Laurana

Hi guys,
I just wanted to share our experience regarding the wait to be able to schedule the interview at the US embassy in London, and how we were able to resolve our issue (I thought this might help people in a similar situation)
The embassy had received our packet from the NVC around mid-april 2016. It took my fiance about 3-4 weeks to complete all paperwork and his medical, and he was able to submit his online readiness form on May 14.
We had checked online for the typical wait time between submitting the readiness form and being able to schedule our interview online: the typical wait time reported by Visajourney members of the UK for K1 visa and also on the US embassy in the UK website is about 6 weeks. About 4-5 weeks into the waiting period, my fiance called the embassy to ask about the status of our application; they told him he had to wait and there is nothing more to say. However, by mid-July we were still unable to schedule the interview online (it kept saying "not ready" online. it had been a little more than 8 weeks of waiting by then).
I was starting to get impatient and asked my fiance to call the embassy again to check for the status. He called and explained that we had been waiting a long time and were worried there was an issue with our application or with the online scheduling system. This time, the guy on the phone told us to complete the form found here: https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/visa-information-services/contact-us-immigrant-visas/u-s-embassy-london-visa-unit-contact-form/, to write "reschedule appointment" in the form, and explain the situation. He also asked my fiance to send an email to weeac_contactus+gb+ivcasenumber+en@visaops.net, to put in the subject line "Case number not ready to schedule" and in the body of the email add your full name, case number and date of birth, then you explain the problem.
Within an hour we were able to schedule the interview appointment (the closest openings were 4 weeks out. Interview scheduled for August 23rd, YEY!). Apparently our file had been ready for a while but there seemed to be a glitch on the scheduling website.
PS: I found on the uk.usembassy.gov website that you can send the "contact us" form if it has been more than 6 WEEKS since you submitted all documents and still have not been able to schedule. So obviously it would be useless to try this before the 6 weeks have passed.
Hope this helps people who are in a similar situation and have been waiting longer than the usual 6 weeks!
Cheers!
Laura

Hi guys,
I just wanted to share our experience regarding the wait to be able to schedule the interview at the US embassy in London, and how we were able to resolve our issue (I thought this might help people in a similar situation)
The embassy had received our packet from the NVC around mid-april 2016. It took my fiance about 3-4 weeks to complete all paperwork and his medical, and he was able to submit his online readiness form on May 14.
We had checked online for the typical wait time between submitting the readiness form and being able to schedule our interview online: the typical wait time reported by Visajourney members of the UK for K1 visa and also on the US embassy in the UK website is about 6 weeks. About 4-5 weeks into the waiting period, my fiance called the embassy to ask about the status of our application; they told him he had to wait and there is nothing more to say. However, by mid-July we were still unable to schedule the interview online (it kept saying "not ready" online. it had been a little more than 8 weeks of waiting by then).
I was starting to get impatient and asked my fiance to call the embassy again to check for the status. He called and explained that we had been waiting a long time and were worried there was an issue with our application or with the online scheduling system. This time, the guy on the phone told us to complete the form found here: https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/visa-information-services/contact-us-immigrant-visas/u-s-embassy-london-visa-unit-contact-form/, to write "reschedule appointment" in the form, and explain the situation. He also asked my fiance to send an email to weeac_contactus+gb+ivcasenumber+en@visaops.net, to put in the subject line "Case number not ready to schedule" and in the body of the email add your full name, case number and date of birth, then you explain the problem.
Within an hour we were able to schedule the interview appointment (the closest openings were 4 weeks out. Interview scheduled for August 23rd, YEY!). Apparently our file had been ready for a while but there seemed to be a glitch on the scheduling website.
PS: I found on the uk.usembassy.gov website that you can send the "contact us" form if it has been more than 6 WEEKS since you submitted all documents and still have not been able to schedule. So obviously it would be useless to try this before the 6 weeks have passed.
Hope this helps people who are in a similar situation and have been waiting longer than the usual 6 weeks!
Cheers!
Laura

Thanks so much for your reply Kl30morg!
Looks like I should be okay. I added screenshots of chat logs for each month of the year for 2014 and 2015 (fit all of them on 4 pages, so it doesn't seem too bulky) just in case.
Congrats on your approval!!