Ian and Deanna

I meant to update the thread post, but it came a week after they sent the email to me!!

Hi Everyone,
I had my medical yesterday at 4 Bentinck Mansions, my appointment was at 10:50 so had plenty of time to get there!

I left my home in Birmingham at 06:20!
I traveled down the M40, A40 which leads directly onto the Marylebone Road!I decided i didnt want to pay the congestion charge of £10.00 or indeed park closer to the Knightsbridge doctors as the deeper you go into London then the car parking fee's get ridiculously expensive. So i searched the Internet and found a car park just outside the congestion zone charging zone minutes after leaving the A40 and Marylebone flyover....I was there at 09:05 and i only drove at 65 mph as i had plenty of time to get there!! it does get busy between 8 and 9 but just compensate for small delays!!
The Iparking Car park in Bell street was £12.00 from 08:00-18:00 and you didnt have to book, but you did have to pay when you got there! Just ask for an all day ticket. It was underground and very secure. The staff was also so friendly, so i was just happy the first stage was over... getting to London and parking lol

The Car Park is about 1 miles from Bentinick Street and the Doctors office and they say walking is about 30 min's ish, But i started walking which is basically 2 main roads and i looked in every shop on the way and it only took me 35 mins.
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I got there at 09:40, still over an hour to go, so i went for a coffee and there are many nice places to eat and drink around there!!
I went back to the Doctors and Rang the bell and they let me in, its a fairly nice building with the door just on the right. I opened the door and i was called to the second window.
Just tell them your name and the time of your appointment!! They then asked for my documents. I did take all my originals but i had photocopied all my paper work and they said that's fine, which saves them doing it. Although they did want my original passport and immunization card which i got from the NHS doctors, with all my immunizations on there.
I gave them my:
Police report - Photocopy
Passport - Original and photocopy - You get Original Back
Immunization card -Original - You get Original Back
USA Medial Questionnaire Form - Page 9 - Photocopy
1 Passport Photo - UK version
And Doctors report, cause i answered yes to 2 of there questions and it just states that when i had it and that i have been in remission ever since.
They then handed me another questionnaire of my medical history and asked me to sit in the waiting area and fill it in. The receptionist came back just as i was finishing it and took it off me. 2 mins later the nurse called me through. She was really nice and put me at ease. She took my blood pressure, weight and height and then she took some blood. I asked what they was looking for and she said the only thing they test for is for syphilis, but i dont know how true that is, but that is what she said. She then asked me to take a seat back in the waiting area, withing a few minutes i was called through to another room to have my chest Xray, this is to check mainly for TB but possibly other chest problems! They took the first one and said they wanted to take another one, i asked if there was a problem. She said cause i was so tall then she couldn't see all my chest with just doing one lol.
I then was asked to sit back in the waiting room and because there was only doctor one and there was 3 people in-front of me , i did have to wait 40 mins. But i took some magazines with me although they do have selection of magazines in there!! It was quite a nervous wait as so far so good. It was then my time, this female doctor called me in and introduced herself and said it she was pleased to meet me, which is a nice touch i guess. She then asked me some questions about answering yes to a couple of questions and being as i had a medical report from my doctors it was just a general chat asking the circumstances, she got me to sigh my name over the photo which was stapled to my form. She asked me to read the eye chart, so if you wear glasses take them. I then asked to sit on the bed and she checked my eyes, ears, throat!! She asked me to slip down to my boxers and lie under the blanket. She then came back and checked my lymph glands in my throat and neck, my chest and back with a stethoscope and pushed around my tummy area. She then checked my knee reflexes and the last thing was she lifted the top of my boxers to look at my genitalia when i coughed, i never did understand why you coughed when they looked down there. But apparently having later checked on the internet it is to check to see if you have hernia! She signed a few papers and took me back to the waiting area.
I was then called to reception and handed me my vaccination document worksheet which you need to take with you to the states to prove what vaccinations you have had, when you apply for your adjustment of status!!
The only vaccinations they was interested in for me was:
Td - which i have to get renewed in 2016 in the U.S
MMR
Varicella - But they write VH on the form if you have had chicken pox and they take your word for it!!
Every thing else they put not age appropriate as im 49, so you may need more than i had depending on your age!!
She then said you will need to pay the £227 fee, but could have been more if i needed to have more vaccinations!!
They then told me that they will just need to wait for the results of the Xray and Blood test and if i don't hear off them in 2 working days then it will be sent to the London embassy, where they will issue me an interview date, and send you confirmation!!
I then left the Doctors and headed back home, it was not what i expected and to honest it was not as bad as i was expecting. I just hope i don't hear off them in the next 2 working days!!
Total cost of the day:
£50 Petrol
£12 Car Park
£227 Medical Fee
£2 Coffee
Total = £291.00
So it was a good day and driving down there was not as bad i thought it was going to be, but i planned my journey, did my research printed out the maps and phoned the car park owner to check if they had places and doing all that made it going smoothly and more relaxing.
Good luck to everyone with their medical and the rest of their visa journey!!

Congratulations to both of you!!
I know how excited we were when we got our NOA2 text, it took a while to sink in, read the acceptance on the uscis website, over and over again, thinking we missed something, and was it real or a mistake lol but yes it was real.
We was approved on the 18 April and i got my letter from the London Embassy yesterday 9 May, so i suggest you print off the forms DS-2001, DS-230 Part I&II, DS156K and 2 Copies of DS-156 and DS-157 and start fill them in. At the same time get an affidavit of support and all supportive documents notarized and sent to you from your fiance, as well as a new letter of intent to marry from him, also notarized as these take a while to get and send. If you havn't already done so order your police report as it takes a while to get them unless you want to pay extra to get it sooner!! and not forgetting your vaccinations! I got my from my NHS Doctor for free, it will be quite expensive at the Knightsbridge doctors.
Anyway good luck to you both and if you want any more help advice on forms and documentation just let me know.
P.S I am also Oregon Bound, not far from Portland. Oregon is a beautiful place and so worth the months of waiting

There's a reason the US govt have U do biography at the onset when dealing
with them , they ask about parents, siblings and kids U have, so yrs down the
line new siblings & kids never mentioned cannot be claimed, so that's how they
came by your childrens name...they don't have to travel with U if that's not your
intentions

My husband's letter was the same. We ignored it and they were never mentioned again. Other people report the same. I suppose it's because they are eligible based on your visa.

Congratulations to both of you!!
I know how excited we were when we got our NOA2 text, it took a while to sink in, read the acceptance on the uscis website, over and over again, thinking we missed something, and was it real or a mistake lol but yes it was real.
We was approved on the 18 April and i got my letter from the London Embassy yesterday 9 May, so i suggest you print off the forms DS-2001, DS-230 Part I&II, DS156K and 2 Copies of DS-156 and DS-157 and start fill them in. At the same time get an affidavit of support and all supportive documents notarized and sent to you from your fiance, as well as a new letter of intent to marry from him, also notarized as these take a while to get and send. If you havn't already done so order your police report as it takes a while to get them unless you want to pay extra to get it sooner!! and not forgetting your vaccinations! I got my from my NHS Doctor for free, it will be quite expensive at the Knightsbridge doctors.
Anyway good luck to you both and if you want any more help advice on forms and documentation just let me know.
P.S I am also Oregon Bound, not far from Portland. Oregon is a beautiful place and so worth the months of waiting

Hi
I just wanted to know if anyone could help with regards to the form ds-156k
Question 5 = list name, date and place of birth of all unmarried children under 21 years of old
Underneath that it say the following documents must be attached in order to apply for fiance nonimmigrants visa = birth certificates of all children listed in number 5.
So my question is do i still need to list my children even though they are stopping in the uk and not coming to the U.S?
Also i have been divorced over 15 years and getting hold of my children's birth certificates will be problematic, as my ex would not give them to me. If i do need them would a photo copy be sufficient or would i have to go to my general register office and order originals?
Also does anyone know how long it takes for us to hear off the London Embassy as our approved petition was forwarded from the NVC on the 25th April 1013.
I would appreciate any help.
Thanks
Ian and Deanna