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| London, United Kingdom |  Review on July 28, 2015: |
rob999
Rating:  | Review Topic: K1 Visa
Number one tip: bring something to do/read, it's a lot of waiting in a waiting room.
And yes you can bring phones and tablets. I was fine with my kindle.
Dropped my bag off at Gould Pharmacy £3.00 a bag. If you have a laptop they'll ask you to take that out and will put it into a safe but will also charge another £3.00 on top. They do visa photos for £7.50 for four.
Queued up at 12:20, I was about 10th in line and there was probably about 20 behind me before we moved.
Lady on the desk checked my appointment form and passport which then got checked again by security before entering the security immigration line. They do about four people at a time in the security hut. Similar experience to airports. I can imagine the queuing outside not to be pleasant if its raining! I did see an umbrella stand by the front doors of the embassy after security.
After security you walk out the hut when you have your stuff around to the front doors and see a secretary who will ask you for your passport and appointment letter. She'll stick your number on the appointment letter (don't move/lose these number pieces of paper as they are used).
Up the steps on the left to a rather large and boring waiting room. You'll sit there until your number is called, it gets rather boing and tedious looking up at the screen on every ping, this indicating a number being called. There are toilets and also two photo Me machines, just in case. They do repeat numbers in case you were in the toilet. Waited until about 14:00 until I was called. First they wanted passport and appointment letter. Then birth certificate and police certificate and i134 support evidence. He did not want copies of certificates even though the embassy document list asked to bring copies. He wanted one photo, scanned it and then gave it back to me. He asked when I was intending to leave and I said as soon as possible and he wrote down ASAP on the form. He then gave me my chest x-Ray cd.
Told me to go back and take a seat.
Waited until 14:45 and got called to a nice lady whom asked how we met, asked about my fiancées child and whether the father was around and if we all got on. She also asked if I was transferring in my company, not sure if this was a trick question, so replied I have actually left my job already and I can't work anyway until I get employment authorisation. And after she did some typing the nice lady said I was approved! She than gave my birth certificate, police certificate and the 134f and evidence back to me.
She told me that it takes two weeks for me get my passport back but likely to be quicker than that. And that was that! All in all a zero hassle interview, just a lot of waiting!
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