Travel DOC issues

[321voodoo 33]

Hello wondering if anyone has encountered problems while trying to make your OFC and Interview appt????

I select an avail date for the OFC (which has a huge selection)... but then when I move forward to make interview appt it says theres no dates avail???

then it gives me a message that  I exceeded number of times to view the page and NEED to pick a transaction.

Ive HAD my acct already Locked for 72hrs....

this is the most frustrating part I think....

[Sanjana dogra 111]

This is still going on today.  Did you ever get a time slot?  How?

[Sanjana dogra 111]

Just wanted to clear this issue up.  The best way to handle it is to log in and only look on the left side of the webpage for a "First Available Appointment" message.  If there is no message, then there are no Consulate Appointments available to be booked at that time.  You can refresh the page as many times as you like to look for this message and you will not be locked out.  When it finally does appear, you must select a VAC (Biometrics) appointment slot that is more than 24 hours ahead of the Consulate Interview in order for the interview slot to show up.

 

Here's the tricky part:

 

The Consulate appointments all appear to be at 7:15AM, while the VAC appointments only begin around 8:30AM.  This means that you must pick a VAC slot two days ahead of the Consulate appointment.  For example:

 

1.) Message "First Available Appointment is November 19th" appears on the left when you log in.

 

2.) Select any VAC time slot on November 17th, for example 3:30pm.

 

3.) Select Consulate appointment on November 19th at 7:15AM.

 

4.) Success!

 

Once you've scheduled an appointment, the availability message will no longer appear on the left hand side, so you will need to use a different account in order to see it again for rescheduling.  You do not need to fill out an additional DS-160 or anything, you need only progress through the scheduling process to the point where the Visa Class says K-1 at your selected Consulate.  That's when the availability message will appear again.  When a better date appears, swap over to your main account and reschedule.

 

Good luck all!!!