janeth8711

I've booked the comfort inn hydes park, not a bad hotel and 10 mins in a taxi to embassy

janet

Noorah101

A photocopy of the employment letter is fine.

Rene

Ryan NI

Oh right, i plumped for the cheap and nasty...er cheerful Leisure Inn Hotel, not too far from your place. It's only me going over, i don't arrive til late and will be up 1st thing so I thought f e c k it, as long as there is a bed It'll do rightly...I'm now hoping there is a bed!

I should really stop reading the reviews they are that bad but some of them are hilarious

janeth8711

Haha mines hardly a 5 star but I've had to book a triple as my 2 girls coming too and the other triple rooms were hideous.
£155 including brekki always a bonus am sure u will be fine

YankeeRedcoat

Just curious how the process works when you get to the point of entry with a shiny new visa, is the decision made out on the "floor" or do you have to go to a special processing area? Is it fairly quick? In which line do you queue (we usually use the shorter American Citizen queue as 3/4 of the family are American)?

We're far off from this, but just interested.

JSL8610

It appears to vary from airport to airport, but most people are sent to secondary inspection to deal with the paperwork. Actually being processed doesn't usually take long (15 minutes maybe?), but there's no way of knowing how many people will be ahead of you in secondary - especially if your first PoE is a large international hub. The general advice around here is to leave at least 3 or 4 hours if you have a connecting flight, just in case you arrive behind a plane full of people who need a trip to secondary processing.

ian-mstm

You'll be sent to "secondary" for additional processing. It takes a short while to go through the envelope of material you'll be carrying.


Yes - usually less than 30 minutes. However, there may be 100 people ahead of you... or there may be 10... or none! So you'll have no idea how long it'll take before you get seen.


While no one will usually tear you a new one because of it, you really shouldn't be in the USC only line... as you're not a USC. That said, no one will probably make a fuss if you queue up in the wrong line.

Ian

Philk

I flew into Logan with my wife (USC ) - we queued at the USC line

I was escorted to the processing area, about 8 other people there so I was waiting around an hour. Then I was called up, given my passport with stamp and that was it

lansbury

You'll find that there normally is a CBP officer on the floor monitoring the lines. Just show them your envelope and they will direct you to the line they want you to use.

If you land at SFO they have a separate line for arriving visa holders. Doesn't make any difference to how long the process takes, it is all governed by how many there are in front of you, if it is at the desk or secondary inspection.

lansbury

Or if you have the choice, get a non stop flight to your destination from a European hub, if there isn't a non stop flight from the UK.

JSL8610

Yes, even better and could save a lot of stress.

Emma M

They haven't updated their processing times for a week, and it's still showing March 23rd, which was the date they were processing 2 weeks ago!! I know they can't be hurried and that that can't be relied upon, just venting my frustration and impatience lol

MrsWaring

Lol Emma.... I am with you on this one... I know I am just being impatient, but I also noticed that the site hasn't been updated in a week and also last week it was the same date (March 23) as the week before. Urggghhh lol... but look on the bright side.. maybe when they next update it might be the middle of April. Which will be a nice bonus! Remind me of your filing date again? Mine is May 1.

Emma M

Mine is March 28th, hence the impatience at the halt just before my date lol!

MrsWaring

Awww... thats crap!! And you haven't had an email this week from them??