Hi Pat, I am applying fiancee visa as well but plan to submit on 1st week of January coz i intended to leave on April just to finished my daughter's grad. and bday as well Thanks to Haiku for her informative post about scheduling appointment
In regards to provisional booking there's a good thread posted by Ady here:
http://filipinaroses.com/showthread....ht=provisional

When my fiance booked our wedding at Wallsal the Officer who approved the booking can't decide yet to give us a Provisional Letter she need to coordinate to her Boss, so we're waiting for the feedback still .
Goodluck to us