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    K1 Interview Experience

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    1 hour ago, O-J said:

    Thank you 😁 I didn’t actually take a bag in. Just an expandable folder with the documents. You’re allowed a laptop sized bag though so he will be fine with that.

     

    May 12th I’m outta here 💃🏻 Handed my work notice in today too so last month of work!

    Thank you!! And yayyyy!!! That is SO exciting!!!!

    K1 Interview Experience

    in United Kingdom

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    Yayyyyy @O-J!!! Sooo happy for you! :)

     

    Can I ask you a quick question?  What kind of bag did you bring in to the embassy?  My fiance has his interview tomorrow and hes wondering if his laptop bag is acceptable to bring in?

     

    Thanks so much and CONGRATULATIONS!!! When do you fly out?

    Keeping in touch!

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    12 minutes ago, Zoeeeeeee said:

    Just added you - I feel like we’re all going through a massive journey in this process together, so I definitely want to know how everyone’s lives turn out 😍

    Me too!! ☺️☺️ I’d love to keep updated on your epic road trip too!! ☺️

    Flights

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    4 hours ago, Zoeeeeeee said:

    Absolutely - just wish we had a bit more time to explore the places too 🙃.

     

    Our plan is to get up early and take my dog for a 30 minute walk...then drive for around 4 hours and stop for lunch and another 30 minute walk (I have a cool-bag backpack that we’re going to fill with Tofurkey, hummus, carrot sticks etc - we’ll also fill up the boot with bread, crisps, trail mix, water etc - so we can just make lunch and not need to find somewhere, as we’ll have my dog with us, which makes finding somewhere to eat a little more difficult)...we’ll then swap drivers and continue to our resting point for the night - another short walk with Gunner, before going to a restaurant, wolfing food (we’ll likely need leave Gunner at the hotel whilst we eat)...then hopefully finding a dog friendly pub!

     

    The daily drive will be 6-8 hours - and we’ll stop at my uncle’s in Cincinnati on one night and my friend’s in Phoenix on another night 🙃.

    Wow that sounds so amazing!!! :) I'd love to take a road trip like that someday!  I've barely left the East Coast!

    Flights

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    3 hours ago, Zoeeeeeee said:

    We decided to go southern, rather than northern, as whilst it takes a little longer, it should be less icy 🙃.

    This looks like an amazing trip!! I'm sure it will be long but wow what a memory for you both!! :) You'll have seen more of the US than most of us in your first week moving here 😅

    Detailed Medical Experience at Knightsbridge

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    Yeah, I meant to mention that water should be brought with you to make sure you've enough fluid in you to half-fill the urine cup! It's really nowhere near as bad as I was anticipating. I had more reason to be anxious about weather interfering with the travel, but it was fortunately clear yesterday.

    Bunch of Merseysiders in the US... it's the sixties all over again! I'm going to Boston and I have to say that it seems like Americans are more into The Beatles these days than even we are. Do you get the constant Beatles talk where you've been? Spain was the same, but I wonder if Luxembourg is too. Might just be the rest of the world.

    Flights

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    Just now, LukeU said:

    It's not a big wedding as such, dress and suit and all of that. It's in Vegas (but not a courthouse or anything like that) at a smaller venue, around 10-15 of our friends/family are flying in to attend it. We already know years down the line we'll end up renewing our vowes back in England :D

     

    It most definitely is, but Vegas offers so many prebuilt packages it's amazing 

    Oh that's awesome :) Vegas will be so fun and waaarm! So happy for you guys!

    Flights

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    3 minutes ago, LukeU said:

    When you think most couples book their wedding a year or plus in advance. So in this scale, we're above average ;) 

     

    Yeah I'm not fancying an internal transfer after my POE, I want to come through and jump in our car to drive home. No rentals or any of that stuff! 

    Are you planning on having a big wedding?  We want to do the big traditional wedding in a year or so and go to a courthouse for now.  Starting to wedding plan whilst finishing up the visa process is a bit stressful though 😅

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    Detailed Medical Experience at Knightsbridge

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    Hey guys, I have just been to the medical at Knightsbridge and figure it'd be helpful to leave a detailed account of my experience. I tend to suffer with social anxiety, so I'm going to go into specific detail for anyone else who wants that level of detail before they go. For me, I tend to handle situations a lot better if I have a clear mental picture before heading in to it.

     

    So let's start with getting there. I went by train from the Midlands. I've been in Merseyside for the last few months, but you can save a huge amount by getting a train from somewhere like Stafford or Birmingham. Fortunately, that's where my mum lives, so I could travel from there and save more than a hundred pounds. I also checked "split" the tickets to get them even cheaper. The medical is expensive enough, cut the cost on travel wherever you can.

     

    The clinic is about twenty minutes' walk from London Euston, more or less. If the weather is nice, walk it. The tube only takes you half way anyway. Don't waste the money. Besides, if you're from up north, it's a nice opportunity to see some London architecture on the way to the clinic. Google Maps is going to tell you you need to make a number of turns. Don't wait to get to the corner of your turn to cross the road! Some of the roads are not pedestrian friendly near Euston. Cross whenever you can to get on the side of the road you're turning. Ignore the numbers on the buildings when you get on to Bentinck. Get to the pub and look opposite. The email confirmation they sent you has a photo that you can confirm with.

     

    You need to press a buzzer but there's no awkward chatter, they just press a button inside and the door unlocks. You're not going upstairs, the clinic is ground floor and immediately on your right through the big doors. I was about twenty minutes early, so the receptionist told me to sit down in the waiting room. You don't get the piss cup or give in any paperwork until the exact time of your appointment. So, get a little disposable cup of water and relax. My appointment was mid-afternoon and there was basically no one else there but me. Fairly relaxed and quick processing.

     

    When your watch says it's appointment time, go back to the reception and hand in your paperwork. The list they give you in the email is all you need to go by. Now, I actually lived in Spain for a while and I was confused about all of the criminal record stuff. If you lived abroad, you need a criminal record check for the interview but not the medical. The clinic doesn't even need originals of anything except for your passport. Photocopy everything before you get here. Keep originals for the interview and life after in the US. Don't worry if you give them the four passport photos and you haven't cut them down to individuals yet, they can do that for you. They'll check you've brought everything and then glue each of your pictures to paperwork of their own. You have to check they have your name and DOB right on the stickers they're going to use for all your fluids (blood and the urine you provide). Then, they give you another checklist questionnaire and the piss cup. Bathroom's right behind you and it's more like in your house than a public one with urinals. You can do these whenever. The questionnaire is just a longer version of the one you've done already. Lots of specific medical issues for you to say you do or don't have. Might need to Google some of these. If there's any you're not sure about (there are a couple that are weirdly worded, as if to ask if you've ever had an alcoholic drink) you can leave them blank and ask the nurse/doctor when you get your blood taken, so don't stress about it now. When you've pissed in the cup and filled in the questionnaire, give them back in reception and chill in the waiting room again.

     

    When it's time, someone will come and call your name. Seems like it can be in any order that the do the x-ray and blood, but they'll take turns summoning you. I did blood first, so I was taken into a room just like at your GP (typical doctor's office). You answer some basic questions, as if you're doing the questionnaire again, and sign some paperwork. They measure and weigh you before asking you to lie on a bed. Socks off and sleeve up. Blood pressure and then they take blood. Drink lots of water before you come to make this bit easier. After blood, you will need to lift your shirt up or take it off so your heart and lungs can be tested. The test comes down to just a stethoscope and deep breaths. After that, you find out why your socks are off... they're going poke your feet a bit and maybe tickle them. Well, she didn't intentionally tickle my feet, but I'm really ticklish, so that's all it seemed like to me. It's actually your reflexes and your pulse in your feet. After that, it's socks back on and you're all done. Back to the waiting room.

     

    Next time your name is called (if you also do blood first), it's for the x-ray. Shirt off, chest against a big apparatus while you do the funky chicken pose and the picture is taken. Pretty quick and straightforward. Once you're dressed and back in the waiting room, you're done. You only need to hear your name one last time.

     

    Finally, you're summoned back to reception. You get your passport back, a sheet of paper with your vaccination documentation cleared for the US Department of State and a separate sheet of FAQs. Both of these are just for you. The DoS one will be handy for Adjustment of Status once you're in the US and married. There's a separate copy sent ahead of you for the interview, so you don't need to bring yours.

     

    Then you pay. If you brought all of the right paperwork with you and you've had all the vaccinations you needed, that's it. I can't speak for when something is missing, but that's the whole process. Took me less than an hour. Everyone was quite nice and they try to make it less scary for you. Once you're done, there's only one hurdle left.

     

    It's not as bad as you might think, if you're anxious like I am.

    Police Certificate for Medical and Interview

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    Hi everyone!  My fiance has his medical and Knightsbridge today.  He's currently on the train there and we just want to make sure he's well prepared to ease some nerves :)  Our biggest question is... Can you use the Police Certificate for both the Interview and the Medical?  He has an original and a copy with him but he knows he needs the original for the Interview as well... So, they don't keep the original, right?  I think I've read that they just make a copy of your things and hand everything back but just want some extra verification on that :)  Thanks everyone!  And I'll update this later with his experience to help others who may have questions!

    FEBRUARY 2019 K-1 NOA2 ----> NVC

    in K-1 Fiance(e) Visa Case Filing and Progress Reports

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    6 minutes ago, Qwerty87 said:

    Great thank you! I've booked it for the 5th of April. Did I see somewhere that we have to update our email addresses to get sent the email? I don't think I've listed mine for anything NVC related so not sure how to get email updates? Is your medical soon?

    I did update my email by asking them a question here: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/ask-nvc.html .  I basically just asked for my case number.  They did get back to me with the case number after about a week and then I also got an email once it shipped out.  I also wrote in the comments my fiances email addressed and asked that he be notified too but he never got anything from them lol.  But I would email them at least with yours and you can always forward things to each other.  My fiances medical is a week from today! :) And interview on April 2!

    FEBRUARY 2019 K-1 NOA2 ----> NVC

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    14 minutes ago, Qwerty87 said:

    Hey, yeah I did! my fiancé rang the office on Friday and we got given the case number, no official email though. Are you waiting for yours still? 

     

    9 minutes ago, celie&joseph said:

    That's awesome! So you should definitely be looking at leaving NVC on the 19th and arriving at the embassy 22-25 on Ready Status.. I hope that helps concerning your medical! @MaryDave1992 might have some info to share on what the next steps are :)

     

    For us, we have our interview next Tuesday! Waiting impatiently for that lol

    Yeah, yours should send out next Tuesday!  When is your medical?  Ours shipped out last week and we got the email saying it shipped that day!  So your email should come next Tuesday!  And our status just changed to "ready" today, so 6 days after it changed to "in Transit".

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