Question about Interviews for Ethiopia (split)

[Jesse Williams 8]

Hi everyone. Me and my fiance were just given the opportunity today to schedule an appointment at the US embassy in Addis ET. Does anyone have insight or info as to how far out we should schedule ? We are considering options in mid-late Feb. The sooner the better.. but also want to leave time for the Medical and vaccination part. With COVID the medical facilities may be overloaded. 

Thanks in advance, also im happy to give others details who are applying for visas from Ethiopia  and currently being processed still.

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[LibbyG99 65]

On 1/21/2021 at 7:36 PM, Jesse Williams said:

Hi everyone. Me and my fiance were just given the opportunity today to schedule an appointment at the US embassy in Addis ET. Does anyone have insight or info as to how far out we should schedule ? We are considering options in mid-late Feb. The sooner the better.. but also want to leave time for the Medical and vaccination part. With COVID the medical facilities may be overloaded. 

Thanks in advance, also im happy to give others details who are applying for visas from Ethiopia  and currently being processed still.

I am so happy to hear this!! We're waiting to be able to schedule a k-1 interview in Addis too and you give me such hope!

[Katelyn_Wray 34]

What did you end up doing? I haven't interviewed yet, and so don't really know how it works, but I've seen for other embassies where people interview before they get their medical done, they issue a 221 refusal letter but it's basically just a temporary refusal, and they will issue the visa once they receive the medical results. This stuff happened even before COVID, so I would just get the interview done and worry about the medical appointment later. Maybe this thread will help you understand how they'll probably do it: