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My interview was 4 Nov. CEAC status changed to 'issued' on wednesday. I have just received a text from the courier that my passport will be delivered on Mon 11 Nov. So exactly 1 week later.

Congrats! I was approved, too, on the 4th. Hope they are speedy with the passports as we are ready to go asap.

Yes, same here. Letter sent Oct 22 but never received. Have an email confirming interview on nov 4. Funny thing is, the same thing happened to my packet 3, too. Took me a month longer to finally get my LND no.

Another Friday = another week ended with no news. Sigh. I finish work at the end of October and have sold my house so will be jobless and homeless while I just wait - wow it is frustrating and depressing, why oh why is it now taking sooooo long to get interviews????????

+1 so depressing

congratulations Tom an Catie!

Excellent news. Seems like they are really starting to move things now. Maybe a few people got back from hols this week?!

just a quick update...

All at once I have received an email stating that a 'new packet' 3 was sent in the mail - but no LND no; an email to my wife, stating LND number; a response to my 3 week old online request, stating LND no; and today, packet 3 in the post! Unbelievable that all of sudden it is like the Visa Unit has sprung back into life, so hopefully everyone will see some progress soon.

The packet 3 I received still mentions DS-230 part I/II and DS-2001 but links to the following page http://london.usembassy.gov/ds2001.html . The emails I received all said to follow the instructions on the website.

Therefore, I have completed form DS-260 online and will return DS-2001 in the mail.

Medical booked for monday

Good to know, lost_at_sea.

Does anyone know the inner workings of IVU? I am starting to think that either, a) my petition is on the desk of the person who just went on holiday, or b) they are about to send out 'new style' packet 3's with instructions to apply via DS-260.

Hopefully USCIS will reply and at least on confirm my petition was definitely received by IVU.

Thanks, I just checked. My first email was sent to uscis.london@dhs.gov and the reply was from uscis.london@uscis.dhs.gov. Must be the same thing.

I have replied to their last message stating that I have had no response from the online contact form and the DOS has no record.

Hi can you confirm what number you are calling when you refer to talking to the DOS?

just to be clear.

I tried contacting the embassy via this contact form, requesting LND no. and had no response:

http://london.usembassy.gov/niv/visa_contact_form.html

I emailed USCIS at:

USCIS.London@uscis.dhs.gov

who told me there is nothing they can do and that I must use the above contact form.

Finally, I called the DOS (which I believe others have too) in the US, and was told nothing is logged.

Hi,

So pleased I found this forum, looks like a lot of people filing about the same time as I did. Reading some of the threads has been so informative, so much so that I have just spoken to the DOS!

Anyway, here is my situation.

My wife (USC) filed our petition for IR-1 spouse direct to the US embassy in London (DCF). We received approval on July 25, 2013. Since then I have been patiently waiting for the 'packet 3', LND no. etc.

I sent an online request from from the London embassy site on August 21, but have yet to receive a response. I have emailed USCIS, but just been told to contact the IVU via the website. Anyway, seeing that a lot of you on here were able to obtain the LND no. etc, I decided to call the DOS in US today on the new 202 485 7600 number. First of all, the advisor insisted that I should have a receipt no. I explained to him that my NOA explained that receipt no.s are not issued with petitions. After that he tried searching my name, my wife's name, and my wife's social security number. He said there was NOTHING. No record of me at all on their system!

does this sound right to anyone? If my petition was approved on july 25 and passed on to IVU surely they would have logged something by now?

Is there anyone else that I can contact to chase this up?

At a loss here...