Joseph Underwood

Hi, London Embassy received our petition in January, I had an interview booked for June however think I am going to have to reschedule for July now due to a trip. Feel like we've held off for a while and worried about timeframes and leaving it too late. How long am I able to schedule an interview for? I know I have to bring a letter saying we are still legally allowed to marry and intend to. I am just worried about scheduling the interview too late and messing up everything after coming this far. Any knowledge on this would be greatly appreciated

Hi Andi thank you for responding too, I should have mentioned in original post we have a trip to Africa planned end of June so I'm worried if it does wait for missing documents I will not get my passport back soon enough to go. I feel like it would be safer to maybe reschedule it but my fiance doesn't want to. So now I'm just going to hope the 9 days is enough and it'll be okay 😬

OMG that is such a a relief to hear, thank you for that information! So even if I turned up to the interview and they haven't received the medical results they would not deny my visa they would just wait until they are received? The person on the phone sounded adamant that I wait but I guess they can't tell people to go ahead and that it'll be alright. Thank you!!

Hi, I've gotten myself into a bit of a situation which is stressing me out. I picked a K1 interview date whilst away for the London embassy. However could not phone to organize a medical. I phoned them now and they said that I need 10 working days between my medical and my interview and I'm 1 day out. Medical is booked for the 29th and interview is booked for the 11th but needs to be 12th. However there are no other dates past the 11th showing for June yet. I have already rescheduled twice is what I am stressed about now if I try to reschedule it again will this be okay? I rescheduled twice because of a trip I went on and needed a passport then I changed again thinking the gap was long enough between 29th-11th June Also is there any email I can use to contact the embassy to which they would reply as the medical said to speak to them. Maybe they 9 days could be okay but I do not know how to contact them and ask. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hey sorry I should have mentioned it's the London embassy, I will edit. They automatically renew for a year and I just need to bring an updated letter of intent to the interview. But wasn't sure if I should have paid for interview already just in case I only get set dates to choose after

Hey, I paid to schedule my interview back along but I have been waiting for a date to become available for June. At first I seen the dates moving along so thought June would show soon, but now only dates in April are showing again. Have I made a mistake, will June eventually show or was there only set dates available to me when I paid for the interview. I am going to keep checking and will hope June dates soon appear. Any knowledge about this would be appreciated, thank you

Hey Retro, no still haven't yet. My interview is ready to book but we are waiting because we have a trip planned first now. I wouldn't stress too much about it, the more I read the better I felt, feel like as long as they do not feel you are a risk to yourself or others now or shouldn't be an issue

Hi, you were a massive help thank you so much for all the information. I've got most of my documents sorted and have submitted ds-160 I have literally just been waiting for this letter to schedule my interview 😭 I have filled out that contact form but I received a generic response which looked like a copy and paste job both times 😔 however I have no added in a bit more like you stated and said that our case has been ready since February 16th and I still have received nothing from the embassy and I started off the message with that and also said that I've read in lieu of the letter I can receive am email. So hopefully this time when it's seen they won't just bat me off straight away. Such a pain.

Hey thanks for the reply, yeah I asked my GP and they printed it off for me. And then I've been doctors once for mental health about 14 months ago so I asked them to print off that consultation too and have a letter as well just so hopefully should be all ok. I found it odd that everything says ongoing but after researching it a bit I can see that's quite normal and that it's happened to others, so I guess they are used to it

Okay thank you! I'm going to go in and ask if they can change them to resolved for me. Had to pay for a letter at my gp to say my mental health is okay so now I don't want to have to pay for another thing like that when I feel it's their error 🙃

Okay thanks for replying, I've read so many contradicting things online with some saying they were never asked for the letter when they went to the interview and others saying that you need to show the letter at interview.

Hi, I have got my patient care summary for my medical. All of the things written on there say ongoing, there is even something from when I was born and they turned out to be wrong about it that says ongoing. Is this normal or will this be an issue? Do I need to ask my GP to put all these ongoing issues as resolved? If anyone has experience with this and the medical exam it would be a huge help!

It has been about a month now since NVC sent us an email with a case number and online it says case ready. I have just submitted ds-160 form and I have the confirmation page and all my documents ready, however I still have not yet scheduled the interview because I have not received anything in the post still. Has anyone experienced this? Do I need to wait for this letter? I am reading so many posts about waiting for the letter to come and then so many others saying it is not needed and to go ahead and book the interview anyway as some people never even receive the letter or they can take months to come. Has anyone been to the London embassy k1 interview without having received a letter? I don't know what to do just seems like such a waste of time waiting for this letter to show up, any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Ah amazing thank you for replying!!!

Hey any advice would be appreciated! I am planning on booking my K1 interview in London, however the date will be after the 4 months expiration date. I read on the website if it goes past the 4 months expiration date all I need to do is bring in a newly signed letter of intent with me and it's okay to do this? Had anyone done this? Thank you

Hey, planning on booking my interview for just after the expired date on the i-797. Has anyone had experience with this for the k1 interview in London? On the London embassy website it says if I schedule my interview after the expired date (after the 4 months) all I need to do is a newly signed letter of intent with me to the interview? Any advice or experience with this would be appreciated, I read London embassy automatically renews the visas and are pretty relaxed about it all, but it still makes me feel uneasy booking the interview after that expired date.

Yeah VWP, okay that's great thank you! Also was that after you submitted the ds-160 form? Wasn't sure if I'd need to say anything during the interview that I've visited again since I submitted the form or anything like that

Hey, as the title says. I have a flight booked to visit my partner for April as it is her 30th birthday and I want to be there for it. However we are in the NVC stage and when I visit my interview will probably be booked already, planning to hopefully have it done end of May or June. Any advice would be appreciated, is it ok to still visit at this stage?

I realised after it does say mixed anxiety and depressive disorder so I'm going to go ahead and ask for a letter, hoping my GP will do it but they are a nightmare. Was such a short amount of time will be gutted if this causes issues, but hoping because the reason was blatant and I e never self harmed or others a letter will suffice. Thank you for your response too, have read how a lot of people go through it similarly as well

Hey, A couple years ago I was feeling down when I came back home from Australia and was separated from my partner, went GP and they prescribed me seraltine. It didn't last long, probably less than 6 weeks I think it was without finishing the seraltine. It does not say anything on my patient care summary anything about it either. But to be safe for the medical exam, should I say yes to having depression before still and then requesting a letter from my GP saying I am no threat to myself or others? I've never self harmed or harmed others either. Any advice would be really appreciated, thank you

Hey Jane thanks for the reply, it says it is ready. So I just proceed now with no worry about that letter?

Hey, my fiancée (the petitioner) received an email in the 12th February with a case number for NVC. However I have not yet received any further correspondence from NVC yet. At the end of the emailed letter it says they will contact me when they are ready to process our petition. I know someone who is on around the same timeline as me just a couple weeks before me, and is with the same embassy (London) and they said they received their physical welcome letter the other week and that when you go to book the interview it asks that you have received this letter. I am going to enquire next week if it does not arrive still, but is anyone else going through this? Not sure if it's just with the London embassy. Any advice would be appreciated, thank you.

Ah great thank you for the response!!

Hey I am a little confused, I am the beneficiary of the petition. Does my sponsor just need to fill in the form I-134 and I bring it with me to my interview, or do we need to submit it somewhere also on CEAC? Any advice would be appreciated, we are just getting all documents together now and I am now just waiting for my NVC letter. Thank you to anyone who can help.