CR-1 / IR-1 Interview updates

[Mr&MrsB17 7]

Hey everyone I got an email this morning, I have an interview on October 15th. DQ’d: May 15th.

 

We did ask to expedite but never heard anything back about it so I doubt it’s anything to do with that. 
 

 

[R1CH1991 247]

Great news to see some movement this morning  On this basis I now hope for a November interview email! That’s great, thanks for keeping us all updated 🙂 

[R1CH1991 247]

On 9/8/2020 at 10:12 PM, shallot343 said:

When did you submit your expedite? Our got lost or something....we are way outside of "normal" expedite times 

We submitted 23rd August around the same time as ‘Ohcoffeeeyes’ and his was progressed and ours was not so I would imagine they’re fairly up to date now. I think they don’t bother to respond to the applicant if they chose not to expedite the case. 

[GringoCarioca 16]

Non Expedited interview this morning for October 27th! NVC processed. and DQ'd on May 27th! Thank God its coming to an end over 2 & 1/2 years later!!!!

[Hannahl4211 42]

I’m DQ on May 30, but haven’t had my email yet!! Ahhhh I’m going to be checking every 5 minutes now 😂 congratulations to everyone!

[ir1cr12021 6]

Received an interview appointment this morning!

 

DQ: 07-May-20

Interview: 01-Oct-20

Visa: CR-1

Not expedited

 

I am, frustratingly, potentially away on business and in a mandatory 14-day quarantine on that day...

 

Does anyone have experience with rescheduling an interview at the London Embassy? How difficult is it to do this, at the moment?

 

As an aside, when I try to register with my case number on "ais.usvisa-info.com" I am told "The Immigrant Visa case number provided is not ready to schedule an appointment." Is this me being too keen? We only received the NVC email this morning so perhaps the London Embassy needs to update their system?

 

Thanks very much!

[shallot343 116]

Also got an interview email this morning!

 

DQ: June 16

Interview: October 5th

Visa: CR-1

Attempted to Expedite but ignored (or they just gave us a date in this batch instead of approving out expedite)

 

I honestly cannot believe this at all---we have been working on this process for 18 months (I know a lot of couples have been dealing with it even longer!) and even though I knew we would get there I couldn't really envision it actually happening. 

 

It looks like they have more slots this month than last---I know all the rest of the June and July DQs will be next month for sure! 

 

 

[Hannahl4211 42]

Did everyone receive their emails at the same time or is it just a case of at some point today? It feels so unfair that people DQ’ed the same day get their interviews and others don’t  😔

[GingeUK 15]

2 hours ago, chriskrichardson said:

Received an interview appointment this morning!

 

DQ: 07-May-20

Interview: 01-Oct-20

Visa: CR-1

Not expedited

 

I am, frustratingly, potentially away on business and in a mandatory 14-day quarantine on that day...

 

Does anyone have experience with rescheduling an interview at the London Embassy? How difficult is it to do this, at the moment?

 

As an aside, when I try to register with my case number on "ais.usvisa-info.com" I am told "The Immigrant Visa case number provided is not ready to schedule an appointment." Is this me being too keen? We only received the NVC email this morning so perhaps the London Embassy needs to update their system?

 

Thanks very much!

I had the same issue, and have assumed I'm being too keen too..

[GingeUK 15]

29 minutes ago, Hannahl4211 said:

Did everyone receive their emails at the same time or is it just a case of at some point today? It feels so unfair that people DQ’ed the same day get their interviews and others don’t  😔

Received mine at 07:05 BST, not sure if they were all released as a batch (I'll wait for others to speak up), but given the time it was received I imagine it was automated rather than a human hitting "send".  Do agree that it's not fair seeing people DQ'd the same day or after receiving interviews before you (expect for expedites, of course) - hoping you all get yours sorted very soon.

[shallot343 116]

7 minutes ago, GingeUK said:

Received mine at 07:05 BST

Ours came at 7:05 BST as well. I think its a batch email. 

 

I have no idea how they do it honestly; it looks like it is mostly in order of DQ but I think we may have gotten ours because we sent in two expedite requests so they just threw us into this batch instead of responding to the expedite (or it is just completely random and stupid which also wouldn't be surprising)

 

[corntop 129]

My email also came at 7:05am, sent to both me and my wife, and CEAC has updated to say case is already at London.

 

Routine interview dates are definitely in DQ order, so if you don't get one today and share a DQ date, maybe the rest of the available appointments were filled with expedited cases and you'll be in the next batch.

Edited September 10, 2020 by corntop

[DrIdu 50]

4 hours ago, GringoCarioca said:

Non Expedited interview this morning for October 27th! NVC processed. and DQ'd on May 27th! Thank God its coming to an end over 2 & 1/2 years later!!!!

Woke up to a 2:04 AM (7:04 BST?) email from NVC for interview appointment!!

 

We DQ'd on 27th of May, interview is October 27th! (@GringoCarioca Maybe you will see my DH there, he'll have the red beard  )

 

My birthday is this Saturday and what I asked for my birthday was the interview to be scheduled for DH! Yes!

 

Our's is IR1, no expedite (though admittedly I was getting ready to submit one). 

 

Now on to making sure everything is in order. DH already scheduled his medical for next week, so hopefully that's plenty of time to get it done and sent to the embassy for a smooth interview? 

 

Can't remember what was said about the police certificate... it only lasts for six months? 

 

I think, as we've all been speculating, that they are scheduling interviews monthly and scheduling them a month out from the day of scheduling (if that sentence makes any sense).

 

[Wuozopo 4,293]

3 hours ago, chriskrichardson said:

As an aside, when I try to register with my case number on "ais.usvisa-info.com" I am told "The Immigrant Visa case number provided is not ready to schedule an appointment." Is this me being too keen? We only received the NVC email this morning so perhaps the London Embassy needs to update their system?

You are correct. Give it a day or two

[ohcoffeeeyes 120]

4 hours ago, shallot343 said:

Also got an interview email this morning!

 

DQ: June 16

Interview: October 5th

Visa: CR-1

Attempted to Expedite but ignored (or they just gave us a date in this batch instead of approving out expedite)

 

I honestly cannot believe this at all---we have been working on this process for 18 months (I know a lot of couples have been dealing with it even longer!) and even though I knew we would get there I couldn't really envision it actually happening. 

 

It looks like they have more slots this month than last---I know all the rest of the June and July DQs will be next month for sure! 

 

 

It's very ironic about how much you were stressing over this expedite yet you have your interview before me haha, my case still hasnt been transferred to the embassy. Congrats!