Sev15

I had my medical done in Göteborg and I needed no additional vaccinations.

For those of you who are case complete/already done with the visa, a question about the interview: I received case complete on Monday. When should I start calling to ask about my interview date? The "Visa status check" still says my case is at NVC. Do I need to wait until it is at the Stockholm embassy?

I scheduled mine after the embassy sent me Packet 3 via e-mail, but I scheduled my Medical as soon as I received my case number.

You might be able to schedule the interview when the embassy has your case file, the status will say "Ready" when that happens.

Had my interview this morning in Stockholm and it was approved!

I was so nervous but the embassy staff were so nice and friendly,the interview was so easy and quick!

I can't believe it's finally approved,my whole body is buzzing with excitement and happiness!

Visa in hand!!! It was ready Monday but he was out of town!!! I'll see my love tomorrow evening!!!!???????????

Congratulations to you both! Wonderful news.

I had my medical done here in Gothenburg two weeks ago, I was actually very surprised by how it went so I'll give you a quick summary.

It cost 2800:- total, no extra costs for bloodwork or x-rays.

First you are taken by a nurse to have blood drawn, blood pressure taken, height measured, weight checked, and then you do a quick vision test.

You then go and see the doctor, now this part surprised me, he said to me the amount of questions he is supposed to ask is crazy long so he'll keep it simple and just asked me if I'm in general good health, do I have any problems / medical conditions to which I replied no, I then gave him my childhood vaccination records (MMR and Polio) and a more recent one for Hepatitis A+B which wasn't really required for my age (29).

I then took my shirt off and he listened to my breathing did a few reflex tests and that WAS IT.

I even asked him about needing more vaccinations and he told me flat out that the vaccine requirements they expect people from here to get (I'm from the UK, but lived here in Sweden for 5 years) is crazy considering Sweden and the UK have better healthcare systems than the USA, and expecting us to pay for vaccines like we are from a third world country is ridiculous. So he ticked all the boxes, wrote down that I need no additional vaccinations and sent me on my way to have my X-Rays done, the X-Rays are performed at a hospital called Carlanderska which is a 10 minute walk away from the doctors office (again no extra cost).

So yeah I was pretty surprised at how.... easy it was.

Does anyone know if it's possible to change the day of your interview?

You can log into the same website that you booked the interview through and there is an option on the left side menu to reschedule the appointment.

No they send it to the embassy. The medical office sent the vaccination papers to my home (or a copy of it of course)

Great, that's good to know! Thanks for the reply

HAHAHAHA!!! That gave me a good laugh this morning!! This whole process is making me paranoid lol We will leave it they way it is

It really does make you crazy and paranoid, you think the smallest of errors or mistakes is going to totally de-rail the entire process and make you start again at square one. And of course you have so much time to wait that all you can do is totally over think everything!!

I made a mistake on the original application and didn't notice until after our NOA2, and I sent a crazy 4 paragraph email to the embassy freaking out and trying to fix it and and they just replied saying to calm down it's not a problem

I'm sure they see errors and honest mistakes all the time, as long as it's not intentional deception you don't need to worry.

Just had my medical today in Gothenburg, it went really well and the doctor said I didn't need any vaccinations which is good I was kind of expecting to need at least a couple!

Does anyone know if I get a copy of the medical report after the results of my bloodwork come back? I read somewhere I need a copy to file for AOS in the future and I forgot to ask the doctor during my appointment.

I also got in touch with the embassy about my birth certificate not having my parents DOB and they said it's not a problem

Cool, thanks!

We received our case number the same day that it arrived at NVC so fingers crossed that you get yours soon!

Hey guys, quick question. I have my interview for K1 on May 19th. I'm from the UK and living in Sweden, so the UK has no mandatory military service so I'm assuming I don't need to bring any kind of documentation for this.

Also in the email I received it says that I need to bring my birth certificate and that it should contain my parents names, places of birth and also date of birth. I have the full version of my birth certificate and British birth certificates do not have parents birth dates on them.

Do you think this will be a problem?

Thanks!

Thanks to the users who suggested I email the embassy about not having received packet 3 yet, I got in touch with them and they emailed me all the information I needed the next day and I now have my interview booked for May 19th!

So my application arrived in Stockholm on Monday (4th) and on Tuesday it's status changed to "Ready". I've not received my packet 3 yet, but does anyone know if it's ok for me to schedule my interview right now before I recieve packet 3? I asked in the embassy thread for Stockholm but didn't really get a clear answer.

Oh okay don't really think it can be that much though. Is she checking her spam mail, her it sometimes end up there..

Yeah we are checking spam folders, I think we will probably just wait a few more days, last thing I want to do is send the application before they are ready for it

Good question! When did your arrive at the embassy? I've been wondering this too but it just say on the instructions that interview booked before the mail will be cancelled. But usually they sent the mail like 2-3 days after they receive it so don't know...

It arrived this week on Monday April 4th and on Tuesday the status online changed to "Ready", my fiance has been checking but as of yet no email has been sent to either of us.

Also I'm not a citizen of any Scandinavian country, I'm from the UK so I thought they might take a little longer to include the extra information they need from my home country.

Hey guys! First post in this thread.

My application has made it's way to the Stockholm Embassy and the case status website says "Ready" although we have not received packet 3 via email or post yet, my question is am I able to complete the DS-160 and book my interview now? or do I need to wait for packet 3 before I do any of this (I have already booked my medical)

Many thanks

I just called the NVC and they said our case was received there on April 4th. Representative said that it could take up to 42 days to be processed and receive a case number...this seems like an uncharacteristically long time?

I got my case number the same day they received our application, it shouldn't take more than a couple of days.

My case status at the embassy is now "Ready"! Will be filling in the DS-160 today.

Quick question about the DS-160, When it asks you to upload a photograph. Can it be the same photograph that we used for the first application? I already have that one scanned in, or do I need to go and take a new photograph?

Just called the NVC and they received our application today (NOA2 March 4) and I was given our case number! I'm so excited

Sev, No you picked the right one. I literarily called everyday until I was told it arrived. That is the standard line that it takes up to 35 days. Keep calling hopefully they will tell you it has shown up.

Great! Thanks very much. I'll give them a call again on Thursday or Friday.

So I called the NVC last night to see if they had our case yet, I picked the option to speak to someone for general questions and was on hold for 30 mins to just be told that I have to wait 35 days from my NOA2 date to make any inquiries.

Did I pick the wrong option or just get someone unhelpful? :/ If anyone has tips for what to ask the next time I call that would be great.

NOA2 dated March 4 here, I just called NVC and they didn't receive my file yet. Will try again on thursday or friday now.

Yeah I figured I would call them at the end of the work day just incase they process it today, but I'm hoping it will be done sometime this week

I'll post here after I give them a call!

I'm going to be calling the NVC for the first time tonight to see if they have received our case (NOA2 date was March 4).

You might be overthinking it, I'm in a similar situation in that when I was born my name was spelled incorrectly on my birth certificate and my parents had it corrected legally at a later date.

I didn't even realize this until after I got my NOA2 so the other name was never put on my i-129f and when I went to dig out my birth certificate and saw the name was different, I have all the documents to prove the change of name and all my other documents (passport etc) have always been in the correct name. So I'll just add the other name on my online application for the embassy interview and explain it when I go in for my interview. I don't think it's a huge problem, name corrections are fairly common and you are applying in the UK, it's a low fraud embassy and you shouldn't run into any problems.