EB2-NIW Waiting for Interview Letter in London 2023

[alixe 4]

16 hours ago, sys187 said:

Hi - my visa status is 'Issued' (on Monday) so it should be on its way. I'm told it take a few days. Will keep you posted.

Oh wow, so you did your interview last Wed and you haven’t received it by now (Wed)? Seems Iike it’s taking more than a week 😅 Maybe it does take some time!

[UK2024 2]

 

On 5/13/2025 at 7:10 PM, LMaxwell said:

Im going to be current from June!

Completely shocked at the big FAD jump today. Ill definitely be posting my experience - first up the wait for the interview notice

 

@LMaxwell have you received interview letter ? Thanks

[appleblossom 4,038]

1 hour ago, UK2024 said:

 

 

@LMaxwell have you received interview letter ? Thanks

 

Not current until June it appears.

 

Please fill in your timeline to 'pay it forward' and help others, thanks.

[appleblossom 4,038]

10 hours ago, alixe said:

Oh wow, so you did your interview last Wed and you haven’t received it by now (Wed)? Seems Iike it’s taking more than a week 😅 Maybe it does take some time!

 

They say to allow up to 2 weeks. It's usually much quicker though, I had my interview on a Monday afternoon and passport back in hand with visa on Thursday morning. But you definitely need to allow longer, and don't book anything until you actually have the visa, just in case you're put in to AP. 

[alixe 4]

57 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

They say to allow up to 2 weeks. It's usually much quicker though, I had my interview on a Monday afternoon and passport back in hand with visa on Thursday morning. But you definitely need to allow longer, and don't book anything until you actually have the visa, just in case you're put in to AP. 

Thanks for sharing - what is AP btw?

[appleblossom 4,038]

Just now, alixe said:

Thanks for sharing - what is AP btw?

 

Admin Processing. It's something everybody has to go through, but is usually just a day or two for final checks after the interview and before the visa is issued. My status was only Admin Processing for about 2 hours before it changed to issued so it was super quick.

 

But for some people they're put in to 'proper' AP which is more extensive background checks. Very unusual for somebody from the UK though (common for those from high risk countries) so shouldn't be an issue unless you're in an occupation on the TAL list (another common reason for it). But I certainly wouldn't book a non refundable flight or give notice on anything until that visa is in hand just in case - 'proper' AP can take months or even years. 

[sys187 10]

18 hours ago, alixe said:

Oh wow, so you did your interview last Wed and you haven’t received it by now (Wed)? Seems Iike it’s taking more than a week 😅 Maybe it does take some time!

Yeh. Got a text, passport and documents will be posted tomorrow morning (Friday 16th)

Edited May 15 by sys187

[Abip 0]

Hello my husbands follow to Join case was just transferred to the embassy in London today. Please whats the cut off date for receiving IL for EB2. DQ date is Dec 6 2024. PD is July 2021.

 

He will be a follow to Join case. Please how many times is the london Embassy sending out IL a month and do we know the cut off just trying to guage when we can get IL

 

Thank you

[appleblossom 4,038]

Just now, Abip said:

Hello my husbands follow to Join case was just transferred to the embassy in London today. Please whats the cut off date for receiving IL for EB2. DQ date is Dec 6 2024. PD is July 2021.

 

He will be a follow to Join case. Please how many times is the london Embassy sending out IL a month and do we know the cut off just trying to guage when we can get IL

 

Thank you

 

They usually send them out once a month, cut off date varies as it depends on how many cases they have to schedule. 

 

But cases are usually only transferred once they've been scheduled, are you sure it's at London already? What does the online status say?

[Abip 0]

8 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

They usually send them out once a month, cut off date varies as it depends on how many cases they have to schedule. 

 

But cases are usually only transferred once they've been scheduled, are you sure it's at London already? What does the online status say?

I got the approval today that his processing embassy has been changed to the US embassy London today. the online status says NVC right now. 

[appleblossom 4,038]

6 minutes ago, Abip said:

I got the approval today that his processing embassy has been changed to the US embassy London today. the online status says NVC right now. 

 

Ah, I see, I thought you meant the case had been transferred there ready for interview. The status will change to 'in transit' when it's on the way there (after the interview is scheduled). Hopefully it won't be too long, I'd guess you'll get the IL next month? But that is just a guess.

 

Good luck. 

[Abip 0]

10 hours ago, appleblossom said:

 

Ah, I see, I thought you meant the case had been transferred there ready for interview. The status will change to 'in transit' when it's on the way there (after the interview is scheduled). Hopefully it won't be too long, I'd guess you'll get the IL next month? But that is just a guess.

 

Good luck. 

Thank you. We were at a different embassy so transferred the case to the UK. Hopefully we get IL soon thank you for your explanation

[Kayb49 1]

Hi everyone,

 

My PD becomes current in June. I intend to transfer my case from Lagos, Nigeria to London UK as I am now a legal resident of the UK. I used an attorney for my EB2-NIW application and I'm wondering if I still need an attorney for the IV application and interview process. The attorney fee is quite much for a family of six. Please advise me.

Thanks for your guidance.

[appleblossom 4,038]

27 minutes ago, Kayb49 said:

Hi everyone,

 

My PD becomes current in June. I intend to transfer my case from Lagos, Nigeria to London UK as I am now a legal resident of the UK. I used an attorney for my EB2-NIW application and I'm wondering if I still need an attorney for the IV application and interview process. The attorney fee is quite much for a family of six. Please advise me.

Thanks for your guidance.

 

IMO, definitely not needed for the visa part of the process unless you have complicated circumstances. Just follow the step by step guide very carefully and you should be fine.  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing.html

 

Be prepared to be put in to AP if you're from Nigeria. And please do fill your timeline in when you've got a few minutes spare, thanks.

 

Best of luck. 

[Kayb49 1]

32 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

IMO, definitely not needed for the visa part of the process unless you have complicated circumstances. Just follow the step by step guide very carefully and you should be fine.  https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/immigrate/the-immigrant-visa-process/step-1-submit-a-petition/step-2-begin-nvc-processing.html

 

Be prepared to be put in to AP if you're from Nigeria. And please do fill your timeline in when you've got a few minutes spare, thanks.

 

Best of luck. 

Thank you for your advice Appleblossom. I will fill my timeline ASAP.