US Embassy in Ireland says it is ready to interview!

[Ben and Jen 43]

Hi everyone, 

 

We just received an email a few minutes ago from the US Embassy in Dublin. It looks like the wheels are starting to move again for K1 applicants in Ireland! 

 

 

[SIRE 68]

On 12/16/2020 at 12:12 PM, Ben and Jen said:

Hi everyone, 

 

We just received an email a few minutes ago from the US Embassy in Dublin. It looks like the wheels are starting to move again for K1 applicants in Ireland! 

 

 

Many congratulations!! 

[Ryan H 3,798]

Moved from Process & Procedures to Progress Reports.

[Thewander 25]

On 12/16/2020 at 12:12 PM, Ben and Jen said:

Hi everyone, 

 

We just received an email a few minutes ago from the US Embassy in Dublin. It looks like the wheels are starting to move again for K1 applicants in Ireland! 

 

 

That’s strange considering they still have a long line of marriage visa interviews and they’ll close down again in a couple of days for the next lockdown. 

[Ben and Jen 43]

16 hours ago, Thewander said:

That’s strange considering they still have a long line of marriage visa interviews and they’ll close down again in a couple of days for the next lockdown. 

Looking at the statistics it seems that they are getting through quite a lot of marriage visas every month recently. They may be trying to schedule more interviews for when they clear the marriage visa backlogs. The lockdown won't affect us personally because the medical will take a few weeks to schedule and another couple of weeks after that to receive the results, so we should be good to interview shortly after the next lockdown finishes. 

[Thewander 25]

10 minutes ago, Ben and Jen said:

Looking at the statistics it seems that they are getting through quite a lot of marriage visas every month recently. They may be trying to schedule more interviews for when they clear the marriage visa backlogs. The lockdown won't affect us personally because the medical will take a few weeks to schedule and another couple of weeks after that to receive the results, so we should be good to interview shortly after the next lockdown finishes. 

Do you know if they’ll continue interviews during the next lockdown coming up? I saw retail & gyms are allowed to remain open this time so curious if interviews can continue 

[SIRE 68]

Another lock down in place, just saw this news headlines https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/level-5-restrictions-likely-to-stay-for-two-months-says-varadkar-1.4443995 

 

Not sure if we will ever get our appointment  

[Ben and Jen 43]

3 hours ago, Thewander said:

Do you know if they’ll continue interviews during the next lockdown coming up? I saw retail & gyms are allowed to remain open this time so curious if interviews can continue 

I'm not sure, but judging by previous lockdowns, the embassy will probably not do interviews during lockdown.

[Ben and Jen 43]

24 minutes ago, SIRE said:

Another lock down in place, just saw this news headlines https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/level-5-restrictions-likely-to-stay-for-two-months-says-varadkar-1.4443995 

 

Not sure if we will ever get our appointment  

I just saw this too. Looks like late February or March before interviews will be on the cards?

[SIRE 68]

I am honestly thinking June now for our case, we were DQ'd was 11th of Nov. 

[Thewander 25]

2 hours ago, Ben and Jen said:

I just saw this too. Looks like late February or March before interviews will be on the cards?

I’m curious though as this time the lockdown is different than the others. This one allows retail to stay open as well as gyms. So maybe we have a glimmer of hope? I emailed and called today to ask but never got through or a reply 🙄

[SIRE 68]

15 hours ago, Thewander said:

I’m curious though as this time the lockdown is different than the others. This one allows retail to stay open as well as gyms. So maybe we have a glimmer of hope? I emailed and called today to ask but never got through or a reply 🙄

US embassy website says during level 5 lock down the embassy won't be conducting interviews. This has been echoed by Irish immigration office as well. Burgh Quay immigration for Irish residents is also shut down starting today. However, I genuinely hope they continue to work on appointment basis. 

[Ben and Jen 43]

15 hours ago, Thewander said:

I’m curious though as this time the lockdown is different than the others. This one allows retail to stay open as well as gyms. So maybe we have a glimmer of hope? I emailed and called today to ask but never got through or a reply 🙄

Yeah, I've heard it's hard to get through to the embassy. I think we'll know more coming closer to Jan 12th when the government reviews the situation and decides if we are going to lockdown until the end of Feb or not. I'm hopeful for interviews to get started again after the lockdown, so trying to be realistic for a March interview maybe.