March interviews

[Laure&Colin 558]

I just bought my ticket to Montréal yesterday, so I'll be going! I thought US citizens were always allowed in a US consulate/embassy?

The interview will be the first day of a two week trip, so our cat is coming with me too. Doubt she'll be allowed into the consulate, despite being an American. (No joke, when I was traveling back to the US with her after an extended stay in Canada, the American border guard asked me in all seriousness if she was "an American cat"...)

:rofl:

Well, my cat was born in Turkey is now living in France and is soon expected to move to the US.

He's got his little European pet passport. Seriously. Can't board a plane in the EU without it.

I read reviews for some countries that say USCs are not allowed in the embassy for their spouse's interview. For example: Egypt and Turkey. In other places they can get into the building, but not in the interview area (China). And other embassies make it almost mandatory for USCs to come (if I remember well Dominican Republic, Ecuador and a few others).

One thing that really shocks me in the immigration process is how it does NOT offer equal chances to applicants coming from different parts of the world

[batista1880 3]

ill be accompanying my husband also for his interview since in the embassy in Santo Domingo highly recommends that petioner go to interview.....

[Laure&Colin 558]

ill be accompanying my husband also for his interview since in the embassy in Santo Domingo highly recommends that petioner go to interview.....

Yeah, I heard that before... Well, it's nice that you'll be able to go through the last, nerve wrecking step together anyway!

[Ryan H 3,812]

Tegucigalpa (am I right?)

Immigrant visa interviews for beneficiaries in Honduras are conducted at the Embassy in Tegucigalpa, so you are correct.

I thought US citizens were always allowed in a US consulate/embassy?

US Citizens are always allowed into a US Embassy or Consulate; however, the polices and procedures of immigrant visa units at some (more accurately, most but not all) Embassies or Consulates only allow the beneficiary into the interview area.

[gad33 47]

(No joke, when I was traveling back to the US with her after an extended stay in Canada, the American border guard asked me in all seriousness if she was "an American cat"...)

We'll have one of each. Maybe the Canadian one will be questioned about her intentions.

[Sonshyne 2]

Hi Laure.. Thanks for starting this thread

Medical is scheduled for Feb 21.. I'm not sure if I'm gonna be able to make it to the interview as of yet

Batista1880: March 5, Santo Domingo

Sonshyne: March 6, Jamaica

Clark--Kent: March 12, Tokyo

Alizon: March 13, Montréal

Chula: March 13, Tegucigalpa (am I right?)

Laure&Colin: March 27, Paris

Edited February 3, 2012 by Sonshyne

[hkb21 0]

To everyone buying plane tickets...I've done some checking on kayak.com today and I did not see a noticeable difference in price from say a ticket a week from now compared to a week or two after my wife's interview date (March 19). I hope buying your tickets works out for you but no way can I take a risk of losing around 1500$. I've read too many bad stories on here.

[ayomide1 5]

Still waiting for NVC to schedule my wife and daughters interview but up till now , no LUCK.... :help: :help: They keep telling me they are waiting on Lagos embassy and that i should call back in a weeks time

[Clark--Kent 4]

To everyone buying plane tickets...I've done some checking on kayak.com today and I did not see a noticeable difference in price from say a ticket a week from now compared to a week or two after my wife's interview date (March 19). I hope buying your tickets works out for you but no way can I take a risk of losing around 1500$. I've read too many bad stories on here.

It really depends on the situation. We are going to buy our plane tickets before we have the interview because it will save us thousands of dollars (2 adult tickets, 1 child, 1 infant).

Our case is one of the simple ones to process. We've been married 6 years (after dating for more than 3 years). We have lived together since before we were married and we have 2 kids. There are no red flags in our case, outside of a possible request to have a joint sponsor. I've already got all the paperwork ready to go for that if need be.

Additionally, we're going through the Tokyo Embassy, which most people equate to being about as difficult as going through a DMV (lots of waiting but rarely any problems).

Sure it might be a "gamble" to buy before we have the visa, but if I had to lay odds on our chances of not being approved at the interview, I would say they are less than 1%. So for us, it's worth trying to save A LOT of money on plane tickets.

[Sonshyne 2]

Still waiting for NVC to schedule my wife and daughters interview but up till now , no LUCK.... :help: :help: They keep telling me they are waiting on Lagos embassy and that i should call back in a weeks time

I'm hoping and praying that you get that interview date soon

[Laure&Colin 558]

To everyone buying plane tickets...I've done some checking on kayak.com today and I did not see a noticeable difference in price from say a ticket a week from now compared to a week or two after my wife's interview date (March 19). I hope buying your tickets works out for you but no way can I take a risk of losing around 1500$. I've read too many bad stories on here.

It really depends on your itinerary! My husband bought his plane ticket to leave 10 days later, he paid 1000€. The ticket I just booked for April, 2 weeks after the interview, cost me 600€.

We could definitely use the 400€ difference to help furnish our house in the US you know!

If your spouse is going to interview in a difficult consulate, say Islamabad or Lagos, then yeah, it wouldn't be wise. But Paris, with proof we've lived together for 2 years before getting married? I don't think the bet is too risky, but if denial or AP happens, well, I'll blame noone but myself.

Still waiting for NVC to schedule my wife and daughters interview but up till now , no LUCK.... :help: :help: They keep telling me they are waiting on Lagos embassy and that i should call back in a weeks time

Hang in here! It's gonna come, and if you're scheduled in February, you might still get a March date. Did you look at Nigeria portal to see what the usual time between scheduling and actual interview is?

[ayomide1 5]

It really depends on your itinerary! My husband bought his plane ticket to leave 10 days later, he paid 1000€. The ticket I just booked for April, 2 weeks after the interview, cost me 600€.

We could definitely use the 400€ difference to help furnish our house in the US you know!

If your spouse is going to interview in a difficult consulate, say Islamabad or Lagos, then yeah, it wouldn't be wise. But Paris, with proof we've lived together for 2 years before getting married? I don't think the bet is too risky, but if denial or AP happens, well, I'll blame noone but myself.

Hang in here! It's gonna come, and if you're scheduled in February, you might still get a March date. Did you look at Nigeria portal to see what the usual time between scheduling and actual interview is?

I hope so..I am so jealous of you guys.... Lol

I'm hoping and praying that you get that interview date soon

Thanks Sonshyne, I am hoping so toooooooo

[Mark/Rissana 0]

Waiting for an interview date

[Sonshyne 2]

Waiting for an interview date

Congrats :thumbs:

[Wishfull 3]

I wish to join you guys. I want to have a March interview sched, too. But til now we are still waiting for our email from NVC for our interview date. I hope they can give us a date so we can plan things ahead like scheduling our medical and all. Please pray for us.