Changing Interview Date...

[BryaNadiya 0]

So I've booked a flight to go see my husband for a couple of weeks in November. I know that all the November interview slots are gone so I'm praying for a December date. If the December date falls too close to Christmas I am thinking of staying there to spend Christmas with hubby and the family.

Does anyone know much much further I can delay my interview date without causing problems for myself?

[JoannaV 174]

I don't entirely understand the situation: are you booked for a couple of weeks in November but planning on rescheduling your return flight? Or are you planning on returning to the UK then potentially visiting the US again?

As far as the interview goes, if you receive the date and you can't make it then you're fine to reschedule once. I don't see any issues with that. Unless you had your medical a long long time ago and have already delayed your interview?

Personally I had just arrived in the US in mid-December for a 6 week visit when I received the email saying my interview was at the beginning of January. Even if I'd wanted to, it would have been impossible to make this as all the flights were sold out. (Except for the million-dollar flights haha.) So I told them the problem and when I would be returning to the UK. I ended up with a date in February, about 5 weeks after the original date. So no problems, except for a slight delay, which wasn't a problem for me. One reason it was 5 weeks later rather than 3 or 4 was because various communication problems meant it took a while to talk to the Embassy: so I'd actually expect a shorter delay than this in general :-)

[BryaNadiya 0]

I don't entirely understand the situation: are you booked for a couple of weeks in November but planning on rescheduling your return flight? Or are you planning on returning to the UK then potentially visiting the US again?

As far as the interview goes, if you receive the date and you can't make it then you're fine to reschedule once. I don't see any issues with that. Unless you had your medical a long long time ago and have already delayed your interview?

Personally I had just arrived in the US in mid-December for a 6 week visit when I received the email saying my interview was at the beginning of January. Even if I'd wanted to, it would have been impossible to make this as all the flights were sold out. (Except for the million-dollar flights haha.) So I told them the problem and when I would be returning to the UK. I ended up with a date in February, about 5 weeks after the original date. So no problems, except for a slight delay, which wasn't a problem for me. One reason it was 5 weeks later rather than 3 or 4 was because various communication problems meant it took a while to talk to the Embassy: so I'd actually expect a shorter delay than this in general :-)

Thanks for your response,

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear.. Yes I've booked a flight to spend a couple of weeks with my husband and if I don't get an interview date in early December will be extending my visit until after Christmas. Also my husband may be eligible for some leave in January so might be able to come back with me for a visit as he has not met all of my family yet.

Did you contact the Embassy in London to reschedule?

[JoannaV 174]

Thanks for your response,

I'm sorry if I wasn't clear.. Yes I've booked a flight to spend a couple of weeks with my husband and if I don't get an interview date in early December will be extending my visit until after Christmas. Also my husband may be eligible for some leave in January so might be able to come back with me for a visit as he has not met all of my family yet.

Did you contact the Embassy in London to reschedule?

OK, so sounds very similar to my situation, as basically if you haven't heard by a certain time you will plan to be in America, and then either the interview will be afterwards or you will reschedule it for afterwards if necessary.

I had to phone the Embassy, then they told me to email them with my request. They replied with the new date :-) Pretty simple, except for the price of the phone call haha.

(The delay in my case was that they have to tell you a code to put in the email subject line, generally, and the first time I phoned they didn't and so they never read my first email.)