November 2015 Interviews

[tz.and.ed 7]

I believe for Brazil you do it at interview. There's only Mexico and India that I know of that has to schedule offsite biometrics appointment. Everyone else you are fingerprinted at interview. Have you gone to your info page on VJ to see if there's any information there about it?

Thank you, Dwheels76! You're correct!

[Lowlie 191]

I sent an email to inquire about my expedite request .. I received that reply:

Please note that your case is currently being processed at the National Visa Center (NVC). Once the NVC schedules an appointment for your visa interview, they will send your file to our office for processing and will send you a notification of her appointment date and time.

Regards,

Consular Section

U.S Embassy, Cairo

That's not a reply from a "real person". Probably a real person didn't even read it. My husband got the exact same message when he emailed them.

[WAELMOHAMED 1]

Thanks Lowlie,

So, any clue how to know the results?

I sent this expedite request on September 8th to the NVC, that by turn sent it to the US embassy in Cairo.

The NVC re-sent an inquiry to the embassy on September 21st. Still .. No reply!

[Lowlie 191]

Thanks Lowlie,

So, any clue how to know the results?

I sent this expedite request on September 8th to the NVC, that by turn sent it to the US embassy in Cairo.

The NVC re-sent an inquiry to the embassy on September 21st. Still .. No reply!

As it's been more than 2 weeks since NVC re-sent the inquiry, it's reasonable to call NVC again.

If still nothing by October 21, then with a full month passed and still nothing, it would be time to become insistent on talking to a supervisor at NVC.

[168168 1]

I sent an email to inquire about my expedite request .. I received that reply:

Please note that your case is currently being processed at the National Visa Center (NVC). Once the NVC schedules an appointment for your visa interview, they will send your file to our office for processing and will send you a notification of her appointment date and time.

Regards,

Consular Section

U.S Embassy, Cairo

I received a very similar message when I sent a request to the embassy in Tokyo, even though my case status was "ready" and at the embassy. I sent expedite requests 3 times and for the last time, they finally decided to give me a real reason to decline my request; there was no opening slot:( They should have told me that the first time!

I'm not sure if your case is like mine so I'm guessing you can ask them again. I hope you have your interview expedited! Good luck!

[K & V 33]

Please when you have time update us on your Naples review I will be having mine soon and im too anxious and nervous about it. Thanks

Sure, our review is up on the Italian consulate portal:

http://www.visajourney.com/reviews/index.php?cnty=Italy

Enjoy!

Our status on the CEAC website has already changed to "ISSUED"

Edited October 8, 2015 by K & V

[6999miles 13]

Congratulations, K & V!

[franklinadamau 8]

Hello everyone, i did not post allot in the forum but have been following every thread that has helped me answer all of my questions and go through the final stages of this process feeling more relaxed and able to see progress and similar experiences like mine. Yesterday was our interview at the embassy at the Dominican Republic at 8:00am. We got to the embassy at around 6:00am and it was already packed. We brought our 1 year old son with us and got sent to a line for people with kids and got a chance to enter the embassy much sooner than expected. we got number 29 and waited for about 20 minutes for our number to be called. The first time they called us the person only requested my wifes paperwork (police cert, marriage cert and medical exam), baby's birth certificate and naturalization certificate and gave me back a packet that was label additional documents, and told me those were everything i had sent NVC that was not needed. He then advised us to sit down and wait to be called again. After about 40 minutes of wait after that, we were called again, this time it was the official. She was a very nice lady and smiled all the way. She looked at the papers and everything was in order, didnt ask a single question eiher to me or to my wife and joked that we were about 1 out of 2 couples that were migrating to florida as everyone here in the DR usually go to new york,after writing something in the computer she then looked at the AOS and asked me if i had another sponsor besides me because my income wasnt enough i told her i did and that i had sent the sponsors i864 packet to nvc as well. It turns out they never got it and they were only showing me. She asked if i had a copy with me and out of all the information that i did have, that i didnt. it was frustrating, she gave my wife a white papre for her to mail in the packet and that she would hear from them as soon as they recieved the i864 from my sponsor. I asked if i could bring it myself to the embassy instead of mailing it and she told me i could. She gave me a embassy access pass to come back anytime until the 15th and to go to a specific window to hand everything in. I left very frustrated and when i got to my car and checked my phone (no phones allowed in embassy) i had recieved the full packet by carrier and was waiting for me to go pick it up... we were able to get it from the postal office and drive back to the embassy in about an hour. We went back to the embassy and once we entered i was able to go to the nice lady again, she looked at everything and said ok your vsa will be issued today and it will be delivered to the locaton you preselected. Checked ceac status yesterday and said administrative processing. Today i checked again and now it says issued!!!! i am so happy to have finally finished this process after starting it back in december of 2012. Just wanted to share my experience with al of you as this forum has been of incredible help to me once i decided to join as one of its members back in july. I appreciate all the help i found and how he spreadsheet allowed me to stay at ease while waiting for my interview.@@ Good luck to everyone waiting for there interview day to come and to everyone in this dreaded process...!!! WOOHOOOOO SO HAPPYYYY

Congrats

[makoshe 1]

That's not a reply from a "real person". Probably a real person didn't even read it. My husband got the exact same message when he emailed them.

i got the same respond, it could be real person but he copy and paste the same respond when asked about expediting the case

[makoshe 1]

Please, I need 2 ask for the time interval between the interview and having the visa.. egyptians help me plz.. is there a spreadsheet for that or even a link to any related forum..

i know it was 10 days but im not sure now

[makoshe 1]

I think it works something like this......

Say Gambia sends 3 interview slots for IR1-CR1 to NVC and there are 4 people with case complete waiting for an interview in Gambia.

Suppose their cases look like this...

A* Priority Date (date on NOA1) December 23, 2013.....CC August 30, 2015

B* Priority Date.........................May 04, 2014.... .CC August 10, 2015

C* Priority Date...................... June 25, 2014..............CC August 20, 2015

D* Priority Date..................... October 01, 2014..........CC August 01, 2015

The person whose case was complete December 23, 2013 will be the first to get an interview because he's been waiting longer than the other 3 people from the time he applied for his visa,

Out of the 4 who are waiting for an interview, the one who doesn't get one of the 3 available slots is the person who's CC was August 01, 2014, because he has waited the least amount of time since first applying for the visa.

Person D is upset because he didn't get an interview even though his CC was before the other 3 people, but then he looks at their timelines and sees when they got their NOA1, so then he understands he has waited less time than they have.

i like the way you explained, nice and simple

[aps.rishi 1]

Hello everyone by God's grace I completed my interview today at Mumbai... I am happy that my visa is approved...

15 months of sleepless nights and worries comes to an end...

Last night was so terrible that I cannot breathe properly because of mixed reviews about visa approval.

My interview time slot is 7.30 I reached at 6am and waited till seven until consular officer called us.

Stepped in and got all the fields scanned.

Note:no phones and electronic items allowed

Post security clearance got inside embassy and they gave us token according to our language preferences.

Tip:select native language coz I sawhim getting called immediately for language preferences. (i waited almost an hour as I chose English)

Then my number flashed on screen and I moved to the counter. She was a beautiful lady asked all my documents in order below

Passport

Ds260- given at ofc(biometric)

Photo pinned to Ds260

Pcc

Medical sealed packet

Marriage certificate original and xerox

Birth certificate original and xerox.

The officer collected all doc and asked me general questions as who applied and where I am going.

She then gave me domestic violence pamphlet and asked me to go through it as visa consular might ask

I waited for my turn again and read those information carefully

Number flashed and I stepped to the counter again.

Took oath

Very few basic questions and he took my left finger impressions again

He explained about domestic violence and harassment policies and told.me those magical words YOUR VISA IS APPROVED and gave me white sheet for the same.

I carried all documents to support but CO did not review.

Pfb documents required

Financial evidence

All my educational certificate

Work experience certificate

Resume

Chat logs

Emails and travel itenary for the placed we travelled

Be calm and confident and we will succeed.

Mumbai has been so pleasant for me.

Thank you

[SiVin 8]

Hello everyone by God's grace I completed my interview today at Mumbai... I am happy that my visa is approved...

15 months of sleepless nights and worries comes to an end...

Last night was so terrible that I cannot breathe properly because of mixed reviews about visa approval.

My interview time slot is 7.30 I reached at 6am and waited till seven until consular officer called us.

Stepped in and got all the fields scanned.

Note:no phones and electronic items allowed

Post security clearance got inside embassy and they gave us token according to our language preferences.

Tip:select native language coz I sawhim getting called immediately for language preferences. (i waited almost an hour as I chose English)

Then my number flashed on screen and I moved to the counter. She was a beautiful lady asked all my documents in order below

Passport

Ds260- given at ofc(biometric)

Photo pinned to Ds260

Pcc

Medical sealed packet

Marriage certificate original and xerox

Birth certificate original and xerox.

The officer collected all doc and asked me general questions as who applied and where I am going.

She then gave me domestic violence pamphlet and asked me to go through it as visa consular might ask

I waited for my turn again and read those information carefully

Number flashed and I stepped to the counter again.

Took oath

Very few basic questions and he took my left finger impressions again

He explained about domestic violence and harassment policies and told.me those magical words YOUR VISA IS APPROVED and gave me white sheet for the same.

I carried all documents to support but CO did not review.

Pfb documents required

Financial evidence

All my educational certificate

Work experience certificate

Resume

Chat logs

Emails and travel itenary for the placed we travelled

Be calm and confident and we will succeed.

Mumbai has been so pleasant for me.

Thank you

Congrats

[HopeWings 0]

Thank you guys for your help

[A-square 31]

Congratulations, K & V!

Congratulations, aps.rishi!

Thank you for sharing your interview experience. Although I'm from different country but I can learn something. May I know what were the questions CO asked?