CR-1 / IR-1 Interview updates

[Bug&Bug 147]

On 9/11/2020 at 2:24 PM, chriskrichardson said:

My interview was arranged by the NVC when they sent our case to London. 

 

It is likely that I will need to reschedule my interview.

 

I have registered by logging in at "https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-gb/iv/"

 

I can't, however, see any option to reschedule my interview. 

 

Is anyone with experience able to assist? Thank you very much!

 

I had the same. You have to wait until it expires. From the London embassy: 

 

"If you wish to reschedule your interview appointment date, you should wait until after the original appointment date has passed and then sign in to your account at https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-gb/iv to book a new interview date. 

 

Please note, you should not expect your Visa Appointment Service account to be updated to allow you to schedule a new interview until after the scheduled appointment date has passed. Until then, the account will still display details of the original appointment. You need not be concerned. You are not required to attend that appointment. "

 

[Bug&Bug 147]

Had the medical today. It took maybe an hour between seing the doctor, the nurse and the xray tech. 

 

I went to my GP last week to get the jabs since I dont have my childhood records.

 

Well, they didnt accept my 2017 tetanus booster because I had no proof of having the original 3 doses. Sneaky....

[ir1cr12021 6]

21 minutes ago, Bug&Bug said:

 

I had the same. You have to wait until it expires. From the London embassy: 

 

"If you wish to reschedule your interview appointment date, you should wait until after the original appointment date has passed and then sign in to your account at https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-gb/iv to book a new interview date. 

 

Please note, you should not expect your Visa Appointment Service account to be updated to allow you to schedule a new interview until after the scheduled appointment date has passed. Until then, the account will still display details of the original appointment. You need not be concerned. You are not required to attend that appointment. "

 

Thank you. How was the process of rescheduling, for you?

 

Were other appointments available the next day, or did you need to wait for a new batch to be released?

 

Also, when did you go through this? Thank you!

[Bug&Bug 147]

Just now, chriskrichardson said:

Thank you. How was the process of rescheduling, for you?

 

Were other appointments available the next day, or did you need to wait for a new batch to be released?

 

Also, when did you go through this? Thank you!

I didnt, I was scared that with the lockdown backlog rescheduling would mean putting me at the end of the queue.  I tried to ask the embassy for some estimates if

I rescheduled but they kindly told me to eff off. So Im doing the interview next week.

Sorry I cant be of more help.

[Wuozopo 4,293]

35 minutes ago, Bug&Bug said:

Well, they didnt accept my 2017 tetanus booster because I had no proof of having the original 3 doses. Sneaky....

It’s not just a tetanus jab on the list. The diphtheria and pertussis part of Tdap have to be accounted for as well. Is that what was missing?

[Bug&Bug 147]

5 minutes ago, Wuozopo said:

It’s not just a tetanus jab on the list. The diphtheria and pertussis part of Tdap have to be accounted for as well. Is that what was missing?

No it wasnt that, I had the right jab but I dont have records of the original 3 doses you get when you are a kid. But since my adult booster was more than a year ago, while my GP assumes i am fully inmunised as any other 30 year old in Europe, Visamedicals treated it as I had only got 1 dose in my life and needed a booster.

 

Oh well. I paid the bloody extra £40 just to be done with it.

[ir1cr12021 6]

2 hours ago, Bug&Bug said:

I didnt, I was scared that with the lockdown backlog rescheduling would mean putting me at the end of the queue.  I tried to ask the embassy for some estimates if

I rescheduled but they kindly told me to eff off. So Im doing the interview next week.

Sorry I cant be of more help.

Not at all, that's super helpful. 

 

My wife and I are also in a similar head space, so I totally understand why you'd go for the original date!

 

I suppose we'll bank on the queue being based on our DQ date, and that we'll be able to reschedule with the next batch of DCF self-schedulers. (Famous last words...)

 

Best of luck with your interview next week!

[loveisvein 39]

we received an email this morning from NVC stating that our expedite wasn’t approved.

 

i’m not at all surprised, the chances were very slim, but we still wanted to try. at least we know now that they do eventually reply, approved or not.

 

request sent: 8/27

reviewing: 9/3

couldn’t approve: 9/15

[Bbking2 93]

54 minutes ago, loveisvein said:

we received an email this morning from NVC stating that our expedite wasn’t approved.

 

i’m not at all surprised, the chances were very slim, but we still wanted to try. at least we know now that they do eventually reply, approved or not.

 

request sent: 8/27

reviewing: 9/3

couldn’t approve: 9/15

No jumping the queue 😀... Think we'll be next up!! 

[loveisvein 39]

21 minutes ago, Bobnrob said:

No jumping the queue 😀... Think we'll be next up!! 

what is it that people say... but i think my friend’s up there? 😂 

but yes, agreed. soon! 🤞🏼

[Samantha & Rad 56]

Just had my interview yesterday in London. All very smooth! Was just asked to present my originals (birth cert, marriage cert, police certs). They didn't ask to see any financials such as the tax returns or W2.

Simple questions such as where did you meet, what does your husband do etc. I did get the sense they throw in a couple of wrong dates to try and catch you out. Twice I had to correct them.

Just one red flag from me (but I'm sure everyone already knows this), you can't take any electricals other than a mobile. I had my laptop and the security guard advised I go leave it with the cafe across the street (called Disctrict cafe) who have a storage facility. If this place wasn't open I wouldn't have had anywhere else to leave it, so advise you to leave anything like that at home. 

All in all I was inside the embassy for 1 hour. It was very quiet. Maybe 5-6 other people in the Immigrant Visa waiting area. 

[yere_and_kanbi 3]

6 hours ago, loveisvein said:

we received an email this morning from NVC stating that our expedite wasn’t approved.

 

i’m not at all surprised, the chances were very slim, but we still wanted to try. at least we know now that they do eventually reply, approved or not.

 

request sent: 8/27

reviewing: 9/3

couldn’t approve: 9/15

Oh, that's a shame...

I hope you don't wait too long for the regular processing.

What reason did you give for the expedite, if I may ask ?

[loveisvein 39]

18 minutes ago, yere_and_kanbi said:

Oh, that's a shame...

I hope you don't wait too long for the regular processing.

What reason did you give for the expedite, if I may ask ?

thank you. we were dq’d on june 2nd, so if things move as they have, we should be in the next batch on interviews given out in october. 

 

medical, specifically mental health.

 

[shallot343 116]

Wondering if anyone has any input on this--just received an email that our second expedite request was forwarded to the Embassy, but obviously we already have our interview date. Should I contact NVC or the Embassy to basically tell them "nevermind", or can I just ignore it? Worried our interview might be inadvertently cancelled due to the new expedite. 

[yere_and_kanbi 3]

1 hour ago, loveisvein said:

thank you. we were dq’d on june 2nd, so if things move as they have, we should be in the next batch on interviews given out in october. 

 

medical, specifically mental health.

 

Oh, I see.. 

Did you attach any documents as proof ?