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2 hours ago, Amanda Hunt said:

The latest DQ date I could find for the May interviews was Jan 15th. We DQ’d Feb 17th so very much hoping to get into the June batch. It unfortunately isn’t very consistent with the amount of people they invite to interviews so is hard to predict. I really hope you get into the next batch too and get your family back together 🥰 xx

I saw a Feb 2 DQ who got interview date for May12 and was scheduled April 14  You might be on the next batch! So exciting!

Hi guys, I'm leaving on 22nd of May (London>Houston) and I was thinking of doing antigen test outside of Heathrow. Will British Airways accept antigen test from other clinics?  

On 4/7/2021 at 12:11 AM, Wuozopo said:

How could you possibly have 100 pages in an Affidavit of Support? What seems to be the the bulk? If it is a copy of the latest tax return + W2 rather than transcript check the pages. Other than the 1040, each form or schedule will have the Attachment Sequence Number. Anything else like worksheets, summaries, comparisons etc are just extra stuff created by software programs. Include only the 1040 and things that have this. You won’t have every number but you should organize sequentially behind the1040.

I believe the Form I864 itself is just about 11 pages plus w2 (1 page), proof of payslips 6 months (around 10 pages) plus the tax transcript which if i remember correctly, less than 3 pages?! I forgot but that’s the gist 

On 4/5/2021 at 5:30 PM, Muso303 said:

Hi, Did everyone here who has had their interview take the full 100 pages of their i-864 affidavit of support documents with them? And were they checked?

I brought everything but the consul didn’t tax for any of my tax documents or this form! They just asked for the basic civil documents

On 3/30/2021 at 1:54 PM, twln said:

Thank you.

 

Unfortunately I can't permanently move until December and our 2 year anniversary is 27th December so ideally I'd arrive after that date in order to get a 10-year green card as opposed to the 2-year one.

 

You don't happen to know if I can delay my appointment to a certain date (within reason; say the month of September etc)?

Hi! I think you can always send an inquiry to NVC to ask them to hold your case until you're ready. You can delay your case while it's still at NVC rather than when it is already at the Embassy where it's ready to schedule  Just a thought

21 hours ago, twln said:

Hey everyone,

 

Is there any way to delay my medical and interview appointment dates? I completed the NVC stage in January assuming I would be DQ'd in April/May and have my interview scheduled for approximately September time. 

 

However, I was DQ'd 48hrs later which puts me in the April batch for interview dates; and I currently have work commitments until Christmas time. 

 

Any help is much appreciated, thanks!

What I would do is to still attend the interview, get the visa and max out the deadline (6months) validity before leaving. Let’s say you get a May or June interview, and visa is issued, the validity of the visa would be 6 months from the medical. If your medical is by June then it would be valid till December. If this is too risky, what I would do is to fly to the US sometime after the visa is issued and come back here for a while to finish my business then go back to the us for good. If this doesn’t work, you can email the nvc/embassy (depends where your case is atm) to delay your interview

Hi guys, I was just wondering. To those who recently had their interviews, did the consul ask for you to show 2020 tax transcript and w2? Will it be required to upload to ceac prior the interview?

We were DQ’d last November 2020 with 2019 tax information. 

7 hours ago, Sm4598 said:

Hi, bit of a panic here. 

 

The ACRO police certificates list “date of creation” and “date printed.” Which is the date used to calculate the beginning of the valid period for the police certificate? I know they’re only valid for 12 months, but the “creation” and “printed” dates are three months apart.

 

The first one is 2/2020 and the second is 5/2020, so ours would be valid for our 3/2021 interview only if the second date is the start of the validity.

 

Also, weirdly, the US Embassy site for the UK states that the ACRO certificate needs to be issued within the past *six months*, even though the actual visa requirements state that they’re valid for 12 months.

 

We’ve been waiting for an appointment for five months and the police certificate took three months to arrive after requested (as evidenced by the three month gap between the dates above), so how on earth could anyone’s be issued six months before their medical? 

I am pretty sure it is 12months. Basing on the US Embassy (UK) website, they quoted: 

If you have resided in the United Kingdom for 6 months or more since the age of 16, you are required to obtain a police certificate from the ACPO Criminal Records Office (ACRO).  Further information is available from their website at www.acro.police.uk.

Note: The police certificate must list all names and aliases by which you have ever been known, e.g. maiden name, alternative spellings of names used on legal documents etc. UK police certificates are valid for 12 months only.  Failure to present all necessary and valid police certificates at the time of the interview will incur significant delays to your application.  If your UK police certificate indicates “No Live Trace,”  or “Further  Information  Stepped Down” you are required to provide completedetails of the offense(s) and disposition. If you do not recall the specific details, consider obtaining a Subject Access Report so that you can provide the Consular Officer with accurate information on the day of your interview.

3 hours ago, Sm4598 said:

So what I’m reading from is this: https://uk.usembassy.gov/visas/family-immigration/medical-examination/

 

“At the time you attend the medical examination, you will be required to provide the following:

• For applicants aged 16 and over, a UK police certificate (known as an ACRO) issued within the past 6 months”

 

Could that be out of date somehow? They also ask for 4 photographs and the receptionist at the medical screening place said that they just take photographs there now and to disregard the advice to bring 4 photos. So idk. 

 

I am having my medical on the 15th of March. My ACRO was issued 2nd Oct2020. Visa Medicals sent me an email with guidelines of what to bring and this is what they said in the email re: ACRO validity: ACRO Police certificate (or a copy) dated within the last 12 months for anyone 16 years of age & over (if your ACRO police certificate is more than one page long YOU MUST advise VisaMedicals Ltd ahead of your medical as you may need additional time with the Doctor. If you fail to tell us ahead of the time you may be asked to come back to go over this at an additional fee)

11 hours ago, Charlie87 said:

Looks like Nov 18th DQ is the cut off for March interviews. Which means April Interviews should include DQ's Nov 19th - end of Dec/early Jan DQs. 

In a fb group for London based CR1 applicants I saw somebody DQed 28thNov received interview date yesterday for a 30/03/21 schedule

2 hours ago, Sm4598 said:

Anyone else seeing  “The Immigrant Visa case number provided is not ready to schedule an appointment” when they try to register on the appointment service site?

Me too! I'll try again tomorrow or on the 16th of Feb haha 

Hi, I was just wondering to those who are awaiting interview who was already DQ’d, when you check your case status on ceac, does it still say “At NVC”? Thanks. Can’t find the answer anywhere 

Around what time did the Dec15 interview appointment receivers received their email from the embassy? The waiting game is killing me. DQ'd 18th Nov