madhatter204

OK I think I need to go to an Enrolment Center/EoA, but the EoA was closed when I arrived in Logan at 11pm. That kind of explains it, and I think the CBP agent was misinformed. Helpful thread here if anyone comes across this issue.

Thanks for your reply! The Boston Terminal E Arrivals area is an enrolment center (where I originally got GE as I entered on a previous tourist trip). I guess that's why I'm confused that he would say it was fine since there's that dual role! I'll try giving them a call though.

Hi all, I have Global Entry on my UK passport. Became a US permanent resident and got my GC in March. Went on a short international holiday & came back through Boston earlier this month. Asked the staff member next to the GE line if I could use it with a new GC, when it was tied to my UK passport. He, as I suspected, said no, so I lined up in the (long!) citizen/resident line. When it was my turn I asked the agent to tie my GE to my GC and he was confused and said I could have just gone through the GE line -- I tried to explain about it possibly recording a wrong entry type etc but he was insistent that I could just use GE - "if you have GE, you have it" was his direct quote. Was he correct? I'm reading that you scan your GC at the GE kiosk, so I feel like he was incorrect but I didn't know the right terminology/argument at the time to get him to do it. Or have things changed? Can I just use the GE line next time and get them to sort it out? Thanks!

I am shortly moving over to the US on a CR1 visa. My UK company has an office in the US. They are putting me on a US contract for tax & benefit purposes - to start immediately after I move - but I will continue to work remotely for the UK office as a secondee. My salary will be paid in USD by the US office but they will charge it back to my UK team. The two offices are part of the same organisation but different legal entities. Do I need to fill out a P85? My HR team said "most probably" but wanted to see if anyone had any experience with this.

It seems explicitly because of the strikes - this was the advisory email but she didn't post a pic of the cancellation email.

Not to alarm anyone, but someone in the FB group I'm in - for UK applicants of US spousal visas - had their CR1 interview cancelled in November due to tube and train strikes. Her interview was on 10th Nov and she received an email on 4th Nov advising her to re-schedule (just advisory), and then she received another email on 7th Nov officially cancelling, so it was quite short notice. She was able to re-arrange it for 14th Nov (this was based on embassy availability). The group is this one if you want to join and see the post. To your point, though, can't see cancellations for other strike days so it may depend on the severity of the strike and they could still call the strike off completely.

I believe that in order to reschedule you need to let your original interview date lapse (i.e. don't go) and then you will be able to reschedule it on a selected date. https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/LND-London.html Interview Guidelines Rescheduling or cancelling your interview If you are unable to attend your appointment, please go to ais.usvisa-info.com/en-gb/iv to select a new appointment date after the date of your NVC scheduled interview has passed. There may be a significant wait before the next available appointment, so please attempt to attend the date already assigned.

Sure! It's called US Spousal Visa - UK Applicants

Ooh thanks for this - why would they not just update their confirmation email?! They were more than happy to update the price on it! Can strongly relate to stress spot on face - I've got an absolutely massive zit on my NVC pic haha

In the email that Visa Medicals sends to confirm your booking they specify that you need to bring for the medical 4 X Recent Identical Passport style photos - UK or US size (we accept UK or US sized photographs) But yes US size is required for the interview so you may as well just get all US size, taken at the same time (provided they'll be less than 6 months old at interview) Also just FYI to confirm to others what @Icedgem says, that same email says you need to bring A Letter/Email from the embassy/NVC to confirm your case number and visa category So you are fine to not have an IL as long as you have your case number from NVC.

Does the US side of the business not have clear salary grading/bands or have any precedent? I'm in a similar situation where I will continue to work for my company when I move on my CR1 - I'll be hired out of our US office & seconded to our London office. I had to send US HR my job description and CV so they could grade my role according to their internal system. It's resulting in an increase because the salary scales are higher than in the UK but it's the company's own calculations.

I hope it's w/c 20th Feb and not earlier as I'm back from holiday on the 20th haha ahhh. Will do re: medical! when I rang to book she was totally fine with me not having the IL yet but it may be different at the clinic.

This is my spreadsheet btw, with names removed. The shortest IL to interview I've seen recently here and on FB is 21 days for that 12 Jan cohort. I'm going to keep my medical on that day as I'm going on holiday the following day and I am hoping my interview date will be for after I get back! I want to avoid the risk of not being here to have my medical with enough clearance. DQ IL Interview DQ to IL IL to interview DQ to Interview 11-May 17-May 27-Jun 6 41 47 14-Jun 27-Jun 26-Aug 13 60 73 21-Jun 2-Aug 21-Sep 42 50 92 22-Jun 2-Aug 21-Sep 41 50 91 23-Jun 2-Aug 20-Sep 40 49 89 27-Jun 2-Aug 20-Sep 36 49 85 12-Jul 2-Aug 22-Sep 21 51 72 22-Jul 2-Aug 22-Sep 11 51 62 25-Jul 2-Aug 6-Sep 8 35 43 29-Jul 1-Sep 5-Oct 34 34 68 12-Aug 1-Sep 20-Oct 20 49 69 16-Aug 1-Sep 21-Oct 16 50 66 26-Aug 30-Sep 1-Nov 35 32 67 26-Aug 30-Sep 1-Nov 35 32 67 29-Aug 30-Sep 1-Nov 32 32 64 29-Aug 30-Sep 1-Nov 32 32 64 29 Aug 30-Sep 7 Nov 32 38 70 2-Sep 30-Sep 8-Nov 28 39 67 3-Sep 30-Sep 8-Nov 27 39 66 9-Sep 30-Sep 9-Nov 21 40 61 12-Sep 30-Sep 10-Nov 18 41 59 16-Sep 30-Sep 15-Nov 14 46 60 19-Sep 30-Sep 16-Nov 11 47 58 20-Sep 30-Sep 13-Nov 10 44 54 21-Sep 30-Sep 16-Nov 9 47 56 27-Sep 30-Sep 22 Nov 3 53 56 14-Oct 31-Oct 6-Dec 17 36 53 22-Oct 31-Oct 7-Dec 9 37 46 26-Oct 31-Oct 15-Dec 5 45 50 28-Oct 30-Nov 9-Jan 33 40 73 1-Nov 30-Nov 10-Jan 29 41 70 1-Nov 30-Nov 10-Jan 29 41 70 7-Nov 30-Nov 11-Jan 23 42 65 7-Nov 30-Nov 11-Jan 23 42 65 7-Nov 30-Nov 11-Jan 23 42 65 14-Nov 30-Nov 11-Jan 16 42 58 15-Nov 30-Nov 11-Jan 15 42 57 16-Nov 30-Nov 12-Jan 14 43 57 17-Nov 30 Nov 12-Jan 13 43 56 22-Nov 30-Nov 13-Jan 8 44 52 29-Nov 9-Dec 24-Jan 10 46 56 2-Dec 9-Dec 24-Jan 7 46 53 2-Dec 9-Dec 24-Jan 7 46 53 5-Dec 19-Dec 27-Jan 14 39 53 5 Dec 9-Dec 25-Jan 4 47 51 7-Dec 19-Dec 25-Jan 12 37 49 8-Dec 19-Dec 25-Jan 11 37 48 15-Dec 12-Jan 2-Feb 28 21 49 21-Dec 12-Jan 6-Feb 22 25 47 21-Dec 12-Jan 7-Feb 22 26 48 28-Dec 12-Jan 8 Feb 15 27 42 29-Dec 12-Jan 8-Feb 14 27 41 30-Dec 12-Jan 9-Feb 13 28 41 30-Dec 12-Jan 9-Feb 13 28 41 10-Jan 10-Jan 13-Jan

Hard to say what the pattern is at the moment. They sent recent interview letters on 2 Aug, 1 Sep, 30 Sep, 31 Oct, 30 Nov, 9 Dec, 19 Dec, 12 Jan. So maybe they're reverting back to once a month, mid-month, or we might hear end of this month. I'm waiting for my letter too. Medical's booked for next Friday.

Just got DQed 🎉 12 Dec resubmission after RFE! (Original submission 1 Nov)