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Hi Stu, the link you posted is for services available to US citizens within the UK (such as passport renewals etc., not spouse petitions). The following link pertains to non-US citizens in the process of applying for visas (although the title of the link says 'nonimmigrant visas' the page actually contains info regarding immigrant visas too): https://uk.usembassy.gov/information...d-19-outbreak/

Unfortunately, the webpage has not been updated since May 29, so we have to sit tight for now...

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Oh. Ok, thanks. I guess one link was as useful as the other🤣

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

They updated it today at 4pm, I can't really see much difference. I'm hoping the will be open by July 14th. It'll be interesting to see if anything happens around the 22nd June as that is when the 60 days expires for the Presidential Proclamation 10014 which restricts a lot of visas being issued. I suspect it will probably be the same as the "30 day" schengen ban though.

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Thanks for the heads-up. As you say, not much has changed.

"Hurry up and stand still"......oh boy

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That is because it is a link to US Citizen Services. IE The part of the US Embassy which deals with the needs of US Citizens living in, or visiting the UK. Citizen Services doesn't deal with visas.

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Yeah, that update didn't answer much, unfortunately. The London USCIS Field Office will close its doors on the 31st of July, so they are going to be in a bit of a rush to get all pending I-130 petitions adjudicated before this date. I am really hoping that they will, because if not, then any pending I-130 petitions will likely be transferred to a Field Office in the US, with an inevitable delay in processing. In their last e-mail to me, they sounded optimistic that they were going to be able to get through all petitions by July so fingers crossed.

I'm also curious to hear what the earliest available Medical appointments and visa interviews will be in the aftermath of the Embassy reopening and people being issued their long-awaited LND numbers. I can imagine there is going to be quite a backlog there.

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Hope so.🤞

I agree there most likely will be a backlog of Medical and subsequent Interviews, but just to be in the position to apply for either would be very comforting.

Good luck.

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Our card was finally charged today - so it looks like things are starting to get back up and running at the London USCIS Field Office!

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Great news. Lets hope the momentum continues. I had thought it may take about a week to get back in to the swing.

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New visa appointment dates available at the embassy, though this thread is the most appropiate place for it.

https://cimg3.ibsrv.net/gimg/british...11c62926e5.png

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Thanks Craig, this is very reassuring and helpful. Out of interest, have you been instructed to bring a filled out DS-5540 to your interview and/or have you figured out what you are going to do about health insurance?

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I haven't been told any about a DS-5540 form, not sure I've heard of it before. For health insurance I'm just going to pay for blue cross blue shield (or something similar) health insurance until my wife or I get a job.

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It's the new "Public Charge" questionnaire that was introduced at the end of February. Suffice to say, nobody really knows how or when it will be implemented as part of the CR1/IR1 interview process at the US Embassy in London. With regards to health insurance, it would probably be a good idea to bring along some sort of documentation showing your Blue Cross Blue Shield plan at the time of interview (this is what I'm planning to do at least).

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I definitely will, thanks for letting me know! They seemed to do that rather quietly or I wasn't paying attention, they have yet to update the guide and checklist on the site.

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This looks encouraging.

Thanks for sharing.

Good luck🙂