Well, we had our interview in London today...
US embassy in UK is very large, you should expect to que outside for good 15-30 minutes before you get through security and enter the embassy itself.. Security is very tough, they forbid all electronics, even car keys with batteries inside, there is pharmacy nearby to leave all stuff, 3 quid per plastic pocket.
Once you walk inside, you hand in your invitation letter to a lady in reception, she will scan it and give you a sticker with your number on it... most likely it will begin with letter I.
You walk up few stairs into a big waiting room with booths (windows) on right side of it, at the front will be a small bar where you can buy food/drinks... There is also a big TV screen at the front it shows some mini videos about USA, but more importantly calls out what numbers need to go to which windows.
First you will be called to a window 1 - 8, where you will need to present all the documents required by DV this will be a step by step process and will take some time, be friendly with the person you talk to since it is a very boring job and some of them like the interaction... They will ask you to go pay the fee for GC (330, take a notice of this location since that will be the place where interview will take place) and bring receipt back to the person in window, btw there is a Photograph Booth costs £5
they might ask you to get photos from there.
During all this time, a big folder is being created for each of the applicants with DS-230 at the core of it, if all documents seem to be fine the person closes this folder and hands it over to Consular.
At this stage you will be asked to go back to waiting room and wait again for your number to come up, this time it will be Interview, interview windows are double digit and are located down the same corridor you will go to pay your GC fee.
Consular questions are very similar to that Den submitted, so I wont repeat it... I would just add that they seem to be very conscious with proof of funds, I also did excel print with both Cash and Assets, consular seemed to just look at that. But we didnt have affidavit support, maybe thats why.
Dont worry if some documents are wrong or not there... Our visas got approved with Passports issues and no medicals arriving to the embassy. Consular kindly asked us to mail our Passports to embassy asap via courier and with that we will get stamps in passports.
Overall it took us 3 hours from door to door.
US embassy in UK is very large, you should expect to que outside for good 15-30 minutes before you get through security and enter the embassy itself.. Security is very tough, they forbid all electronics, even car keys with batteries inside, there is pharmacy nearby to leave all stuff, 3 quid per plastic pocket.
Once you walk inside, you hand in your invitation letter to a lady in reception, she will scan it and give you a sticker with your number on it... most likely it will begin with letter I.
You walk up few stairs into a big waiting room with booths (windows) on right side of it, at the front will be a small bar where you can buy food/drinks... There is also a big TV screen at the front it shows some mini videos about USA, but more importantly calls out what numbers need to go to which windows.
First you will be called to a window 1 - 8, where you will need to present all the documents required by DV this will be a step by step process and will take some time, be friendly with the person you talk to since it is a very boring job and some of them like the interaction... They will ask you to go pay the fee for GC (330, take a notice of this location since that will be the place where interview will take place) and bring receipt back to the person in window, btw there is a Photograph Booth costs £5
they might ask you to get photos from there.
During all this time, a big folder is being created for each of the applicants with DS-230 at the core of it, if all documents seem to be fine the person closes this folder and hands it over to Consular.
At this stage you will be asked to go back to waiting room and wait again for your number to come up, this time it will be Interview, interview windows are double digit and are located down the same corridor you will go to pay your GC fee.
Consular questions are very similar to that Den submitted, so I wont repeat it... I would just add that they seem to be very conscious with proof of funds, I also did excel print with both Cash and Assets, consular seemed to just look at that. But we didnt have affidavit support, maybe thats why.
Dont worry if some documents are wrong or not there... Our visas got approved with Passports issues and no medicals arriving to the embassy. Consular kindly asked us to mail our Passports to embassy asap via courier and with that we will get stamps in passports.
Overall it took us 3 hours from door to door.
