Case Complete to Interview April 2020

[LilyJ 1,258]

Stockholm Sweden embassy cancelling appointments through April 30th, however it seems spouses of US citizens are unaffected, as they told my husband his appointment is still confirmed for April 1 since he is a spouse of a US citizen

[Sinka13 144]

Just now, LilyJ said:

Stockholm Sweden embassy cancelling appointments through April 30th, however it seems spouses of US citizens are unaffected, as they told my husband his appointment is still confirmed for April 1 since he is a spouse of a US citizen

Wow that's lucky, Kyiv cancelled all appointments even if you are a spouse. Notified me by the phone today

[Rsmee 67]

2 hours ago, lansk said:

Had Visa Interview today. Got approved. No question asked regarding DS 5540

 

My timelines:

Category CR1

Country - Nepal

PD- 11/30/2018

Noa2 - 11/25/2019

DQ - 01/29/2020

Interview letter - 02/19/2020

Interview Date - 03/16/2020

 

what kind of questions did they ask?

[Mr and Mrs S 207]

2 hours ago, LilyJ said:

Stockholm Sweden embassy cancelling appointments through April 30th, however it seems spouses of US citizens are unaffected, as they told my husband his appointment is still confirmed for April 1 since he is a spouse of a US citizen

Did you have to email them or they sent this email themself?

[LilyJ 1,258]

1 minute ago, Mr and Mrs S said:

Did you have to email them or they sent this email themself?

They first sent an email stating (in a nutshell) to postpone your interview for 14 days if you have 1) been to a high risk area 2) have flu-like symptoms or 3) think you may have the virus or may have been exposed to the virus, nothing about cancelling interviews. But I saw on the scandinavian thread and on the Stockholm embassy website that they had cancelled interviews until April 30, so we decided to email them asking how we could reschedule our interview. They responded with that email, that our interview is not affected since it's a spousal visa

[Mr and Mrs S 207]

1 minute ago, LilyJ said:

They first sent an email stating (in a nutshell) to postpone your interview for 14 days if you have 1) been to a high risk area 2) have flu-like symptoms or 3) think you may have the virus or may have been exposed to the virus, nothing about cancelling interviews. But I saw on the scandinavian thread and on the Stockholm embassy website that they had cancelled interviews until April 30, so we decided to email them asking how we could reschedule our interview. They responded with that email, that our interview is not affected since it's a spousal visa

How did you find an email address for your embassy? I'm currently trying to find a way to contact the Islamabad Immigrant Visa department.

[LilyJ 1,258]

1 minute ago, Mr and Mrs S said:

How did you find an email address for your embassy? I'm currently trying to find a way to contact the Islamabad Immigrant Visa department.

We found it through the embassy website a few weeks ago, I emailed them before about DS5540

[stech786 236]

5 hours ago, LilyJ said:

Stockholm Sweden embassy cancelling appointments through April 30th, however it seems spouses of US citizens are unaffected, as they told my husband his appointment is still confirmed for April 1 since he is a spouse of a US citizen

 

 

There is nothing on Sweden embassy site about cancellation https://ustraveldocs.com/se/index.html?firstTime=No

 

 

@Mr and Mrs SUnlike, here http://cdn.ustraveldocs.com/pk/index.html?firstTime=No 

 

that site,  does it says "We will continue providing services to U.S. citizens as normal." here https://pk.usembassy.gov/information-for-visa-applicants-regarding-novel-coronavirus/

 

 

Did you use support-sweden@ustraveldocs.com

 

 

Edited March 16, 2020 by stech786

[LilyJ 1,258]

5 minutes ago, stech786 said:

 

 

There is nothing on Sweden embassy site about cancellation https://ustraveldocs.com/se/index.html?firstTime=No

 

 

@Mr and Mrs SUnlike, here http://cdn.ustraveldocs.com/pk/index.html?firstTime=No 

 

 

 

 

Did you use support-sweden@ustraveldocs.com

 

 

It does talk about cancellation in the link you shared. Read at the bottom of the page, where it says “Information for visa applicants regarding novel coronavirus:  As of March 16, 2020, the United States Embassy in Sweden  is cancelling routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments.  We will resume routine visa services as soon as possible but are unable to provide a specific date at this time. The MRV fee is valid and may be used for a visa application in the country where it was purchased within one year of the date of payment. If you have an urgent matter and need to travel immediately, please follow the guidance provided at support-sweden@ustraveldocs.com to request an emergency appointment.” They also discuss cancellation at this link as well.

https://se.usembassy.gov/urgent-information-for-visa-applicants-regarding-novel-coronavirus/

No, we emailed stkivinfo@state.gov to ask and they told us our interview is not cancelled 

Edited March 16, 2020 by LilyJ

[stech786 236]

13 minutes ago, LilyJ said:

It does talk about cancellation in the link you shared. Read at the bottom of the page, where it says “Information for visa applicants regarding novel coronavirus:  As of March 16, 2020, the United States Embassy in Sweden  is cancelling routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa appointments.  We will resume routine visa services as soon as possible but are unable to provide a specific date at this time. The MRV fee is valid and may be used for a visa application in the country where it was purchased within one year of the date of payment. If you have an urgent matter and need to travel immediately, please follow the guidance provided at support-sweden@ustraveldocs.com to request an emergency appointment.” They also discuss cancellation at this link as well.

https://se.usembassy.gov/urgent-information-for-visa-applicants-regarding-novel-coronavirus/

No, we emailed stkivinfo@state.gov to ask and they told us our interview is not cancelled 

 

thanks for clarification. 

 

someone else I know, who had interview this week (F4) and next week (IR1) both got cancellation via emails.

 

 

[LilyJ 1,258]

2 minutes ago, stech786 said:

 

thanks for clarification. 

 

someone else I know, who had interview this week (F4) and next week (IR1) both got cancellation via emails.

 

 

Yes it just depends on what the embassy is deciding to do. So far Stockholm is cancelling interviews but not for spouses of US citizens (and presumably other family members of US citizens but I don't know about those. I just know they told us we are not affected since my husband is a spouse of a US citizen)

Edited March 16, 2020 by LilyJ

[stech786 236]

1 minute ago, LilyJ said:

Yes it just depends on what the embassy is deciding to do. So far Stockholm is cancelling interviews but not for spouses of US citizens (and presumably other family members of US citizens)

 

I'm wondering, what does this lines mean.

 

"We will continue providing services to U.S. citizens as normal.

[LilyJ 1,258]

Just now, stech786 said:

 

I'm wondering, what does this lines mean.

 

"We will continue providing services to U.S. citizens as normal.

Probably for US citizens that live abroad who need things like passport renewals or other types of citizen services in relation to the US

[stech786 236]

@Mr and Mrs S If you google stkivinfo@state.gov (what @LilyJ stated). it takes you to Sweden checklist page. Search the line "If you are unable to attend your appointment, please"...it as their emails. for Pak, they refer us to ustraveldocs website

 

hope this help

 

Pak site

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/ISL-Islamabad.html

 

Sweden site

https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/us-visas/Supplements/Supplements_by_Post/STK-Stockholm.html

 

 

 

[lansk 16]

12 hours ago, Rsmee said:

what kind of questions did they ask?

just basic questions. Since I  was staying in Nepal with my wife for a year, CO asked - doesn't I had plan to go to US?  when did you get married? how did we met? Interview was less than a minute.

 

Just FYI , US embassy in Nepal is closing it's interview for no-immigrant and for DV from March 17. I am not sure about Immigrant though... 

 

https://np.usembassy.gov/information-for-visa-applicants-regarding-covid-19/