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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Scotland
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My fiancé is coming from the UK --

My petition was approved on November 10th 2014, and my case number on the CEAC claims my case is ready as of Dec 16th -

Case Creation Date: 04-Dec-2014 Status Updated Date: 16-Dec-2014
Your case is ready for your interview when scheduled at the U.S. Consular section. If you have already scheduled an appointment for an interview, please prepare your documents as directed in your appointment letter and appear at the consulate on the appointed date and time. Otherwise, please wait until you have been notified of your interview appointment. Additional information about how Immigrant Visa interview appointments are scheduled can be found at:

We have all the documents ready from the checklist they sent with Packet 3 and are about to book the medical appointment.

What I am confused about is -

Is a DS-160 supposed to be filled out? When we search it on the london embassy site, it says just for "nonimmigrants" and the london consulate doesn't show up in the drop down menu.

How do we schedule our interview?

NOA1: May 27th, 2014 - TSC

ARN: August 8th, 2014

NO transfer....

NOA2: November 10th, 2014!!

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You do not schedule the interview, once the embassy has your medical results and the case file from NVC they will schedule it.

I believe you have to do the DS 160 but it's a newish thing so I am not familiar with that form, read the guides on here, they're very good and will tell you what you need to know.


Guide is here

http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/474161-london-k1-a-complete-guide/

Go to the UK forum on here as well, very helpful.

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My fiancé is coming from the UK --

My petition was approved on November 10th 2014, and my case number on the CEAC claims my case is ready as of Dec 16th -

We have all the documents ready from the checklist they sent with Packet 3 and are about to book the medical appointment.

What I am confused about is -

Is a DS-160 supposed to be filled out? When we search it on the london embassy site, it says just for "nonimmigrants" and the london consulate doesn't show up in the drop down menu.

How do we schedule our interview?

Yes, you do a DS-160. The consulate is found in the drop down alphabetically under "E" --

ENGLAND, LONDON

Review the London website again for you K1 instructions here http://london.usembassy.gov/iv_15.html

Note there is another form (with a link to it) under Step Four.

When you have followed all the steps on that page, London will pick your interview date and notify you by letter.

England.gifENGLAND ---

K-1 Timeline 4 months, 19 days 03-10-08 VSC to 7-29-08 Interview London

10-05-08 Married

AOS Timeline 5 months, 14 days 10-9-08 to 3-23-09 No interview

Removing Conditions Timeline 5 months, 20 days12-27-10 to 06-10-11 No interview

Citizenship Timeline 3 months, 26 days 12-31-11 Dallas to 4-26-12 Interview Houston

05-16-12 Oath ceremony

The journey from Fiancé to US citizenship:

4 years, 2 months, 6 days

243 pages of forms/documents submitted

No RFEs

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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I was able to email the embassy and get my finances interview and medical exam on the same day so she only has to make one trip to London.

Cstark_67, may I ask how you were able to do that? what email did you use?

K-1 Visa Timeline

12/25/2014 - Engaged
01/12/2015 - I-129F Sent
01/13/2015 - USPS confirmed delivery
01/15/2015 - NOA1 Electronic Notification with Receipt #
01/20/2015 - NOA1 received in the mail 02/04/2015 - NOA2 Electronic Notification
02/09/2015 - NOA2 received in the mail
02/18/2015 - NVC Assigned Case #
02/24/2015 - NVC "In Transit"02/27/2015 - Case "Ready" at London Embassy
02/28/2015 - Did DS160 and Readiness Form
03/05/2015 - Medical (Booked on 02/19/2015)
03/07/2015 - Received Packet 3
03/27/2015 - Received Packet 4
04/02/2015 - Interview
04/07/2015 - Interview (rescheduled) APPROVED
04/09/2015 - CEAC went to AP and Issued

04/14/2015 - Visa Delivered (Flights Booked)

04/15/2015 - POE Dallas Fort Worth

04/25/2015 - Married

AOS Timeline

07/14/2015 - Overnighted AOS & EAD Packet

07/15/2015 - Delivery Confirmed

07/17/2015 - Electronic Notification with Receipt #s

07/23/2015 - Received both NOA1 in the mail

07/31/2015 - Received Biometrics Appt. Letter

08/11/2015 - Biometrics Appointment

08/20/2015 - Received Email for I485 Interview

09/15/2015 - EAD Approval Notice

09/18/2015 - EAD Delivery Notice

09/22/2015 - I485 Interview APPROVED

09/22/2015 - EAD Card Arrived

09/25/2015 - GC Mailed

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Scotland
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Go to the US embassy london website. Then visas. Open the contact us in the left menu. The last sentence starts with visa information. Open the CONTACT US link and scroll to the bottom of the questions to STILL HAVE A QUESTION. Open that and fill in the form. Name has to be the one on the DS-160. Also include your LND number.

And email addresses.

The embassy does not do afternoon interviews so they scheduled her interview in the morning and her medical is scheduled early afternoon.

Keep in mind the embassy will keep the passport at the interview so take a second form of photo ID to medical exam.

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: United Kingdom
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Go to the US embassy london website. Then visas. Open the contact us in the left menu. The last sentence starts with visa information. Open the CONTACT US link and scroll to the bottom of the questions to STILL HAVE A QUESTION. Open that and fill in the form. Name has to be the one on the DS-160. Also include your LND number.

And email addresses.

The embassy does not do afternoon interviews so they scheduled her interview in the morning and her medical is scheduled early afternoon.

Keep in mind the embassy will keep the passport at the interview

so take a second form of photo ID to medical exam.

WOW thanks for the info. I will show this to my fiancé and see what he wants to do. Do you think this way delayed your process at all? How soon after your email did they contact you?

K-1 Visa Timeline

12/25/2014 - Engaged
01/12/2015 - I-129F Sent
01/13/2015 - USPS confirmed delivery
01/15/2015 - NOA1 Electronic Notification with Receipt #
01/20/2015 - NOA1 received in the mail 02/04/2015 - NOA2 Electronic Notification
02/09/2015 - NOA2 received in the mail
02/18/2015 - NVC Assigned Case #
02/24/2015 - NVC "In Transit"02/27/2015 - Case "Ready" at London Embassy
02/28/2015 - Did DS160 and Readiness Form
03/05/2015 - Medical (Booked on 02/19/2015)
03/07/2015 - Received Packet 3
03/27/2015 - Received Packet 4
04/02/2015 - Interview
04/07/2015 - Interview (rescheduled) APPROVED
04/09/2015 - CEAC went to AP and Issued

04/14/2015 - Visa Delivered (Flights Booked)

04/15/2015 - POE Dallas Fort Worth

04/25/2015 - Married

AOS Timeline

07/14/2015 - Overnighted AOS & EAD Packet

07/15/2015 - Delivery Confirmed

07/17/2015 - Electronic Notification with Receipt #s

07/23/2015 - Received both NOA1 in the mail

07/31/2015 - Received Biometrics Appt. Letter

08/11/2015 - Biometrics Appointment

08/20/2015 - Received Email for I485 Interview

09/15/2015 - EAD Approval Notice

09/18/2015 - EAD Delivery Notice

09/22/2015 - I485 Interview APPROVED

09/22/2015 - EAD Card Arrived

09/25/2015 - GC Mailed

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I literally had no idea they still allowed people to have their medical and interview on the same day. I wish I'd known this.

Immigration Timeline

 

June 2013: Met whilst working at a summer camp in Michigan 

K1

November 1st 2014: I-129f submitted for K1 visa

February 24th 2015: Visa in hand!

February 26th 2015: POE at Las Vegas airport, then onwards to Oregon! 

March 6th 2015: Marriage (with a "real" wedding to follow next year on 7/6/2016)

March 9th 2015: AOS, EAD & AP submitted

September 22nd 2015: Interview

January 14th 2016: Two year Green card received -phew!

ROC

August 8th 2017: 90 day window begins! ROC time!

September 28th 2017: Biometric Appointment in Portland, OR

March 5th 2018: Case received by local office

August 18th 2018: 18 month extension letter mailed

December 2018: Case moved to another office

February 2019: I was emailed that I was approved and my card was in production the same day of my N400 interview 😂

N400

August 8th 2018: Window opens to submit naturalization application

August 13th 2018: N400 Application submitted online 

August 14th 2018: NOA1

September 6th 2018: Biometrics

February 6th 2019: Interview Date! APPROVED!

February 6th 2019: I was asked to return later the same day for my Oath Ceremony! :dance:

 

❤️ Our Visa Journey is finally complete ❤️

 

I am the Beneficiary

 

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Filed: K-1 Visa Country: Scotland
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Well I m sure they will tell her approved or not dependent on her medical. She went to her dr. And got all of the immunizations she needed already. Don't think it will really slow things down.

I emailed them after reading on the website about it taking a week for them to get the results from the dr. Office and asked why the results couldn't be emailed or faxed with today's technology so they said after she made the appointment for the medical give them a call and they would schedule the interview. The reasoning was to only have one trip to london from Scotland which is about an 8 hr. Trip each way.

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I wonder what the cut off is. My trip is six hours each way.

Immigration Timeline

 

June 2013: Met whilst working at a summer camp in Michigan 

K1

November 1st 2014: I-129f submitted for K1 visa

February 24th 2015: Visa in hand!

February 26th 2015: POE at Las Vegas airport, then onwards to Oregon! 

March 6th 2015: Marriage (with a "real" wedding to follow next year on 7/6/2016)

March 9th 2015: AOS, EAD & AP submitted

September 22nd 2015: Interview

January 14th 2016: Two year Green card received -phew!

ROC

August 8th 2017: 90 day window begins! ROC time!

September 28th 2017: Biometric Appointment in Portland, OR

March 5th 2018: Case received by local office

August 18th 2018: 18 month extension letter mailed

December 2018: Case moved to another office

February 2019: I was emailed that I was approved and my card was in production the same day of my N400 interview 😂

N400

August 8th 2018: Window opens to submit naturalization application

August 13th 2018: N400 Application submitted online 

August 14th 2018: NOA1

September 6th 2018: Biometrics

February 6th 2019: Interview Date! APPROVED!

February 6th 2019: I was asked to return later the same day for my Oath Ceremony! :dance:

 

❤️ Our Visa Journey is finally complete ❤️

 

I am the Beneficiary

 

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Well I've already had my medical so it's too late for me :lol: just frustrating they don't offer this option more officially!

Immigration Timeline

 

June 2013: Met whilst working at a summer camp in Michigan 

K1

November 1st 2014: I-129f submitted for K1 visa

February 24th 2015: Visa in hand!

February 26th 2015: POE at Las Vegas airport, then onwards to Oregon! 

March 6th 2015: Marriage (with a "real" wedding to follow next year on 7/6/2016)

March 9th 2015: AOS, EAD & AP submitted

September 22nd 2015: Interview

January 14th 2016: Two year Green card received -phew!

ROC

August 8th 2017: 90 day window begins! ROC time!

September 28th 2017: Biometric Appointment in Portland, OR

March 5th 2018: Case received by local office

August 18th 2018: 18 month extension letter mailed

December 2018: Case moved to another office

February 2019: I was emailed that I was approved and my card was in production the same day of my N400 interview 😂

N400

August 8th 2018: Window opens to submit naturalization application

August 13th 2018: N400 Application submitted online 

August 14th 2018: NOA1

September 6th 2018: Biometrics

February 6th 2019: Interview Date! APPROVED!

February 6th 2019: I was asked to return later the same day for my Oath Ceremony! :dance:

 

❤️ Our Visa Journey is finally complete ❤️

 

I am the Beneficiary

 

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Yeah, it would be good if those who have to travel a certain length of time get an option to get it all done in one day. I can't complain too much, the train is 2 hours for me, but still it's quite costly. Pheebs - I remember 8 hour train journeys from Falmouth to Preston! It took about 5 hours to get through Cornwall/Devon I swear :rofl:

Citizenship Process Timeline: 

 

Citizenship Process [1 year, 1 month and 1 day to Naturalization Certificate]

03.22.2020 - N400 sent (online)

03.22.2020 - NOA1 Received (online)

03.27.2020 - NOA1 Received (mail)

09.05.2020 - Biometrics appointment scheduled (online)

09.24.2020 - Biometrics appointment

02.02.2021 - Interview Scheduled (online)

02.06.2021 - Interview Letter Received (mail)

03.10.2021 - Interview - Approved

03.10.2021 - Oath Ceremony Scheduled (online)

03.16.2021 - Oath Ceremony Letter Received (mail)

04.23.2021 - Oath Ceremony

I am the beneficiary

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