US Immigration from United Kingdom

Just checked the CEAC tracker and my case number now says "Ready"!

From what I understand, I'm now able to complete/submit my DS-160 but I am aware that on this form I will need to provide travel history. My issue here is that I'm due to take a trip to see my fianc in a little over 2 weeks, and know that I can't provide dates of trips waiting to happen. Would you advise I hang fire on the DS-160 til I return, or complete it now and bring up the more recent trip at interview?

Am I correct in thinking that I can't schedule a medical/interview before submitting the DS-160? Or can I now start to explore possible dates in advance of that?

Additionally, can anyone tell me how long the DS-160 is valid for after submission? If I submit it in October, will it still be valid til Nov/Dec/beyond?

FYI, I am still yet to receive any direct contact from London (in case this factors into things).

Wow, it feels like everything I've been reading for 6+ months immediately left my head now that it's crunch time!

Thank you!

Hi all,

Has anybody had their passport and documents delivered to a third party and signed by them at all? I have my visa interview next week and I am just on the visa interview appointment site looking at arranging delivery of these if approved to my grandma's address as I will be at work and unable to sign for delivery.

I have attached a screenshot of the Home delivery instructions. Looking at this it is ok for my grandma to sign for them on the initial delivery but she would need to have proof of items listed in section 5 of the attached. I am a bit confused as to why this isn't required on the initial delivery but then required on the redelivery?

Then I would put my grandmas name in the Care Of field on the 2nd attached screenshot.

Just want to make sure I have understood this correctly so I can enter the delivery details correctly on the site.

Hope you can help!

Have you had an interview letter yet?

Thx

Hi,

my question is in the title but I will give more context.

I'm a British citizen married to a USC and we filed our standalone i-130 in November 2023.

When he had to leave the UK after we got married we couldn't stand being apart so we decided that I would move to Tijuana, Mexico and he would cross every day to be with me.

He works and will maintain his address in San Diego. I'll be moving to Mexico as a temporary resident by family. (Previously we thought of us each visiting for long periods but that has it's own issues)

So that leaves which embassy i'll be doing my American interview through.

On the i-130 I put I would be going through the London, UK embassy because that was the plan at the time.

But now I will be living in Mexico I just want to be 1000% sure can I still have my interview in London?

I have a flexible ticket back so I can easily be there.

It's about 1.5 years longer going through either embassy in Mexico compared to the UK.

and BONUS QUESTIONS:

when I do move to TJ i'm thinking i'll need to let USCIS know. How do I do that? or is it only by the NVC stage i have to submit the documents?

We had an extensive amount of evidence up until this point. I've submitted unsolicited evidence before, in this situation should I put through more? It's an odd one for my husband as he will have an address in SD and in TJ and we'll be getting a joint Mexican bank accounts together which was not possible because we lived in separate countries. Great bona fide evidence but is it odd he's living in 2 places at once? Or just he's visiting me or what? It's hard to get my head round. I'm not worried about him having loose ties to the US but should I be?

Thank you and hope I put this in the right category although my post has kind of evolved with these extra questions.

Hello,

Apologies if this is not in the right section.

I have booked my visa appointment for March today in London, and my appointment is in the morning so I am staying over night at a hotel. I was wondering if anyone has any experience of what they can bring to the appointment - am I allowed to bring a backpack with my clothes/makeup/toiletries in or is this forbidden?

The website states that i cannot bring anything over the size of cabin luggage but I just want to make sure as I don't want to be turned away.

My appointment is at 11am and usually check outs for hotels etc is at midday so I would be bringing my bag with me.

Thank you so much!