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I am 19 weeks and waiting. Can anyone explain why most people who went for their interview in Balfast seem to be getting ther visas in around 4 - 4.5 months ? My understanding was that all visas are sent to the same place in the US to be processed so why does the location of your interview seem to effect the processing time ?

Here is latest Belfast list, updated in 9th sept https://uk.usembassy.gov/embassy-con...cessing-times/

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Hi,
I've been viewing this website for a while and appreciate the wealth of knowledge and assistance from the members.

I had my interview in London on the 19th Of April. I have just received an email for me to send my passport for Visa issuance. So just over 5 months. (22 weeks and 2 days)

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Marvaluss - what visa are you applying for please?
After 8 months I am starting to get worried there is a serious problem with mine...

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oh no! have you booked a trip? fingers crossed you hear something soon :fingerscrossed:

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Hi,

It is a standard B1/B2 Business & Tourism visa.

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i was wondering about that too...when we were looking to book the interview there were no appointments at london or belfast for 4 months! we were willing to travel to whichever one had a cancellation first and one came up in london a week later. hope you hear something soon :thumbup:

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Hi, my understanding is that london as more applicants to process then Belfast. when you attend your interview the recommendation for a wavier gets sent to a department in Washington for review, then their response to grant or decline the request is then sent back to the consulate or embassy where you applied. It's when the embassy or consulate gets around to submitting you a email for visa issueance. London as a vast higher applications to process then Belfast so this is why applicants tend to wait longer then Belfast applicants. I found all this information on several websites I was looking at a few months back.

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Good News everyone my dad got an email this morning to send in his passport for visa issueance. Interview was 4th April so it as taken 24 weeks and two days :) we now can start looking forward to our holiday next year :)

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Fantastic news.. Have a wonderful holiday :)

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Thank you :)

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Hi was just hoping for some guidance on the wait time of a visa of ineligibility, my partner had an interview in London back in June and still no news! 😔 is there anyway of tracking them

Thanks in advance

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The average wait time seems to be anywhere from 5-8 months.


No.

Ian

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Hi BecBoo1
We were all really hoping that your Father's email would arrive.
It is great news. Congratulations.

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Hi Chelsea

I also had my interview in June - my last visa took 32 weeks.

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aww no okay, thanks for that Ian! Looks like we have a long wait ahead then! We are ment to fly 3 weeks today! Currently trying to change it! Didn't expect this to happen as he got granted a visa last time and told all being well he would return to get a 5 year one! :(

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is this your second time applying is it serena? This is his too but last time he got granted one on the day and told next time he applied he would get a 5 year one..so disappointing! Do you know if they even accept all application for ineligibility visa or if they can still decline them? :fingerscrossed:

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Hi hsc0307,
We had to cancel our holiday this month as the visa didn't come in time, and our tour operator was great and moved our holiday to June at a small administration cost. My dad as chronic lung disease so we was so eager to get him away with the family again back to Orlando as he loves it there, and now we can I'm so happy that we can start looking forward to the holiday booked and my dad as perked up knowing he can go which is great as it's given him something to look forward too. Thank you for your support and chat along the way, and hoping your enjoying your time in the states :)

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This is Visa no 3 for me. Was given 2x 1 years visas previously even though for visa no 2 I was recommended for a 2 year. Ian will interject if I am wrong but as your partner has had a visa before its unlikely (if no further crimes have been commited) that it will be refused, but yes they can still decline them, its quite rare though.

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I'm so hoping he gets this one! He hasn't had any criminal convictions for over 10 years and as I said he was granted a visa back in 2011 and nothing has changed! Oh gosh really, don't think I could go through this process more than once! :lol: the furthest we can move the holiday is January so that will be 7 months from interview im just praying it comes! How do they contact u providing it goes ahead?
Thanks again for your help

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If he was recommended for a waiver, he will almost certainly get it. If the officer didn't think the issue was waivable, the visa would have been denied on the spot. The actual review time for the waiver is only a few minutes, but there are hundreds of thousands of waiver applications already in line ahead of his... so that's what the wait time is - waiting for his application to come to the top of the pile.

Ian

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Timeline update for anyone interested. Had interview on 13th May, received email today to send my passport so 20 weeks 4 days. Luckily I took the gamble and didn't change the flights (see my original post above). The holiday is to Vegas so that will probably the only gamble that pays off !

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Hi,

can you advise if you were told via email or letter and what they need to be sent back to them for the visa please? i am at week 19 with the holiday in just under 3 weeks so want to make sure if it is email that i carry what i need with me to respond immediately :-).

thanks.

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The post says 'e mail' so presumably that is what he was sent and, AFAIK you would need to send your passport.

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Hi,

happy to announce that we had our email this morning to send passport!
interview was 16th may at london so 20 weeks and 1 day
good luck to everyone waiting :)

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Thats fab i had my interview on 27th May so i may just make it for my holiday, fingers crossed. hope you enjoy yours.

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thank you! i will keep my fingers crossed for you also :fingerscrossed::)

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Was via email and they asked for the passport and also had to print out a courier document. You can either take it to a Dx courier drop off point or send it via Royal Mail special delivery.

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Hi. I just got my email. 19 weeks 5 days. You have to courier the passport over. Courier locations are few and far between.
Hopefully be in Florida in a few weeks yay.

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Hi

I sent mine via Royal Mail special delivery last Tuesday and it is being returned to me at home via courier today.

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oh thats good news, i took your advice and sent mine via royal mail today. fingers crossed it is bak by next Friday. Did the courier call to say what day they deliver? cheers.

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The embassy sent an email yesterday to say it had been passed to the courier and they also gave me the tracking number. It arrived this evening, 1st visa, 5 years. Hope you get your one back in time.

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It's been over five years since I last applied for a US visa, but have just begun filling in the DS-160 and VCU1 forms this evening as I'm hoping to return to the USA sometime next summer. I will be documenting my new experience of the visa process on this thread as I'm sure to learn a few things now that a lot of stuff has changed since 2011.

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How exciting !! Keep us updated :thumbsup:

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Congrats - thank you for sharing your timeline.

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Great news - thank you for sharing your timeline.

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This forum has been immensely helpful so thank you to all who’s posted! Please bear with me or skip my post as it’s a super long one!

Me and my partner were hoping to take our daughter to Disneyworld in January 2018, nothing booked yet but have been planning on taking her for her 10th birthday for years! For some reason I had in my head that going to the US would be like Australia in that any convictions under 12 months would be fine. How very wrong I was! We’d both like to apply for B2 visas and hope to get granted waivers for our ineligibilities. I have filled in my DS-160 and VCU1 forms and printed them out, just waiting for my partner to receive his police certificate back now (sent off for it a little later than mine because he had to get new passport photos). After both our forms are all filled in I’m hoping to book an interview for the 2 of us on the same day in London as we’re travelling from Wales, no worries if we can’t get the same date though.

For anyone interested... I may be ineligible due to CIMT, my offences are listed as CIMT but I suppose it’s up to them whether they believe there was intent there (5 counts of possession of counterfeit items for sale or hire, which I’ve only recently found out that they are 5 separate offences as my DBS for work states one conviction with 5 counts so I naively assumed it was only one offence). Although I was only sentenced just over 4 years ago I’m hoping I can prove I have been rehabilitated, I have a responsible job and I’m on the 2nd year of my nursing degree so I’m fairly hopeful they will grant me a waiver.

My biggest worry is my partner. He is currently still on his suspended sentence (no conditions) which will probably have ended by the time a waiver may be granted but will still be in place at time of interview. Unfortunately his crime is a drug conviction, concerned in the supply of a class B substance (cannabis), he at no point dealt any cannabis and this is confirmed in his status of plea but he was seen as involved in bringing a friend to a supplier and that was enough to charge him with being concerned in supply. He was sentenced in December last year, he lost his job which required a DBS check and also lost his place at University as he was doing his mental health nursing degree along with myself. It might be worth noting that 5 professionals from the University were happy to keep him on the course after meeting with him at a fitness to practice panel, but one person from the health boards who hadn’t met him turned around and said they would not place him in their health boards at this time so the University had no choice to let him go because he wouldn’t have been able to fulfil the placement side of his degree.
For the first time in his adult life he is now out of work but is taking steps to set up his own business. We have a mortgage, savings, a child who is at school and we don’t personally know anyone who lives in the US. He is very remorseful for his actions, especially as they cost him his life long career plans which he’d already worked hard for.

My questions are:

Are his chances almost non-existent in being recommended for a waiver considering how recent the offence is?

Anyone know anybody who has been granted a waiver of ineligibility so soon after a conviction?

Any tips to give him more success with his application?

I suppose we won’t know until we try so we have nothing to lose by applying so soon (apart from a fair few quid!). Although I will be absolutely gutted if we don’t get waivers I think I’ve slightly prepared myself to be turned down this time around!

I apologise if this post isn’t in the correct thread but if either of us are lucky enough to get recommended for a waiver I will keep you all updated on the timescale. Ian and anyone else I’m ready for your brutal honesty! TIA

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Drugs will most likely rule any waiver out for him.

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Boiler do you mean because of how recent it is? This is for a B2 visa so I assume a waiver is available. TIA

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No, minor possession of MJ seems waiverable usually, this is Cannabis and not possession.

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Thanks for your input but I think you're getting confused with immigration waivers, I'm sure there are non-immigration waivers available for almost all crimes including drug offences, my worry is how recent the offence is.