Setting an interview date with the consulate

[We Are Neat 0]

Hi all!

First of all, a big THANK YOU to everybody who runs this site and contributes! It's been such an amazing source of information and advice for us, and getting started and staying sane throughout the visa process would've been so much harder without you!

We are an American/Australian couple, and filed our I129F at CSC in February. We were wondering what the procedure is for setting the interview date with the consulate in Sydney... After I (the Australian benefactor) receive the first letter from the Sydney embassy, will it specify an interview date in that letter, or do they assign the interview date after receiving the completed forms? I want to make sure I have enough time to get everything organised - plane tickets for my fiancee to come over, medical checks, police checks (including one I'll probably need to get from the UK) - before the interview. Once I receive the forms from the embassy, can I take my time in filling them out and returning them, or are there specific time limits I will have to adhere to?

Thanks for any information!!

L&A

[Dan J 277]

Hi all!

First of all, a big THANK YOU to everybody who runs this site and contributes! It's been such an amazing source of information and advice for us, and getting started and staying sane throughout the visa process would've been so much harder without you!

We are an American/Australian couple, and filed our I129F at CSC in February. We were wondering what the procedure is for setting the interview date with the consulate in Sydney... After I (the Australian benefactor) receive the first letter from the Sydney embassy, will it specify an interview date in that letter, or do they assign the interview date after receiving the completed forms? I want to make sure I have enough time to get everything organised - plane tickets for my fiancee to come over, medical checks, police checks (including one I'll probably need to get from the UK) - before the interview. Once I receive the forms from the embassy, can I take my time in filling them out and returning them, or are there specific time limits I will have to adhere to?

Thanks for any information!!

L&A

It depends on the consulate. Each consulate does interviews diffrently. But it will probably be 1-3 months between the consulate receivng the packet and having your interview.

You can find information for Sydney here: http://www.visajourney.com/consulates/inde...&cty=Sydney

[kitkat1 5]

Just about everything you need to know is on the US Consulate Australia website:

http://canberra.usembassy.gov/consular/ivfaq.html

How long before I’ll be given an interview date?

To be scheduled for the final fiancé(e) or immigrant visa interview, we must have received from the applicant the approved I-129F (fiancé(e) petition), I-130 (family-based petition) or I-140 (employment based petition), completed biographic data (forms DS-230 Part 1) and the checklists (form DSL-1076 for fiancé(e) visa applicants and form DS-2001 for immigrant visa applicants). Appointments are generally scheduled within 4 weeks.

I have sent my checklist and biographic data – when will I be notified of the interview date?

Provided we have received the approved petition, an interview will be scheduled for all fiancé(e) and immediate relative applicants (spouses, parents & unmarried children under 21 years of age) within 4 weeks of receiving your checklist.