Gayled06

After following this forum for a while now, I wanted to share our timeline to help anyone out there, like us, who is going through the E2 process

January 20th-April 11th: Research in the US and setting up the new enterprise on ESTAs
July 13th: Submitted Documentation to our Immigration attorney
July 18th: CEAC updated to 'Ready' as documents were received by the London Embassy
August 11th: Invitation to interview received by our attorney
August 12th: Interview date confirmed by our attorney
August 18th: Interview Day (and both my husbands E2 visa and my spouse visa was approved)

We weren't asked for additional documentation and interview went quickly and wasn't too bad an experience (think i was more nervous then my husband)
And thanks to all the info people provide on this forum, was very useful!

Twigstar

Congratulations!

DMECI

Congratulations! Any chance you could provide more insight on your case too i.e rough £amt invested / was it a new start up thanks...

Gayled06

Thanks guys!

My husband invested circa £380K
And yeah it was a new start-up enterprise

tantrum

Well done! Can I ask if there was any reason you went for the E2 and not EB-5 with that large investment?

DMECI

That's great, thanks for the insight ;-)

Gayled06

We actually had a few reasons, but the main one for me was own my business interests in the UK and permanent residence wasn't ideal for my situation, i won't divulge but it's always a future option for us but we will see how we got on!

DMECI

Does anyone know on average how long it takes at the appointment (i have been advised to be there at 8am) and i know they say no electrical items like laptops... assume that includes mobile phones too? thanks

gwensvilla

Anything from 1 to 3 hrs...

DMECI

thanks

Orangepants

The earlier you get there, the quicker it will be. There will be about 100 people with the 8am time slot. You can take phones in now.

Gayled06

We arrived at 7:15, and we're out before 9am

DMECI

Thats really useful insight - thank you !

DMECI

Sounds perfect - hope we have the same outcome and experience ! Thanks for the great insight we will get there for around 7am then. How long did it take for your passports to come back?

carlar6

WELL DONE GUYS XX