Interview wait time

[me&him 2]

Can anyone tell me what a normal wait time is to receive an interview date. I filed k1 at dhaka embassy and they received my packet 3 in January 19th. I still have not heard anything about an interview date. I called DOS and was told that my case is eligible to be schedule for an interview but one has not been assigned. Any comments will be appreciated. It ll be 1 month end of this week since packet 3 was submitted to embassy. Wish they would hurry up and schedule the interview

[Lynn n Sam 57]

The Mumbai Consulate received our petition on October 28, 2011 and we did not get an interview date until December 5th (a little over 5 weeks). I think it depends on how many petitions they've received and then they have to find room on the schedule. Don't worry - I think you should hear something very soon. Good Luck!

[me&him 2]

The Mumbai Consulate received our petition on October 28, 2011 and we did not get an interview date until December 5th (a little over 5 weeks). I think it depends on how many petitions they've received and then they have to find room on the schedule. Don't worry - I think you should hear something very soon. Good Luck!

Thank u for ur reply. Gives me some hope. Hopefully ill hear something before end of the month.

[hellraiser 42]

Me&Him: When I was waiting for the interview date (IR1/CR1), I spent some time calling NVC and digging out various forums and found something. Don't remember the exact thing, but the summary is like this:

Each month NVC sends a list to the local embassy and that happens after the 15th of every month. Embassy then starts setting up appointments for the next month from the list. If something cannot be covered in that month, it goes back to the next month by the order it reached Embassy. So if your case was approved after that cut off date (which I don't know) you will be automatically pushed back more than a month of waiting. As such, usually the interview time may take from a month to 3 depending on the volume of approvals. However at Bangladesh context, I guess it won't take that long

Good luck....

Edited February 15, 2012 by hellraiser

[me&him 2]

Me&Him: When I was waiting for the interview date (IR1/CR1), I spent some time calling NVC and digging out various forums and found something. Don't remember the exact thing, but the summary is like this:

Each month NVC sends a list to the local embassy and that happens after the 15th of every month. Embassy then starts setting up appointments for the next month from the list. If something cannot be covered in that month, it goes back to the next month by the order it reached Embassy. So if your case was approved after that cut off date (which I don't know) you will be automatically pushed back more than a month of waiting. As such, usually the interview time may take from a month to 3 depending on the volume of approvals. However at Bangladesh context, I guess it won't take that long

Good luck....

Thank u for ur reply. My case reached embassy on Jan 5th and we got packet 3 soon after and submitted everything on Jan 19th to embassy. How can I find out the cut off dates? ur help will be appreciated. Thank u..

[hellraiser 42]

The biggest challenge is this, the USCIS has no authority over NVC and NVC has none over the Embassy. And the Embassy act as if they are GOD (talking about BD perspective). So you will find very little help from the Embassy asking a quesition via phone. However, their response over email is much better, even though in once instance I got a response once my question was answered in course of time.

My guess is this: As your case reached embassy on early Jan and you didn't get an appointment in Feb (they give you at least a month of preparation time), they may call you at the end part of Feb and set up a date in end part of March. I know this is frustrating, but this is my guess based on what I've seen so far. You may even get a call tomorrow (Feb 16 saying your interview date is on March 17 or something).

Good luck. At this point, you should not worry much and stay relax. Just make sure you are prepared for the interview. All information that are in the appliation must match with your answers during interview. In case there is any and it is an honest mistake, instead of dodging or a clever answer, just say so.

[me&him 2]

Thank u once again. U always been so helpful. I hope I can get a schedule date assigned by end of this month.

[amitnrekha 1]

The Mumbai Consulate received our petition on October 28, 2011 and we did not get an interview date until December 5th (a little over 5 weeks). I think it depends on how many petitions they've received and then they have to find room on the schedule. Don't worry - I think you should hear something very soon. Good Luck!

Can you please share what was the reason for your denial? What questions were asked?

Thanks!