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Follow the instructions given to you by people who have gone through your embassy. All embassies are a bit different. For example, I think in Canada, you call and book your appointment. In London, you wait for the embassy to issue you a date by letter. So, those who have gone through your embassy will know best. Also, each embassy has their own forum on here - it might be worth posting to that forum as well. Good luck!

You will need a medical.

If your case has been logged by the London embassy, then it is safe to book an appointment. We booked ours after DOS told us the embassy had logged our case - which ended up being about a week before he got packet three and all worked out fine

Btw - I believe there is a link in the letter of packet three. If you follow the link, it will give you directions of what needs to be done. I believe you will find the medical information there

After a bit of searching on the embassy website - I found this too. I decided to just relax and go with, we didn't need one - because, if you had a divorce decree, obviously you were married to the person you are divorcing. Shouldn't that be proof enough!

I'm glad that somebody else has found the website inconsistent though - I though t perhaps it was just the way I was reading it.

Also, VERY good news to hear about others in that situation making it through just fine without the certificate of marriage, just the divorce decree!! Very calming!

As always, thanks Nich-Nick!!! With all of your help and insight I feel like I will owe you a bottle of wine or some other token of gratitude by the end of all of this!!!

Great - so just the divorce decree...phew!! I was about to lose it! We have had everything ready for so long, but after looking on the embassy website and reading that made me nervous! We are too close to the interview date to request a marriage certificate to prove he was married...but we have the divorce decree....lol okay - I'm settled! Thanks!

So the embassy website says this:

Termination of Prior Marriages: Married applicants must obtain an original marriage certificate, or a certified copy, bearing the appropriate seal or stamp of the issuing authority.

This does not make sense to me - he is not married, and hasn't been for 10 years. He has his divorce decree, but I am almost 100% sure he does not have his marriage certificate. Is this going to be a problem!?!?

When Allan visited last time - he had to tell his bank he was visiting before he came over - try that.

Also, your comments about call centers made me laugh -I'm always telling Allan, "Just call the customer service number, they'll sort it." And he always gives me the SAME response you did - they are useless!! Lol I thought it was just him being a bit dramatic at first - but then when he did call, he'd tell me their response - and you're VERY right - they are useless in the UK!! Lol

For the NOA1 & 2 - it's just a copy, correct?

Does anybody have an interview checklist that they used, and would be willing to share, of things to make sure to bring to the interview?

I have one from a book I've been using as a guide, but I feel like it might be outdated, and not to mention it has given me some wrong information.

I just want to go over everything Allan has to make sure we have everything - if not, I'll need to mail it out this week!

Thank you

Yay!! Congrats!

micmac - never thought of that - I see you got your visa in 4 days, did you pay extra or was that regular service?

So, upon receiving our date on Thursday by email, I emailed the London Embassy back and asked if they might be able to move our date forward. I gave them a timeline of when we had paperwork to them as well as when we had the medical done (and pointed out there were two). I told them about Thanksgiving, and how that is the most important holiday for us to spend together as a couple as that's when we had originally met. I also pointed out that Knightsbridge took 2 weeks to send the paperwork (not our fault) and that if it had been there when it was supposed to we would have made Thanksgiving.

Annnnnd...

They moved his interview date up by 2 weeks! Instead of interviewing on the 21st, he is now interviewing on the 7th!!!!!!!!!!

I'm over the moon right now. I figured asking them to move the date was a shot in the dark - but it worked and they were very, very nice about it!!!

Thanks guys!!

Wishin-N-Hopin: You must be so excited! The 8th is right around the corner. Are you going to do an embassy review? I'll be looking for it!! Good luck to your man!! We're almost there!!!!

So, after four weeks of waiting I called the embassy yesterday to find out that they did not have our medical results (our second medical was on Sept 26). So, the man I spoke to gave me the email code. I emailed them last night at 9pm London time. Today, I received an email at 2 pm London time saying they gave us an interview date yesterday. So, they magically found our medical information! Anyway, it's a bit frustrating that we had to do all this paper chasing - but at the end of that email - they gave us an interview date.

My fiance will have his interview on Nov 21st at 9am!!!!!!!!!

So, we won't be together for Thanksgiving, which is really important to us, as that was when we met for the first time - but - we will be together SOON. There is a light at the end of the tunnel - and we're good with that!!!!

Lol a chicken suit!? Lol I bet the embassy people have some great stories from over the years!

Be reunited with, and marry, my fiance!!

Everything else is taking backseat until he is finally here with me!!

Great, thank you. I thought I had it all figured out using the VJ guides, but then the USCIS stuff kept mentioning the I-130 in the instructions...

I can't believe I've finally made it to this forum!! I'm so excited to be discussing AOS instead of the K1 paperwork...but I'm sure I'll have plenty of questions. I will spend the next few days reading old posts before I ask any more though!

krautlaus - thanks for your link to the USCIS I-485 link! I have downloaded the files and instructions of the forms the VJ AOS guide gave me - but I'm very happy to have the USCIS one too!

Okay, so I have printed out the AOS guide from this site - but I'm a bit confused already - what is an I-130, and who submits it? The USCIS instructions keep mentioning it - is it part of the AOS process that I'm missing somehow?

My fiance will be entering on a K1 visa soon (I hope) and I'm trying to prep the paperwork for AOS...

Thank you!

Perfect - thank you! I thought it was something to that affect, however, I wasn't sure if I had to renew it or if the embassy did!

I know I've seen it asked before, so I apologize for asking again, I just can't find the thread, link or document that explains this...I was organizing and starting to gather stuff for the AOS process (really, just making sure all our ducks were in a row since we plan to marry very quickly after Allan's arrival) and I noticed that our NOA2 expires next month! What happens if it expires before our interview date - which - at this point - is very possible - which is funny b/c we sent our packet 3 our only a few days after getting the letter from the embassy...anyway, advice appreciated!

I'd love to see the spreadsheet if/when you do it! Sounds like a great idea. I wonder if the wait time has more to do with when the packet is logged - or when you are marked interview ready (both packet & medical)...

N&S - yes, I am making daily (I shouldn't admit that!!) calls to DOS. They are very nice and just keep saying, "He's interview ready, but sorry, no date. Good luck!" Ugh. When we submitted our paperwork in August we put the wedding date of Nov 5th, which, I know we will have to move - thank goodness everything was SUPER flexible. But we figured 2.5 months was plenty to get the last leg done. Guess not! Getting excited for tomorrow as the embassy opens again!

Honestly, at this point, I would just be happy to get an interview date that allowed him to be here by Thanksgiving (as that is when we met face to face last year)...but I think in order for that to happen, we'd need a date assigned by the end of this week...

aorobert - great advice! He is planning to "look smart" lol...that is, if we ever get an interview date!!

RachC - thanks It'd be nice if the process was set in stone - and not so hit or miss!!

Still waiting - and monday is a holiday! But, trying to have some patience!

Boiler - Lol lol lol I will tell him it's a requirement!!

Hmm - well, they got our packet three August 23rd...so in that case we've really, really waited! Lol