Update from US Embassy

https://uk.usembassy.gov/information...d-19-outbreak/

That web page is a great example of how to say a lot without saying much at all...

😂 Yep

Updated today again, this time at 4.30PM. Maybe the beast is stirring......

We received the LND number yesterday with the details to book the medical, after the initial application was accepted on 29 June.

Congrats Mattw7. Out of interest, did you also post this on the Visajourney forums? There was someone on there earlier today who mentioned that they received their LND number yesterday, with the same I-130 approval date as yours.

Hey, hey! Great news for you.

When you say "accepted June 29" is that the date you were advised your Petition was approved by USCIS and your application has been passed to the Visa Unit at US Embassy London?

Good luck with the next stages.🙂

There are a few with similar date lines. Hopefully the LND details are winging, or will be winging, there way to them soon.

🤔 as a matter of interest, what is the first letter of the Surname of Petitioner and Beneficiary? I ask as there appears to be no rhyme nor reason as to the order by which the LND is issued. Curious......

yes, that was when the petition was approved. My surname begins with W and hers begins with C.

i haven’t posted this to any other forums.

Thanks for sharing. If I recall correctly, you initially filed your I-130 online back in March before realising that you could do it via DCF and the Embassy advised you to cancel your initial electronic petition - how fortunate that you did that! If you had filed electronically you would still probably be waiting to hear from the NVC.

It's encouraging that you have received your LND number - your I-130 approval date is the same as mine and Stuwoolf's. I also follow the DCF London thread on the Visajourney forums - there are quite a few people on there whose I-130s were approved a few weeks before ours, but have not yet received their LND numbers. Therefore, as Stuwoolf says "there appears to be no rhyme nor reason as to the order by which the LND is issued."

🤔 The Petitioner (or is that the Beneficiary?) is C, I wonder......

Also, didnt you mention previously this was a company transferring you to US?

Yes OS306, that’s exactly what happened and we are very glad for the reduced wait time! I see you have received yours now as well, glad to hear it!

The beneficiary is C (my partner).

Yes, you are correct, I will be transferring internally with my company to the US. My partner has a job offer already and that shouldn’t be impacted by Covid thankfully.

Hi All

I'm in the final stages of the London DCF process. I have my LDN number received on 12 March. DS-260 has been submitted and have the embassy appointment booked for next Thursday 20th August.

My medical all went fine except a missing vaccination. I have a GP appointment for 18th August to get the missing vaccination. I'm thinking that won't be enough time to get the evidence ready for the embassy interview. I have asked Visa Medicals to check.

I tried to change the embassy appointment but I'm not seeing any available dates after 20th.

Does anyone know when new appointments are made available?

Thanks
Jon

Congratulations on your progress.

Good luck as you move forward.

Out of idle curiosity, did the Knightsbridge docs give you the option of administering the missing vaccination then and there?

Also, out of idle curiosity, why did you try to change the visa appointment? I would think that avoidance of further delay would be your preference.