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No, not weird really. They don't dally around much if they think you are legit. They are pretty good at what they do. They asked me very little. 

My fiance was told he was approved today at his interview!! I don't have much information atm he's traveling back home now but he did say they had his medical on hand. We booked Medical and Embassy 2 weeks apart. They asked him; if he had worked in the US before, if he had been arrested, when he plans to fly out, if he had been married/divorced before. He said that he barely needed any of the paperwork that he brought. They also gave him his x-ray back(?) is that normal? anyways I'll have more details once he gets home and post a consulate review. 

My fiance was told he was approved today at his interview!! I don't have much information atm he's traveling back home now but he did say they had his medical on hand. We booked Medical and Embassy 2 weeks apart. They asked him; if he had worked in the US before, if he had been arrested, when he plans to fly out, if he had been married/divorced before. He said that he barely needed any of the paperwork that he brought. They also gave him his x-ray back(?) is that normal? anyways I'll have more details once he gets home and post a consulate review. 

My fiance was told he was approved today at his interview!! I don't have much information atm he's traveling back home now but he did say they had his medical on hand. We booked Medical and Embassy 2 weeks apart. They asked him; if he had worked in the US before, if he had been arrested, when he plans to fly out, if he had been married/divorced before. He said that he barely needed any of the paperwork that he brought. They also gave him his x-ray back(?) is that normal? anyways I'll have more details once he gets home and post a consulate review. 

My fiance was told he was approved today at his interview!! I don't have much information atm he's traveling back home now but he did say they had his medical on hand. We booked Medical and Embassy 2 weeks apart. They asked him; if he had worked in the US before, if he had been arrested, when he plans to fly out, if he had been married/divorced before. He said that he barely needed any of the paperwork that he brought. They also gave him his x-ray back(?) is that normal? anyways I'll have more details once he gets home and post a consulate review. 

My fiance was told he was approved today at his interview!! I don't have much information atm he's traveling back home now but he did say they had his medical on hand. We booked Medical and Embassy 2 weeks apart. They asked him; if he had worked in the US before, if he had been arrested, when he plans to fly out, if he had been married/divorced before. He said that he barely needed any of the paperwork that he brought. They also gave him his x-ray back(?) is that normal? anyways I'll have more details once he gets home and post a consulate review. 

We are having two weddings. The first being the official wedding on February 27th. It'll just be us two of our friends as witnesses and the officiant at an art museum in town and we are going to a lovely Italian restaurant afterward. Then our ceremony in September with his family flying out. The same officiant for both weddings and I'll wear my dress for both.  I wanted to leave enough time to get our marriage license and apply for his social before the first wedding because I've read it is not possible to get one after you are married til AOS is approved. Correct me if I'm wrong.

It was the most stressful part I was sleep walking all week from stress so glad it's approved thank you. The wait now shouldn't be too bad we have a lot of plans between now and vih to focus on. Like packing and transferring and getting AOS all ready for when he gets here. I'm a happy lady today. 

Sounds like a great plan.
 
The deal with the SSN is that some offices have clueless workers who just don't understand immigration. A K1 is eligible for a SSN up until two weeks before their 90 days are up, married or not. But uninformed workers have told people "Oh, you got married so you are now a K3 and not eligible". BS!  Your visa can't magically change to a different visa. 
 
Best bet in case you happen to get a clueless person is just don't bring up marriage or ask for the social in any new name. Apply in the exact name printed on your I-94 even if they run together your middle names like JOHNDAVID SMITH. Be JohnDavid. They have to find the name immigration has recorded, or they do manual verification which takes time being mailed off to USCIS. Get the SSN and sort the names out later. That is easy to do once you have EAD or a greencard. If given any flack, ask for a supervisor who should know the rules and don't leave until they let you see one. I was already married and had sent off AOS before going to the Social Security office. Had a good worker and the card received in the mail within a week.
 

Congratulations! Always wonderful to see good news from people here ❤️
 
My fiance has his interview on Jan. 28th (29th for him due to time difference). I am basically in a constant state of stress until I hear "we're approved"! Haha

We are having two weddings. The first being the official wedding on February 27th. It'll just be us two of our friends as witnesses and the officiant at an art museum in town and we are going to a lovely Italian restaurant afterward. Then our ceremony in September with his family flying out. The same officiant for both weddings and I'll wear my dress for both.  I wanted to leave enough time to get our marriage license and apply for his social before the first wedding because I've read it is not possible to get one after you are married til AOS is approved. Correct me if I'm wrong.

My fiance was told he was approved today at his interview!! I don't have much information atm he's traveling back home now but he did say they had his medical on hand. We booked Medical and Embassy 2 weeks apart. They asked him; if he had worked in the US before, if he had been arrested, when he plans to fly out, if he had been married/divorced before. He said that he barely needed any of the paperwork that he brought. They also gave him his x-ray back(?) is that normal? anyways I'll have more details once he gets home and post a consulate review. 

Congratulations 😊👍

Congrats!  
 
The K1 interview was the thing I was most terrified of, but it was, the easiest part of this whole journey.
 
Yes, getting the x-ray disc back is normal.
 
The next wait (for visa in hand) feels like eternity, even though it’s usually within 2 weeks.  And then, your love will come to you and you get to start forever.
 
Congrats again!

Yes. The embassy doesn't want it, nor does the clinic. His TB clearance is noted on the paper report. They give it back in case he wants to save it for future personal medical purposes. Or he can use it for a coaster.😛
 
They typically say to put in you carryon luggage for POE, but those immigration blokes are not radiologists and will not be reading his X-ray.

My fiance was told he was approved today at his interview!! I don't have much information atm he's traveling back home now but he did say they had his medical on hand. We booked Medical and Embassy 2 weeks apart. They asked him; if he had worked in the US before, if he had been arrested, when he plans to fly out, if he had been married/divorced before. He said that he barely needed any of the paperwork that he brought. They also gave him his x-ray back(?) is that normal? anyways I'll have more details once he gets home and post a consulate review. 

My fiance was told he was approved today at his interview!! I don't have much information atm he's traveling back home now but he did say they had his medical on hand. We booked Medical and Embassy 2 weeks apart. They asked him; if he had worked in the US before, if he had been arrested, when he plans to fly out, if he had been married/divorced before. He said that he barely needed any of the paperwork that he brought. They also gave him his x-ray back(?) is that normal? anyways I'll have more details once he gets home and post a consulate review. 

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 always nice to hear someone is approved

Your case really isn't that bad. You actually have case updates and you've seen your status change multiple times over the last week or so. Even though the embassy emailed us last week and told us our visa was issued (we wanted to tell them the new US address since I moved.. trying to be proactive and honest). They said the visa was issued, don't worry about it. Still says AP no updated even when responding to us since Nov 19th. 😪

Thanks guys!   Just checked again and it's updated to today's date 23rd January and still status is still ready. so I presume someone's touched it today but it's not complete? 
 
 
 
I'm confident it will come in time.  I've booked a flight for the 15th February and my wedding is on the 22nd of February. SO EXCITED! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
 

Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉 always nice to hear someone is approved

Hey Everyone.
 
I would just like to thank everyone who has helped me and my fiancé through this process. 
 
I had my interview on the 18th Jan 2019. The interviews went straight forward and the woman interviewing congratulated me and approved the Visa. It's kind of a blur as I was very excited but I believe she said I will receive my visa in the next 7- 10 working days. 
 
I wasn't handed any kind of slips or anything.  
 
I have just checked both the site where you book the interview and the page CEAC. 
 
The interview status says: appointment 
And the CEAC says: Ready (last updated on the 18th Jan) 
 
I'm not worried or anything but I'm just wondering if I should be expecting for this to change to issued?  And if so how long will it take. 
 
 
Thanks for all the help once again everyone. ♥️
 

 
 
 
 
 

Here is a more updated archive: https://2009-2017.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2015/12/250747.htm 

The process is well explained. I have read similar explanations before. There was a big bottleneck at FBI once upon a time that they did streamline a bit. The timelines are probably different now and of course the technology,  but the security check explanation still applies. I have posted recently in this forum a couple of times about it. 

Thanks for sharing. Excellent article. It should be mandatory reading for anyone applying for a visa.