JonoB

1 hour ago, hope00012 said:

Hi,

 

My brother has the same issue where he submitted his 2018 transcript and i864 based on the 2018 and below returns because he had not filed his 2019 taxes at that time. He was also told that his income does not meet the guidelines but it does. He now has his 2019 tax information. Did your brother upload the updated transcript in the ceac website (did he even have a place to upload it) or did you take it at the interview? I'm worried that uploading something new will push back his dates.

Hi hope00012. From what I remember, he uploaded his 2018 tax return to the CEAC site, but he also mailed me a copy of it so I had it for the interview as well. I think he uploaded it to the same area as all his other supporting documents. 

2 hours ago, roald6212 said:

Did they tell you to look for a co-sponsor to qualify? 

Yes. Basically because my brother hadn’t uploaded his 2018 tax return. When he did, this was sufficient for them and the status changed to ‘accepted’. Our visas were approved last Friday. 😁

Visas approved at interview today! 😀

Hi everyone,

I checked the Visa Bulletin today and saw that the F4 priority date has regressed to 1/7/2006 (ours is 14/8/2006) and is therefore no longer current. Our visa interview is scheduled for this coming Friday. Has anybody been in this position whilst waiting for their interview? I’m guessing the interview will still go ahead but that they will hold our visas in abeyance until our priority date becomes current again?

Just when you think you’re finally there...!!!

Thanks

The photo booth in our local Tesco store does US and UK-size photos, plus others.

Funnily enough, when I spoke with the clinic a few days ago they said I didn’t need to take any photos with me as they will take pictures of me at the medical. This was also confirmed in a follow-up email. That may be specific to my case, though, for some reason.

Thanks for your advice, Wuozopo!

Hi, everyone. And merry Christmas!

Well, after waiting more than 13 years, my wife and I are finally at the stage where we have our embassy interview lined up on Friday January 24. Just the medical to arrange.

Those of you who went through the medical, how many days’ gap did you leave between the medical and your interview? I’ve read 5 days mentioned for the medical results to get to the embassy? So I was thinking of arranging it for one of the days during the week prior to the week of the 24th.

Also, I’ve seen reference to needing a GP’S letter for ‘significant medical conditions’. I take statins for high cholesterol, and my wife has endometriosis but isn’t on medication. Again, has anyone had to provide a letter for these kind of things, or do you think they mean more serious conditions, such as cancer and TB?

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

20 hours ago, portorusa said:

Why? Another doc wrong side up?

No, all documents are now showing as accepted. They said my sponsor doesn’t meet the minimum poverty guideline amount.

Thank you Wuozopo. That is reassuring to hear.

My brother is single.

Heard from NVC today after five weeks. It wasn’t good news. 😕

Hi all,

I’ve received a message from the NVC saying my sponsor’s (my brother) income doesn’t meet the minimum poverty guidelines and that ‘a consular officer will make a decision regarding this requirement at the time of interview’. His three years of tax returns he submitted all showed income in excess of the minimum required. He’s also about to submit his 2018 tax return, which he didn’t have when he filed the I-864 form, which also shows income comfortably above the minimum required. Is the last three years of tax returns all they base this on? Or does he need to submit anything else, such as evidence of what he is actually earning at the moment? (not so easy as he’s self-employed and his income fluctuates). I did read this is a fairly standard message, or am I wrong?

Any help appreciated,

Jonathan

Why not have the best of both worlds and combine the two and have your Friday Night Dinner at Ye Old King’s Head! Eaten there many times on our travels, although I can’t remember if I’ve had the fish and chips or not. Food has varied from average to good, but we always visit anyway for our little ‘British fix’. Hope to visit there as a resident, and not a traveller, one day soon!

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Thanks all. It’s reassuring, yet also sad, to hear others have had similar experiences. And disconcerting that NVC may not be reviewing a case because it hadn’t been marked for review. You can literally be sitting there forever assuming they are reviewing it, when they may not be, all because of incompetency at their end!

I also know there was nothing wrong with the documents I submitted: all were done in exactly the same way and not ‘the wrong way up’.

Guess it’s just a waiting game!

Thanks again

Hi all,

NVC have approved the majority of the supporting documents (passport page, head shots, birth certs, etc) I submitted for mine and my wife’s F4 case, but they asked me to resubmit some which they said we’re the wrong way up. I did this straight away. That was almost three weeks ago, I’ve had no contact from them since, and our CEAC Civil Documents statuses still show as ‘Submitted’. Does anyone know how long it normally takes to hear something from NVC if you’ve had to resubmit documents?

Many thanks

I’ve had the same issue. I kept refreshing the message and eventually the words in the grey box did appear. Sorry, that’s all I can suggest!

Thanks again for all your replies. Super helpful!

A couple of other things...

Where is the medical held? I keep seeing references to ‘Knightsbridge’ in threads. Is this Knightsbridge Doctors in Basil Street, Knightsbridge? I’ve also seen Bentinck Street in Marylebone mentioned, which when I google it comes back as Visa Medicals, whose website also mentions Knightsbridge Doctors? Confused!

And is a Summary Care Record good enough, or do they need my GP records which includes previous illnesses and test results etc.

Again, many thanks!

🙂

8 hours ago, fip & jim said:

Are you sure you haven't had the pertussis vaccine? It would have been in the the diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis (DTP/DTwP, DTaP and Tdap) vaccine given at 2,3 and 4 months old. Diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tuberculosis and polio were all provided to children by 1956. https://peopleshistorynhs.org/encyclopaedia/childhood-vaccination-and-the-nhs/ 

 

You don't need varicella as you're from the UK.

 

After the second shot of MMR you'll be ready to be signed off at the medical. 

 

Congratulations! That's a long immigration timeline. 

 

 

As you say, I probably had the pertussis vaccine as a child, but my NHS records only go back to 1996.

Thanks for all your replies, guys!

I should add that I am 51 years old and my wife is 47.

Hi everyone,

This has been a long journey for my wife and I (we applied back in 2006) and I wish I’d come across this forum before now, as it’s given me so much information these last few days. We are emigrating on an F4 visa and are in the process of finishing submitting our pre-processing documents online before we have our medical and interview in London.

I’m sure other questions will follow, but regarding vaccinations for the medical... we got some done at our GP surgery this week - MMR, Hepatitis A (which I now realise isn’t necessary. Thanks, forums! 😊) and Diphtheria, Polio and Tetanus. From reading other threads, am I right in thinking these are all we need? We’ve both had Chickenpox, so that should be the Varicella taken care of. It’s not flu season. And we’ll be having our second MMR in a month or so. Am I right in thinking that only leaves the Pertussis, which I’ve read on here they may let slide?

Thirteen years is a long time to wait for something, and we are so excited that it may finally be happening!

Any advice from anyone who’s gone through the vaccinations before is massively appreciated.

All the best,

JonoB