BritAmerica

Has anyone sent in their original approval letter ( with A# on it) to the embassy in london to get interview date faster? We were approved 2/26/03 and London has not received notification of approval yet.

Any thoughts or suggestions?

Rete

Many people have. There is one drawback to the plan though. You will need the original I-797 for your AOS interview. You can file the I-485 with a copy but in 98% of the cases, you will be asked for the original I-797.

So if you send in the original I-797, do so only after you have made multiple copies and bring a copy with you to the K-1 interview. If you are lucky, you can "swap" a copy for the original if the US Consulate has received theirs.

Rete

Dana Burke

London Consulate routinely returns the original. Shouldn't be a problem, but
it makes sense to keep a copy just in case.

Dana


"Rete" wrote in message
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    > Originally posted by BritAmerica
    > > Has anyone sent in their original approval letter ( with A# on it) to
    > > the embassy in london to get interview date faster? We were approved
    > > 2/26/03 and London has not received notification of approval yet.
    > >
    > > Any thoughts or suggestions?
    > Many people have. There is one drawback to the plan though. You will
    > need the original I-797 for your AOS interview. You can file the
    > I-485 with a copy but in 98% of the cases, you will be asked for the
    > original I-797.
    > So if you send in the original I-797, do so only after you have made
    > multiple copies and bring a copy with you to the K-1 interview. If you
    > are lucky, you can "swap" a copy for the original if the US Consulate
    > has received theirs.
    > Rete
    > --
    > Posted via http://britishexpats.com

Denis Barlow

On Tue, 11 Mar 2003 16:32:52 GMT, "Dana Burke"
wrote:

    >London Consulate routinely returns the original. Shouldn't be a problem, but
    >it makes sense to keep a copy just in case.
    >Dana

They won't return the original if the paperwork from the service
centre has not arrived by the time of the interview. I asked several
times and was refused each time because the paperwork from CSC never
arrived.

I'm just keeping my fingers crossed for my AOS interview when it comes
up in a couple of years.

--
Denis

Mental backup in progress - Do Not Disturb!



    >"Rete" wrote in message
    >news:[email protected]...
    >> Originally posted by BritAmerica
    >> > Has anyone sent in their original approval letter ( with A# on it) to
    >> > the embassy in london to get interview date faster? We were approved
    >> > 2/26/03 and London has not received notification of approval yet.
    >> >
    >> > Any thoughts or suggestions?
    >> Many people have. There is one drawback to the plan though. You will
    >> need the original I-797 for your AOS interview. You can file the
    >> I-485 with a copy but in 98% of the cases, you will be asked for the
    >> original I-797.
    >> So if you send in the original I-797, do so only after you have made
    >> multiple copies and bring a copy with you to the K-1 interview. If you
    >> are lucky, you can "swap" a copy for the original if the US Consulate
    >> has received theirs.
    >> Rete
    >> --
    >> Posted via http://britishexpats.com