Cw1977

I wore jeans, polo and shoes and was probably on the smarter side of average there. 2 guys were in shorts (was a hot aug day though) no one seemed to bat an eyelid either way

Hi i can’t say this is always the way but I was there in aug for mine and there was 3 people in the line! Seems to have definitely got a lot better than a few months back. I was actually amazed how quick it was. Whole thing took c2 hrs…and that included 1h30 sitting waiting inside to speak to the officer. I debated picking up passport after but in end paid for delivery. And worked super quick (4 days) and easily. Tbh I’d just pay for delivery if I were you. Can still change to that until day before.

Hi - i can see how the confusion may occur so let me try and help make it a lot clearer for you: The 'U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident spouse' is one person - i.e your husband. People can be married to either a USC or LPR, and therefore the line has to be written to cover both. When you are the immigrant then you are married to either a US citizen or a LPR - whichever status your husband has. Irrelevant of which they are, they are then known as the spouse. You are married to the spouse - (using their terminology/description). Therefore this is saying if you are the spouse (i.e. in your case, your husband, whichever of USC or LPR they are) they do NOT need to pay the biometrics now. However as you are not the spouse, you DO need to pay that biometrics fee. Does this help?

There’s def a cut off and obv depends on volume and numbers etc, but we got DQ on about 18th of month from memory and got letter at the end of that month so I’d suspect anyone pre 15/16 prob ok. After that it might be luck of the draw if they’re busy or not

Hi the letters tend to come out in a batch at the end of the month (usually 2-3 days before end) so I’d expect Friday this Wk or Monday next week. good luck!

I took about 40 pages including copies of everything uploaded of my wife’s (passport, taxes etc) plus originals of all my docs (birth certificate, police, passport, etc). Plus copies of new pics of us and travel docs. I also took print out of the invitation to interview and approval. Plus passport pics. In the end I was asked for my originals of all above, and the confirmation emails for entry to building, but they didn’t even want to see anything from my wife. However as has been said, I’d rather have my file with it all than not.

You cannot sponsor yourself, so that’s not an option. Your income is not counted, whatever the level. You will def need a sponsor. Foreign income (ie earned in U.K.) isn’t counted either so your wife cannot use that. Speak to your family member asap! You will def need them