Are we wasting our time?

[Unruly Gal 0]

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That website interview scheduling does not work. You can schedule one. It will give you a date and time and all. Then, when you show up at the embassy, they will say they know nothing about it and you should've gotten the date directly from them.

Save yourself some headaches and don't bother.

Oh... and if we would have waited this long and got an appt. via the Web and got to the embassy and they said we didn't have an appt. y'all would have read about me in the Gleaner somewhere...."AMERICAN WOMAN MASH UP U.S. EMBASSY"

[*JG* 2]

Oh... and if we would have waited this long and got an appt. via the Web and got to the embassy and they said we didn't have an appt. y'all would have read about me in the Gleaner somewhere...."AMERICAN WOMAN MASH UP U.S. EMBASSY"

Ha Ha.....

Been there, done that. That's how I know. We made an interview using that interview scheduler on their web site. We thought we were so lucky to have found a fairly soon date. Andre went to the embassy to drop off the DS-230 and happened to mention he had an appointment. The woman was like, are you mad? We dont' use that system to schedule. Of course, I'm like ####### is it still on there then? Anyhow, she rescheduled us for just about a week and a half after our original date. If we hadn't talked to her, we would've shown up on the original date and been pretty ticked.

[dancehallquana 5]

Oh... and if we would have waited this long and got an appt. via the Web and got to the embassy and they said we didn't have an appt. y'all would have read about me in the Gleaner somewhere...."AMERICAN WOMAN MASH UP U.S. EMBASSY"

Ha Ha.....

Been there, done that. That's how I know. We made an interview using that interview scheduler on their web site. We thought we were so lucky to have found a fairly soon date. Andre went to the embassy to drop off the DS-230 and happened to mention he had an appointment. The woman was like, are you mad? We dont' use that system to schedule. Of course, I'm like ####### is it still on there then? Anyhow, she rescheduled us for just about a week and a half after our original date. If we hadn't talked to her, we would've shown up on the original date and been pretty ticked.

know u right!!!

and u were right about the processing girl.. RG told me he did it online too. He said u go to some check cashing place (he named the place in Mobay, but I forgot) and pay the application fee first, u get a receipt which has a confirmation number to go online and schedule your appt. It is supposed to give u a date then and there. I guess he was just tremendously blessed to have it go as smoothly as it went, maybe his situation is not the norm unfortunately. But if u know u r not ready for marriage now, then keep searching 4 the right answers for the visitor visa. Something has got to give.. I pray sooner than later

Be blessed.

[clairern 0]

last year August my niece used the on-line scheduling and got her dte after paying the fees and she did have her interview as was scheduled online. I think this is only for visitors visa.

[JaHoney 3]

Hey Unruly,

I am also new to the site and also experiencing the same scenario. I am going to visit my boyfriend over in jamaica in july and really wanted to work on us applying for him a nonimmigrant visa, so that he can experience my world as well, but he is not wealthy, he has a job, and he has a child, is that enough to grant him a visa, based off of the things i have read on here i am becoming discouraged as well. I really love him and want to look forward to us having a future together, but the beauracracy of it all, is overwhelming. Unruly, keep me posted on your dilemma, as i am clueless to this whole process. I wish you the best of luck, and i hope it works out for you

[Unruly Gal 0]

Thanks everyone. We'll see what happens -- AW did pay the fee through the place in Mobay (can't remember the name) so we have the receipt. The only issue now is just getting a date. I've literally stalked the site everyday for the past 3 weeks waiting for them to open up some dates. I can't believe there isn't a better system. We'll continue to pray and explore our options.

[Unruly Gal 0]

Hey Unruly,

I am also new to the site and also experiencing the same scenario. I am going to visit my boyfriend over in jamaica in july and really wanted to work on us applying for him a nonimmigrant visa, so that he can experience my world as well, but he is not wealthy, he has a job, and he has a child, is that enough to grant him a visa, based off of the things i have read on here i am becoming discouraged as well. I really love him and want to look forward to us having a future together, but the beauracracy of it all, is overwhelming. Unruly, keep me posted on your dilemma, as i am clueless to this whole process. I wish you the best of luck, and i hope it works out for you

Honeychild --

I'll definitely keep you posted. It looks like we are in the same boat-- I too am worried about my SO's ties to the country being enough to grant him a visa. We are going to emphasize his job, his family (daughter), the house he just built, etc. (hopefully it will be enough).

If you want to go through the nonimmigrant visa route I would recommend that you fill out the forms now -- D156 and 157. You can get both forms online from the embassy website. Once you fill out the forms you get a barcode number that you will need to schedule the appointment. You could do this before you go back to Jamaica in July as it seems as it takes forever to actually get an appointment, so my recommendation is to begin the process early. It'll cost @ $131.00 to process the application, but you don't need the money now to set-up the appointment -- you just need to have the receipt that you paid the fee at the time of the inerview. My boyfriend paid the fee at Paymaster - locations throughout MoBay -- I think he paid it at the Post Office downtown.

Also, I would follow the recommendations that others have made and make sure your SO doesn't mention that he is going to visit his girlfriend in America.

Good luck and keep me posted on your process. I'll keep you posted of anything I find out, also.

Unruly

[JaHoney 3]

Hey Unruly,

I am also new to the site and also experiencing the same scenario. I am going to visit my boyfriend over in jamaica in july and really wanted to work on us applying for him a nonimmigrant visa, so that he can experience my world as well, but he is not wealthy, he has a job, and he has a child, is that enough to grant him a visa, based off of the things i have read on here i am becoming discouraged as well. I really love him and want to look forward to us having a future together, but the beauracracy of it all, is overwhelming. Unruly, keep me posted on your dilemma, as i am clueless to this whole process. I wish you the best of luck, and i hope it works out for you

Honeychild --

I'll definitely keep you posted. It looks like we are in the same boat-- I too am worried about my SO's ties to the country being enough to grant him a visa. We are going to emphasize his job, his family (daughter), the house he just built, etc. (hopefully it will be enough).

If you want to go through the nonimmigrant visa route I would recommend that you fill out the forms now -- D156 and 157. You can get both forms online from the embassy website. Once you fill out the forms you get a barcode number that you will need to schedule the appointment. You could do this before you go back to Jamaica in July as it seems as it takes forever to actually get an appointment, so my recommendation is to begin the process early. It'll cost @ $131.00 to process the application, but you don't need the money now to set-up the appointment -- you just need to have the receipt that you paid the fee at the time of the inerview. My boyfriend paid the fee at Paymaster - locations throughout MoBay -- I think he paid it at the Post Office downtown.

Also, I would follow the recommendations that others have made and make sure your SO doesn't mention that he is going to visit his girlfriend in America.

Good luck and keep me posted on your process. I'll keep you posted of anything I find out, also.

Unruly