How soon after your medical did you get an interview date?

[SCOTTANDVICKI 11]

Hi everyone

I had my medical yesterday and all seemed to go well (except for a very sore arm today following a tetanus jab!)

When I was in the waiting room yesterday I overheard a guy saying their interview had already been scheduled for May 12. The chap he was talking to seemed confused that they'd got a date already too, because I thought you didn't get allocated one until they had the results of the medical...

But anyway, if his date is May 12 I'm getting a bit worried about how far away my interview date will be - our tenancy is up on 31 May and I was hoping we'd be all done by then to avoid the dreaded potential 'staying with mother' situation in June!

How soon after your medical was your interview date (ideally for those filing in London)? I'm looking to get a bit of an average so I can prepare myself! I have only 3 weeks left at my job and I'm still optimistic we can get all this stuff done for an early June departure date.

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

The spouse visas that process at the NVC get assigned a date by the NVC when they have submitted all their forms, documents, and fees satisfactorily. They then need to get their medical before that date.

The K1s and DCFs get assigned an interview by the embassy after the medical and application form is received. Their documents are reviewed at the interview.

Allow 3 days for your results to arrive at the embassy, so Thurs Apr 23. Then start counting. The embassy says it could be six weeks before you hear from them. Many hear in about two weeks, so May 7??? Then the interview could be 3-4 weeks after your letter. Then a week or more to get the visa and passport back. June is a good prediction, but everybody is different.

Email and beg for any cancellation they might have because you have to move out by May 31.

[SCOTTANDVICKI 11]

Aha! Thanks Nich-Nick, that makes sense now.

Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later that we will get a date because I submitted my packet 3 info / readiness form on April 11 with my medical date and it says 'Ready' on the status checker. Good idea about emailing and asking for a cancellation though, I will definitely do that!

[Nich-Nick 3,353]

Aha! Thanks Nich-Nick, that makes sense now.

Hopefully it will be sooner rather than later that we will get a date because I submitted my packet 3 info / readiness form on April 11 with my medical date and it says 'Ready' on the status checker. Good idea about emailing and asking for a cancellation though, I will definitely do that!

It doesn't matter when you sent your other things. The clock won't start until Thurs or Fri when your last thing (medical) results are received. The status of "ready" is there from the time the Immigrant Visa Unit receives the file. It doesn't mean you are ready to interview in their eyes. It means they are ready for you to apply for the visa. After the interview, it will change to AP then Issued.

Why don't you browse this thread in the UK FORUM. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/534020-uk-vjers-progress-update-thread/

It is K1s, but you are in the same situation for getting an interview. You just have a different visa and used a differ DS form to apply. But you all wait together for the embassy to assign an interview and then return the passport. Many of them have very detailed timelines in their signatures and looking at their timelines would give you an idea of how it's going. Ignore the gripe posts and go for timeline info.

This is another thread who started their own group because they are farther behind. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/topic/542752-progress-thread-for-tsc-filers-now-between-nvc-and-interview-stage/. They are closer to you because they don't have their interviews yet. Join in and post since you are in the same waiting situation and have no DCFs in the UK to wait with and compare notes. Your DCF experience at this point is very much the same as a K1.