Is it possible to postpone or cancel and re-book the visa interview in London once you've made the appointment?

[LondonWelsh 0]

Hi all

I'd be really grateful if someone could help with this!

I am *almost* ready for interview- awaiting my FiL in the States to send his affidavit and a bunch of paperwork over to us and my husband to fill in his affidavit (FiL is cosponsor)

However as a separate but related issue, my husband has applied for UK citizenship as he has been over here for 10yrs on ILR and we didn't realise this wouldn't be enough if we wanted to return to the UK one day.

Annoyingly we realised this quite late on and so I've already had my medical which only lasts til October 6th.

I've been advised on these boards not to say we're ready for interview until his citizenship comes through, as it's not so hard to re-take the aspects of the medical which expire and extend that side of things.

However someone I know recently booked their interview with the US Embassy in London and it looks like there's about a 6 week wait at the moment for interviews. I'm wondering if we might be as well off making an appointment and then if my husband's stuff isn't through cancelling it and re-booking it after it is and I've retaken the medical? Does that make sense? If I made an interview for September there's a chance my visa might actually come through before my medical expires in October and we could leave!

Essentially wondering if it is even possible to cancel and re-book without being penalised (other than an admin cancellation fee which I would expect)?

Any advice very gratefully received!

Thanks in advance

LW

[Nich-Nick 3,354]

There has never been a penalty for changing interview dates. You just didn't get any choice on when the new one would be. Now (since May) you can go into the reservation system yourself and pick a new date, dropping the old date.

[LondonWelsh 0]

Thanks Nich-Nick. I think I'll do this then and then change it if my husband's UK citizenship hasn't come through yet. And re-take aspects of the medical I guess in that instance, sigh!

Thanks for your help

There has never been a penalty for changing interview dates. You just didn't get any choice on when the new one would be. Now (since May) you can go into the reservation system yourself and pick a new date, dropping the old date.