 PM.

xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-17 16:50:00
United KingdomRecently Approved

Cool thanks for replies. I'm actually trying to delay my interview in order to get some foreign documents I desperately need. I'll just hang on till my fiancé gets the letter :) congrats everyone who's been approved! Still in desbelief it came in 66 days....! :D


Yes, you are very lucky to have yours approved in only 66 days! Congrats btw :) and well about slowing things down.. just don't send off your DS 2001 Notice of Readiness form to the embassy until you are ready and have everything you need in your hands :star:
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-17 14:01:00
United KingdomRecently Approved

Is it necessary to call them? I mean can we just wait for letter which will have NVC# on?

Does London give you an interview date fairly soon?


If you want things to move a lot quicker (which i'm sure you do) then i'd make the call :) and from what I've read, interviews seem to be scheduled about a month after they have received all the DS forms including your notice of readiness

ConGraTuLaTions :) :dance: :star:


Thanks :D
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-17 13:14:00
United KingdomRecently Approved
Okay thanks guys, I appreciate the advice :star: and I think i'll start calling them up 10 days from now (Monday 27th) and see what happens :)
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-17 12:27:00
United KingdomRecently Approved
So we received our text/email notifications that our case had been approved yesterday and is being forwarded to the NVC. What I was wondering is will I be notified when they have received our case? Or will I just have to wait till I begin calling them up for our case number to find that out? Also what is the current/average processing time there before the case is forwarded to the embassy?

Would appreciate any responses
Thanks :star:
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-17 09:24:00
United KingdomScheduling of interviews
Ahh okay. Thanks for the tip anyways :star:
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-21 14:06:00
United KingdomScheduling of interviews
Oo okies, I might try a similar thing then when the time comes. Did you state your reason why?
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-21 12:28:00
United KingdomScheduling of interviews
Hmm I suppose that could be a possibility as I don't quite remember exactly where I saw that. Thanks for clearing that up :)

Edited by xXJulzXx, 21 August 2012 - 08:51 AM.

xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-21 08:51:00
United KingdomScheduling of interviews
Hmm I don't think you got what I meant but it doesn't matter :P Congrats on receiving your visa today and goodluck with POE :) :thumbs:
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-21 08:08:00
United KingdomScheduling of interviews
I think I read somewhere that the Embassy books appointments for the visa interview in the first 2 weeks of the month. Is this true? If so, does that mean to get an interview in Oct (like i'm hoping) it'd have to be arranged in Sept? (If that makes any sense lol)
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-21 06:47:00
United KingdomFinal Interview at last
Here is a Youtube video showing 35 sample questions you could be asked in the interview. Hope this helps :) K1 Visa Interview Questions

Edited by xXJulzXx, 21 August 2012 - 03:12 PM.

xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-21 15:06:00
United KingdomNumbers and Call Rates
What are all the phone numbers I will need from this point onwards (after NOA2) and what is the rate at which the calls cost? :)
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-08-22 13:23:00
United KingdomNO2 Yesterday!!
First of all Congrats on being approved and receiving your NOA2 :) :dance: Yeah once they send it out, it takes a few days to get to the NVC. The hardcopy NOA2 says to wait at least 30 days before contacting the NVC but people on here suggest waiting about 2 weeks but I called a week after our NOA2 and it had been received and I was able to get our LND Case number. As soon as you receive your Case number, you can go ahead and schedule the medical. After they've finished with it at the NVC, it is then forwarded to the Embassy (usually takes a few days too)
You should read the pinned post at the top of the forum (NOA2-interview thread)to require information about what you and your fiance(e) needs to do now and also check the US Embassy's website on what you need to do/obtain too. Hope this helps :star:

Edited by xXJulzXx, 11 September 2012 - 01:29 PM.

xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-09-11 13:28:00
United KingdomTime to receive passport back from embassy
Okies, thanks. Maybe i'll hear of getting an interview date assigned by the end of the week. Going to call DOS on Friday and check :)
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-09-25 14:08:00
United KingdomTime to receive passport back from embassy

Hi all...I have my interview on November 1st and just wondering what sort of time the embassy were taking these days to return passports. I know in the past most have received it in 2-3 days and just wondering if this was the case at the moment!

Wondering if it's too ambitious to have an interview on a Thursday and expect the passport to be in my hand the next Wednesday?!!


I think that could happen depending that it all goes well :thumbs: . When did you hear that you had an interview date assigned? We have pretty similar timelines, especially from NOA2 onwards. Depending if my medical results get logged some point this week, do you think that I could get an interview date assigned this week?
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-09-25 05:29:00
United Kingdom3 weeks since mailed Packet 3
Well at my medical they did say that if everything was all good then they would have the results sent over to the embassy by the following Tuesday (18th Sept). If that was the case then i'm hoping to maybe hear of an interview date this week since this is the week 3.
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-10-09 04:31:00
United Kingdom3 weeks since mailed Packet 3
It's been 4 weeks since I mailed packet 3 (with DS-2001 and covering letter) and 3 weeks since they've logged and/or processed the forms and I still haven't heard of an interview date yet. I'm hoping I might hear something this week. A lot of others are still waiting to hear something so all we can do is be patient and wait as well as hope and pray.
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-10-08 14:03:00
United KingdomInterview Checklist
My interview is also on the 25th. All that sounds about right because that's what I have too. I think we should be fine.
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-10-23 06:36:00
United KingdomOCT 25th INTERVIEW EXPERIENCE
My interview went well. Both the guys I seen seemed to be nice and didn't have any attitude and judge me in any way.

Read my interview experience here: Interview Review
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-10-26 07:26:00
United KingdomLondon United Kingdom: CR-1 Visa came in 5 days

Only just seen your post! So glad your visa came (I think that was 6 days to arrive?). I wish you all the very very best for the future! Will now read your review xx


Mine came exactly 7 days after my interview (5 working days) and thank you so much :)
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-11-13 14:44:00
United KingdomLondon United Kingdom: CR-1 Visa came in 5 days

Many congratulations to you! I am still waiting for my interview o the 9th(Embassy tried to change it last week to a later date so have no hair or fingernails let) and my poe will be Chicago too. Will you let me know how you get on at passport control?

Many best wishes xx


Just added a quick review of my POE at Chicago so it's there if you want to give it a read. :)
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-11-12 17:28:00
United KingdomLondon United Kingdom: CR-1 Visa came in 5 days
Mine came just after 2pm and I paid for 8am-6pm delivery too. Yeah i'll definitely let you know how POE at Chicago goes :)
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-11-01 16:04:00
United KingdomLondon United Kingdom: CR-1 Visa came in 5 days
I received mine today (K1 Visa). Exactly a week after my interview date (5 business days) :)
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-11-01 13:22:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread

You know people are saying 'Police Certificate and copy'? Do they mean just a photocopy of it? Or a further official Police Certificate? I thought that the Police Certificate was handed over at the medical? Does the doctor keep it and send it to the consulate or do they give it back to you after the medical?

I know I am far from having the interview yet but I'm just trying to get all my ducks in a row in advance (I do feel like I'm quacking up though - and making awful puns - sorry).


Yeah, just means a photocopy of it. The Police Certificate and a copy is also required for the medical - they take both but give the original back.
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-11-05 16:06:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread

congrats! my fiancee has hers on the 25th at 8 am!!


Thanks! :D and oO maybe i'll see her there.
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-10-11 14:02:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread
YAY YAY YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GOT MY VISA INTERVIEW APPOINTMENT!!!!!!!!!!!! 25TH OCT AT 9AM!!!!!!! THATS 2 WEEKS TODAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG, SO FREAKING HAPPY :D :D :D
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-10-11 05:06:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread

Thank you for your reply. One more question the form 134 where does my fiance need to send it? To the embassy or to me? Thanks


Your fiance would need to send it to you along with supporting evidence to show proof of income such as Tax return, pay checks, letter from employer, etc.. as you would take it to the embassy with you on the day of your interview.
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-10-08 15:59:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread

Hi Everyone,

My fiance received a letter from london embassy and on the letter it says we have received your approved petition and a link is provided for all forms. We both are confused at this point because on the letter it also states at any circumstances do not submit any forms to them until they ask us too. Will they send us the actual copies for the visa forms or should we just go to the link and fill all forms and send it to the london embassy along with other evidence? Thanks


That letter (also referred to as Packet 3 letter) is them requesting your fiance to go to that link and download and fill out all the required forms and submit them to embassy in order to go forwards with the visa process. Also when sending the forms, do not send anything else with them - all evidence would be taken to your fiance's interview. If your fiance has all the required documentation needed for the interview, then your fiance has the option to submit the DS-2001 - Notification of readiness form and a covering letter at the same time.

I want to clarify about the Police Certificate. At the medical you obviously bring the original and a color photo copy, for the medical do you bring the original and a color photo copy? Will they keep the original? Paul only has one original and we're worried that at the medical they'll want to keep the original copy and we can't do that because its our only original. Has anyone just brought a copy of their police certificate?

Thanks
Louise


Yes your fiance will need to take his Police Certificate along with a colour copy to the medical. They take both but at the end they give the original back because it is also needed for the visa interview.
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-10-08 13:48:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread
Congrats guys! Hope they come around fast and goodluck :dance: :thumbs: :D
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-09-24 13:33:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread

Normally you should allow a month between your medical results & receiving your interview date but like Nick said, some people have been called within a few weeks, especially if you requested an early interview date so you never know. If everything's in order with your forms & results then if they have a free appointment, you might get it. There are quite a few of us that have requested Sept/Oct interviews though so hang in there.

I kinda already figured about that timeline but fingers crossed that things go well and I get what i'm hoping for.

why are you hoping for November 2nd???

Well no particular reason really but we just assumed things would be fine and i'd be able to get an interview next month so we figured that it'd be a good date for me to leave. Therefore we chose that and have been planning for that date for a couple weeks now. Not made any major plans though, just small lil things.

Edited by xXJulzXx, 12 September 2012 - 12:59 PM.

xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-09-12 12:59:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread
Hmm.. after reading these past few posts, it's been making me wonder if i'm going to be able to make my date of 2nd Nov that i'm hoping for. As you can see from my timeline in my signature, I sent packet 3 forms along with DS-2001 Form and Covering letter on the 7th and I have my medical this Thursday (13th). In my covering letter I stated that although we do not have a specific wedding date set yet, I am planning and hoping to leave on 2nd Nov and requested an interview for mid October if possible. Think that date is possible given how long people are currently waiting to be processed/receiving their interview date?

Edited by xXJulzXx, 11 September 2012 - 02:21 PM.

xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-09-11 14:20:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread

Photocopies are fine of the paychecks. People do what you are planning...scan the last minute pay slips and email them over.

The employer letter should be original and that's a good proof, as is the tax return. Remember it's all pages of the return plus the W2 or a tax transcript on its own. Quite frankly, the pay checks are redundant because you will have two solid proofs already. I wouldn't worry about copies vs originals of those. For what it's worth, I have never seen anybody post an experience where the embassy held up a K1 visa because a pay slip was a photocopy. They aren't that fussy unless he is below the poverty level or doesn't sign his I-134 or provide any proof at all. Otherwise they just glance at it while they're shuffling papers about and never actually talk about it.


Okies, thanks for clearing that up :) and yeah I didn't think it would matter but still I was curious and just wanted to know for sure.
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-09-10 17:03:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread

do you have any other evidence?

why risk it. send originals. it doesn't really matter to your fiance as well.


Yes,that's why I said etc.. other evidence is his tax return and letter from his employer but he said he is just gonna send me those now and then before my interview send me photocopies of 2 or 3 of his most recent pay checks so that I could just print and use them. Would that be okay?
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-09-10 12:58:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread
So my fiance is mailing off his affidavit of support form and supporting evidence tonight and I was just wondering if photocopies of pay stubs etc.. are good enough to prove his income or do they have to be originals? :blink:
xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-09-10 12:21:00
United KingdomLondon 2012- K1s from NOA2 to interview thread

DOS - 202-663-1225


Thanks :) Will have to wait till Tuesday to call them now. Missed my chance to call them yesterday when I finally found their number. They were about to close when I was about to call... <_<

Edited by xXJulzXx, 01 September 2012 - 04:48 AM.

xXJulzXxFemaleUnited Kingdom2012-09-01 04:47:00