email Embassy to schedule appointment? (split topic)

[Triston71 1]

I'm not sure if I'm posting on the right forum but I am the USC and my Fiance's passport expired just before we got the NOA 2. In Trinidad and Tobago it takes 3 months to renew a passport these days. Solution, I took a trip there,and took his approval letter as well as packet 3 as evidence that we needed an expedited passport. We were told visas are not a criteria for expedited passports. We ask what were the list of criteria...once my fiance heard "weddings" he say "We ARE gonna be attending a wedding" the officer asked him whose wedding and he said "Ours". That was a loophole which got us his passport in 2 days once we showed proof(emails from the church, correspondence from the wedding planner etc).

We are still being delayed with our packet 3 process though because I wasn't aware there was a payment to be made via https://ais.usvisa-info.com/ ( $260 visa fee aside from my original application fee) Unless these fees are paid we cannot get an appointment date. Plus my fiance's passport photo had to me up loaded during the DS-160 process at https://ceac.state.gov/genniv that took him a couple weeks to do since he doesn't like taking pics and isnt very computer friendly which added to my stress level. Anyway these were websites we were given in packet 3. with instructions for us to do these specific things prior to getting an appointment date .

My question is: Since I completed DS-160 and I cant generate a payment invoice online because it keeps saying no appointment availablecan I go ahead and email the embassy asking for an appointment in the meantime?

[Ryan H 3,812]

Post split from unrelated thread. Please start your own thread with your own questions instead of hijacking threads started by other members.

[Amadia 711]

Hi,

This is a link that may be able to answer your question:

http://trinidad.usembassy.gov/can_an_applicant_request_an_earlier_appointment.html