Defer IR interview?

[canyonchaps 0]

Hi everyone,

 

Context: Currently in the UK, applied for IR-1 visa in November, DQ'd early March '21, waiting on interview to be scheduled at London embassy.

 

Due to changing personal circumstances we're considering staying in the UK, longer than planned, until Q2 next year.

With March DQs hoping to be interviewed in July/Aug and the need to enter the US within 6 months of the medical, does anyone know if I could defer the interview & medical by 3-4 months without voiding the visa application? What would be the max time we could defer the interview?

 

Thanks

C

 

 

[milimelo 4,481]

Given the backlog everywhere I’d be surprised if you got interview before end of year the earliest. You can just write back to the embassy you need to reschedule it for later time. 

[canyonchaps 0]

Thanks, Milimeno

 

The London Embassy does seem to be opening up according to this thread London CR1 / IR1 Appointment Updates

[Wuozopo 4,293]

5 hours ago, canyonchaps said:

Hi everyone,

 

Context: Currently in the UK, applied for IR-1 visa in November, DQ'd early March '21, waiting on interview to be scheduled at London embassy.

 

Due to changing personal circumstances we're considering staying in the UK, longer than planned, until Q2 next year.

With March DQs hoping to be interviewed in July/Aug and the need to enter the US within 6 months of the medical, does anyone know if I could defer the interview & medical by 3-4 months without voiding the visa application? What would be the max time we could defer the interview?

 

Thanks

C

 

 

The procedure that London tells you to do is wait until your assigned date has passed, then you pick a new date off the calendar that fits your preference. You choose “I missed my appointment” or something like that. Someone recently got an immediate email saying “you missed your appointment, pick a new date” so I guess that works too. It seems wrong to be a “no show” but that’s what they tell people to do and it does work with no repercussions for missing the appointment.
 

You can stall by not picking a new date immediately. You have a year. 

Edited May 12, 2021 by Wuozopo

[HKS 169]

Doin a no show for your appointment keeps another person that has been waiting a very very long time for an interview from using that spot. It is better to wait till they schedule your interview and then have it rescheduled. But like the other person said, it is very hard to determine when an interview would be scheduled as none of the timelines are predictable anymore. It took us 2 yrs to get an interview and it was expedited. Others get an interview in 6 months. No fairness, no rhyme or reason. You cannot plan your life around immigration. Just my experience.