Scheduling interview appointment w/o letter from Consulate

[Chazzie 1]

Hi again!So i sched my fiance's appointment for next week already and when asked if he already received a letter from manila consulate that its ok now to sched his interview i said yes.(but he hasnt)Now Im worried if they really do have our case...Would their system still show in their computer our INFO if it didnt?It has been 5 days since NVC sent out our case.Can i call NVC if manila received it?

Hmmmn, Im really worried now.

pls help.Any comments will be greatly apppreciated.

[Kristy S 13]

wait, what? you lied to them about it? why would you do that?

[Inky 1,110]

Dont call NVC, call DOS.

[Kristy S 13]

i mean he wouldn't even have his packet or anything yet, would he?

[Chazzie 1]

I just called and cancelled his appointment.Thanks everyone.

[Chazzie 1]

i mean he wouldn't even have his packet or anything yet, would he?

They wont sent out packet 3 and 4 anymore its all to be downloaded at my consulate's site .

[Kristy S 13]

i hope that wasn't the wrong thing to do...i don't know much about that part of it yet, but i would think going in unprepared and having them find out you lied to them would be very detrimental to your case? like i said though, i don't know much about that part...i figure i'll start researching it when my noa2 comes in.

has he gotten his medical done already?

[Chazzie 1]

i hope that wasn't the wrong thing to do...i don't know much about that part of it yet, but i would think going in unprepared and having them find out you lied to them would be very detrimental to your case? like i said though, i don't know much about that part...i figure i'll start researching it when my noa2 comes in.

has he gotten his medical done already?

he was about to go tom as its a first come first serve basis.He's prepared, its just that i called a while ago to confirm if they already received my case but since they havent i just have to cancel his appt.Its s0o silly of me to even sched and lie about receiving the letter from consulate.I only did that because thats what everybody is doing to save time when scheduling but since the waiting period is not that bad,then its ok.Sorry for even posting about what i did,i only have myself to blame and i accept that.

Thanks for the comment and good luck on your case!

[Kristy S 13]

he was about to go tom as its a first come first serve basis.He's prepared, its just that i called a while ago to confirm if they already received my case but since they havent i just have to cancel his appt.Its s0o silly of me to even sched and lie about receiving the letter from consulate.I only did that because thats what everybody is doing to save time when scheduling but since the waiting period is not that bad,then its ok.Sorry for even posting about what i did,i only have myself to blame and i accept that.

Thanks for the comment and good luck on your case!

don't be hard on yourself about it, i've just lurked this board for so long, and seen so many people lose out weeks or months or get denied over stupid stuff, and it always makes me sad. i know the waiting is hard, it's killing us all, but if i did something to try and save a week, and ended up costing us a month or a denial, i would be kicking myself forever. would hate to see that happen to anyone, especially over something so trivial.

[Chazzie 1]

don't be hard on yourself about it, i've just lurked this board for so long, and seen so many people lose out weeks or months or get denied over stupid stuff, and it always makes me sad. i know the waiting is hard, it's killing us all, but if i did something to try and save a week, and ended up costing us a month or a denial, i would be kicking myself forever. would hate to see that happen to anyone, especially over something so trivial.

I totally agree.Ive already come this far and i dont want all my waiting pain to just go to waste.Thanks for your honest comment Kristy,i really appreciate it.

Edited November 9, 2010 by Chazzie

[d0n_the_dragon 0]

I was under the impression that you can schedule the interview ahead of the letter from the embassy as well. At least that's what people here are saying to save time. Is that not the case? Senior VJ members please chime in for your expert explanation.

You can call the DoS instead of NVC to get your case # ? That would be great because I just realized that it's not that easy to call NVC, it's always busy.

[mikaila 0]

I dont get it. I thought the US embassy will give you the date for your interview appointment and the request for medical exams and even request for police clearance. I never thought that you can schedule for interview date yourself. I prefer to wait for the letter from the embassy. We survive waiting for almost 5 months for NOA2 so 2-4 weeks waiting for the embassy letter is nothing. My fiance just received the hardcopy of NOA2 yesterday.

[JlovesA 109]

I dont get it. I thought the US embassy will give you the date for your interview appointment and the request for medical exams and even request for police clearance. I never thought that you can schedule for interview date yourself. I prefer to wait for the letter from the embassy. We survive waiting for almost 5 months for NOA2 so 2-4 weeks waiting for the embassy letter is nothing. My fiance just received the hardcopy of NOA2 yesterday.

I'm not sure if you'll be going through Montreal or Vancouver, but Montreal people definitely schedule their own interview.

It all works totally different than what's on the guides now. Montreal sends you packet 3 and tells you you can schedule an interview. I don't even know if there is a packet 4 anymore. But we definitely schedule our own interviews. Has been that way since September.

[MSR 6]

I'm not sure if you'll be going through Montreal or Vancouver, but Montreal people definitely schedule their own interview.

It all works totally different than what's on the guides now. Montreal sends you packet 3 and tells you you can schedule an interview. I don't even know if there is a packet 4 anymore. But we definitely schedule our own interviews. Has been that way since September.

I can only speak for myself, i had my interview in October so perhaps my experience can help shed some light.

I still received the Packet 4 letter , it didn't advise me of an interview date, it provided a link where i could schedule my own interview date.

I believe this was the same for the other interviewee's in October.

You will get Packet 3 first, then wait for it to be logged, Then receive packet 4 with the link to schedule your interview.

[Kristy S 13]

It all works totally different than what's on the guides now. Montreal sends you packet 3 and tells you you can schedule an interview. I don't even know if there is a packet 4 anymore. But we definitely schedule our own interviews. Has been that way since September.

it all works different for everyone? my fiance is planning on visiting and we were working around the timelines trying to keep from delaying our process anymore, we were figuring on about a 4-5 week delay between noa2 and him gettin his packet in london. will this not be the case then?