Caresse33

The US consulates in the UK are only doing emergency B-2 appointments: https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/wait-times.html Also there is the indefinite COVID travel ban for those recently in the UK (unless exempt):
https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2021/01/28/2021-02024/suspension-of-entry-as-immigrants-and-nonimmigrants-of-certain-additional-persons-who-pose-a-risk-of https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/visa-information-resources/covid-19-travel-restrictions-and-exceptions.html

My 14 year old son had his interview on Monday and it went well. He was only ask 1 question ‘Where do your parents live? He was approved and was told to wait for the collection email to get his passport at DX. However DX has sent an email stating they will close their facilities and the passport will be delivered instead. So we had to register for delivery , he should receive his passport tomorrow. We are super excited! I am sorry to hear about everyone else having their interviews rescheduled. I am bit nervous having him flight during this time he has to test 72 hours before his flight. 

My 14 year old son had his interview on Monday and it went well. He was only ask 1 question ‘Where do your parents live? He was approved and was told to wait for the collection email to get his passport at DX. However DX has sent an email stating they will close their facilities and the passport will be delivered instead. So we had to register for delivery , he should receive his passport tomorrow. We are super excited! I am sorry to hear about everyone else having their interviews rescheduled. I am bit nervous having him flight during this time he has to test 72 hours before his flight. 

Congrats everyone!!! So amazing to see these come through! I quickly summarised everyone's dates here - looks like if you were DQ'd late Oct (like my husband!) you'll be getting an early Feb appt
 
DQ Email Interview 17-Aug 15-Dec 4-Jan 18-Aug 15-Dec 4-Jan 20-Aug 15-Dec 5-Jan 4-Sept 15-Dec 12-Jan 9-Sept 15-Dec 13-Jan 21-Sept 15-Dec 21-Jan 22-Sept 15-Dec 21-Jan 2-Oct 15-Dec 26-Jan 2-Oct 15-Dec 26-Jan

Never mind I just got the email his interview is on 4th January 2020 and he was DQ on 17th August 2020. Interview date received 15th December 

Never mind I just got the email his interview is on 4th January 2020 and he was DQ on 17th August 2020. Interview date received 15th December 

Never mind I just got the email his interview is on 4th January 2020 and he was DQ on 17th August 2020. Interview date received 15th December 

Yay congrats to everyone who got their dates today!!
 
I finally managed to have a full FaceTime conversation with my husband, between a hectic day for me at work and him traveling back from London. He told me a little bit about the interview process and I wanted to share that here.
 
He was at the embassy for a total of 40 minutes. He arrived 30 minutes early and waited for a while. There were two stages, first was biometrics. The woman taking his biometrics asked when he was planning to travel to the states, and he said hopefully before Christmas. She said visa processing is taking about three days after approval.
 
The second stage was the actual “interview” but it was more like a conversation. The woman asked three questions:
 
How did you meet your wife?
Why did you decide to propose?
How and where did you propose?
 
Apparently it was all very easy and casual, and she approved him after about three minutes! She told him to expect the visa in 1-2 weeks, but I think that they are just required to say that - it clearly hasn’t been taking that long lately.
 
All in all a pretty easy experience (except for the 18 months of waiting of course lol). The only documents he was asked for were passport, courier letter, and embassy appointment letter. It still doesn’t feel real that he could be here by Christmas! 
 
Congrats again to those who got interviews today! And I will be thinking good thoughts for those waiting to hear in January 🤞🏻

Just got ours DQ September 4th 
interview January 12th 

Celebrating with everyone here!
DQ October 2
Interview January 26 🥰🥰🥰

Never mind I just got the email his interview is on 4th January 2020 and he was DQ on 17th August 2020. Interview date received 15th December 

Never mind I just got the email his interview is on 4th January 2020 and he was DQ on 17th August 2020. Interview date received 15th December 

Never mind I just got the email his interview is on 4th January 2020 and he was DQ on 17th August 2020. Interview date received 15th December 

Looks like the next batch is up! Our DQ was August 20th, interview is at January 5th! We're so excited.

Just got my interview scheduled too! DQ'd on Sept 21st - interview on Jan 21st!!

My son was DQ on 17th August for IR2 visa, I still have not received an email. Now I am worrying since you both were after me. What’s going on? Or maybe they not processing children visa. 

Never mind I just got the email his interview is on 4th January 2020 and he was DQ on 17th August 2020. Interview date received 15th December 

Just got my appointment scheduled. Jan 13th! IR1. Email came from the embassy just before 5 pm
We were DQ on Sep 9th
Wow! 

We got our interview! The email came in at 4:02PM! Ahhhh I'm freaking out! 

DQ'd - 18th August 
Interview date received - 15th December
Interview - 4th January 

 

Hey guys,
This is a Joyous Day.... APPROVED!
July 12th - Submitted documents to NVC.
July 27th - Document Qualified.
November 13th - Email of December 14 appointment.
Checked in at Embassy 30 minutes before my 11:30 appointment time this morning and spent 40 minutes in total there. Most of the time spent waiting. Interview itself was 10 minutes.
3 questions:
Where did you meet your husband?Where does he live?
When are you hoping to go to the USA?
 
They were all super friendly and helped me feel relaxed.
After he said, "I will approve you today""
I heard nothing else he said lol!
I was just relieved the process was over!
 
This has been quite a journey but it's all worth it.
 
Good luck to everyone with your interviews and for those waiting on interview dates, hang in there.

Hi Caress33, I wouldn’t upload the custody document unless they ask for it. To be sure you can email AskNVC via your account if your application is at NVC stage. Once your file is at the Embassy you can also email them to confirm. I was able to get advise on documents quite quickly using both these email services.  Definitively your sister should carry a copy of the documents when attending the interview with your son. 

Hi, my daughters aged 15 and 16 were with me at the interview. The first officer, very friendly,  casually spoke to them chit chatting about how they were at an age to obtain a driving licence in the USA. No official questions directed at them.
 
The second officer who asked the official questions directed all the questions to me. From my understanding  they only require the children to be present. I guess this gives them an opportunity to get a sense of the relationship you have with your child. The only question relating to them was regarding custody as my daughters are from my previous marriage. However that wasn’t a problem as I was not asked for paperwork to support my answer. I did bring it though just in case. The official was satisfied with my verbal answer that their dad and I had a parental agreement in place which showed he supported the girls decision to move with me to the USA. 
 
Overall the experience was pleasant and the process swift. My daughters enjoyed the whole experience.

No need to apologize. It was accurate. It’s just that I am familiar with how many are fairly lost in this process so adding a layer of foolproofing  will help. Also there’s always those from other countries who want to chip in and their experience at another consulate may not be the norm in London. Every consulate has their own vibe for how they handle things.

Thank you I sent the report, hopefully they can change it soon. Apologies to the confusion i caused

Your thread title is going to confuse people who don’t know that much about the processes or visa names. Your question is about the children/stepchildren of IR1/CR1 visa applicants who are getting IR2/CR2  visas. A moderator can amend the title to something like:
 
London CR2/ IR2 (CHILDREN) Interview Appointment Updates LONDON
 
Go to your original post and on the right, click “Report Post”. Then you get a box to say why you reported it. Say you are requesting a title edit of your post to—
London CR2/ IR2 (CHILDREN) Interview Appointment Updates LONDON