-Londoner

Hi All,


I am a dual british/french National and my spouse is Chinese (EEA visa for 5
years).

Myself and my spouse went to a Visa interview to the US embassy in January
and was handed the form 221(g) , it stated we had to wait for the medical
result(took place one day before the visa interview) and we needed to
provide proof of relationship.

I am puzzled by the whole thing since we got married in March and the
lottery winner announcement was sent in June(i.e. we got married in March ,
I actually completely forgot I applied for the greencard lottery_hehehe).

Anyway I diligently sent:
+ CD of pictures of us before the interview took place
+ copy of mobile phone bills (being a contractor we mainly communicate via
phone- I come back in the UK on the week end/ it is a pretty tough
situation for us but the financial gains will free us from working soon)
+ unfortunately I could not send emails correspondance because the site
which stored all the emails was unreachable from the UK

We are now in February-March and I have not heard anything from the US
embassy of London in terms of the case status and if they received all the
documents (sent through courrier).

My questions are the following:
+ I managed to get the email correspondances records , should I bother to
send them ? will it delay the case further ?
+ who should I contact to get an update on the case ?
+ Usually how long does it take to process this sort of application (US
greencard lottery winners and derivatives status) ?
+ What would be the worst case scenario ? Wife denied ? Conditional status
to the wife ? Myself denied under the ground we could not proof the strength
of our relationship ?
+ Shall we expect another grilling interview ? I am not going to mention the
questions asked during the interview but I would say sometimes it verged to
the indecent ?
+ If you were me would you be bothered in sending comments about this whole
process directly to the Embassador

My comments about this whole visa process is , the US embassy of London are
not making the job of their staff very easy , they could have setup a site
where you just type your case ID to check the status - I am sure not many
people would mind an increase in the visa processing to finance such a
system.


A guy in the process of loosing his hair !!!

ian-mstm

You were asked to provide proof of your relationship. The proof they're after is a marriage certificate! The other stuff you sent tells them only that you two know each other. They need verification that you were married prior to winning the DV lottery.

Ian

fatbrit

Hi Londoner,

Welcome to US bureaucracy! A mixture of arrogance, incompetence and unaccountability. You'll be delighted, I'm sure, to learn that the London embassy are a particular fine example of the breed.

I'd send them copies of everything again -- on paper since they will probably be too scared or stupid to use your CD for anything other than somewhere to rest their tired coffee cups. Include the marriage certificate, marriage photos, marriage paraphernalia (e.g. scans of the invitations), scans of anything that show you have a joint life (e.g. bank statements, tenancy agreements, etc).

The clock runs till October. If they haven't issued your visas by then, you're SOL. Hassle them in moderation. Sickly sweet and groveling is the way you are expected to behave. There's an email address hanging round the web somewhere and I've heard some people actually get an occasional reply on that one -- Google is your friend. They don't like giving out their phone numbers. The Royal Mail is, though, probably your best bet. Address it to the wanker who interviewed you.

Good luck!

-Londoner

> You were asked to provide proof of your relationship. The proof they're
> after is a marriage certificate! The other stuff you sent tells them
> only that you two know each other. They need verification that you were
> married prior to winning the DV lottery.
>
> Ian
>
> --


Well the marriage certificate was provided at the time of the interview (it
is an actual requirement , we provided at the time of the interview:marriage
certif/ criminal record/academical records/proof of income, and the million
filled forms) and yes we were married well before winning the DV lottery
(03/03/2006).
What I was looking for in this posting is how to progress the case further
or at least find out what 's going on !

Regards,

fatbrit

Send it all again. About 30 pages should suffice. Documents, photos, etc. They have a habit of loosing stuff.

-Londoner

Thanks Mate

I am going to go through resending all the paperworks . I was just not aware
of what sort of service to expect from the US embassy , my expectation was
pretty high after paying a whooping 800 £ for both of US.

Regards,




> Hi Londoner,
>
> Welcome to US bureaucracy! A mixture of arrogance, incompetence and
> unaccountability. You'll be delighted, I'm sure, to learn that the
> London embassy are a particular fine example of the breed.
>
> I'd send them copies of everything again -- on paper since they will
> probably be too scared or stupid to use your CD for anything other than
> somewhere to rest their tired coffee cups. Include the marriage
> certificate, marriage photos, marriage paraphernalia (e.g. scans of the
> invitations), scans of anything that show you have a joint life (e.g.
> bank statements, tenancy agreements, etc).
>
> The clock runs till October. If they haven't issued your visas by then,
> you're SOL. Hassle them in moderation. Sickly sweet and groveling is the
> way you are expected to behave. There's an email address hanging round
> the web somewhere and I've heard some people actually get an occasional
> reply on that one -- Google is your friend. They don't like giving out
> their phone numbers. The Royal Mail is, though, probably your best bet.
> Address it to the wanker who interviewed you.
>
> Good luck!
>
> --