visa approved :-)

[Zoe&Chris 5]

This morning my visa was approved!!! It was so much easier than I expected, I was out by 9.30...

Writing this on my phone in KFC so I will write a full review on Sunday, as now i am driving straight frm London to Newquay for my hen weekend!

(I planned that way before I heard about my interview so thank god it all went to plan! )

21 days to emigration, 43 days to wedding :) thanks to everyone on here and especially NichNick because I could never have done it without all the help!

Zoe xxx

[lost_at_sea 995]

Hooray! Congratulations!

Enjoy your hen weekend - I once went on a hen night in Newquay years ago, and I have to say... it was messy. Don't forget your sunscreen!

[topoftherock2013 23]

Congrats!! Have an amazing Hen and Wedding!

Looking forward to reading your review!

[KASH2011 382]

Congrats to you

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Yay Zoe!! We watched "The Hangover" last night. Hope your hen weekend is tamer than that. Such a crazy, funny movie.

[LARRY15 0]

hi guy, congrats.

[claire and joe 2]

Hey Zoe ....Mine was Approved yesterday too ! ! ! 39 days till i go ......

How did you get out by 9,30 ? i was stuck in there till 11,30 ... i got there at 7,30 and they were already letting people in , so many N numbers and only 4 windows for the I numbers ........

Hope you have a great weekend and good luck too x

[Zoe&Chris 5]

Hey Zoe ....Mine was Approved yesterday too ! ! ! 39 days till i go ......

How did you get out by 9,30 ? i was stuck in there till 11,30 ... i got there at 7,30 and they were already letting people in , so many N numbers and only 4 windows for the I numbers ........

Hope you have a great weekend and good luck too x

I was I904, so 4th up. I only counted 3 windows doing the document check - I901,902 and 903 were all called at 8am, and I was called to first window at 8.30ish. After this it was 45 min wait for interview.

Can I ask you what your CEAC status says? (https://ceac.state.gov/CEACStatTracker/Status.aspx?)

Mine said this morning still "Ready" with modified date 12th July, and now still "Ready" with date 15th July.

I am surprised because I read that it would go to "Administrative Processing" breifly and then to something that indicates it has eben issued, so I am not sure why two updates and still say "Ready". Perhaps they just haven't finished with me yet!

Zoe

[claire and joe 2]

I hope you had a good weekend ?

Mine is saying ready and the 15th too ...

As my application is for 3 of us they said it would take 10 days to get our passports back , not a problem as im not going till the 21st Aug .

The price of flights are so high at this time of year otherwise i would be over there sooner ....

[Zoe&Chris 5]

I hope you had a good weekend ?

Mine is saying ready and the 15th too ...

As my application is for 3 of us they said it would take 10 days to get our passports back , not a problem as im not going till the 21st Aug .

The price of flights are so high at this time of year otherwise i would be over there sooner ....

Yeah I had a great weekend

Mine says Issued now, from the 16th. I still can't track it on DX though. Looks from VJ like this is a common wait time, that it takes 2 days for DX to get it after printing. So I am not panicing (too much) yet! How's yours going?

Yeah I'm not leaving til 2nd August, which I'm glad about as it would be much more stressful waiting for the passport if I was trying to travel this week. I booked the cheapest flight I could find a few weeks ago, gambling that everythign would work out OK! At least its only time waiting to pass now, and then we will be over there

[claire and joe 2]

Yeah I had a great weekend

Mine says Issued now, from the 16th. I still can't track it on DX though. Looks from VJ like this is a common wait time, that it takes 2 days for DX to get it after printing. So I am not panicing (too much) yet! How's yours going?

Yeah I'm not leaving til 2nd August, which I'm glad about as it would be much more stressful waiting for the passport if I was trying to travel this week. I booked the cheapest flight I could find a few weeks ago, gambling that everythign would work out OK! At least its only time waiting to pass now, and then we will be over there

Mine now says it was updated today and Administrative Processing ! ! ! Maybe its a little different as im taking teenagers with me ????

I will see what it says by monday and then maybe start to panic ! !

Just a question of selling stuff and packing ... I got return flights as it was so much cheaper than singles , i will try and see if i can keep the return flights to use next year ?

[Zoe&Chris 5]

Mine now says it was updated today and Administrative Processing ! ! ! Maybe its a little different as im taking teenagers with me ????

I will see what it says by monday and then maybe start to panic ! !

Just a question of selling stuff and packing ... I got return flights as it was so much cheaper than singles , i will try and see if i can keep the return flights to use next year ?

I wouldn't panic too much, mine said AP for 3 hours on the 16th before quickly changing to issued - I think Nich-Nick has said this status can mean many things including it being in the pile of "to print" visas which I assume is what it meant for me! Yours probablty just took a little longer because of being several passports etc

People always say that about return flights, it wasn't true for me (perhaps because im flying in the most expensive month). A single was 100 cheaper than a return, and although that isn't much difference I didn't know when to put the return so I just decided to save 100 and go single. I'm regretting it now because I heard I won't be able to check in online and so I'll have to deal with paying for extra bags and things at the airport.

I need to sort out shipping my stuff now though.

[claire and joe 2]

Phew ! It says Issued now

[Zoe&Chris 5]

Yay!