Order in which they schedule interviews..

[shiri 0]

I was wondering something. When NVC schedules the interviews at the Embassies, do they pull by completion date or is it the priority date (based on your NOA1 date) of all that are completed by the time that they are scheduling interviews for the month?

Edited January 15, 2009 by shiri

[johndecka 0]

I was wondering something. When NVC schedules the interviews at the Embassies, do they pull by completion date or is it the priority date (based on your NOA1 date) of all that are completed by the time that they are scheduling interviews for the month?

by completion date.

[shiri 0]

I was wondering something. When NVC schedules the interviews at the Embassies, do they pull by completion date or is it the priority date (based on your NOA1 date) of all that are completed by the time that they are scheduling interviews for the month?

by completion date.

Thank you! So what does the priority date they say mean? Do you know what I mean? I have heard it said the priority date is based on the NOA1 date, but I guess that doesn't have anything to do with this. Thank you for your response!

[MsMariah 0]

Sorry, I think priority date has to do with family based visas that do not automatically receive a visa upon approval, they are put on a list to wait for a visa to become available to them based on order they were applied for. USC spouses, parents, and children never have to wait because visas are always available to them. However, permanent citizen's relatives or USC's brothers, sisters and so forth get a priority date once they get to NVC.

That's from what I understand.

Peace,

Mariah

[shiri 0]

Sorry, I think priority date has to do with family based visas that do not automatically receive a visa upon approval, they are put on a list to wait for a visa to become available to them based on order they were applied for. USC spouses, parents, and children never have to wait because visas are always available to them. However, permanent citizen's relatives or USC's brothers, sisters and so forth get a priority date once they get to NVC.

That's from what I understand.

Peace,

Mariah

Oh, ok, thank you so much!

[MariaSH 0]

I'm waiting for an interview now as well. When I talked to the operater this past Friday she said that they are still scheduling February interviews. I guess this is another waiting game.

[shiri 0]

I'm waiting for an interview now as well. When I talked to the operater this past Friday she said that they are still scheduling February interviews. I guess this is another waiting game.

It really is. At least at the USCIS level you can get a rough idea of where they are with processing and such. I wish there was a way to see for each consulate where they are for scheduling. Ya know... like Jan done scheduling date XXX. That would be awesome. I got my NOA2 on Sept 12. I got my case complete on Dec 1 and still haven't been scheduled yet. The waiting and not knowing is the hardest part. Hang in there!

[daboyz 36]

For CR-1/IR-1 visas, NVC schedules the interview. There's some exceptions to this. I think Guangzhao is one. It also depends on how many open slots they have at the Consulate. In my situation, my case was complete Nov. 18, 2008, but they didn't schedule me in December for a January interview because they were full. The scheduled me in January for a February interview. IMHO I think that NVC schedules their appointments first, and then the Consulate schedules the K visas with whatever is left over. I don't know this to be fact, but it seems to be the case by looking at timelines.

[shiri 0]

For CR-1/IR-1 visas, NVC schedules the interview. There's some exceptions to this. I think Guangzhao is one. It also depends on how many open slots they have at the Consulate. In my situation, my case was complete Nov. 18, 2008, but they didn't schedule me in December for a January interview because they were full. The scheduled me in January for a February interview. IMHO I think that NVC schedules their appointments first, and then the Consulate schedules the K visas with whatever is left over. I don't know this to be fact, but it seems to be the case by looking at timelines.

Thank you for sharing your story it is encouraging! I mean about how you didn't get scheduled in Dec even though you were done in Nov. My first completion date was Nov 20, but for some reason they moved my completion date out to Dec 1. I am thinking it was because I had sent an email with an attachment of the doc I was sending for my RFE and it took them that long to attach it to my file. I was bummed, but it is ancient history now. I am just hoping for a date soon. Anyways... thanks again for your comment.

[mindmaster 0]

MariaSH

Could you please let us know the following:

Did you send AOS & DS230 in one envelope to NVC? Based on your timetime you send AOS & DS230 same day. I am wondering if this speed up processing.

Your answer will definitely help all of us here. Thank you

[Rushing31 0]

Shiri- Any word on your interview date yet?? Our case was just completed at the NVC on 1/28. I am just trying to project (if possible) our time frame.

Some of the other recent CR-1 cases with Montreal interviews were:

Completed NVC - 10/30/08 ; Interview - 1/07/09 = 68 days

Completed NVC - 11/05/08 ; Interview - 1/13/09 = 69 days

Completed NVC - 11/06/08 ; Interview - 1/16/09 = 71 days

Completed NVC - 11/14/08 ; Interview - 1/27/09 = 74 days

They do appear to be gradually getting longer between completion and the actual interview, but that is an average of 70 days. That would put yours at 2/10. I saw you said that all the interviews were given out for Feb... what is the deal now??

I know I am still a couple months away, but just trying to get an idea...

Good luck!

Chris.

Edited January 30, 2009 by Rushing31

[shiri 0]

Shiri- Any word on your interview date yet?? Our case was just completed at the NVC on 1/28. I am just trying to project (if possible) our time frame.

Some of the other recent CR-1 cases with Montreal interviews were:

Completed NVC - 10/30/08 ; Interview - 1/07/09 = 68 days

Completed NVC - 11/05/08 ; Interview - 1/13/09 = 69 days

Completed NVC - 11/06/08 ; Interview - 1/16/09 = 71 days

Completed NVC - 11/14/08 ; Interview - 1/27/09 = 74 days

They do appear to be gradually getting longer between completion and the actual interview, but that is an average of 70 days. That would put yours at 2/10. I saw you said that all the interviews were given out for Feb... what is the deal now??

I know I am still a couple months away, but just trying to get an idea...

Good luck!

Chris.

Nope, no news for me yet. I am thinking next week or the week after I should finally know! You know to get a better idea, I would say to check out Trailmix's thread Montreal Timeline to Interview

It show trends of interviews and such from August of 2007 til current.