Frankfurt, Germany: New interview scheduling procedure for K1s?

[tina:) 5]

Hi,

I just wanted to let everyone who will be going through Frankfurt, Germany know that there may be a new interview scheduling procedure for K1 visa applicants as of June.

Instead of getting Packet 4 in the mail I got an email after the Consulate had received my Packet 3 saying that my 'request to schedule has been approved' (I guess they're referring to the last page one is able to get to in the ustraveldocs-account before sending off Packet 3). I then logged into my account and was able to pick an interview date on my own (there was a calender with lots of open interviews). Shortly after scheduling my interview online I got an email with my Appointment Confirmation (including 2 barcodes). That Appointment Confirmation was also available in my ustraveldocs-account and I was able to download it as a pdf-file there.

I haven't heard of anyone else being able to schedule their own interview yet. That's why I feel like it would be very helpful for anyone who will be going through Frankfurt in the future to find out whether this was just an odd exception or a new procedure.

Thanks to anyone who can contribute (eg. confirm) to this!

Tina

[Marco&Bettina 502]

Hi,

I just wanted to let everyone who will be going through Frankfurt, Germany know that there may be a new interview scheduling procedure for K1 visa applicants as of June.

Instead of getting Packet 4 in the mail I got an email after the Consulate had received my Packet 3 saying that my 'request to schedule has been approved' (I guess they're referring to the last page one is able to get to in the ustraveldocs-account before sending off Packet 3). I then logged into my account and was able to pick an interview date on my own (there was a calender with lots of open interviews). Shortly after scheduling my interview online I got an email with my Appointment Confirmation (including 2 barcodes). That Appointment Confirmation was also available in my ustraveldocs-account and I was able to download it as a pdf-file there.

I haven't heard of anyone else being able to schedule their own interview yet. That's why I feel like it would be very helpful for anyone who will be going through Frankfurt in the future to find out whether this was just an odd exception or a new procedure.

Thanks to anyone who can contribute (eg. confirm) to this!

Tina

Thanks for this Tina. This will be very helpful to my Fiancee when she goes through this sometime fairly soon. Our NOA1 was 3-11-2014, so I can't imagine it'll be horribly long before our NOA2 & then this phase. I'm guessing we must wait an additional 1.5-5 months.

[tina:) 5]

Thanks for this Tina. This will be very helpful to my Fiancee when she goes through this sometime fairly soon. Our NOA1 was 3-11-2014, so I can't imagine it'll be horribly long before our NOA2 & then this phase. I'm guessing we must wait an additional 1.5-5 months.

Good luck! I hope you get your NOA2 soon

Feel free to write on here or message me if you guys have any questions!

[leightarik 0]

Very Helpful! Thank you!!!!

[gerus 0]

I can confirm this, I just got the same email allowing me to pick my own interview date via ustraveldocs. Looks like this is the new procedure in Frankfurt

Hi,

I just wanted to let everyone who will be going through Frankfurt, Germany know that there may be a new interview scheduling procedure for K1 visa applicants as of June.
Instead of getting Packet 4 in the mail I got an email after the Consulate had received my Packet 3 saying that my 'request to schedule has been approved' (I guess they're referring to the last page one is able to get to in the ustraveldocs-account before sending off Packet 3). I then logged into my account and was able to pick an interview date on my own (there was a calender with lots of open interviews). Shortly after scheduling my interview online I got an email with my Appointment Confirmation (including 2 barcodes). That Appointment Confirmation was also available in my ustraveldocs-account and I was able to download it as a pdf-file there.

I haven't heard of anyone else being able to schedule their own interview yet. That's why I feel like it would be very helpful for anyone who will be going through Frankfurt in the future to find out whether this was just an odd exception or a new procedure.

Thanks to anyone who can contribute (eg. confirm) to this!

Tina