DeeJess

Hey! So as promised a review! Lined up at passport control, officer ripped open my envelope (I noticed he glanced at the seal). Someone then escorted me into a waiting room, called my name and returned my passport! Didn't say anything about the tear It was a long day flying with a cat in cabin haha but we made it!! Goodluck to everyone! Yes, we've started the forms and we're going to double check in the next week and then triple check!

Update for the London applicants! So I went and collected my passport plus documents at the DX location (I optioned for this as I thought it might be faster). DX collected documents on Tuesday (as it was bank holiday Monday) and it was available to collect that same day!! I want to note that when I got home I opened the package to retrieve my passport and there was a brown envelope which stated 'do not open', there was a tear on the side however, I dont have time to ask the embassy to reseal as I'm traveling tomorrow! (I know it's a bit of a rush haha) I will update at POE if I have any problems or not regarding this envelope. It's frustrating that important documents are being shipped with such fragile material as there are quite a few documents within this! Traveling with connecting flights, what are the chances of this extremely fragile brown enevople not to get slightly damaged via transit? Haha so wish me luck

Ahh I'm so glad it went smooth for you :)! The interview is 10x smoother, you'll spend majority of the time waiting than the 5minute interview. Best of luck and if you have any questions don't hesitate to ask!!

Hey just an update, my visa has finally been issued and out of AP took a total of 7 days (including the weekend) Just in case people from the UK were wondering how long on average it takes for visa issuance

Ahh that's great to hear! Your medical and interview should be a breeze! My interview was approved and yesterday the status changed from 'ready' to 'administrative processing' - not sure what this means but let's hope it doesn't take too long as i want to get out there asap :)! I've had a look around and EAD's aren't taking that long to process and approve, one timeliness I've seen showed 50 days until approval so let's hope that flies for us! Goodluck at your medical, you got this :)!