Hi All,
Firstly to Sm1smom, Britsimon and SusieQQQ amongst others... a Very BIG thank you of all your invaluable advice, information and support you guys have provided on this great site.
My wife and I made our first DV lottery entry back in 2008 for DV2010, and after out 5th attempt my wife was selected for the DV2015 draw.
Wife's case number was 2015AF00004***, and we had the interview at 8am on October 22 at the London US Embassy, we did not take our kids as both were under 14 and they did not require to be there.
We live in North London, so we traveled to the embassy on the tube arriving at the embassy at around 7:30am, at around 7:40am we got to the front of the queue where our name was checked on the list, and were told to stand in a second line for the security check. The security guard called us over and checked our passport and the confirmation letter, which was in my wife's name, and asked where was mine. We told him that the whole family is represented with that letter, he went away to check and came back 5 minutes later and pointed us to the security hut to the right hand side, where we did the checks and were told to follow the signs for Visa's to the right hand side of the embassy.
Once in we were given a ticket with our call number on it ( it started with an I***) and told to sit in the waiting room, it was now around 7:55am. At round 8:05am we were called to Window 13, where a pleasant English gentleman collected our documents and gave a pink slip to take to the cashier, I left my wife at the window whilst I went and paid $1320 for the visa's. By the time I was done and got back to the window, the gentleman told us to go and sit down again and wait to be called for the interview. At around 8:30am we called to window 16, where we met a very nice American counsellor who looked through and asked for confirmation of high school level education, My pointed her to the A-level results sheet and then the counsellor left to get someone to verify the sheet, she cam back and started typing on the computer, for what felt like a lifetime, then she just looked up and said your done, your all set and your visa's will be ready to pick up within 5 days, it was now 9:15am.
Both my wife and I had to do a double take at the counsellor, who was now smiling at our reaction
, and a "Is that it" from me and she nodded.
We left the embassy and grabbed a coffee and some breakfast at a cafe near by and discussed our next steps, and then home.
Thanks
PaulP
