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Sooo .. on the embassy website I read the following:
"On the day of your interview, a set of your fingerprints will be electronically scanned. If you have a cut or blister on any of your fingers or thumbs, your application will not be processed. You will be required to reschedule an appointment for a later date."
Apparently hubby got a tiny scratch on one of his fingers today while doing yard work so now we're hoping it's healed by Monday. Take care of your fingers!!!

mmaarreekk, they look forward to speaking with YOOOOUUUUU!

Omg!!! So freaking happpyy!!!! Interview scheduled for sept 9!!!!!'just called

My operator said I was the first September interview she's given out! September 5 baby, yeah!

Someone call dang it!!

... this is what this process has done to us. We're paranoid about every damn little detail!!

What you say makes too much sense, which means that's not what they'll do
Yes, I think all interviews should go through you, we'll bring you a nice cooked meal and chat about our marriages, take our visa on the way out and drive off into the sunset!!

GREAT NEWS!!! Finally!!! Congrats!!
Congrats!!

We are sooooooo fricken excited!!!! August 27th is my interview )) sorry that we did not update straight away :/..dealing with work..families etc etc..but yayyyy only 29 days until interview!!! Finally with the man I love...coming up
6 years of togetherness, coming up 3 years married..and yet a lifetime of heartache ?..thank god for visa journey! ???????

Case complete..TODAY! FINALLY!

Yeah, I hope I was freaking out over nothing. Here is the website: EDITED: https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-GB/iv
The Interview Instructions for the London Embassy is here: http://travel.state.gov/content/dam/visas/Supplemental/LND%20-%20London.pdf
The "Returning Your Documents section states, "If your application is successful, your documents will be returned to you via the Embassy’s contracted courier service. You should register for the courier service before you attend the visa interview."
Thanks to bdrew and urbangirluk for pointing that out for me!!

Our interview date was rescheduled to August 4th! Hubby and I will be flying back home together on August 30th!!

As someone who has endured both processes for K1 and CR-1, I'll add my two cents.
5 months (if you've been waiting longer, this does not apply to you) is a reasonable amount of time to wait for your petition to be approved. Anything beyond that is too long, I agree since we were approved at 5 months for the I-129F and over 6 months for the I-130. The reason there is media and news coverage for the I-130s is because of the efforts of people on this forum coordinating together and sending faxes, emails, and calling politicians all at ONCE. They contacted newspapers, news stations, and anyone that would listen. If this is your goal to achieve equality for your cases to not exceed 5 months, then by all means go for it!
But let me explain the difference between the K1 and CR-1/IR-1. Since our backlog was cleared at USCIS, this created a huge backlog at NVC. Your cases are only in NVC for a short amount of time to receive a case number and ship it off to the embassy for the applicant to take their documents and schedule the interview themselves, correct? (It's been a while since we did this, so forgive me if I'm hazy on the process now). The CR-1/IR-1s, however, have our documentation reviewed at the NVC (after we send it to them) for processing and they assign the interviews for us before shipping them off. This used to take about a month or two, so let's say 5 months at the USCIS and 2 months at NVC, plus maybe 2 more months til the interview = 8-9 months total. Right? That's if everything goes smoothly. There have been a massive amount of "checklists" for the silliest reasons and also a delay of being able to pay fees at the NVC level (y'all do this later once in the country for AOS). This delays the case by another month or two. So now those people are looking at 10-11 months at best.
Our case was filed Sept 13th and my husband won't be flying back til August 30th. That's almost a year of waiting, and we had it good since we didn't have any checklists and it only took us 6 months to get our I-130 approved, compared to others waiting 8-11 months!
I had no idea about the CR-1 process until I had to go through it. So just letting you guys know, it's not as if we go through the same process. We'll always have much more to wait than K1s. If you want equality, then I-130s should be approved in 2-3 months in order to accommodate an equal petition to interview timeline.

Our interview date was rescheduled to August 4th! Hubby and I will be flying back home together on August 30th!!

Our interview date was rescheduled to August 4th! Hubby and I will be flying back home together on August 30th!!

Our interview date was rescheduled to August 4th! Hubby and I will be flying back home together on August 30th!!

Here is my husband's review for anyone curious. He just had his exam today.
"Firstly, it's a little bit awkward to find if you're travelling by public transport and I wouldn't advise going by car as I don't believe there is anywhere nearby to park. So aim to get there half an hour before your appt.
On arrival, I told them who I was and they asked me for all the necessary documents which as you know are form of photo ID (Passport, Driving License etc.) Vaccination records/history, one UK sized passport photo, Police record certificate and the completed medical questionnaire form (with any additional info on separate sheet, if applicable).
With that done, they then handed me another form and wouldn't you just know it? It's almost exactly the same questions as the Medical Questionnaire form I already filled in and handed to them. Oh well! So off I went around the corner to the waiting area and filled in the form again. They were very busy but all very friendly people and after handing the new form back to reception, I sat with quite a few others, waiting for my turn to have my chest X-Ray. My turn came after about 10 minutes of waiting and it was very straight forward and the consultant who took it was very friendly and made me feel at ease.
I watched him download the scan right there on his screen and then off I went back to the waiting area for my exam. It was a longer wait this time as they were very busy but I was seen after about 25-30 minutes.
The examiner was, again, a very friendly guy and made me feel completely at ease. We sat and he went through my questionnaire with me, making sure everything I had answered was correct and there were no mistakes. No tricky questions, very straight forward and simple.
After that was a height and weight check then an eye test, then I was asked to remove my top and sit on the bed while he checked my ears, eyes and mouth. He then listened to my lungs and heart, then I was asked to lie down and he checked my stomach, then I was asked to stand up and, in his words, 'the part that everybody hates', it was pants (TROUSERS!) down to ankles and time to explore the Netherlands. Guys, this part is extremely quick, literally no more than a few seconds and it's a quick cough for 'Lefty' and then again for 'Righty' and that is literally about it, pants up. Each and every little check was extremely quick and all in all the whole exam could've only been a few minutes. Lastly, I was asked to lie down again and blood was taken from my right arm, anyone with needle or blood phobias, you see nothing at all.
After that I was all done, a very quick discussion about the doctor preliminary findings (which for me was that everything looked great) and I was told that if I did not hear from him by Wednesday then I could consider that as everything was fine and no issues. Shook the man's hand, back to reception to pay the £245 pound, the feint sound of my debit card grumbling in protest could be heard, I was then given a vaccination record printout which you MUST keep and that was that!"

As someone who has endured both processes for K1 and CR-1, I'll add my two cents.
5 months (if you've been waiting longer, this does not apply to you) is a reasonable amount of time to wait for your petition to be approved. Anything beyond that is too long, I agree since we were approved at 5 months for the I-129F and over 6 months for the I-130. The reason there is media and news coverage for the I-130s is because of the efforts of people on this forum coordinating together and sending faxes, emails, and calling politicians all at ONCE. They contacted newspapers, news stations, and anyone that would listen. If this is your goal to achieve equality for your cases to not exceed 5 months, then by all means go for it!
But let me explain the difference between the K1 and CR-1/IR-1. Since our backlog was cleared at USCIS, this created a huge backlog at NVC. Your cases are only in NVC for a short amount of time to receive a case number and ship it off to the embassy for the applicant to take their documents and schedule the interview themselves, correct? (It's been a while since we did this, so forgive me if I'm hazy on the process now). The CR-1/IR-1s, however, have our documentation reviewed at the NVC (after we send it to them) for processing and they assign the interviews for us before shipping them off. This used to take about a month or two, so let's say 5 months at the USCIS and 2 months at NVC, plus maybe 2 more months til the interview = 8-9 months total. Right? That's if everything goes smoothly. There have been a massive amount of "checklists" for the silliest reasons and also a delay of being able to pay fees at the NVC level (y'all do this later once in the country for AOS). This delays the case by another month or two. So now those people are looking at 10-11 months at best.
Our case was filed Sept 13th and my husband won't be flying back til August 30th. That's almost a year of waiting, and we had it good since we didn't have any checklists and it only took us 6 months to get our I-130 approved, compared to others waiting 8-11 months!
I had no idea about the CR-1 process until I had to go through it. So just letting you guys know, it's not as if we go through the same process. We'll always have much more to wait than K1s. If you want equality, then I-130s should be approved in 2-3 months in order to accommodate an equal petition to interview timeline.

case complete thank you lord I called nvc 40mins ago, it was completed on the 16th of july

case complete thank you lord I called nvc 40mins ago, it was completed on the 16th of july

I know! And thanks! I couldn't help but shake my head at "lefty" and "righty" too. Ah well, I wouldn't have him any other way though.

For UK applicants, here's my husband's review of his medical exam if anyone is curious (also posted in the UK forum):
Firstly, it's a little bit awkward to find if you're travelling by public transport and I wouldn't advise going by car as I don't believe there is anywhere nearby to park. So aim to get there half an hour before your appt.
On arrival, I told them who I was and they asked me for all the necessary documents which as you know are form of photo ID (Passport, Driving License etc.) Vaccination records/history, one UK sized passport photo (Obviously this is probably different if your medical exam is not in the UK), Police record certificate and the completed medical questionnaire form (with any additional info on separate sheet, if applicable).
With that done, they then handed me another form and wouldn't you just know it? It's almost exactly the same questions as the Medical Questionnaire form I already filled in and handed to them. Oh well! So off I went around the corner to the waiting area and filled in the form again. They were very busy but all very friendly people and after handing the new form back to reception, I sat with quite a few others, waiting for my turn to have my chest X-Ray. My turn came after about 10 minutes of waiting and it was very straight forward and the consultant who took it was very friendly and made me feel at ease.
I watched him download the scan right there on his screen and then off I went back to the waiting area for my exam. It was a longer wait this time as they were very busy but I was seen after about 25-30 minutes.The examiner was, again, a very friendly guy and made me feel completely at ease. We sat and he went through my questionnaire with me, making sure everything I had answered was correct and there were no mistakes. No tricky questions, very straight forward and simple.
After that was a height and weight check then an eye test, then I was asked to remove my top and sit on the bed while he checked my ears, eyes and mouth. He then listened to my lungs and heart, then I was asked to lie down and he checked my stomach, then I was asked to stand up and, in his words, 'the part that everybody hates', it was pants (TROUSERS!) down to ankles and time to explore the Netherlands. Guys, this part is extremely quick, literally no more than a few seconds and it's a quick cough for 'Lefty' and then again for 'Righty' and that is literally about it, pants up. Each and every little check was extremely quick and all in all the whole exam could've only been a few minutes. Lastly, I was asked to lie down again and blood was taken from my right arm, anyone with needle or blood phobias, you see nothing at all.
After that I was all done, a very quick discussion about the doctor preliminary findings (which for me was that everything looked great) and I was told that if I did not hear from him by Wednesday then I could consider that as everything was fine and no issues. Shook the man's hand, back to reception to pay the £245 pound, the feint sound of my debit card grumbling in protest could be heard, I was then given a vaccination record printout which you MUST keep and that was that!

Well they should've thought about that if the efficiency of say, 5 people, can be be accomplished by one!

Im totally agree with this. Thanks for share it.
Regards.

EXPEDITE APPROVED!!!
So called NVC, operator said no case complete yet even after 29 buisness days but she did say they just found out our expedite was approved. Can anyone tell me what happens after expedite approval? the operator said I just have to wait longer for NVC to contact me then hung up. Do i call the embassy in Russia to set an interview date or do they contact us? I'd appreciate all the help i can get. Please post or PM me. Thank you for your help in this process!!! I think i'll check out the interview forum!!