Tourist Visa to USA from UK

[russ01539]

Help please.

Everything being equal my wife should have her ILR Visa by end Sept/Oct. We want to go the USA at Xmas for a vacation.

We thought about getting her a UK passport, but do you not have to wait a certain period of time for that ?

We have been advised to go to the Consul in Belfast cause the London embassy is much stricter.

Any advice would be very welcome.

Sorry if this kind of question has come up b4, but i did search for old posts and had no luck. Did find a prediction from AndyPaul back in 2005 that we were heading for recession. If you know the winner of next years grand national do let me in on it - i promise to keep it secret from keith.

[darren-b]

You can't apply for British Citizenship until you've been in the UK for at least 3 years. If your wife is eligible she could try applying though you may not have enough time to get a passport before Christmas

My wife applied for a tourist visa at the US embassy in London last October (just after she got ILR). It was a reasonable painless process - she spent a few hours at the embassy and they sent her passport back with a 10 year tourist visa a day or so later.

[russ01539]

Thanks Darren.

How long did it take for her ILR to come thru ?

[darren-b]

I seem to remember it took about 4 or 5 weeks for her ILR to come through. Those that was almost a year ago so things may have changed since then.