Hi...I am new here and have been looking at what is the best route to go down...before we jump in feet first and start appling...
can anyone tell me if they have done a DCF where one is USA and the other is UK
was its straight forward ...as straight forward can be and what where the pitfalls....
I think I understand most of the requirements now for each visa ...except this one ....
Ive read that the USA embassy in the UK do , do DCF and would like to hear anyone else experiences of it if there is anyone out there .....before we make our choice on which road to go down
Thanks

DCF has 2 important rules:
1. to be married
2. the USC to reside overseas for a certain period of time .....in your case UK (i am not sure but I read somewhere that UK requires 2 years residency ???????..once again i am not sure).

Good luck to you

Ok ty that was fast...so let me break this down my husband to be would have had to have lived in the UK for a period of time or I lived in the US .....plus married.. (i get that bit)...goodness how confussing is all this...wondering if to just save up for a head transplante first before we pick an option...

To start DCF to the US Embassy/Consulate in UK, you two have to be married and the US citizen had to be lived in UK for a certain period in the moment you start DCF
And stay in line for that head transplant cause we are lots of us ahead you

Thanks ...you helped me sort that one out...its a no go ....didnt fully understand it ...so thats great i do now...ok im getting line for the transplant....

Unless both of you are living in the United Kingdom, a DCF is not an option for you. Sorry!

The residency requirement in the UK is not two years; in order to do a DCF you must be a 'legal resident' of the UK, meaning you have some type of resident visa. Tourist and fiance visas won't cut the mustard on this one. DCFs can be faster, but it would take the USC months to establish the type of residency required for the DCF so in the end you won't have saved any time and it will probably end up taking longer. Immigrating to the UK is much easier than immigrating to the USA, but it is not actually easy...if you get my drift. It's also not cheap.

You guys will have to go through one of the US service centers for this. It does have its advantages, though, as you can obtain information on your case more easily than you could if you were doing a DCF.

Good luck.