average time between NOA2 and interview

[bestofboston 36]

The NOA2 took us 5 months and 2 weeks

The time between NOA2 and interview is almost 5 months for the CR1 process.

K1 is faster. I recommend that you look at the Visa Journey timeline like someone previous had stated. Those timelines are based on previous people going through the same process and are close.

When I saw 163 days between NOA2 and interview, I thought it may have been due to not being ready for documents that the NVC needs but we had everything prestaged and that did not help.

Again, look at VJ timeline, advanced view. It is close

[bt1 42]

Is there an average wait time between receiving the NOA2 and the interview?

It all depends on the consulate

[LoveMyMiky 35]

As others have stated, really depends on the embassy. Good suggestion is to look at the link for your particular embassy. Took the Korean embassy about 10 days to issue PK3.5 and 30 days for the interview. It was somewhat challenging in making the appointment as the embassy did not receive the online request we completed. They responded to emails within one week, but their fax machine appeared to be turned off and it was nearly impossible to reach via phone. However, once I finally made phone contact they were super speedy!

[Channah&Aaron 51]

; Amsterdam is between 4-6 weeks!! Thank God!!

[timvic 0]

yeah depends on the consulate. i am pretty sure my noa2 and interview are two months apart but i also did request an interview date and got it. march 23rd for me!

[Yellowhead 12]

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned this, but as stated, it does depend entirely on the consulate, how quickly they receive your approved NOA2 from NVC and how quickly they process the received NOA2 and send you your next packet. I found approximate dates (everything in this process is approximate, so don't make plans until you have a date) by filling out my timeline, and then clicking on portals, and down on the left side you will see K-1 visas for the consulate you will be interviewing at. You can play around with the search options (choose your country, your consulate and then sort by NOA2 date) to see when people have received their interviews at the consulate you chose. I got an approximation by following people 1 month in advance of me, or a few months in advance with slower consulates. Every case is different however, and the interview date depends a lot on how quickly you get everything back to the consulate once they contact you. Every consulate has its own procedures, so it might be wise to post in the regional forum to find out specifics about your consulate. Hope this helps, and best of luck getting a speedy date. It feels amazing once you can plan ahead for a change, so hang in there.

To the person asking about Canadian consulates that process K-1's, there is only Montreal and Vancouver. Montreal waits are 3-4 months and Vancouver is about 1 month right now. Once again, totally approximate. No other consulates in Canada process these visas, and I think they are the only ones that process non-immigrant visas at all. Someone clarify if they know for sure about this. Where you are processed depends on where you live. East coast=Montreal, West Coast=Vancouver. Not sure where the cut offs are for these selections.

[CourtAndGrey 0]

Check with other Costa Rica folks for this question. A lot of us have timelines that are easy to sort through to get a better idea of timing.

The good news: The costa rican consulate works QUICK!!! We had our interview 28 days after the NOA2 was issued! That was a billion times faster than anyone else who was getting approved around the same time as we were. Once your packet is received by the embassy, you can call and if you are prepared, they will let you schedule your appt. right away. They are usually booked out around 2 weeks ahead. In our case, we had the option to have the interview sooner than I could even get the time off work and get to Costa Rica, so I had to schedule it about a week later than they offered.

I'd be happy to share more about our situation and give you a heads up on your Packet 3. PM me if you'd like more info.

Good luck y pura vida.

[jrmejia 31]

I dont think there is consistency in any stage of this process!

agree