SYDNEY INTERVIEWS

[Amy & John 30]

I am currently waiting on my packet three.

my understanding is that they only do interviews one day a month? can anybody confirm this and for anybody who has done one

do you know roughly how many interviews they schedule for that day? is it only K1 or CR1 as well.

really  hoping for an Oct interview and hoping I don't miss out.

[Keeley 67]

56 minutes ago, Amy & John said:

I am currently waiting on my packet three.

my understanding is that they only do interviews one day a month? can anybody confirm this and for anybody who has done one

do you know roughly how many interviews they schedule for that day? is it only K1 or CR1 as well.

really  hoping for an Oct interview and hoping I don't miss out.

According to the consulate, they only do visa immigrant interviews on Tuesday mornings. I don't know for sure if they do multiple days per month for each visa type, but if we are to use VisaJourney timelines as a sample, it would appear they typically do one Tuesday a month for K-1s and one Tuesday a month (on a different date) for IR-1/CR-1s. If you look at the Australian portal and look at Aussie timelines, you can sort to see the most recent interview dates and see that has been the general trend in recent months. That said, I have no idea how many applicants are actually processed through Sydney and what percentage of those people are on VisaJourney and actively update their timelines - it might be quite a small percentage, so I would take the data with a grain of salt.

[SEF 27]

11 hours ago, Amy & John said:

I am currently waiting on my packet three.

my understanding is that they only do interviews one day a month? can anybody confirm this and for anybody who has done one

do you know roughly how many interviews they schedule for that day? is it only K1 or CR1 as well.

really  hoping for an Oct interview and hoping I don't miss out.

 

I dont know for sure, but just based on my own experience It seems that they only do K1 interviews once a month. My fiance got his interview scheduled for 10/30. However we received out packet 3 on 9/11. Since he had completed his medical and already had police check done we were expecting to get a sooner interview, but they stated there were no sooner appointments available!

[Amy & John 30]

6 hours ago, SEF said:

 

I dont know for sure, but just based on my own experience It seems that they only do K1 interviews once a month. My fiance got his interview scheduled for 10/30. However we received out packet 3 on 9/11. Since he had completed his medical and already had police check done we were expecting to get a sooner interview, but they stated there were no sooner appointments available!

Thank you. Yeah that’s what I thought. How long after the embassy received did u receive packet three? Mine was sent from nvc in the 7th sept and recieved 18th and I still do not have packet three. I need to secure oct 30 interview. I’m a nov filer and have been stuffed around by these agencies so much with this process. You can’t even call them. 

[SEF 27]

22 minutes ago, Amy & John said:

Thank you. Yeah that’s what I thought. How long after the embassy received did u receive packet three? Mine was sent from nvc in the 7th sept and recieved 18th and I still do not have packet three. I need to secure oct 30 interview. I’m a nov filer and have been stuffed around by these agencies so much with this process. You can’t even call them. 

our case was received on 9/10 and marked "ready" on the CEAC website. We got the packet 3 email the next day.  You could try to contact them and ask what the hold up is. I got this from the US travel docs website. 

• In Australia, call +61-1-300-139399.
• In the United States, call 1 703 520 2230.
• email: ·support-australia@ustraveldocs.com

 

 

 

[Amy & John 30]

9 minutes ago, SEF said:

our case was received on 9/10 and marked "ready" on the CEAC website. We got the packet 3 email the next day.  You could try to contact them and ask what the hold up is. I got this from the US travel docs website. 

• In Australia, call +61-1-300-139399.
• In the United States, call 1 703 520 2230.
• email: ·support-australia@ustraveldocs.com

 

 

 

Our ceac update is still saying returned to nvc from last time even tho it sais last updated on the 18th. I have tried contacting the embassy only to be told via automated message that you cannot contact them about these type of visas.

eveyone has got the packet three the next day and we haven’t. I have emailed them twice now and the just say u will need to contact nvc which I have and they say u will need to contact the embassy. 

[microcebus 40]

My fiancee got packet 3 on 9/11 and sent it back almost immediately.  We just now got packet 4 after having to contact support-australia, and her interview is now scheduled for October 30.

[microcebus 40]

My fiancee got packet 3 on 9/11 and sent it back almost immediately.  We just now got packet 4 after having to contact support-australia, and her interview is now scheduled for October 30.

 

Looks like this is now the content of Sydney's packet 4 letter:

 

Quote

Dear (her name):

This office is ready to begin final processing of the immigrant visa applicant(s) and we have scheduled an appointment for a visa interview in the Visa section. 

In preperation[sic] for your interview, be sure to visit our website (https://au.usembassy.gov/visas/immigrant-visas/fiancee-visa/the-interview/). Here you'll find a detailed checklist of all required documents for the final visa interview. Failure to provide documents on the day of your interview will cause a delay in the issuance of the visa.

When communicating with this office, please email support-australia@ustraveldocs.com. You must provide your name and case number exactly as shown in this letter. 

Visa Appointment               
(date) at (time)

Case Number:            SYD********** 
Name:           (her name)
Visa Category:          K1 - **** 

Traveling Applicants: 
(P)  (her name) (her birthdate)

Thank you,

Immigrant Visa Unit
U.S. Consulate General, Sydney

 

Others who have gotten Packet 4 lately, does this look right?

[Amy & John 30]

9 hours ago, microcebus said:

My fiancee got packet 3 on 9/11 and sent it back almost immediately.  We just now got packet 4 after having to contact support-australia, and her interview is now scheduled for October 30.

 

Looks like this is now the content of Sydney's packet 4 letter:

 

 

Others who have gotten Packet 4 lately, does this look right?

Yes i got the same today! 

[microcebus 40]

That's great!  Sorry about the double post earlier.  I think I had this thread open in multiple browser tabs, and the site wouldn't let me go back and edit to add the P4 quote.

[angusdonald13 19]

It’s so frustrating to know that they only schedule appointments on the last Tuesday of the month! Case is in transit at the moment, hopefully it arrives next week. I am all ready to go so I can reply to the packet 3 straight away and hopefully get an appointment in October.

[AlicerCooper 32]

On 9/22/2018 at 1:37 AM, angusdonald13 said:

It’s so frustrating to know that they only schedule appointments on the last Tuesday of the month! Case is in transit at the moment, hopefully it arrives next week. I am all ready to go so I can reply to the packet 3 straight away and hopefully get an appointment in October.

Did you manage to get the Oct appointment for the interview?

 

I'm waiting on mine and praying I can get the Nov one at this rate. Imagine having to wait until Dec ......

[angusdonald13 19]

1 hour ago, AlicerCooper said:

Did you manage to get the Oct appointment for the interview?

 

I'm waiting on mine and praying I can get the Nov one at this rate. Imagine having to wait until Dec ......

Yep, I actually got scheduled for an interview on the 9th October but I was overseas so I had to request a new interview date and I got one on the 30th October.

 

Fingers crossed for you, I’d say you will get one in November, i don’t think the Syd embassy is too busy. Stay positive !

[AlicerCooper 32]

On 10/18/2018 at 7:31 PM, angusdonald13 said:

Yep, I actually got scheduled for an interview on the 9th October but I was overseas so I had to request a new interview date and I got one on the 30th October.

 

Fingers crossed for you, I’d say you will get one in November, i don’t think the Syd embassy is too busy. Stay positive !

I hope so. I quit my job to finish doing this VISA hoping to get it done soon as :\

 

Good luck with your interview

[angusdonald13 19]

16 minutes ago, AlicerCooper said:

I hope so. I quit my job to finish doing this VISA hoping to get it done soon as 😕

 

Good luck with your interview

Haha I did the same thing !