jonnydi

9 hours ago, stevecov said:

Is this the form you used to email them https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/iv_contact_form/ ?

 

If so it looks like they've removed any option enabling you to ask for your case number!

I followed the link given on the NOA2 letter, which presumably is the same as your link above. Looks like they might have changed it and removed a few options since I got in touch with them - I think we selected something like 'other query'. 

Hey guys,

After Cam's response I emailed the embassy - took them about 10 days to get back to me, but they replied to say the case number had been sent way back on the 17th November, which is only 5 days after NOA 2 for me. I guess my letter must have been lost in the post so I would definitely recommend getting in touch with them if its been more than a couple of weeks. The wait times for the medical and the interview didn't seem too bad as I was able to book mine for the 6th of Jan and 2nd of Feb respectively, but still very annoying as it has set us back by over a month. 

@Cam73 - Thank you for your original advice - I'd probably still be waiting if you hadn't replied. 

Good luck to both of you! I know the painful feeling for watching the letterbox everyday.

Hey Everyone,

Firstly let me give you our timeline thus far:

01 Sep - Mailed package to US embassy

08 Sep - NOA 1 received and payment taken

12 Nov - NOA 2 received

We're currently still waiting for our case number to come through after almost 5 weeks which seems to be on the high side compared with some other timelines I have looked through. I just wanted to check on here to see if anyone had been at a similar stage recently and experienced a similar delay?

The letter from the embassy does say it could take 5-8 weeks but I was under the impression it is usually much quicker than this and wondered if their quoted timeline was likely to be accurate based on the experience of others. I am thinking things are likely to be slower due to thanksgiving, the election and being in the run up to Christmas.

Thanks

My wife (US Citizen) and I have recently decided we would like to move over to the US and are about to send off our I-130 petition to the US embassy in London. A bit of background, we have been married for almost a year and my wife has been living in the UK for just over one year which i think makes us eligible for DCF. I just have a couple of questions which I would be really grateful if someone could answer:

1.) Is it possible for my wife to send off the I-130 and then relocate to the States before a final decision on the visa is reached? It sounds like I can complete the remainder of the process on my own in the UK while she seeks employment before I subsequently move over on issue of a CR-1 visa. How would this be viewed by the embassy? From our point of view it would be great if one of us had a stable job before we both move over and hence this is our preferred option.

2.) Would it be worthwhile for her to move back early from an I-864 perspective? My wife did have income in the US and UK in the last tax year and can show this on her tax returns and in addition her Mother and and Step Father would be willing to put themselves forward as joint sponsors (exceeding 125% of the poverty line) if we need help meeting the financial requirements, however my wife has very little in savings and assets in the US and no job lined up for when we move over- is it acceptable to be completely reliant on co-sponsors?

3.)The guidance I am looking at talks a lot about 'household income' however my wife has not lived with her parents at all for many years, can we still use them as joint sponsors?

It would be useful to know if anyone has been in a similar position.

Many thanks