Final checklist before interview

[lostpup 0]

Thanks Gillian,

You are a Godsend! This forum is great, I'd be going crazy without y'all (practising my yank talk! lol).

I still haven't mailed my forms! Keep getting stuck on dates, esp. with regards to travel to the US.

I've been back & forth loads & have lived in the US twice before on different visas, that's how I met my fiance also, whilst living here.

I am currently visiting him in NYC & all my old passports and calenders with these dates are back home in London.

I want to complete and mail the forms asap to get an interview sooner.

Or should I wait till I'm back next week & double check dates & then mail them back to the embassy?

Yours frazzled,

-B

ps I see I need 3 photos now, do we need more for the next stage? AOS/EAD/AP - should I go ahead and get those done now too or will they be too old. I haven't even started looking at the next stage yet. I think my fiance, lostpup has though....

pps Good luck everyone We'll make it I'm sure....

Hi JakeyMatey,

How's it going? Funny I am in the same predicament as you but for different reasons of course.

I am filling out the forms & hope to mail them in the next 24 hours.

Did you not attach the passport photo's to form DS-156?

I'm not sure whether to send them in with the forms as the form instructs or to take them to the embassy for the interview as the instructions direct?

Or do we do both?

Good to know we're not alone,

Lost pup's fiancee

Don't send photos back with packet 3, take them to the interview.

Gillian

[Jakey-Matey 0]

Thanks Gillian,

You are a Godsend! This forum is great, I'd be going crazy without y'all (practising my yank talk! lol).

I still haven't mailed my forms! Keep getting stuck on dates, esp. with regards to travel to the US.

I've been back & forth loads & have lived in the US twice before on different visas, that's how I met my fiance also, whilst living here.

I am currently visiting him in NYC & all my old passports and calenders with these dates are back home in London.

I want to complete and mail the forms asap to get an interview sooner.

Or should I wait till I'm back next week & double check dates & then mail them back to the embassy?

Yours frazzled,

-B

ps I see I need 3 photos now, do we need more for the next stage? AOS/EAD/AP - should I go ahead and get those done now too or will they be too old. I haven't even started looking at the next stage yet. I think my fiance, lostpup has though....

pps Good luck everyone We'll make it I'm sure....

Hi JakeyMatey,

How's it going? Funny I am in the same predicament as you but for different reasons of course.

I am filling out the forms & hope to mail them in the next 24 hours.

Did you not attach the passport photo's to form DS-156?

I'm not sure whether to send them in with the forms as the form instructs or to take them to the embassy for the interview as the instructions direct?

Or do we do both?

Good to know we're not alone,

Lost pup's fiancee

Don't send photos back with packet 3, take them to the interview.

Gillian

Well, in terms of getting pictures for the AOS/EAD/AP stage, in my personal experience, if you even need pictures for that stage, the saying goes: 'Let's cross that bridge when we come to it' because God forbid, your visa might be denied for whatever reason. As it clearly does state on the Checklist "There is no guarantee that you will be issued a visa" and I am in no way or form saying that you will be denied etc, but there is never a 100% way of knowing if you will even get to the AOS/EAD/AP part.

And I am also not trying to be mean or anything like that, just think you should try and take things a bit slower. It will help calm your stress a lot if you just focus on the current task at hand: step 1, 2, 3 and 4 that the checklist wants you to do

I have my medical tomorrow, and because I haven't had all the vaccinations that I should of have, I am gonna come home looking like I just stepped on a hornets nest

Anyway, best of luck to you in terms of getting your checklist together, your medical, and also your interview!

Oh and P.S. I think that if you CAN and KNOW that everything on your forms are correct in terms of date, then go ahead and mail it out whenever you can

But it is better to be sure and definately get everything right, rather then get something wrong and they require you to either resend things out, or delay your interview date