Time between Packet 3 and 4

[LeedsUK 4]

I have been checking in occasionally on the visa line and still have not been assigned an interview date. We sent our Packet 3 including the DS-2001 to the London Embassy delivered August 24th, so at this point I am a bit worried it is taking so long. Is there anything I can do to speed along the process or make sure things are progressing? Thanks!

I know this wait is the hardest but don't worry it will happen soon. I sent mine shortly after you but I didn't get an interview date until last Monday. Just keep calling the DOS everyday to check if they have assigned you a date. You will get one when you least expect it! I don't know how they assign the dates. I know a lot of people who submitted their packet 3 the same time as me or a few weeks later & they got their interview dates way before me. Who knows how they decide who goes when. It's best not to think about stuff like that or we'll all get paranoid. Hang in there

[LeftCoastLady 441]

I have been checking in occasionally on the visa line and still have not been assigned an interview date. We sent our Packet 3 including the DS-2001 to the London Embassy delivered August 24th, so at this point I am a bit worried it is taking so long. Is there anything I can do to speed along the process or make sure things are progressing? Thanks!

Agree, keep calling the DOS line and checking in. Note, though, that Monday, October 8, is a holiday for the federal government.

When you sent in your forms and DS-2001, did your cover letter include any wedding date information on it?

[UKtoUS3476 0]

Agree, keep calling the DOS line and checking in. Note, though, that Monday, October 8, is a holiday for the federal government.

When you sent in your forms and DS-2001, did your cover letter include any wedding date information on it?

Finally heard back for our interview date, but I was extremely suprised to find that it was scheduled for November 15th considering we submitted packet 3 in late August. We had already planned a wedding for November 23 and family have bought plane tickets assuming that this process would be long over by then. We never thought that the interview could be scheduled almost 3 months after we submitted the last of our materials to the embassy considering what others have experienced on this website. Does anyone have any experience/success moving up their interview date? Thanks!

[LeedsUK 4]

Finally heard back for our interview date, but I was extremely suprised to find that it was scheduled for November 15th considering we submitted packet 3 in late August. We had already planned a wedding for November 23 and family have bought plane tickets assuming that this process would be long over by then. We never thought that the interview could be scheduled almost 3 months after we submitted the last of our materials to the embassy considering what others have experienced on this website. Does anyone have any experience/success moving up their interview date? Thanks!

Congrats on your interview date. I know when it's further down the line than you expected, it can be disheartening. I felt the same but then it was just a massive relief to have a date & no longer be in the waiting boat. I submitted my packet 3 in late August too, they didn't honour my provisional wedding date & my interview is next week so that's a whole 9 weeks since they received my packet 3 but we have all heard of the delays & even though I was told my packet had been received & logged within a week of me sending it, we can't predict all the checks & admin they do until they assign an interview date. We have made no concrete wedding plans as we know how risky it is so we have pushed our wedding forward now but still have made no plans until I am safely in the US with my fiance. Good luck

[Jodhilla 0]

Finally heard back for our interview date, but I was extremely suprised to find that it was scheduled for November 15th considering we submitted packet 3 in late August. We had already planned a wedding for November 23 and family have bought plane tickets assuming that this process would be long over by then. We never thought that the interview could be scheduled almost 3 months after we submitted the last of our materials to the embassy considering what others have experienced on this website. Does anyone have any experience/success moving up their interview date? Thanks!

I had not received an interview date up until last week, I spoke with the embassy who gave me an email address (not the usual one, and not one you need a code for) to let them know I was available for a cancellation appointment or last minute interview appointment. I sent the email on Thursday evening around 10pm, by lunch time on Friday they had replied and assigned me a date for the following Friday (tomorrow). It may be worth calling to try to bring it forward.

[UKtoUS3476 0]

I had not received an interview date up until last week, I spoke with the embassy who gave me an email address (not the usual one, and not one you need a code for) to let them know I was available for a cancellation appointment or last minute interview appointment. I sent the email on Thursday evening around 10pm, by lunch time on Friday they had replied and assigned me a date for the following Friday (tomorrow). It may be worth calling to try to bring it forward.

We wrote a letter to the embassy explaining the situation and attaching the flight info for the family members attending the wedding. Luckily they moved the interview up by 3 weeks! Although it still mystifies me why our interview was originally scheduled so far in the future...