He's actually in his mid 30's but could pass for someone in their mid to late 20's. Was there a lot of people there?

To be perfectly honest, no, it wasn't as crowded and chaotic as I thought it was going to be; I guess the appointment staggering worked pretty well today. I was looking around the waiting room wondering who among us was a VJer. I was fleetingly thinking of going around asking anyone with a 5000 number if they were from VJ, but then I thought better of it!!

I was the big lump in the red hoodie, btw, in case anyone that was there is remotely interested!

Gotcha! Hadn't heard of the show... guess it's one of the few old Britcoms they don't yet show on PBS!! My SO will be impressed that I know about this now, you know me being a worldly type and all...

Great to hear of the approvals folks.

Oiiiiiiiiii Big lump in the red hoody, firstly why was it not a black one

Secondly CONGRATULATIONS so happy for ya

You could have PM'd me

Off to myspazz to leave a congrats on your Mrs page

xx

October 2008 Interviews:

Barry and Jackie.....K1................................10/02/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
BMJ....................... K1................................10/09/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
saraswaiti007........K1................................10/14/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
sunnybear.............K1................................10/16/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
stevi1123...............K1................................10/16/2008 Approved pending additional documentation
Damian P................K1...............................10/20/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
Bexxie....................K3...............................10/20/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
cca..........................K1...............................10/20/2008
KYLady..................CR-1.............................10/22/2008
Scarlett...................K1...............................10/29/2008
fickmoley................K1...............................10/29/2008

Still waiting:

Sad Eyes..........................................02/25/2008 – Still stuck in AP?
Guinness1969...................................09/12/2008 – Stuck in AP
Sassasdave.......................................09/30/2008 – anyone any info?

CONGRATS to Damian and Bex!!!!! Awesome news on the approvals folks!!!

LOL on your convo Damian regarding you and the "bird" oy that is why I love you English folk

It wasn't the black one because I don't have a black one!! And I'll PM ya just as soon as Corrie's finished (John has soooooooooooooooo got Rosie tied up in a cupboard!!!)

OMG, does my sad bastardism know any bounds!!

Bet cha Karla is up the duff as well hey are you still taking bets from me Loser

I just read in another thread that cca was approved too.

wooohooooo congrats on the approvals, have great weddings.
yours next wifetobe good luck xxxxxxxxxxxx

whooooohooooooooooooooooo.....look what american has to welcome lol, the bloke with the red hoodie and er indoors language - I luv it and congats to ALL WHO DID SO GREAT TODAY!!!!


WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE SPOT ON!

Gary had the interview this morning for our K1 and it was APPROVED!! Now just 38 more days until he flies home to start our new life permanently together. My god, this is a wonderful feeling.

Congratulations! I wish you true happiness FOREVER.

CONGRATULATIONS TO BOTH OF YOU

I wish you a long and happy life together

Congrats luv - gotta luv this good news - ok mates outta here for a few days off to move and wishing all that are coming up for interviews GODSPEED from the bottom of our hearts

LUV YA MATES AND VJ ROCKS!

Congrats all!

Good luck KYLady for tomorrow!

Take care SusieK and Goodluck KYLady....

Congratulations and gl

Well I am flying off to be with my beautiful fiancee tomorrow (Wednesday 22nd), leaving behind loved ones is hard but they are all happy for me! I am flying with BMI from Manchester to Chicago and then on to Albuquerque, will leave feedback on my journey

I just want to say congratulations to everybody who has their visa and good luck to everyone who is still waiting, just hang in there, it will all be worth it in the end!!! Thank you to everyone who has given us advice and cheered us up when things were getting us down

Now, I must check I have everything ready, once again!

Have a safe trip a wonderful wedding and a great life together congratulations.

Visa in hand! Just arrived via SMS - before 10am to boot! So no need to pay for extra delivery charges folks - cuz I didn't!!!

Yay! When are you leaving?

Not until March, actually!!!! But it's good to have the visa in hand anyway. Now I've got 5 months of trying not to peek inside the "DO NOT OPEN" envelope!!

And here it is (sorry, crap camera):

Hmm, Do you guys think we will have a chance to join this thread?

Do you (or will you) have an interview at the London embassy? Then of course you should join the thread!

Cool. I too won't be leaving until about four/five months after I get the visa. Hope the pound picks up for yopu before then.



Yup, like Damian said, just let us know your interview date and I'll add you.

Congrats! Chris received his visa today as well and booked his ticket for Monday. Can't believe all this waiting is almost over!

October 2008 Interviews:

Barry and Jackie.....K1................................10/02/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
BMJ....................... K1................................10/09/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
saraswaiti007........K1................................10/14/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
sunnybear.............K1................................10/16/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
stevi1123...............K1................................10/16/2008 Approved pending additional documentation
Damian P................K1...............................10/20/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
Bexxie...................K3.................................10/20/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
cca..........................K1...............................10/20/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
gingerblue...............K1...............................10/21/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
KYLady..................CR-1..............................10/22/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
Wifetobe..................K1...............................10/24/2008
Scarlett...................K1................................10/29/2008
fickmoley................K1.................................10/29/2008

Still waiting:

Sad Eyes..........................................02/25/2008 – Still stuck in AP?
Sassasdave.......................................09/30/2008 – anyone any info?

Hi all,

Stevi, any work on your docs?? I haven't been posting but I've followed your long journey, and just wanted to empasise how sucky it is that this has happened to you, hopefully they will be as good as their word and approve you guys when they get a new police clearance.

All you other guys that have sailed past the interview, remember there's a bunch of graduates and people still waiting, hanging out in the UK off topic thread. Happy to have you guys join in the chatting too!

xxx Poit

Hi all

My case completed 9 Oct and we have all fingers crossed for a December interview but as its a short month Im concerned. Does anyone know of people having to wait more than 2 months to get a London interview for CR1?

Im really keen to get there in Jan - new year, new beginings and all!

Lou

Well, I'm assuming that once the case has been approved by USCIS, then subsequently forwarded to London by NVC, then the wait time for interview is no different for that of a K1 visa. That being the case, I can tell you that my interview was scheduled just shy of 2 months after I returned packet 3.

Hi Poit,

He has sent off for the UK report again, and has also sent his fingerprints and application to his country in Africa again. We will just be in a holding pattern again for a while. It costs so, so much money to get the police report from Africa, when someone else has to get it for him....but we will do what we have to do in order to be together eventually (we hope).

Thanks for asking....it is very comforting

Yippeee, I finally have a interview date! It's on the 10th of November Can I be added to the list?

Cheers,
Steve

Yup, since your the first November interviewee what colour would you like it to be?

Good luck Wifetobe for tomorrow!

Congratulations to you Steve!

and

Good luck Wifetobe!

Hmmm, what colour.. maybe black? A bit boring.. but it suits my metal lovin' Thanks Stevi for the congrats!

Metal-head, eh? Good lad. I'm off to see Slayer on Tuesday. They were originally due to play the NEC in Birmingham, but I guess that the credit crunch must be biting, because it's been moved to Wolverhampton Civic Hall!!!!!!

Still, should make the gig all the better, imo.

Good luck for today wifetobe, let us all know how u get on.
woohooooo todays the day!!!!!!!!!
Donna

She'll probably kill me for putting this up before she's got a chance to, but I've just got off the phone with her and she's..................................APPROVED!!!!!!!!!!

Way to go, explorer!!!!!!!!!!!!

Woooo congrats!

woooohoooooooo omg congrats know u were worried glad it all worked out.

damian yep im thinking shes gonna kill ya

OOOOooooh, That is great!

Thanks for the info Damian


CONGRATULATIONS TO YOU Wifetobe!

"Well, I'm pleased to say that your visa has been approved" are the words I heard this morning from the consular and I couldn't have been more happier I could have reached through the window and given her a hug. I shall now debrief you with my interview experience for all you lovelies that have yet to experience

I got the 5.47am train from waltham x into Liv St for 6.15. I thought I was a bit too early as my appt was at 8.30. I thought sod it, let's get to the USEM ridiculously early for 7am. It looked like a fortress it was nothing like how I remembered the embassy in '96. It looked like a bombed out shelter back then..Anyway I took me phone and ipod to store at Goulds Pharmacy for a fiver at 37 N Audley st. and then got back in line. Some French lady sparked up a convo with me as she was behind me in line. It started to rain and for those of you who have no umbrella and it rains, the USEM are kind enough to provide umbrellas! I got past security and screening checks, and the French lady behind me had a coffee cup in her hand and the guard got right stroppy with her. He told her that the coffee cup she was holding was not allowed in the screening area. She proceeded it to throw it by placing it on the floor inside the screening area - and he was like "No don't put that anywhere, you need to drink that." He imagined that if there was any kind of poison in that cup, she would have to drink it!lol

Got in there, received my 5003 number, and sat and waited for my number to be called. There were quite a lot of 1000s and a few 5000s actually and with a row of 1-11 and 12-25 booths. I was called to booth 14 after 20 mins and was interviewed by a Carribean lady, I think she was the same lady Damian had on Monday. She asked for my:

Police cert. + 1 copy
Birth cert.+ 1 copy
2 photos (US size)
Affidavit of support + anything else he sent me. She was not specific. I gave her his tax return along with an employer letter only.

She then asked me a few general questions like, "When are you planning on going to the States," 'Have you ever been to the states?' And then after looking at my passport and her monitor, her face changed and she asked 'Have you ever been stopped at a POE?' and I told her "yep the last time I went was earlier this month and I was stopped. She then asked "why" and I told her "it was probably just a random check, and that they had wanted to know who I was there to see and how long I was going to be there for...along with wanting to know our entire history of being together". She laughed and commented "I was stopped too and they were so horrible." I'm like 'Really?!.. I wouldn't have imagined that being you work for the government!" then she replied "The person that was supposed to collect me at the airport left and so they kept me in passport control for an hour questioning me..and I was working for a different government then." I said, oh right!" I did not elope into further conversation about it. Then she took a scan of my right and left hands including my thumbs. She asked me to do my left hand again as I was too bloomin nervous lol then she told me to pay at the cashier and return to the window. I watched her staple, stamp and clip my paperwork together, then she told me to take a seat and wait to be called again for the interview with the consular. Not long after 20 minutes I was called again to booth 15. She was a very happy chirpy blonde American lady and she said "So you want to get married huh?" I said 'Yes!!" with a big grin on my face and then she asked:

How did you meet?
When did you meet?
When did he propose?
So tell me about Nathan!
When's the last time you were in the states?
And how many times have you been to the states?
Have you ever lived outside the UK?
What's the longest time you've ever spent in the US?

It was more of a nice conversation than anything else and then she told me I was approved!! She then explained about the MBE thing and that I have to present it at the POE and to NOT open it. She then said that the "do not open message written twice clearly isn't enough for some people" I laughed when she said that!! But overall 5 out of 5 for professionalism and courtesy. That's my story... Just waiting on my visa to arrive which should be 3-5 days time WOOHOOO!!!

Thanks Laura+Tom, Donna and Stevi ....and Damian - you're a classic, son!! That has never been done on VJ before!!! Nah he's alright Donna, I won't kill 'im

lololo thanks Mr P

October 2008 Interviews:

Barry and Jackie.....K1................................10/02/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
BMJ....................... K1................................10/09/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
saraswaiti007........K1................................10/14/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
sunnybear.............K1................................10/16/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
stevi1123...............K1...............................10/16/2008 Approved pending additional documentation
Damian P................K1...............................10/20/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
Bexxie....................K3................................10/20/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
cca..........................K1...............................10/20/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
gingerblue...............K1...............................10/21/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
KYLady..................CR-1..............................10/22/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
Wifetobe.................K1...............................10/24/2008 APPROVED!!!!!!
Scarlett...................K1................................10/29/2008
fickmoley................K1.................................10/29/2008

November 2008 Interviews:

andiste08................K1.................................11/10/2008

Still waiting:

Sad Eyes..........................................02/25/2008 – Still stuck in AP?
Sassasdave.......................................09/30/2008 – anyone any info?

CONGRATULATIONS
GREAT NEWS
SHAZ

CONGRATULATIONS
GREAT NEWS
SHAZ
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Cheers Shaz

Just wanted to pop on and say CONGRATS to the recent approvals!!!

Scarlett will be thinking of you!