Best Way to Contact London Embassy?

[ksmiler1 0]

I have called the DOS and received confirmation that our interview date is set for march 18.Yay- next Friday!! My UK fiance called the London Embassy to confirm they have sent the appt letter to the correct address that he put on the DS-2001 readiness form. He has moved since the original petition was filed and is having trouble confirming anything in London at the embassy. Once he gets a human voice, they tell him to email, which comes back as not deliverable!!! Any helpful advice would be appreciated. It's next Friday and I know he needs the appt letter to get in to the interview! Just a little stressed at the moment!

[YuAndDan 153]

Moving this to Consulate/Embassy discussion...

Call DOS Visa Services in the USA..

For inquiries about visa cases and the application process call: 202-663-1225.

To e-mail the Visa Office for general information, write us at usvisa@state.gov.

[ksmiler1 0]

Moving this to Consulate/Embassy discussion...

Call DOS Visa Services in the USA..

For inquiries about visa cases and the application process call: 202-663-1225.

To e-mail the Visa Office for general information, write us at usvisa@state.gov.

I asked the DOS this already and they said I would have to confirm the address of where the letter was sent through the London Embassy, not with them. They have the address of the original petition. But the DS-2001 readiness form asks for the address where the interview letter should be sent, so we have no way of knowing which it's been sent to.???

[YuAndDan 153]

I am going to move this one again to the UK forum, the folks there will know more about The London Embassy, as well as post will stay higher in that forum...

http://london.usembassy.gov/ds2001.html (Mailing address)

http://london.usembassy.gov/contact.html (For the most part they will charge you for calling them)

[TracyTN 237]

LondonConsular@state.gov

As is stated here:

http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/index.php?ctry=United%20Kingdom&cty=London

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Member nattrav called and tried several times to get at least an email confirmation and they insisted she didn't need a letter or email. This was just a few weeks ago. She got in the embassy just fine. They have a list of appointments at the front of the line.

She hadn't moved but her letter wasn't received three weeks after being mailed. It arrived the day before the interview after she was already on the train to London. The embassy had not put enough postage on it and her brother had to pay £1:32 to receive the letter.

Based on her recent experience, I wouldn't go to extraordinary lengths to get a letter since you know the date.

[ksmiler1 0]

Member nattrav called and tried several times to get at least an email confirmation and they insisted she didn't need a letter or email. This was just a few weeks ago. She got in the embassy just fine. They have a list of appointments at the front of the line.

She hadn't moved but her letter wasn't received three weeks after being mailed. It arrived the day before the interview after she was already on the train to London. The embassy had not put enough postage on it and her brother had to pay £1:32 to receive the letter.

Based on her recent experience, I wouldn't go to extraordinary lengths to get a letter since you know the date.

Thanks so much for the advice. The embassy was not quite as helpful as the DOS! We're just glad to have the appt next week!

[JoannaV 173]

When you phone the Embassy and they tell you to email, they need to give you a code to put in the subject line of the email. These are the only emails they read, the ones with the special code. I know from personal experience that at least one of the people who answers the phone does not give this necessary information! (Although subsequent phone answerers did not seem to believe that such a bad employee existed lol.)

If you get a reply to an email confirming the interview you can just print it off and take that.

Otherwise, if you cannot obtain anything in writing, just don't worry about it. They have a list of everyone who has an appointment, the interview letter is not actually needed. Sometimes they have trouble finding people's names on the list of appointments, so your fiance might have to insist that his name should indeed be on it, but he will be ok :-)

[ksmiler1 0]

When you phone the Embassy and they tell you to email, they need to give you a code to put in the subject line of the email. These are the only emails they read, the ones with the special code. I know from personal experience that at least one of the people who answers the phone does not give this necessary information! (Although subsequent phone answerers did not seem to believe that such a bad employee existed lol.)

If you get a reply to an email confirming the interview you can just print it off and take that.

Otherwise, if you cannot obtain anything in writing, just don't worry about it. They have a list of everyone who has an appointment, the interview letter is not actually needed. Sometimes they have trouble finding people's names on the list of appointments, so your fiance might have to insist that his name should indeed be on it, but he will be ok :-)

Thanks for the info!! He did receive a reply email from the embassy and he changed his address with them. They are sending a new letter to the new address. It did take a couple of tries and one person told him no interview had even been scheduled! Maybe it was a wrong number! lol It should be straight now, but thanks so much!