Congratulations! Glad to hear of another stress-free experience in London!

Ooooh! Just wanted to add. There was a little bit of stress on my part.

I made the mistake of paying £1.50 for a drink whilst in the Embassy.

I swear it was the worst £1.50 ever spent.

Bought a Gatorade Fierce or something. Grape flavour.

Seriously was the worst thing I've ever tasted. lol

Avoid at all costs! Be warned!

Congratulations!!

CONGRATULATIONS Roselinda.

Congratulations on the approval!!!

Hello! My packet 3 was received by the embassy on june 6th, so it shouldn't be long now till the interview. Reading all your stories has helped a lot! I'll let you know when my interview is so it can be added to the list. I'll also be updating my timeline this evening :-)

Ooh! I get to be a graduate too right?

Do I get some kind of ceremony and certificate? lol

Congratulations Roselinda!

I received an email response about Barry's missing checklist, It's been found and his interview is scheduled
July 1st!

Oh good for you guys!

I'm glad that's all sorted now.

Congratulations and the best of luck!

Congratulations again Roselinda !!!!! and great news Debby

are all interviews always this early

"My interview was at 8am. "

??

It was actually much better having it at 8am.

Trust me by the time I got outta there it was standing room only.

they seem to do the immigrant visas first thing, and the others all day long

Great news that it has been resolved

congratulations

So now i gotta add sorting babysitters to my list of things to do before interview - as will have to go night before if its that early - least i will be able to come home n sleep before they get back from school as bet i wont get much the night before

yeah, mine was hella early, and I was out of there by 9.30, off to drink a coffee and eat a muffin, leaving the thronging throngs to their own devices

Should be Joining you guys soon they are working onthe 1st of april and ours was filed on the 4th so we are hoping for NOA2 soon

Hi all,

Myself and daughter just had medical at Bentwick Mansions. Everything went more or less ok pending blood and x-ray results and a report from my daughter's school.......Report from my daughter's school? Well I had read that the Asian doctor was scary, but she seems to have scared my daughter to death....and when asked my daughter was not able to give her name or date of birth.....so now doctor think she has some kind of mental impairement and want a report from the school. Asian doctor gave me a letter (private & confidential all over it) to give to the school explaining what she wants. I don't think it will be a problem...My daughter is a bit late in school process especially in maths but there is nothing wrong with her mentally or intellectually.

Apart from that the nurse was very nice...she gave a waiver for my daughter HPV vaccin explaining that it will be cheaper to get it done in the States the X-ray man was a sweetie, as well as all the rest of the staff.

I am just glad this part is over......Just have to wait for packet 4 now

I am glad it went well - hope you get packet 4 soon - hope all of us that are waiting on packet 4 get them soon, think there are a few of us waiting atm

Dont you just hate it when kids clam up like that - am sure you will be fine with the letter from the school

I have my medical booked with daughter for 20th so thought I would treat her to a nice trip around london after maybe spend the money i saved on having a later train home on something nice <3 shopping

We have a date for the list: Nick & Nich 2008-07-29.

I know, I know, it's a long way off, but we requested (in a cover letter) something after July 15 since Nick already had a ticket to the USA July 4-12. The trip was scheduled months ago because it's his birthday. Didn't want the visa before that, didn't want it scheduled during the trip, didn't want to cancel the non-refundable ticket...so July 29 works.

I know, I know, it's a long way off, but we requested (in a cover letter) something after July 15 since Nick already had a ticket to the USA July 4-12. The trip was scheduled months ago because it's his birthday. Didn't want the visa before that, didn't want it scheduled during the trip, didn't want to cancel the non-refundable ticket...so July 29 works.
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Congratulations, I am really pleased for you.

I am now panicing over whether I have everything for my interview even though I have checked everything 4 times!

conrgratulations on the interview date

Thanks Crissy and Pandora. We three have very similar filing times. Sadly, the Cambridge folks have out-rowed the Oxford team and we need to concede the race to you. We rowed really fast, so maybe you just caught the lucky current. LOL

Good luck on the interview. I booked a free frequent flyer ticket to the UK so I can be there for the interview and go over the stuff with Nick one more time.

Ack! I wish I had to go back for interview now!! I am sooo nervous about moving!

I am sooooo nervous about a Brit moving in with me. Beans and toast? Branston pickle? Marmite?!?

Seriously, it would be so hard for me to pack up and move to another country. You people are superheroes.

I think I love you for appreciating it

The current does seem a bit random! I took ages to gather my supporing documents but the Oxford / Cambridge race isn't over yet - I am hoping to fly mid August all being well so you can still win with a last minute sprint! Virgin Atlantic allow one way reward flights so I think I will be treating myself to upper class which lets me take a total of 5 suitcases (3 x 32kg + 2 in the cabin!) - that a lot of Yorkshire Tea, Branston Pickle and Heinz salad cream!

I am really impressed there is an orange comma before my name in the list

No sprints from Oxford. He's been planning around October 1 for a while now. He's not going to give notice at his job until after the whole approval. He's got a lot of stuff to go through and decide what to bring, but he's only working on it in his mind...hahaha...as far as I see. (I know he will read this and think I'm nagging.) Actually he's sold two cars recently and last weekend took a bunch of stuff to the tip or skip...forgot what's British for the dump. Nick is the person that when somebody says, "I need a cable for an XYZ" or "I need some memory for my ABC" or "I need Windows Caveman edition", he can open a drawer or box and produce it. So it's going to be a chore for him to pull up stakes. I do feel sorry for all of you moving and having to go through those decisions.


Nick plans to come first class too if he can work out a frequent flyer ticket. A friend of mine wanted a one-way and the lady at Continental told her to book round trip, and she could redeposit her miles after she didn't make the return. We'll have to look into that. I brought a big box of tea bags back with me last time I was over. Kroger has the essential Coleman's and Branston, although it's not minced just right. He can give up the Marmite for some jalapeno peppers and salsa.

There's a t-shirt I suggested he wear to his last day at work. The quote on it:
"You may all go to hell and I will go to Texas."---Davy Crockett

what a brilliant quote!

as a brand spanking new resident of Texas, I might need to get me one of those

but perhaps on a tea towel; I don't wear that many t-shirts

I have a t-shirt I am wearing that says "California Summer Love" which I thought was apt

Well, Milena and I have an interview on Tuesday afternoon. While it is related to the I-130 and not the immigrant visa (they want to establish that we have a bona fide relationship, apparently), I thought we would join this thread that I been watching enviously since February. Wish us well!

Oh, and who performs the regular interviews? The immigrant visa unit? I'm just wondering if it is the same people who will be performing our interview, the US citizenship and immigration services.

He said it to the somebody like the Tennessee legislature after they failed to re-elect him. There's more than t-shirts available.
http://www.texasterritories.com/search_res...p;btnSearch.y=5



Hmmmm...a good story behind that shirt, huh??

The people who do the I-130 are separate from the visa unit. I know, if she is still there, the lady that runs the I-130 office and she is very fair and a real nice person.

can you add me to interview date list please

Woot Woot we have one for 9am (omg thats the crack of dawn) on 8th July

So time to book babysitter

spent all the time waiting and waiting now its like omg i;m moving. Now time to panic over can i get everything done - just soooooooooooooooo glad i sold my house back in January

Gratzies Pandora I know just how you feel - the reality hits you more with the interview date! You spend so long working towards something, sometimes you forget there is an end to it all

Thats great! Congrats!

(But can we please not speak about the crack of Dawn in public! )


Dawn.

I'm not quite sure what you mean...?

That's a slight comfort. We are trying to gather as much evidence as we can before Tuesday. In mid-May they requested signed affadavits (legalized by a solicitor) from three colleagues and myself, vouching for our bona fide relationship. We also sent our joint bank statements and bills from our apt in London. This time we are taking pictures from the wedding and and invitation and pictures from all over the world over the past nine months, samples from nine months of emails/messenger chats...plus flights that we took together. I suppose this should all have been sent in in May, but I thought the affadavits and joint bank account statements would be enough.

I don't mean to hijack this threat. We just feel this is not going well for us, and I'm really glad to hear the person in charge of I-130 is fair and nice. Maybe she can get us a DS-230 interview soon, ie forward our application right away, because we have waited a very long time, have all our police certificates ready, and would love to get on the road...

Congrats!!!
Hopefully Stu and I will hear something soon. I know there's people that have been waiting much longer than us, but we've been waiting since November and we're starting to get a little impatient

We just got our interview date, July 18th. IT's two months later than expected, but

Have mine scheduled for June 24th - whoopee!

*just noticed the mysterious VJ log-off ghost cut off half of my last post*


... but at least we have a date (July18th). I could go on and on whining about how we are just about the last filers from our month to have their interview, which we are, but what good would that do at this point. Grrrrr.

We do have one question. In the interview letter, the $130 fee is quoted in american dollars (versus pounds for the courier). What type of funds should he bring to pay the interview fee with... dollars or pounds?

I paid mine in cash but you can pay by card also. Good luck with the interview. youll be fine, easy as chips lol.

In American cash or British cash?? LOL

They accept both.

You can pay in dollars or sterling, i paid in sterling about £65

Well, from your month, from your service centre, of course.

Here's to no more delays!