September 2014 Interviews

[Yhan2x 37]

Interview date-aug11 APPROVED!!

VISA ON HAND-AUG13!!

CFO AND ELIS-AUG14

FLIGHT AUG15

THANK YOU GUYS AND GOODLUCK TO ALL

Wow congratulation iamhopefull and have a safe flight too

[Phillip Kazuto 28]

Interview date-aug11 APPROVED!!

VISA ON HAND-AUG13!!

CFO AND ELIS-AUG14

FLIGHT AUG15

THANK YOU GUYS AND GOODLUCK TO ALL

Congratulation and wait wow you surely won't waste any time , will you ? Good luck !

[Murf & Reggie 37]

Awesome!! Congratulations.. That's so soon!!

YAY!!!

Thanks guys.......

Yup is getting close I guess.....just a couple more days everything is prepared all ready

Was pretty easy for the Frankfurt consulate, I just asked them if it would be possible to change the interview date to an earlier date since I am going to fly to the US in the last week of August couple hours later the new appointment letter arrived

[anwaiting 14]

Hubby Interview tomorrow at Mumbai Consulate

Edited August 13, 2014 by anwaiting

[rpaterson 42]

bdrew was initially declined for an earlier interview date at London, but she and her husband kept on the embassy and eventually the date was moved up after their MP intervened on their behalf. Might check with her exactly what they did Best of luck!

Can anyone share the reason they gave when asking for an earlier interview date? I simply was honest and told them I was hoping to be reunited with my wife as soon as possible after a long and very difficult time living apart during our visa application process. Even though I'm 'ready' to be interviewed now after having my medical I guess they just didn't think my reason for wanting a sooner interview was valid.

I suppose I'm just a little shocked as so far I've only seen people here reporting success in getting their dates moved. Do you think this is something I can try asking for again after a while or is that the end of it? In order for the date to be changed do you need to have a valid reason? Is simply wanting to be with your spouse as soon as possible not a good enough reason?

[kobosky 17]

Ok so it's taken a couple days to cool down to be able to recount the recent events. So to recap where we were in the process: we requested an expedite because my husbands visa was expiring Sept 1st (he's Congolese studying in Russia). The expedite was approved in july 21st i believe and i called and verified our documents were on their way. I was told the packet was on its way and that my last packet which was my IV packet would be forwarded in a separate shipment but would be on its way. ( The IV scan date was June 9th. ). The CEAC site changed to "ready" a week after NVC sent the packet and we scheduled the interview for August 11th in Moscow. I flew to Moscow to be with my husband at the interview as i had emailed the embassy and requested to be able to be there with my husband. The morning of the interview we arrived at the embassy, passports checked and were allowed in. We checked our mobiles at a counter and went to security. In the xray machine they found my cell phone charger which i had forgotten i had stashed there for my flight. Instead of being able to leave it and pick it up with my cell phone i was told my only options were don't come in or go throw it literally in the street with the cars. I couldn't leave it in the flowerbed or anywhere else outside where it might have been hidden enough to still be there on my return. So i threw my charger into oncoming traffic and returned to meet my husband. It seems that everyone working at the embassy only speaks Russian even though its an American Embassy. So when we arrived at some counters there was confusion about where we were to go but they finally decided we were to go upstairs to the 2nd floor waiting area called hall 5. There were some chairs and people waiting but no further instruction. We had to go to a window to make sure we were in the right place and that we hadn't missed a step. The lady said sit down and wait. Finally we were called to the window. She started asking for our original documents which I had already sent to NVC and which I had been guaranteed were forwarded to the embassy. So NVC never sent the documents and we did not have a 2nd set of originals. We had all the copies. We were assured we could have the interview still. We were eventually called to the interview room and met with an extremely nice Vice consul. He basically said "i read your statements and you've had a rough start to your marriage". We laughed and agreed and he started to say i'm giving you the visa just as i said and its still happening. He let me finish and i said NVC didn't send our originals. He furrowed his brow and turned to the checklist page that he has to sign before he can approve the visa and said Oh you're right. Then we spent some time talking about options for getting replacements if NVC couldn't find them. He was very nice. He even gave us his personal email to keep him updated when we called NVC. So we left the embassy without an approval and with documents still pending and feeling like idiots. We spent the next few hours trying to scramble to replace documents from 3 continents. Finally we were able to call NVC in the afternoon due to the time change. I was told by the operator that i had to request the documents be sent to the embassy which wasn't what i was told before so i asked to speak to a supervisor. I was given a "they are all in a meeting" run-around and said i would wait on the line. Finally the operator said he found a supervisor. It was Beth and she said the embassy had to request the documents not us. So i emailed the Vice Consul and gave him the information. The next day he called and said NVC had located my documents and they would be sent to the Embassy and that as soon as he sees them he will issue the visa. So now i'm in Russia waiting this out with my husband. All i can say is if you expedite,contact the embassy and make sure they specifically request any documents that may not have gotten into your file before it was sent. I just want to bring my husband home but i'm so glad i went to the interview because this would have been a bigger mess had i not been there.

[Cupcake23 90]

Thanks guys.......

Yup is getting close I guess.....just a couple more days everything is prepared all ready

Was pretty easy for the Frankfurt consulate, I just asked them if it would be possible to change the interview date to an earlier date since I am going to fly to the US in the last week of August couple hours later the new appointment letter arrived

YAY! Congrats!!

[Phillip Kazuto 28]

Can anyone share the reason they gave when asking for an earlier interview date? I simply was honest and told them I was hoping to be reunited with my wife as soon as possible after a long and very difficult time living apart during our visa application process. Even though I'm 'ready' to be interviewed now after having my medical I guess they just didn't think my reason for wanting a sooner interview was valid.

I suppose I'm just a little shocked as so far I've only seen people here reporting success in getting their dates moved. Do you think this is something I can try asking for again after a while or is that the end of it? In order for the date to be changed do you need to have a valid reason? Is simply wanting to be with your spouse as soon as possible not a good enough reason?

It is likely to be denied unless you have reason other than want to be with your love as soon as possible , the expedite are for people who got real life problems such as medical concern so they will be able to get visa as soon as possible way ahead of other people.

[Blueberry Pancake 311]

Congratulations !!

YAY!!!

I knew this would be your week!!!! LOVE seeing my September people get through the finish line!!

Congratssss @Blueberry

Congratulations!!! Glad to see you here!!

CONGRATULATIONS!!!

Thank you!! I've been smiling all day today :)

[Cupcake23 90]

Thank you!! I've been smiling all day today :)

YAY! So happy for you!

[BOS_LHR 829]

It is likely to be denied unless you have reason other than want to be with your love as soon as possible , the expedite are for people who got real life problems such as medical concern so they will be able to get visa as soon as possible way ahead of other people.

Rescheduling an interview date isn't the same as requesting an expedite and they're not held to the same criteria. Generally if the embassy/consulate has space open earlier they'll let you move your date and London has been reasonably good about this recently.

[bdrew612 1,071]

Thanks guys.......

Yup is getting close I guess.....just a couple more days everything is prepared all ready

Was pretty easy for the Frankfurt consulate, I just asked them if it would be possible to change the interview date to an earlier date since I am going to fly to the US in the last week of August couple hours later the new appointment letter arrived

OOOOH! My husband and I will have a layover in Frankfurt for a few hours when we fly home :-D What day will you be making your departure to the States?

[Phillip Kazuto 28]

Rescheduling an interview date isn't the same as requesting an expedite and they're not held to the same criteria. Generally if the embassy/consulate has space open earlier they'll let you move your date and London has been reasonably good about this recently.

My bad , it was misleading sorry.

[Marhaba 49]

Interview date-aug11 APPROVED!!

VISA ON HAND-AUG13!!

CFO AND ELIS-AUG14

FLIGHT AUG15

THANK YOU GUYS AND GOODLUCK TO ALL

Congratulations!!

What is CFO?

ELLIS is the $165 fee, yes!

[mai_02 16]

Yahoooo visa is ready for pick up! So happy right now

Congratulations yhan2x!!! Happy for you..