aidal

I am a US citizen and my husband is a British Citizen. We received our NOA2 for our I-130 on March 4th and received our NVC case number on March 17th. What is the general timeframe between now and interview in London? I know things are back up but I have already been waiting 8 months and getting sick of this!
Thanks

ian-mstm

Your husband will receive a packet from London with information about stuff he needs to get... so once he has that info, he sends back the checklist. Once the checklist is received, an interview will be scheduled along with information about scheduling his medical.


It's unusual for an I-130 to take 8 months. Still, you can expect another 4 - 6 months before he receives a date for his interview.

Ian

Rete

I concur with Ian. 6 to 8 months is the time wait. Your husband still needs to receive the packet from the US Consulate. He/you can go to their website and d/l the list of items he will need to have before he can return the checklist to the Consulate in order for them to schedule his interview. Some of items is the long form birth certificate, military records (if applicable), police certificate (see permanent post at top of this forum for new procedure), medical, eetc.

aidal

Thanks for the info. The reason the I-130 took so long was because I was one of the many who filed for a K-3 at the end of July to avoid the fee increase. This completely messed everything up and took forever to approve the I-130 and USCIS closed my I-129f.

meauxna

You have several steps yet before you get to interview scheduling. Are you aware of the NVC steps?

You can expect 2-3 months at the NVC, and they will help you get the visa interview scheduled. Add a minimum of a month on to that.

Check this out: Applicant Document Processing and this one: National Visa Center (NVC)
IV PROCESS & FLOWCHART

aidal

I am somewhat familiar with NVC steps. I actually have an attorney handling my case and I now that the steps are a bit different than without having an attorney - true? My attorney was a waste of money and never answers my emails so this is why I have come here. I have read that the consulate in London is one of the slowest ones and after NVC completes the case it takes another 3 months for the interview? Really?

Noorah101

Not to my knowledge.

Not to my knowledge! There are tons of consulates that are WAY slower! It seems to me London is one of the most efficient, actually!

Rene

meauxna

hmm, I haven't heard that London is slow--I would describe them as about par for the course. 3 months from Case Complete sounds longer than normal, too, but it's always at the effect of staff holidays, turnover time etc.

There are several current cases out of London posted here; a couple who have just completed and a couple just now sending in checklists; maybe that will help you more?

Your top job now should be getting the visa application documents ready so that when you DO get the request from the NVC, you are ready and can respond immediately, if that's your priority.
Highest RFE probability is with the I-864, so make sure you've completed that carefully and include *everything* you're supposed to.