the journey is over

[Brankster 0]

Well i got up at 4am for my 5.50 flight to Luton. Got the bus and was in London by 9.20. I thought i had remembered where the embassy was as i went there on the day of my medical. I was heading in the right direction and thought i would ask 2 policemen. They told me to turn back down Baker Street and take a left. The opposite way from the embassy. I walked about 20 feet and tourned round to see one of them smirking but as this happened a postman walked bye. He told me to go to the end of Baker Street and its right there. So never trust a policeman. Maybe cos i was Scottish lol.

Upon arriving at the embassy i joined a que which was in 3 lanes and i was the second from the left and got in really quick. When i was in i waited about 50 mins and went for my first meeting. I was worried i would be missing something but it took 5 mins and i was back waiting for the interview. I was given a form to fill out which said it could be several hours before my interview. I had not finished filling it out and i was called again. The guy was nice and took some more fingerprints and i signed a form and he asked me when me and Lisa met. Then asked when we agreed to get married and that was it. He said i will get visa within 5 days and do not open the brown envelope. It gets opened at my first piont of contact in the US. Basically i was at the que at 10.10am and out at 11.45. I waited longer in the que for the courier than i was in my interviews.

So i made it. So glad its all over. To anyone going for the interviews from my experience its a breeze. I had photos, phone records and loads of emails but he never even asked to see anything.

Right Lisa is the brains of this but i will ask the experts. What happens when i enter the US. I mean at the airport? And what do i do upon arrival. And one major thing that worried me was he said that if i leave the US before i get my green card i will not get back in. How long will this take??? Hopefully not years.

Thanks again everyone who has helped me as you have given me so much information and made the whole process so much easier.

Brian

[Chica Yeyé 41]

Congratulations!!! You'll find a lot of info about what happens on arrival if you search for posts containing "POE".

L.

[weedebz 0]

congratulations! I'm so jealous......the journey seems so long ahead of me.

[*julez* 124]

Congrats on your successful interview!

When you arrive in the US, you will go through immigrations as you normally would, but the difference is that you'll hand in the sealed brown envelope. Then you will likely be directed to a secondary area for processing. This could take from minutes, to hours, depending on the various experiences that I've read.

Technically, you could leave before the green card, but then you'd need to get a K3 visa. Or you can get Advance Parole, which allows you to leave and travel back before the green card. The green card *shouldn't* take longer than 6 months, but this is no hard and fast number. Research in the AOS forum for more info on that!

Good luck with your new life in the US!!!

[Brankster 0]

congratulations! I'm so jealous......the journey seems so long ahead of me.

It has taken a long time. What level are you at? I would advise anyone to send for there police report right away as this was the longest thing. If i had sent for it before my medical i would have been there a month earlier.

[Ngk 0]

Congratulations and good luck.

[spiderbonge 0]

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! ours is just beginning....

[lirachadsbaby 0]

congrats and Keep goin to those who just started and still waiting