Case Complete to Interview July 2017

[KBain 47]

1 hour ago, chokey said:

Interview date confirmed August 8th 6:30am. 

Congrats Chokey wish u all the best

[dream4200 49]

The last two times I called (last week, and the week before that) asking if I have been scheduled for an interview I was told no, to wait, and that I will be notified when it has been scheduled.

 

QUESTIONS:

1. Is this the same response people are getting?

2 If it is, are we still calling to ask? Even If we are being told to just wait until we hear from them? (I just want to make sure that is what everyone else is doing, and I am not being particularly "difficult" for them.)

3. For those of you who called and got an interview date confirmation, how long after the phone confirmation did the email confirmation come? (I know for the CCs it is about 1 week from phone confirmation to email confirmation. Is this the same for interview schedule?)

 

Thanks

Edited June 28, 2017 by dream4200

[chamma 382]

4 minutes ago, dream4200 said:

The last two times I called (last week, and the week before that) asking if I have been scheduled for an interview I was told no, to wait, and that I will be notified when it has been scheduled.

 

QUESTIONS:

1. Is this the same response people are getting?

2 If it is, are we still calling to ask? Even If we are being told to just wait until we hear from them? (I just want to make sure that is what everyone else is doing, and I am not being particularly "difficult" for them.)

That's fine. I used to call them daily, so it is okay.

3. For those of you who called and got an interview date confirmation, how long after the phone confirmation did the email confirmation come? (I know for the CCs it is about 1 week from phone confirmation to email confirmation. Is this the same for interview schedule?)

I did not have a CC emails, because I directly got an interview letter. It took 5 days from confirmation over phone.

 

Thanks

You will have it soon, don't worry. Start gathering documents!!

[PP_2016 246]

48 minutes ago, chamma said:

I never thought this was possible - because when I had a tourist visa appointment, they did not offer me a choice of language for interview. I thought it was always at the time of making an appointment( online) that you were given a choice.

Yes, even I think it's hard to change, But @KaurN try calling the Embassy helpdesk and see if they can make a change for you.

 

URl - http://www.ustraveldocs.com/in/in-main-contactus.asp#contactinfo

Yes. He did. I thought it can only be chosen at the time of appointment.

 

Hope this helps!  

What's this? Oh it the same link where we registered for appointment (us travel). Sorry couldn't find any information here related to language change. Lol. 

 

Or you just wanted to share the customer care details of us travel? That's easily available in the appointment confirmation itself.

 

@KaurN- as mentioned by me earlier, you can't change the language on the same appointment, however you can cancel this apya d reschedule a new one altogether with your preferred language.

 

Alternatively, at the embassy when you raise your concern related to language change, they may provide you a translator/interpreter if available. You may have to wait longer for one to be available as they would assign one for you as you chose English, however it's not a hard and fast rule that you can give interview only in the chosen language. The reason why they ask you for language preference is, based on the number if interview in the local language they assign translators in particular slots. Choosing a local language during the appointment booking guarantees you a translator. 

 

When your husband goes for Biometrics to Nehru Place, tell him to raise his concern there that he wants to change his language preferences for interview. They may be able to inform the embassy about the change before the interview. People at Visa application centre at Nehru Place are very helpful. Personal experience with them multiple times.

[JBMG 890]

9 minutes ago, dream4200 said:

The last two times I called (last week, and the week before that) asking if I have been scheduled for an interview I was told no, to wait, and that I will be notified when it has been scheduled.

Hi, it's up to the embassy to release their interview dates/slots..  The NVC is waiting for them, just as we're waiting for the dates from the NVC. They're our middleman..  

Edited June 28, 2017 by JBMG

[dream4200 49]

1 minute ago, chamma said:

You will have it soon, don't worry. Start gathering documents!!

Thanks. .I will call them now.

[chamma 382]

6 minutes ago, PP_2016 said:

What's this? Oh it the same link where we registered for appointment (us travel). Sorry couldn't find any information here related to language change. Lol. 

 

Or you just wanted to share the customer care details of us travel? That's easily available in the appointment confirmation itself.

 

@KaurN- as mentioned by me earlier, you can't change the language on the same appointment, however you can cancel this apya d reschedule a new one altogether with your preferred language.

 

Alternatively, at the embassy when you raise your concern related to language change, they may provide you a translator/interpreter if available. You may have to wait longer for one to be available as they would assign one for you as you chose English, however it's not a hard and fast rule that you can give interview only in the chosen language. The reason why they ask you for language preference is, based on the number if interview in the local language they assign translators in particular slots. Choosing a local language during the appointment booking guarantees you a translator. 

 

When your husband goes for Biometrics to Nehru Place, tell him to raise his concern there that he wants to change his language preferences for interview. They may be able to inform the embassy about the change before the interview. People at Visa application centre at Nehru Place are very helpful. Personal experience with them multiple times.

LOL Yes.. I only wanted to share the Customer care details of USTRAVELDOCS ..

[JessieABC 159]

1 hour ago, PP_2016 said:

@JessieABC sorry to hear about the invalid checklist. Hope you successfully escalate it to the supervisor and get it resolved. If you have no additional document to provide then I don't see any reason why they would take another 11 weeks. hopefully they would resolve it over the phone. Good luck and do keep us posted about the progress.

Thanks for the uplifting words. I plan on spam dialing Nvc and have already called twice this morning. Seems like this was definitely an error on their part but have yet to connect with a supervisor 59 confirm.

 

What I've discovered:

 

First rep I spoke with automatically assumed I checked off a "yes" somewhere on my ds 260 within the security section related to criminal offenses. She was wrong but apparently many of the checklists are based on your responses to certain questions on your ds260.  

 

Second rep said the same. From the second rep, I've come to realize no specific notes are included for any of the calls to NVC from that it was escalated to a supervisor for review - most likely for data protection purposes.  This explains why reps on follow up calls to the NVC have no insight into information or discussions on previous calls.

 

hope that's informative for others going through this painful process! Will provide updates as I go along and will update the tracker @JBMG when I get home

[PP_2016 246]

1 minute ago, chamma said:

LOL Yes.. I only wanted to share the Customer care details of USTRAVELDOCS ..

Thanks. 🙏 It would definitely help the people here for India interview.

[chamma 382]

2 minutes ago, JessieABC said:

Thanks for the uplifting words. I plan on spam dialing Nvc and have already called twice this morning. Seems like this was definitely an error on their part but have yet to connect with a supervisor 59 confirm.

 

What I've discovered:

 

First rep I spoke with automatically assumed I checked off a "yes" somewhere on my ds 260 within the security section related to criminal offenses. She was wrong but apparently many of the checklists are based on your responses to certain questions on your ds260.  

 

Second rep said the same. From the second rep, I've come to realize no specific notes are included for any of the calls to NVC from that it was escalated to a supervisor for review - most likely for data protection purposes.  This explains why reps on follow up calls to the NVC have no insight into information or discussions on previous calls.

 

hope that's informative for others going through this painful process! Will provide updates as I go along and will update the tracker @JBMG when I get home

Good Luck, hope you sort it out as quickly as possible!

[JBMG 890]

1 minute ago, JessieABC said:

Thanks for the uplifting words. I plan on spam dialing Nvc and have already called twice this morning. Seems like this was definitely an error on their part but have yet to connect with a supervisor 59 confirm.

 

What I've discovered:

 

First rep I spoke with automatically assumed I checked off a "yes" somewhere on my ds 260 within the security section related to criminal offenses. She was wrong but apparently many of the checklists are based on your responses to certain questions on your ds260.  

 

That's a very interesting discovery. 

 

1 minute ago, JessieABC said:

 

Second rep said the same. From the second rep, I've come to realize no specific notes are included for any of the calls to NVC from that it was escalated to a supervisor for review - most likely for data protection purposes.  This explains why reps on follow up calls to the NVC have no insight into information or discussions on previous calls.

 

hope that's informative for others going through this painful process! Will provide updates as I go along and will update the tracker @JBMG when I get home

 

Thank you for keeping us posted. Sorry you're going through this. 

[JBMG 890]

@KaurN please start posting your India related only questions on the following forum.. As this will help others from India.. Soon this forum will be closed out and all this information will be hidden away.. 

 

Thank you.  

[cadtousa 95]

checking In. CC 27th June after a long wait for 12 weeks.

 

Waiting for Interview date.

[Waiting forever 43]

4 minutes ago, cadtousa said:

checking In. CC 27th June after a long wait for 12 weeks.

 

Waiting for Interview date.

Congrats  

[JBMG 890]

5 minutes ago, cadtousa said:

checking In. CC 27th June after a long wait for 12 weeks.

 

Waiting for Interview date.

Cadousa, you're so excited that you didn't read the group email i just added you to.  I forgive you though.  Congrats again!!