How long does it typically take to go from DQ to Interview in Mumbai?

[Patty1993 10]

We have been DQ'd since February 19, 2020 and have not received interview letter from Mumbai yet due to Covid-19. They shutdown on March 16, 2020 so we were a month into waiting for interview at the time of closure. What are the typical wait times? Do you think with the executive order halting various visas that IR-1/CR-1 visa interviews will be scheduled faster? 

 

Any guidance is appreciated,  I miss my wife

[Lucky2Lucky 2,526]

They are going to be scheduled slower since embassies are closed and there is no set date on when they will reopen or if there will be decreased staffing.

[arken 4,197]

I believe Mumbai already had lots of months of waiting for the interview even before the virus lockdown. Expect much longer once it opens.

Edited May 9, 2020 by arken

[Crazy Cat 41,851]

4 hours ago, Patty1993 said:

We have been DQ'd since February 19, 2020 and have not received interview letter from Mumbai yet due to Covid-19. They shutdown on March 16, 2020 so we were a month into waiting for interview at the time of closure. What are the typical wait times? Do you think with the executive order halting various visas that IR-1/CR-1 visa interviews will be scheduled faster? 

 

Any guidance is appreciated,  I miss my wife

There is no "typical" wait time now.  You will not receive an interview date until the consulate has resumed normal activities.  Once the consulate gives new available dates to NVC, then they (NVC) will assign you an interview time.......when you reach the front of their (NVC) queue......

[NikLR 13,227]

~~moved to us embassy discussion from IR1/CR1 process and procedures ~~

[Patty1993 10]

11 hours ago, Lucky Cat said:

There is no "typical" wait time now.  You will not receive an interview date until the consulate has resumed normal activities.  Once the consulate gives new available dates to NVC, then they (NVC) will assign you an interview time.......when you reach the front of their (NVC) queue......

Right I understand that but I'm saying we were already a month into waiting before the shutdown. So that's why I am trying to get other people's experience with their wait time from DQ to interview. I would assume everyone's place in line is still held in the queue prior to the shutdown so once they open up they will pick up where they left off. So if before the shutdown people were waiting 2 to 3 months I would hope we get scheduled 1 to 2 months after they open up since we already waited a month.

[Patty1993 10]

15 hours ago, Luckycuds said:

They are going to be scheduled slower since embassies are closed and there is no set date on when they will reopen or if there will be decreased staffing.

Isn't our space in the queue still held? So assuming they open up in June they will interview people who were rescheduled because of the shutdown and then begin scheduling the people who were waiting in line. They had a month after we got DQ'd before they shutdown so I would hope we were part of the next batch to be scheduled.

[Patty1993 10]

11 hours ago, arken said:

I believe Mumbai already had lots of months of waiting for the interview even before the virus lockdown. Expect much longer once it opens.

Does the waiting depend on visa type? Like there are no limits to CR-1 visa and it's not part of the executive order shutdown so I would assume the interviews that were for banned visa types would be suspended and the other ones would jump them in the queue.