Visa interview

Hello again

So like I said I am currently doing my blog whilst sitting on the train home.
(what else am I going to do to fill the two hour delay)

So I had my visa interview today and... I got approved! The whole process is fast and easy providing you don't try to be smart like me and use a photograph that you also used for your j1 visa two years ago. They caught on and I has to rush out of the embassy and go to the Gould's pharmacy just along North Audley street from the embassy to get a new photo.

I stayed in a hotel on dudley street near near Holburn subway station. This way I could get on the central line and would only be a few stops until I got to bond street. Once you exit bond street, turn out to the left and walk until you get to the junction which has M&S, Selfridges co. and Zara. Turn down the road that Zara is on and you will be on the same road that the Gould's pharmacy is on. In here you can store your items I.e. a bag and electrical good for something like £3. If you need to you can get a new visa photo or two for £2.50 each. After passing the pharmacy keep following that road down and you will get to a zebra crossing, cross that and then you will be at the front of the embassy.

Unless you are the first to arrive there will most likely be a queue. The queue you are looking for is the one on the left if you are facing the embassy or if you follow my directions then you will join the back of the queue. They started to move everyone inside around 25~20 minutes to eight as it was really cold. The first security guard is looking for your passport and your appointment confirmation letter. He will then tell you to stand in front of the security house where you will be called in 4 at a time. Once in all belonging go in a clear box through a x-ray machine, while you go through a metal detector. After that you exit the building turn right and follow the path round till you get to a flight of stairs.
Up the stairs through the glass doors and to the desk. They then ask for your appointment confirmation letter, MRV receipt and DS-160 confirmation letter. They will also attach a sticker to your appointment letter which has your number on it (e.g. N17). Go up the stairs through the doors and take a seat. Keep an eye on the screens and listen out for your number. When they announce your number they will tell you which window to go to.
At the window they will most likely ask for all your documents at the one time so they can do their thing. After all has been sorted they will ask for your left four finger prints, then the right four and finally your two thumbs.
They will also give you a blue form and tell you to be seated and wait for your number to be recalled. This is for the courier. Fill it out with the address you would like it to be sent to. They also require your e-mail address, phone number and you have the option to include a mobile number to receive text updates with the status of your delivery.
Once your number has been called again, it will most likely be to a different window.
They will than ask for fingerprints and they will then ask you a few simple questions like; what are you going to do, where are you going to work, do you have previous experience of this type of work and so on. They will then tell you that either your visa has been approved or has not been approved. Hopefully it was the first one. You will then be instructed to go to the courier desk to pay the fee. This can ONLY be done by card. You will be asked what delivery type you would like I.e. standard, before 12 or before 10am. You will then receive a piece of paper with how you can track you passport and a receipt of the transaction.

After that that is you all sorted and ready to head home.

All I now need to do is pay my insurance and programme fee. And pack obviously. Still 59 days before I go.

Currently as I write this it is 19:00 on a train that is delayed like I said by two hours so wont get into Glasgow until 9pm and I need to get up for work at 4am tomorrow and I then have a Disney meet up in Glasgow tomorrow with 7/8 of the Scottish Disney peeps.

I will now most likely update sometime closer to my march 19th date unsure yet. Possibly after I get everything sorted.

Till then good Morning/Day/Night!



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