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My passport was finally returned yesterday, a week and a half from the approval. Now my flight is booked, a new job contract signed and we’re finally ready for the next chapter of our lives. I wish you all best of luck in your respective cases

Excellent resource that link. Thanks then I should be ok, I must have misread the email. Many thanks for the quick replies 👍

We have gotten our official approval today! Now we wait for the passport to be returned.
 
In case anyone wants to know a recent timeline of the medical results: my husband had his appointment completed on Aug. 20th at the Gothenburg location. The doctor originally assured him that the results would arrive on time for our interview on the 28th, but it was delayed. There is currently a backlog for the radiologist who reads the chest x-ray results, so he/she was unable to get to it until the 28th. The clinic sent the final results on Monday, and the embassy received them this morning. The embassy emailed us to let us know and ask for another copy of the waybill (they said they never received it, but they took it from my husband? Lol). Within 3-ish hours, everything was finished and the visa was issued.

My passport was finally returned yesterday, a week and a half from the approval. Now my flight is booked, a new job contract signed and we’re finally ready for the next chapter of our lives. I wish you all best of luck in your respective cases

My passport was finally returned yesterday, a week and a half from the approval. Now my flight is booked, a new job contract signed and we’re finally ready for the next chapter of our lives. I wish you all best of luck in your respective cases

Congratulations!!!

My passport was finally returned yesterday, a week and a half from the approval. Now my flight is booked, a new job contract signed and we’re finally ready for the next chapter of our lives. I wish you all best of luck in your respective cases

The embassy finally approved us after resolving the technical issue regarding my medical results! Now we’ll have to wait up to two weeks for the passport to arrive

The embassy finally approved us after resolving the technical issue regarding my medical results! Now we’ll have to wait up to two weeks for the passport to arrive

The embassy finally approved us after resolving the technical issue regarding my medical results! Now we’ll have to wait up to two weeks for the passport to arrive

Hi guys! 
 
I just came across this group a few days ago and figured I would share my experience. 
 
I had my visa interview in Stockholm on the 24th of July. The interview process was quite quick and easy, but I was asked to send some additional documents. That part took a while, but I was told that my visa is approved on the 13th of August. I agree with the comments that the receptionist ( the lady) was quite rude and difficult to deal with, but the man that conducted the interview was super nice and easy going. I am currently waiting for my passport to reach Oslo.. it is taking a while.. anyone know how long that could take? I mean Stockholm is just 6 hours away from Oslo 😬😂 The whole process has been draining and I can’t wait to finally move to California  I am happy to answer any questions.
 
 

The embassy finally approved us after resolving the technical issue regarding my medical results! Now we’ll have to wait up to two weeks for the passport to arrive

The embassy finally approved us after resolving the technical issue regarding my medical results! Now we’ll have to wait up to two weeks for the passport to arrive

They did neither look nor collect anything beside my original birth certificate, our original marriage certificate, my police certificate and the evidence I brought. The officer (training the new officer) mentioned that they didn't need anything else, as it already had been uploaded and verified in CEAC.
I had brought the copies of everything listed, but it seems a lot of it was in vein.

Thank you so much! It's a big relief to have this part of the process completed.

Yeah, I emailed the embassy after the interview and they told me they're working on the technical issue concerning the results of the submitted medical examination. Hopefully it will be fixed before Friday!
 
Inside the immigrant visa section of the embassy, window 7 (as mentioned in the appointment notice) is where the document check is performed. They asked for my original birth certificate, our original marriage certificate and my police certificate, in addition to my passport. Finally, they asked when we last saw each other and to provide evidence of ongoing relationship. I had brought flight tickets, a copy of our new lease (with both of our names on it), lots of photos and call logs/messages. The officer took the lease, some pictures and the call logs/message screenshots that I had printed from my phone. All of these were returned, except for the passport, after the actual interview. Everyone was very kind and welcoming for the whole process.
 
Best of luck to your husband on Friday!

I had my interview this morning at the embassy in Stockholm.
I arrived around 30 minutes before and was let in with no problem. In the immigrant visa area, only two other people were waiting for document check. The interview itself was very short, maybe 5-10 minutes. The consular office asked me some basic information about when and how we met, where we got married, what I'm doing for work and what I'm planning on doing for work in the US. I was outside again after about 1h 30m from arrival.
 
Since the results of my medical examination has not arrived yet, they could not approve me for the CR-1 visa until they showed up. It appears there's some technical difficulties with the receiving the results, as my physician's office confirmed last week that everything had been submitted on their end. This was also mentioned by the officer who took my documents before the interview.

Yeah, I did the same. Especially since interview appointments are given with 3 week notice it seems. I interpreted that as “don’t commit to anything yet” and so far I’ve only started a few processes that can be stopped again, if needed. Selling my Copenhagen co-op is a 10-week affair in either case, so I might have to finalize the sale from the US even though I started a little early

Oh me too. I know it says on the website your not suppose to sell stuff or do anything drastic until interview but we've already started selling and getting rid of stuff to make it less stressful later on and so we can move as soon as I pack everything up  

Things will definitely be interesting in the US in the coming months. It’s not holding us back though, as we’ve been long distance since 2017. I’ve already started the process of selling my apartment and looking for a job, so I’m calculating with being fully relocated by the end of September, assuming the technical issue regarding the medical examination doesn’t prolong the issuing of the visa too much

OMG thank you so much for replying to me I've been wondering this question for so long. Thanks you again  
 
Just curious when do you think yall will be moving to the US? My sister thinks things will get bad by November but I don't know I tell her we will move as fast as we can ship everything and will not delay at all lol.

That's great and makes me hopeful. Thank you so very much for telling me this it made me even more excitement. I hope they are able to do 4 each interview day and then hopefully they will get the backlogged cleared and get up to date. Congratulations again on your approval 😃. 

Not at all, I didn’t even bring a copy of my wife’s birth certificate as it wasn’t mentioned in the interview checklist nor in the appointment notice.
 
The officer was training a new officer so she was explaining a lot of things, and as I gathered it, the interview appointment is only concerned with the beneficiary’s paperwork and not the petitioner, as their documents might be in the US for good reasons. 

Thank you so much! It's a big relief to have this part of the process completed.

Yeah, I emailed the embassy after the interview and they told me they're working on the technical issue concerning the results of the submitted medical examination. Hopefully it will be fixed before Friday!
 
Inside the immigrant visa section of the embassy, window 7 (as mentioned in the appointment notice) is where the document check is performed. They asked for my original birth certificate, our original marriage certificate and my police certificate, in addition to my passport. Finally, they asked when we last saw each other and to provide evidence of ongoing relationship. I had brought flight tickets, a copy of our new lease (with both of our names on it), lots of photos and call logs/messages. The officer took the lease, some pictures and the call logs/message screenshots that I had printed from my phone. All of these were returned, except for the passport, after the actual interview. Everyone was very kind and welcoming for the whole process.
 
Best of luck to your husband on Friday!

Thank you!

A 3rd person arrived after I had completed my document check. When I arrived at the embassy for the security screening, I noticed they checked my name on a list containing 3 other names and times. So it's possible they're only doing 4 each day

Congratulations this is wonderful I'm so happy for you both and thank you so very much for keeping us updated and giving us information about how everything goes to see if they change anything from week to week. That is sad the medical hasn't arrived yet but from what i've seen around here that's pretty normal lately. Just so excited for you  
 
You said there were 2 other people in the visa interview section? Do you think that means they are interviewing 2 to 3 applicants at a time on Tuesdays and Fridays?