London Embassy
Aug 22nd 2005, 12:41 pm
#1
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London Embassy
Is there anyone actually working there? Not to moan but my file was sent
from NVC (CR-1 Visa married to USC) on the 27th July and so far London have
failed to answer any emails in the last two weeks and I cant get a simple
yes or no from the helpline. All I get told is "Its probably in the
building".
Is there any way you can actually check that London HAVE recieved the file
without wasting money on an extortionate premium rate number?
How do they send the file? Stick it on the back of a big fish and hope it
finds it way up the Thames?
from NVC (CR-1 Visa married to USC) on the 27th July and so far London have
failed to answer any emails in the last two weeks and I cant get a simple
yes or no from the helpline. All I get told is "Its probably in the
building".
Is there any way you can actually check that London HAVE recieved the file
without wasting money on an extortionate premium rate number?
How do they send the file? Stick it on the back of a big fish and hope it
finds it way up the Thames?
Aug 22nd 2005, 1:53 pm
#2
Concierge
Joined: Apr 2001
Posts: 46,391
Re: London Embassy
Originally Posted by Utah_Bound
Is there anyone actually working there? Not to moan but my file was sent
from NVC (CR-1 Visa married to USC) on the 27th July and so far London have
failed to answer any emails in the last two weeks and I cant get a simple
yes or no from the helpline. All I get told is "Its probably in the
building".
Is there any way you can actually check that London HAVE recieved the file
without wasting money on an extortionate premium rate number?
How do they send the file? Stick it on the back of a big fish and hope it
finds it way up the Thames?
from NVC (CR-1 Visa married to USC) on the 27th July and so far London have
failed to answer any emails in the last two weeks and I cant get a simple
yes or no from the helpline. All I get told is "Its probably in the
building".
Is there any way you can actually check that London HAVE recieved the file
without wasting money on an extortionate premium rate number?
How do they send the file? Stick it on the back of a big fish and hope it
finds it way up the Thames?
Traditionally, and there is no reason to think this year has not followed tradition, all US Consulates and that includes the one in London, slow down due to summer vacations and petitions will take 4 to 6 weeks longer to generate a response to the beneficiary then during other seasons of the year. Also the recent terrorist activities in London have more likely than not caused a bit of a slow down in production as well.
Aug 23rd 2005, 2:37 am
#3
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Joined: Feb 2004
Location: florida
Posts: 173
Re: London Embassy
Originally Posted by Utah_Bound
Is there anyone actually working there? Not to moan but my file was sent
from NVC (CR-1 Visa married to USC) on the 27th July and so far London have
failed to answer any emails in the last two weeks and I cant get a simple
yes or no from the helpline. All I get told is "Its probably in the
building".
Is there any way you can actually check that London HAVE recieved the file
without wasting money on an extortionate premium rate number?
How do they send the file? Stick it on the back of a big fish and hope it
finds it way up the Thames?
from NVC (CR-1 Visa married to USC) on the 27th July and so far London have
failed to answer any emails in the last two weeks and I cant get a simple
yes or no from the helpline. All I get told is "Its probably in the
building".
Is there any way you can actually check that London HAVE recieved the file
without wasting money on an extortionate premium rate number?
How do they send the file? Stick it on the back of a big fish and hope it
finds it way up the Thames?
Hi
My sons file was sent in Aug 2004 !!!!!!!!!!!
As still waiting at Jan 2005 started to e-mail then, and sent certified letter- they still did not repond
In April 2005 congressman wrote e-mail, consulate did reply saying they did not get approval !!!!!!!!! They requested more info from principal via congressman and last replied to him on 29th April 2005 saying they would check if son was a CSPA protected case
July 11th sent request via congressman of any news, still waiting
I would leave it at least 3 months , then get congressman to chase on your behalf. I feel they would be more likely to answer him than you
Good luck
I will up date if and when any news, please could you also update
Aug 23rd 2005, 3:56 pm
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Re: London Embassy
Originally Posted by Utah_Bound
Is there anyone actually working there? Not to moan but my file was sent
from NVC (CR-1 Visa married to USC) on the 27th July and so far London have
failed to answer any emails in the last two weeks and I cant get a simple
yes or no from the helpline. All I get told is "Its probably in the
building".
Is there any way you can actually check that London HAVE recieved the file
without wasting money on an extortionate premium rate number?
How do they send the file? Stick it on the back of a big fish and hope it
finds it way up the Thames?
from NVC (CR-1 Visa married to USC) on the 27th July and so far London have
failed to answer any emails in the last two weeks and I cant get a simple
yes or no from the helpline. All I get told is "Its probably in the
building".
Is there any way you can actually check that London HAVE recieved the file
without wasting money on an extortionate premium rate number?
How do they send the file? Stick it on the back of a big fish and hope it
finds it way up the Thames?
Aug 23rd 2005, 7:55 pm
#5
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Re: London Embassy
Hey Rebellion,
If I hear anything I'll let you know. Theres a guy over in visajourney.com
that had his file sent 3rd August and according to DOS his file reached
London on the 5th August but yet according to London Embassy is hasnt
arrived neither lol.
Maybe the time of year has got a lot to do with it, but not responding to an
email sent over two weeks ago is beyond pathetic.
Still makes us wish we were tourists.... we'd have a visa within a few weeks
of applying and thats without them having any paperwork to start with.
If I hear anything I'll let you know. Theres a guy over in visajourney.com
that had his file sent 3rd August and according to DOS his file reached
London on the 5th August but yet according to London Embassy is hasnt
arrived neither lol.
Maybe the time of year has got a lot to do with it, but not responding to an
email sent over two weeks ago is beyond pathetic.
Still makes us wish we were tourists.... we'd have a visa within a few weeks
of applying and thats without them having any paperwork to start with.
Aug 24th 2005, 3:07 pm
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 22
Re: London Embassy
Originally Posted by Utah_Bound
Hey Rebellion,
If I hear anything I'll let you know. Theres a guy over in visajourney.com
that had his file sent 3rd August and according to DOS his file reached
London on the 5th August but yet according to London Embassy is hasnt
arrived neither lol.
Maybe the time of year has got a lot to do with it, but not responding to an
email sent over two weeks ago is beyond pathetic.
Still makes us wish we were tourists.... we'd have a visa within a few weeks
of applying and thats without them having any paperwork to start with.
If I hear anything I'll let you know. Theres a guy over in visajourney.com
that had his file sent 3rd August and according to DOS his file reached
London on the 5th August but yet according to London Embassy is hasnt
arrived neither lol.
Maybe the time of year has got a lot to do with it, but not responding to an
email sent over two weeks ago is beyond pathetic.
Still makes us wish we were tourists.... we'd have a visa within a few weeks
of applying and thats without them having any paperwork to start with.
Aug 24th 2005, 4:01 pm
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Posts: 22
Re: London Embassy
Originally Posted by Rebellion34
ok thanks Utah Bound well hopefully summer vacations will be getting all done with soon so the processs can speed up if thats what there problems are. They could at least respond to emails so you know whats going on. Oh well I guess all we can do really is wait and hope for a interview date soon. Good Luck
I just wanted to let you know I got a email from the embassy and this is all it says
The administrative processing of your application has been completed. Notifciation of the appointment will be sent to you within the next 8 weeks.
Thank you for your e-mail correspondence.
Consular Information Unit
U.S. Embassy London
Cons/CIU/LP
This informal method of responding enables us to respond to you within a shorter time. No record is being made of this correspondence. If you need to e-mail us again, please return this e-mail.
Aug 24th 2005, 6:00 pm
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Re: London Embassy
Thanks for that.
Ive just sent them another email after reading your good news. Its just a
pain waiting thats all. Id at least like to get a medical scheduled sometime
soon so at least thats out of the way.
Good luck to you and if I hear anything about an appointment date I'll let
you know so hopefully you can get some kind of rough timeline yourself.
Ive just sent them another email after reading your good news. Its just a
pain waiting thats all. Id at least like to get a medical scheduled sometime
soon so at least thats out of the way.
Good luck to you and if I hear anything about an appointment date I'll let
you know so hopefully you can get some kind of rough timeline yourself.
Aug 24th 2005, 7:12 pm
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Joined: Apr 2005
Posts: 22
Re: London Embassy
Originally Posted by Utah_Bound
Thanks for that.
Ive just sent them another email after reading your good news. Its just a
pain waiting thats all. Id at least like to get a medical scheduled sometime
soon so at least thats out of the way.
Good luck to you and if I hear anything about an appointment date I'll let
you know so hopefully you can get some kind of rough timeline yourself.
Ive just sent them another email after reading your good news. Its just a
pain waiting thats all. Id at least like to get a medical scheduled sometime
soon so at least thats out of the way.
Good luck to you and if I hear anything about an appointment date I'll let
you know so hopefully you can get some kind of rough timeline yourself.
Aug 24th 2005, 8:17 pm
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Joined: Jun 2005
Posts: 25
Re: London Embassy
Originally Posted by Rebellion34
Hi Utah Bound
I just wanted to let you know I got a email from the embassy and this is all it says
The administrative processing of your application has been completed. Notifciation of the appointment will be sent to you within the next 8 weeks.
Thank you for your e-mail correspondence.
Consular Information Unit
U.S. Embassy London
Cons/CIU/LP
This informal method of responding enables us to respond to you within a shorter time. No record is being made of this correspondence. If you need to e-mail us again, please return this e-mail.
I just wanted to let you know I got a email from the embassy and this is all it says
The administrative processing of your application has been completed. Notifciation of the appointment will be sent to you within the next 8 weeks.
Thank you for your e-mail correspondence.
Consular Information Unit
U.S. Embassy London
Cons/CIU/LP
This informal method of responding enables us to respond to you within a shorter time. No record is being made of this correspondence. If you need to e-mail us again, please return this e-mail.
Hey there, I just wanted to add that after only a week they also responded to my email - not that they were much help, but they did respond. Good luck to you both.
Aug 24th 2005, 8:20 pm
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Re: London Embassy
Reading around the forums on expats and visajourney, it seems a few have
gone for the medical while waiting for the final packet to arrive, myself
I'd call London Embassy just to clarify this is possible, like you Id love
to get it done right now but its more a case if will they allow it? I cant
see the problem but hey they love to give us problems right? lol
gone for the medical while waiting for the final packet to arrive, myself
I'd call London Embassy just to clarify this is possible, like you Id love
to get it done right now but its more a case if will they allow it? I cant
see the problem but hey they love to give us problems right? lol
Aug 25th 2005, 2:20 pm
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Posts: 22
Re: London Embassy
Originally Posted by Utah_Bound
Reading around the forums on expats and visajourney, it seems a few have
gone for the medical while waiting for the final packet to arrive, myself
I'd call London Embassy just to clarify this is possible, like you Id love
to get it done right now but its more a case if will they allow it? I cant
see the problem but hey they love to give us problems right? lol
gone for the medical while waiting for the final packet to arrive, myself
I'd call London Embassy just to clarify this is possible, like you Id love
to get it done right now but its more a case if will they allow it? I cant
see the problem but hey they love to give us problems right? lol
Aug 26th 2005, 7:19 am
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Re: London Embassy
Just called London Embassy.
They are still processing my file sent from NVC and according to the very
helpful lady, she told me that they would send out a letter hopefully within
the next few weeks (As soon as an interview date can be arranged). She also
suggested I called back within a week or two just to confirm and that I
would have between 3-4 weeks notice between the letter and my interview
date. So it seems that it will be roughly 6-8 weeks from them recieving the
file although there website does say about 12 weeks. Fingers crossed and
good luck to all those in the same postition.
They are still processing my file sent from NVC and according to the very
helpful lady, she told me that they would send out a letter hopefully within
the next few weeks (As soon as an interview date can be arranged). She also
suggested I called back within a week or two just to confirm and that I
would have between 3-4 weeks notice between the letter and my interview
date. So it seems that it will be roughly 6-8 weeks from them recieving the
file although there website does say about 12 weeks. Fingers crossed and
good luck to all those in the same postition.
Aug 26th 2005, 9:21 am
#14
Sursum corda
Joined: Sep 2002
Location: Richmond Hill, GA USA
Posts: 38,860
Re: London Embassy
Originally Posted by Utah_Bound
Thanks for that.
Ive just sent them another email after reading your good news. Its just a
pain waiting thats all. Id at least like to get a medical scheduled sometime
soon so at least thats out of the way.
Good luck to you and if I hear anything about an appointment date I'll let
you know so hopefully you can get some kind of rough timeline yourself.
Ive just sent them another email after reading your good news. Its just a
pain waiting thats all. Id at least like to get a medical scheduled sometime
soon so at least thats out of the way.
Good luck to you and if I hear anything about an appointment date I'll let
you know so hopefully you can get some kind of rough timeline yourself.
There have been people who scheduled their medical well in advance of their interview in London. Considering they require 4 days from medical to getting the results to London and will NOT give you the visa before they have medical results, you may want to do that now.
Aug 28th 2005, 9:02 am
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Joined: Jun 2003
Location: Plymouth Devon UK
Posts: 45
Re: London Embassy
Sorry to resurrect this.. but...
Does this mean that as soon as we hear that our application has been sent to London from Nebraska I can schedule my medical at MY convenience rather than trying to get it booked in between receiving notification of my interview and my interview date?
Bee
UK to USA
Does this mean that as soon as we hear that our application has been sent to London from Nebraska I can schedule my medical at MY convenience rather than trying to get it booked in between receiving notification of my interview and my interview date?
Bee
UK to USA
Originally Posted by cindyabs
There have been people who scheduled their medical well in advance of their interview in London. Considering they require 4 days from medical to getting the results to London and will NOT give you the visa before they have medical results, you may want to do that now.