Euro

Hi everyone,

thanks so much for your input and advice it was all very much appreciated. I think the best for me is stick with the K3 and hope my interview comes well before xmas as I really want to have xmas with my wife and new baby daughter, heres hoping

This whole emmigration thing can be so confusing sometimes.

Thanks once again to all of you and good luck with all your cases.

Regards

Fable090

well alittle "Tip" on getting your interview before Christmas.......when the form asks what date you travel put a date in there, E.G i told them i was traveling 29th december i got my interview on the 16th if you dont put a date they seem to think there is no rush!!!!

Hi all, this is my first post here as I only discoverd this site last week and any advice would be appreciated.

My wife is a US citizen and I am english. My wife returned to the States in May 2006 as she was then 6 months pregnant and that was the latest she could fly home as we wanted the baby to be a US citizen also.

She filed I129f and I130 on May 23rd 2006 and we received a notice of approval for I129F by email on August 28th 2006.

I flew out to California for the birth of our daughter on Sept 8th 2006 for 4 weeks as work kindly obliged and gave me 4 weeks leave.

Upon returning to the UK my paperwork had arrived from the US embassy. I have a medical exam for the K3 booked for November 6th 2006 and was just waiting on my police certificate to arrive, it finally arrived yesterday the 20th October 2006 and now I am about to send in my paperwork for the K3 visa back to the embassy on Monday the 23rd October.

Yesterday the 20th October we recived an approval notice from UCSIS by email saying that my I130 has now also been approved with an approval date of 17 October

What should I do now? go for the K3 medical and is it the same as the CR/1 medical? ????? or will I have to have a seperate medical for the CR/1?????????

Do I need another police certificate if I wait for the CR/1 interview ????????

Shoulf I send in my completed K3 visa paperwork or wait until the embassy sends me the paperwork for the CR/1 interview, and is that likely to take long for me to receive from them????????

Also what would be the advantages/disadvantages of either option?????????

I know if I go to states on a K3 I will have to apply for AOS so is it easier to go on a CR/1 so I dont have to go through that process?????????

Thanks in advance to any replies.

PS Baby was born on 9 Sept 06 and all was well,

Congratulations on the safe arrival of your baby

I did both K3 & CR1.................K3 i arrived here in december last year with that visa, i applied for EAD which took 3 months just to get an appointment for biometrics, which i ended up not bothering with as i had already got my CR1 interview back in London scheduled, so i returned for that interview & re-entered on the CR1!!!

The medicals for K3 & CR1 are basicaly the same, cept for K3 you dont have to of had all your vaccinations, BUT you should anyway!!

You wont need a seperate police certificate as the one you just got is good for a year!!

Your CR1 interview isnt going to be for a while yet as you have to go through NVC, then once you get "case complete" at NVC you will have to wait another 2 months for your interview!!.........if you are in a possition to do both as i was then i would say go for it, it has a plus that would work great for you, I.E you would probably have your K3 intime for Christmas with your family in the US!!, you could still do all the CR1 paper work & return to the UK for your CR1 interview...........................the only other options are, abandon your K3 & stick with the longer wait of the CR1, while waiting in the UK, or get the K3 & AOS in the States!!

I hope this helps

Amanda

What do we do if my husband has to change addresses in the midst of this process? What form? I saw the AR-11 but it says thats for alien relative IN the U.S.

Any and all help will be greatly appreciated.

What i did when i wanted to change the address on the petition is........................i emailed CSC(the only service center with an email address), and told them infact i sent them 3 emails to be sure they changed it!!, if your not at CSC then you could try calling the misinformation line number at the bottom of your NOA1??

Good Luck

Amanda

Lorelle said it better than me, not sure about re-paying fee's, i was in this position, NVC asked if i wanted to AOS rather than return to the UK for interview, I said NO!!, but to have to "RE" pay the fee's wouldnt surprise me at all!!!!

Not exactly. If your spouse is in the US on a K-3 and you e.g. file the I-864 and DS-230 with NVC and you dont wish to continue with the CR-1 process, you can notify NVC that you will be adjusting status in the US from the K-3 and they will then return the approved I-130 to USCIS. Any fees, forms etc submitted to NVC for the CR-1 are then void. It is the approved I-130 that gives eligibility to apply for adjustment of status from the K-3, or to apply for an immigrant visa (CR-1). Both result in the same.......immigrant status. Its just a matter of which path to that status you wish to take.

as for the OP if you are so close to interviewing for your CR1 then isnt it worth waiting a while longer??

I arrived on K3, then returned to the UK for CR1 so i entered on both visa's, as far as EAD with K3, you could be actualy waiting 3 months for that to go through, i did apply for EAD while i was here on K3, applied in january & eventualy got an appointment for biometrics for the 15th April , i didnt bother as my CR1 interview was scheduled for 28th April!!

Anyway whatever you decide to do, i wish you luck

I know it is said "If the I-130 is approved and the applicant has not applied for AOS yet, they may return to their country and once issued a CR-1 or IR-1 Visa, return to the US as a permanent resident".

Does anyone know if it is possible to do the interview in the US, if someone was to leave after the K3 was approved. Since plane tickets are pretty expensive, I was just wondering if someone has succesfuly done this. If I don't have a choice... I don't have a choice. I know that getting the CR1 visa is much better then getting AOS after entering in the US.

Thanks guys!

CR1 & AOS result in the same thing!!

if you arrive on a K3 & do the paper work through NVC, with the intention of returning to your country for interview, then thats good!!, however if you do the papers through NVC then op to interview in the US, it will be a AOS interview & NVC will forward your papers to your local office & you will wait in line with everyone else waiting for a AOS interview!!!

Welcome to the asylum, aka VJ ......wow you took your time getting here, Lifting conditions already

Once my fiance is here and we are married, if we have a child will it have a dual Citizenship in the UK and US. I can't find an answer on any of the government sites. We want to start a family soon, we both want Dualies. I haven't even began to find out how to do that lol

Yes, you can register the birth at the English Embassy here in the US!! also get a passport for it too!!

broke it, BUT i did open word & copied the list into that and fixed it, but leaving it for now..............

see what happens when i have NOWT to do with myself

................VISA APPLICANTS LONDON 2006...................

August 2006 Interviews

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

TimandBethanie...CR1.........07/25........07/04....08/11..10:00...APPROVED

Pnd629...........K1..06/16...07/26.................08/11 .10.30...APPROVED

Jenart...........IR5....... .07/12........07/01....08/08..10.00...APPROVED

AFQuaid..........K1..6/10…. .08/09....... 07/04....08/09..10.00. .APPROVED

Ddchucksgirl.....K1..06/04................07/14.. .08/15..10.30...APPROVED

Globetrotter.....K1..06/21...07/03........08/05....08/14..........APPROVED

September 2006 Interviews

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

tigretigre.......K1..08/04...08/24................09/15...........APPROVED

laptop...........K1..08/23...08/30................09/13......... .APPROVED

homestick_......IR1..........09/11................09/11...........APPROVED

american

October 2006 Interviews

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

lisanne..........K1..08/15...08/21................10/02...........APPROVED

J&C..............K1..08/14...08/18........08/29...10/02...........APPROVED

thesnowman.......K1..08/18...09/06........09/11...10/02...........APPROVED

expatrica........K1..04/26...04/26................10/02..10.30am

Cian & Mags......K1..08/25...09/06................10/03...9.00am..APPROVED

devilette........K1..08/24...09/08................10/03...........APPROVED

joseph22.........K1..08/22...09/09........09/13..10/04............PENDING RFE

MrsWhizz.........CR1.08/25...09/12................10/06..10:30am..APPROVED

ICE2005..........K1..08/17...09/01................10/10..10.00am..PENDING

pja002...........IR1............................. 10/10

ninamyers........K1..........09/14........09/29...10/16...9.30am

CapeG ...........K3..09/14...09/21........10/4...10/18…...9.30am

munchkins........IR-5........09/22..Phoned 09/14..10/18..10.30am

dwar49...........K1..9/13. ..09/28................10/20

Lansbury.........CR1..09/23..09/28.... ....../13..10/31...9.00am

Linababe.........K1..08/25...09/25........00/00...00/00..00.00am ON HOLD

Waiting for an Interview

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

dbachoura........K3..01/17...12/07......??/??/??..??/??/??.......

Laura_and_IanM...K3..09/14...09/14….....??/??/??..??/??/??.......

mayhem1978.......K1..??/??...??/??......??/??/??..??/??/??........

amelynn43........K1..08/22...08/31......??/??/??..??/??/??.........

Roger and Angela.K1..??/??...??/??......??/??/??..??/??/??.........

Asad & Saima.....CR1.??/??...??/??......??/??/??..??/??/??.........

huanle...........K1..??/??...??/??......??/??/??..??/??/??.........

................VISA APPLICANTS LONDON 2006...................

August 2006 Interviews

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

TimandBethanie...CR1.........07/25........07/04....08/11..10:00...APPROVED

Pnd629...........K1..06/16...07/26.................08/11 .10.30...APPROVED

Jenart...........IR-5........07/12........07/01....08/08..10.00...APPROVED

AFQuaid..........K1..6/10...08/09(2.30pm).07/04....08/09..10.00...APPROVED

Ddchucksgirl.....K1..06/04................07/14.. .08/15..10.30...APPROVED

Globetrotter.....K1..06/21...07/03........08/05....08/14..........APPROVED

September 2006 Interviews

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

tigretigre.......K1..08/04...08/24................09/15...........APPROVEDlaptop...........K1..08/23...08/30................09/13...........APPROVED

homestick_......IR1..........09/11................09/11...........APPROVED

american

October 2006 Interviews

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

lisanne..........K1..08/15...08/21................10/02...........APPROVEDJ&C..............K1..08/14...08/18........08/29...10/02...........APPROVEDthesnowman.......K1..08/18...09/06........09/11...10/02...........APPROVED

expatrica........K1..04/26...04/26................10/02..10.30am

Cian & Mags......K1..08/25...09/06................10/03...9.00am..APPROVEDdevilette........K1..08/24...09/08................10/03...........APPROVEDjoseph22.........K1..08/22...09/09.........09/13..10/04..........PENDING RFE

MrsWhizz.........CR1..08/25...09/12...............10/06..10:30am....APPROVED

ICE2005..........K1..08/17...09/01................10/10..10.00am....PENDING

pja002...........IR-1.............................10/10

ninamyers..........K1........09/14........09/29...10/16...9.30am

CapeG ...........K3..09/14...09/21.........10/4...10/18..9.30am

munchkins........IR-5........09/22..Phoned 09/14..10/18..10.30am

dwar49............K1..9/13....9/28................10/20

Lansbury.........CR1..09/23...09/28......10/13....10/31...9am

Linababe.........K1..08/25...09/25........00/00...00/00..00.00am ON HOLD

Waiting for an Interview

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

dbachoura........K3..01/17...12/07............................

Laura_and_IanM...K3..09/14...09/14

mayhem1978.......K1

amelynn43........K1..08/22...08/31

Roger and Angela.K1..

Asad & Saima.....CR1

huanle...........K1

................VISA APPLICANTS LONDON 2006...................

August 2006 Interviews

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

TimandBethanie...CR1.........07/25........07/04....08/11..10:00...APPROVED

Pnd629...........K1..06/16...07/26.................08/11 .10.30...APPROVED

Jenart...........IR-5........07/12........07/01....08/08..10.00...APPROVED

AFQuaid..........K1..6/10...08/09(2.30pm).07/04....08/09..10.00...APPROVED

Ddchucksgirl.....K1..06/04................07/14.. .08/15..10.30...APPROVED

Globetrotter.....K1..06/21...07/03........08/05....08/14..........APPROVED

September 2006 Interviews

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

tigretigre.......K1..08/04...08/24................09/15...........APPROVED

laptop...........K1..08/23...08/30................09/13...........APPROVED

homestick_......IR1..........09/11................09/11...........APPROVED

american

October 2006 Interviews

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

lisanne..........K1..08/15...08/21................10/02...........APPROVED

J&C..............K1..08/14...08/18........08/29...10/02...........APPROVED

thesnowman.......K1..08/18...09/06........09/11...10/02...........APPROVED

expatrica........K1..04/26...04/26................10/02..10.30am

Cian & Mags......K1..08/25...09/06................10/03...9.00am..APPROVED

devilette........K1..08/24...09/08................10/03...........APPROVED

joseph22.........K1..08/22...09/09.........09/13..10/04..........PENDING RFE

MrsWhizz.........CR1..08/25...09/12...............10/06..10:30am....APPROVED

ICE2005..........K1..08/17...09/01................10/10..10.00am....PENDING

pja002...........IR-1.............................10/10

ninamyers..........K1........09/14........09/29...10/16...9.30am

CapeG ...........K3..09/14...09/21.........10/4...10/18..9.30am

munchkins........IR-5........09/22..Phoned 09/14..10/18..10.30am

dwar49............K1..9/13....9/28................10/20

Lansbury.........CR1..09/23...09/28......10/13....10/31...9am

Linababe.........K1..08/25...09/25........00/00...00/00..00.00am ON HOLD

Waiting for an Interview

Name..........Visa..P3Sent..MedDate.....P4Rec'd...IntDate........Status

dbachoura........K3..01/17...12/07............................

Laura_and_IanM...K3..09/14...09/14

mayhem1978.......K1

amelynn43........K1..08/22...08/31

Roger and Angela.K1..

Asad & Saima.....CR1

huanle...........K1

)ops sorry i was bored & played with the list..................hahahaha i broke it ^^^^^^^^^^^^on my last post, not enough EDIT time

0ops sorry i was bored & played with the list..................hahahaha i broke it ^^^^^^^^^^^^on my last post, not enough EDIT time

Val & Alan, Good Luck for the interview, i will be thinking of you, cant wait to hear that you got approved..............looking forward to the pool party

Hi, I am just wondering how many police certificates I need to obtain. I have lived in 2 counties in England in my life, and I have just received my certificate from the county where I now live. However, do I need to get one from the other county I have lived in, or just one, as I think it states on the London embassy website one from each country? Also, it says on their website that the certificate should state how long you have been resident in your current place of living, but the police certificate I have does not state this anywhere.

Would appreciate anyone's help, am confused!!!

Thanks

The Police certificate covers ALL adresses in the UK, they do the check through Scotland Yard which covers every where in the UK.......so what i'm saying is you will need only 1 police check!!

If you dont want to interview for the K3 then just cancel it!!, explain to the mebassy your reason for canceling are that you want to wait & interview for the CR1/IR1!!

I did both, K3 & CR1, i arrived in the US with both also, got my K3 in December came over with that, then returned to the UK for my CR1 interview in April & re-entered with that!!

Take a look at my time line, but bare in mind we held onto papers for NVC longer as we waited till i arrived to finish up with NVC,

Good Luck

Hi, my wife and I are going through the CR1 route which we started back in September. We sent off the Affidavit of support a few months back, got it returned for errors and sent it back to them after fixing them about 3 weeks ago. I've been told that I need to start e-mailing the US embassy asking if they've received my case etc as soon as possible, but as I don' t really want to keep emailing them before they even get the case I was wondering if there was a rule of thumb as to how long to wait?

My wife is from the US and I'm from the UK so it will be the London Embassy it gets sent to. Am I waiting on them to send her some notification to say it's been sent on with various details like a case number or something or will we not receive anything like that? We start the K-3 method and that got transfered to London really fast but as the I-130 got approved a few weeks after the I-29F we decided to go the CR-1 method instead so we could get the majority of the paperwork out of the way whilst I was still working. Kind of regretting it now as we've been apart so long

Any advice would be most appreciated.

London wont tell you when they recieve your case, the next thing you will get from them is the interview letter (pack 4), NVC will write to you to let you know they have sent your case to London, once you know its been sent, then email away in the subject line put your case# LNDXXXXXXXX

Has your wife booked her medical yet? as she will have to do that soon too!

I would contact NVC again , as you will need your case # to beable to use with for emails etc with the Embassy

I would assume the best!! I think they typically send rejection notices, RFEs, etc. by standard mail. BUT........ passports with visa by courier!! Good Luck To Youuuu!!!

YAY!

When I know, y'all will know.

Sounds to me like it is his passpot complete with VISA!!.........& brown envelope!!

My husband had his interview on 9/11 and his medical the same day.

The interview was fine, they said they'd approve us pending a satisfactory medical.

At the medical the physician told my husband she'd need a letter about his depression.

We faxed the requested letter to the doctor on Friday of last week. We were told at that time that they would contact us if they required anything further, otherwise they would send his medical results to the embassy.

Today the embassy's courier service attempted to deliver a package. They were supposed to give us 24 hours notice but the phone number they had for us was incorrect. They can't redeliver until Friday.

Should we assume the worst or the best?

Sounds like they tried to deliver his passport back complete with VISA, & the brown envelope

....and with this our 8 month wait is over.

On the 11th October will we back together again. We would like like to say thankyou to VisaJourney community for guides,forum responses and general support. We all need each on here,never forget that.

Will we continue our journey with CR-1 but for now at least we can live a normal life again.

To those that are still waiting...........simply never give up hope!

vern & mariel aka metinspain

Thats Great news, Congratulations, I hope you have a very long VERY happy life together

Amanda

hey ppl we are just lookin for people 2 tell us what there time of posting the I-130 application 2 reciveing there visa is the office dealing with our application is califonia and i am kim (usa G.A) my hubby is leigh (uk West yorkshire) we got our application posted the 16th of sept 2006 and were hoping that he can fly over b4 the new year how likely is this thank you for all response's in advance

Take a look at my timeline, but yours will be faster as California are processing faster now!!...so if you take about 3 months off my I-130 processing time that should give you a rough idea

West Yorkshire EH!!!, i'm also from West Yorkshire,.......about 6/8 miles from Leeds,Bradfor & Huddersfield

You wouldnt effect your K1 process at all, as you would be "DENIED" not "DEPORTED", and later in the process there is a question asking if you have ever been denied entry!!, some people on VJ have been denied entry & it has not effected thier visa process at all

Euro, you must be a good luck charm! I just called the DOS and the interview is Oct. 6th! Next week!! We haven't received pkt. 4, but they've mailed it. YAY!!!!

So...lquin...about 6 weeks from leaving the embassy here!

Thats great news, congratulations

I'm glad you brought this up. We're sitting here biting our nails waiting for the interview date!!! It's weird when you get to this stage. The paperwork was troublesome, but feeling like it's out of your hands...just waiting....ARG!!!

London has been great about email communication with us. They screwed up the date they received my hubby's medical results, but they were very quick to get back to us via email! The DOS has been very helpful too.

C'mon interview date!

Good Luck to both you & Lquin

What is DOS ?

DOS = Department of State

Here is the DOS number...............202-663-1225, as soon as its answered press 1-1-0, you will speak to an operator & will need your LND#

And when can I start calling them ?

You can assume government offices on the east coast are now open, since they're 5 hours behind the UK and it's now 9am there.

lol.. no I meant how soon after my case leaves the NVC..

Dunno, I didn't track our case this closely. I just waited for stuff to plop through the mail slot. I did check ONCE with the NVC and they said they had no record of our case because it was a DCF and would not even go through their office. So I never tried talking to them again.

You can call anytime, wait untill you know when NVC send it to London, DOS will beable to tell you when London get the file etc

EDITED to say...DOS were not much use to me, as London emailed my interview date to me before i had chance to call DOS, however i did call them a few times, they gave the blah blah 8 weeks type answer!!, but someone on VJ found out from DOS there interview date after only 2 days of the file getting to London, so "swings & roundabouts"

What is DOS ?

DOS = Department of State

Here is the DOS number...............202-663-1225, as soon as its answered press 1-1-0, you will speak to an operator & will need your LND#

Has anybody been scheduled for a CR-1 interview at the London Embassy recently ?

As our case is nearing completion at the NVC, we are trying to get a feel for how long it will

take to get an interview date.

Many Thanks to all.. and we wish you all the best on your journeys

It normaly works out to be around 2 months give or take a week or so, e.g, mine was case complete @NVC feb 14ish interview was April 28th

Think I will get an interview before the end of the year then ?

YES i would think so!!

from papers being reviewed at NVC to case complete was about a week for me!!, then another week or so for the file to get to London, then you should start to email asking if they have scheduled an interview for you yet!!, but dont worry if they tell you they didnt get the file yet, just keep asking

You can also call DOS to find out if a date has been scheduled for you as they will know as soon as London knows, Good Luck on a quick interview

Has anybody been scheduled for a CR-1 interview at the London Embassy recently ?

As our case is nearing completion at the NVC, we are trying to get a feel for how long it will

take to get an interview date.

Many Thanks to all.. and we wish you all the best on your journeys

It normaly works out to be around 2 months give or take a week or so, e.g, mine was case complete @NVC feb 14ish interview was April 28th