United Kingdom US Consulate Reviews
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| London, United Kingdom |  Review #32092 on May 24, 2023: |
ElGrandeDoodel
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IR-1/CR-1 Spousal Visa interview at the US Embassy, London on 24 May 2023 at 10am
Summary:
- I was in and out in under 40 minutes. Went in 30 minutes before my 10am interview, left around 1010am.
- All people I encountered were warm, friendly, and relaxed.
- Questions were conversational and not difficult.
- If your experience is anything like mine, and you bring all documents listed on the US State Department pre-interview checklist for the US Embassy, London there is no need to be nervous.
- Consisted of two parts: checking of documentation with one person first; interview with other person second.
Logistics:
- Stored my small backpack containing laptop at the nearby District Cafe; cost £14 including a free coffee.
- Very long queue outside the Embassy but as mentioned elsewhere, go straight to the desk at the front of the queue and speak to the people there.
- I spoke to the people managing the ... read complete review
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| London, United Kingdom | Review #32032 on April 26, 2023: |
hopeful0811
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· 1 person found this review helpful
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My interview at the US Embassy, London was on 16th March 2023 at 9am. Overall, it was a good experience.
I travelled into London the day before and stayed at the Vauxhall Travelodge, only a 15 min walk from the Embassy. The 15th and 16th of March were rail and tube strike days, but this did not impact my interview in any way. There is no dress code - I wore a black jumper, black jeans and black ankle boots. I had my handbag (big enough to fit an A4 notepad) and coat with me. I was allowed to take everything in with me.
I arrived at the South Pavilion entrance to the Embassy at approx 8:30am, and there were already large queues of people. Thanks to reading people's experiences here, I located a member of staff and informed her I was here for a green card interview. She said I did not need to queue, and directed me to go to the man at the desk at the front of the queue. This felt very wrong as I felt like I was queue jumping. I got to him and told him I was ... read complete review
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| London, United Kingdom | Review #32013 on April 21, 2023: |
mbaldwin27
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· 3 people found this review helpful
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My appointment was at 8:30am and as this was the culmination of a long visa journey I made sure to get there early. At 7:30am I was outside and there was no queue so I went off to find a coffee, took me quite a walk to find one but turns out there is a cafe in the opposite direction, whoops.
I get back at 8:15am and wow there is a queue almost around the block. I understand from reviews here that as you have an appointment you are entitled to jump the queue (painful to any Englishmen) so went to someone who worked there who did not get it and said I need to go back of the line. This is something I've read a few times here and yes it still happens. I wasn't out of politeness miss my appointment so asked someone else and got moved to the front, my tip is to stand slightly to the side of the desk and catch their eye.
You get herded in groups of 5 to the security desk and its just like an airport. Shoes and belts off and to be honest the security staff (G4S co... read complete review
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| London, United Kingdom | Review #31993 on April 18, 2023: |
visacats
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· 2 people found this review helpful
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There were two lines at the front door, a shorter one for security and a longer one which appeared to be for initial triage. My appointment was at 0800 and I got there about 0745.
The initial queue was long but moved quickly, and an embassy staff member came down the line asking for interview times to make sure people were moving up in a timely fashion.
Once I got to the front of the queue, probably about 0800 (so slightly late), I was asked for my passport and DS-260 confirmation page.
As this was an immigration visa, I was then bumped to the front of the security queue.
Saw someone with at least a laptop and perhaps glass bottle of water get turned away to find somewhere to leave those items as I passed into security - so don't take a laptop!
Had to show mobile phone (i.e. that it was working as a regular phone) and go through airport style security - all items in my backpack including belt. Shoes stayed on.<... read complete review
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| London, United Kingdom | Review #31871 on March 13, 2023: |
ND17
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· 1 person found this review helpful
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I arrived at the Embassy for 8:20 and was told to wait until 8:30. I was allowed to skip the large queue outside that is for DS-160 and go straight to the front as I had the DS-260.
From entry to giving over my documents it was smooth. I was asked for Birth Certificate, Marriage Certificate, passport and Police Certificate. I was also asked for my husbands latest tax return which I was not expecting, thankfully however I had printed everything off and bought it all with me just in case.
After I submitted my documents it took nearly 2 hours for them to finally interview me. I believe this may have been staff shortage reasons as it seemed only one person was carrying out the interviews today. The interview was very straight forward and easy, took 5 minutes basically. I was asked how I met my husband, when we got married and where, what his job is. I was then approved on the spot. I hope this helps someone!
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