November 2015 Interviews

[dwheels76 5,466]

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.

Excellent. I have explained every month since I been doing this. You broke it down even better. I appreciate it.

[dwheels76 5,466]

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

Awesome. Love it when people come back and tell what happened. Congratulations. Now you can breathe better.

[dwheels76 5,466]

Thanks!

I wish it were arranged in a different way, though. There are very few interviews in the Georgian embassy, no recent ones at all. I would like to read all recent interview reports from all embassies in one topic. I believe, that would make sense - to show the recent trends.

Honestly the trends are embassy specific. What goes in London will not in Lagos same for your embassy. All you can glean from a all reviews in one place (which would be a disaster and too confusing wending in alot of people maybe getting denied because they saw what someone in Canada did and thought the same would be so for Ghana, or Vietnam. That's why its separate.

What I have always advised people is you see the member list you see the list of who had interviews lately. PM them and ask your questions.

Although questions are case by case specific also.

[izabela-nv 1]

my case is ready just today elhamdollha

[dwheels76 5,466]

We had our interview this morning in Jerusalem, and have been approved!

Surprisingly I was allowed to go in my husband and took the oath and did interview with him. Questions were very straightforward, obvious the CO had read all of our papers and knew our case well. Glad to know that someone read the substantial file we had prepared with such thought and effort. They didn't even ask for a paper we got in a checklist back in August (though of course we had it), they only asked for the original civil docs, passport and photos mentioned in the interview letter. The thick file we had with copies of everything we ever sent to NVC remained unopened. The CO was very nice, at some point I felt like I was doing too much talking (she started glancing over to my husband) so I just stayed quiet and let him take over.

At the end she said "you qualify for a visa, you're approved, congratulations!"

His visa is now being printed in his passport, they didn't say how long it will take, but it sounds like we'll get it back within a week or 10 days.

A big thanks to everyone on VJ and a special shout out dhwheels for sharing advice & experiences - what a great community here!

dhwheels please update our status!

Congratulations . Glad you were there with him. There's nothing to update. Spreadsheet is just Case Complete to Interview. We know everyone here gets approved.

[Lowlie 191]

Excellent. I have explained every month since I been doing this. You broke it down even better. I appreciate it.

I'm a preschool and home school teacher, so I'm in the habit of explaining everything in this manner, even to adults :-P

[nyala62 82]

Dwheels, how long from Interview schedule to shipping the case to the Embassy?

[Lowlie 191]

As far as November interview appointments, this thread is turning out to be extremely quiet. From what I see on the spread sheet, after October 2nd, there was only one other person who got a November appointment. What's going on with the embassies?!?!?!

[dwheels76 5,466]

I'm a preschool and home school teacher, so I'm in the habit of explaining everything in this manner, even to adults :-P

WOW Bravo for you and all you do. Thank you.

[CallMeShams 34]

As far as November interview appointments, this thread is turning out to be extremely quiet. From what I see on the spread sheet, after October 2nd, there was only one other person who got a November appointment. What's going on with the embassies?!?!?!

I am trying to figure that out too. Guess they are back to case reviews again. It likely is going to get worse until the beginning of the year. The disparity among the Embassy's is quite disheartening. I don't know where the backlog is coming from.

[dwheels76 5,466]

Dwheels, how long from Interview schedule to shipping the case to the Embassy?

There's no set time. They usually bundle them up so if they still are scheduling or whatever it could be a week maybe longer. I have noticed that they are waiting pretty close to petition being sent like 3 to 2 weeks prior.

[dwheels76 5,466]

As far as November interview appointments, this thread is turning out to be extremely quiet. From what I see on the spread sheet, after October 2nd, there was only one other person who got a November appointment. What's going on with the embassies?!?!?!

A early round of scheduling. They will start up again you will see probably next week.

[NickAndGeraldine 6]

A early round of scheduling. They will start up again you will see probably next week.

I hope you're right... That's crazy to think they might be full already. It's been really quiet. The calm before the storm hopefully! Edited October 8, 2015 by NickAndGeraldine

[Thozelle 16]

There's no set time. They usually bundle them up so if they still are scheduling or whatever it could be a week maybe longer. I have noticed that they are waiting pretty close to petition being sent like 3 to 2 weeks prior.

Interview scheduled 1 Oct, in transit 8 Oct. Interview 5 Nov.

[Lowlie 191]

A early round of scheduling. They will start up again you will see probably next week

That encourages me!

I hope you're right... That's crazy to think they might be full already. It's been really quiet. The calm before the storm hopefully!

I like that thought.....Yes, let's hope this is the calm before the storm!