Luxylux

Hi all,

So I have my interview on Monday and I thought everything was fine and ready but the more I read on the subject, the more I am stressing out about the financial matters. My fiancé is a writer is Los Angeles which - you will have guessed- means that he juggles with a few part time jobs. His "main" one is as waiter in a restaurant but he also has a seasonal job as fundraiser at the opera. I have some savings (I should have about 8K by the time of my move - hopefully end of the year - and he has 3K savings in cash) and we both know that I am going to be the one with the 9-5 job as I am not pursuing a creative career.On the affidavit of support he put his last year income (20K) which I think puts us above the poverty limit.

So for the interview I have: a letter from his boss at the restaurant saying that his job is permanent and how much he is earning per hour and for how long he has been employed,two pay slips, loooot of statements from his bank, and the signed affidavit of course. I don't have anything about his seasonal employment at the opera and I don't have any tax documents from him (but I think they are not necessary because he's not self employed?) and I also don't have anything from him about the savings that he has in cash.

Do you guys reckon it's going to be enough? Or should I get more from him? If I do, are copies/emails/scans enough given how last minute we are now? His family is extremely supportive and they assured us that they would help us in case of problem so I guess we could ask them to be co-sponsors if needed... I just thought that because we were above the poverty limit we shouldn't worry too much but now I realise that I might have been a tad stupid... and with the interview on Monday, there's a very limited amount of stuff I can do/documents I can gather.

ARGH.

Thank youuu

Lucie

Hi guys,

Just wanted to check with everyone here if someone else has their interview on the 15th of September? So far everything went really faster than I expected and I've just came back from a week with my fiance in LA and found the interview letter waiting for me! Hoping to be able to move by Christmas then, so exciting!!

Sending everyone waiting for news good vibes!!

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Thank you so much, all of you! Scheduled my medical for a week before my trip and will fill in the ds-160 in a few days so I'll send the readiness form around a week before my trip or something like that. I plan on moving end of January and get married in February so everything should work out fine this way Just very nervous about the medical now but hopefully it will just go smoothly!

Thank you so much! You really are a star! Just one last question: when you filled in the ds-160 you gave the date of your last trip to the US then? No mention of the upcoming one? Thank you again, so much!

Oh thank you so much! That is so helpful to read your experience. Just another question: did you send the notice of readiness after having your medical exam or once it was booked? I might not be able to have everything ready and sorted before my return from my trip anyway, I hope the embassy getting everything early september for a petition ending end of october is okay?

There are 3 things that must be received by the embassy to get an interview in London

1) DS-160

2) Medical exam results

3) Readiness for interview form

You can do the first two before your trip and the last when you return or even while away. Your interview will still be probably 5-6 weeks after you submit the last of the three pieces to the puzzle.

I don't think CBP in the US airport knows what you submitted to the embassy. One is Homeland Security and the other is Department of State...separate parts of the government that don't share every detail as easily as you might think.

There is a UK forum on here that may help you with other questions Specific to London. http://www.visajourney.com/forums/forum/99-united-kingdom/

Oh brilliant. Thank you so much. Have you had experience visiting so late in the process? I guess that's everyone number one question but I'm really nervous!

Hi everyone,

I’m amongst the lucky few for which the whole process has been so far way quicker than expected!

I’ve received the packet 3 from the embassy a few days ago and I’m now gathering all the documents needed. Just a quick question to everyone here: I booked tickets ages ago to go and see my fiancé in LA for a week end of August because back then I didn’t even think that we would have heard anything about the I-129F by then. Anyway, I have carefully read all the posts on the topic here and I plan on going with plenty of proofs of my ties to the UK and cross my fingers and toes that it won’t be a problem.

But what I would really like to know if when to fill in the DS-160. I thought of doing it as soon as I come back from the US (1^st of September) but as my petition is only valid till 23^rd of October, will that leave enough time to the embassy to schedule my interview? Or should I fill it in before my trip and give the dates of my last trip instead? And if I do so, am I more likely to have problems at the POE in LAX?

Thanks a lot in advance for your help!

Lucie