NVC expedite approved, but...

[DrJayRough 2]

Hi All,

 

First of all, thanks to all VJ members for their unmatched support and knowledge of the process! Without you our journey would be a lot harder and unpredictable. 

 

We are getting close to having our interview appointment at the US embassy in Madrid. We asked to expedite NVC stage second time on Aug 29 and got approved on Aug 31, but when we got an email from NVC they mentioned the following: ¨Please be advised that the earliest Madrid can schedule this case is November given current scheduling.¨ (also see the attachment). This is really weird as we know that Madrid embassy is being very quick these days and takes 1-1.5 months to schedule interviews after DQ. Without the expedite request we were expecting to be DQ´ed around Sep 20, so we would probably be scheduled for the interview in Nov anyways (I understand it is speculations, but it is based on data from 7 people, so there is some legitimacy for that assumption). This basically seems to cancel any time advantage that we may gain after getting expedite approval.

 

The email was received from NVC. How much am I supposed to trust it? Can we ask the Embassy to speed things up? CEAC status check says ¨Ready¨.

 

Thank you!

 

[Crazy Cat 41,844]

The words "expedite" and "fast" are not synonymous.  You'll just to wait for the Consulate to work you in somewhere. Looks like they are not willing to bump interviews NVC has already scheduled.

Edited October 11, 2022 by Crazy Cat

[DrJayRough 2]

9 minutes ago, Crazy Cat said:

The words "expedite" and "fast" are synonymous.  You'll just to wait for the Consulate to work you in somewhere. Looks like they are not willing to bump interviews NVC has already scheduled.

thanks for your answer. So, you mean that they have interviews up to November already scheduled? Maybe Madrid is getting slower 

[Crazy Cat 41,844]

3 minutes ago, DrJayRough said:

thanks for your answer. So, you mean that they have interviews up to November already scheduled? Maybe Madrid is getting slower 

I'm not sure how far in advance NVC schedules interviews for Madrid. 

[Adam Macy 8]

Hi -- just curious what the basis of your expedite request was, and also when the interview finally is? 

[DrJayRough 2]

7 hours ago, Adam Macy said:

Hi -- just curious what the basis of your expedite request was, and also when the interview finally is? 

Hi Adam,

 

We asked to expedite based on a pending job offer in the U. S. We contacted Embassy separately via their online form on Sep 7th and got a reply that the interview is scheduled for Sep 27th 2022.

[EIK 0]

On 9/1/2022 at 11:33 AM, DrJayRough said:

Hi All,

 

First of all, thanks to all VJ members for their unmatched support and knowledge of the process! Without you our journey would be a lot harder and unpredictable. 

 

We are getting close to having our interview appointment at the US embassy in Madrid. We asked to expedite NVC stage second time on Aug 29 and got approved on Aug 31, but when we got an email from NVC they mentioned the following: ¨Please be advised that the earliest Madrid can schedule this case is November given current scheduling.¨ (also see the attachment). This is really weird as we know that Madrid embassy is being very quick these days and takes 1-1.5 months to schedule interviews after DQ. Without the expedite request we were expecting to be DQ´ed around Sep 20, so we would probably be scheduled for the interview in Nov anyways (I understand it is speculations, but it is based on data from 7 people, so there is some legitimacy for that assumption). This basically seems to cancel any time advantage that we may gain after getting expedite approval.

 

The email was received from NVC. How much am I supposed to trust it? Can we ask the Embassy to speed things up? CEAC status check says ¨Ready¨.

 

Thank you!

 

Hello

 

I’m doing Consular Processing in Madrid too and I’m waiting for the NVC to review my civil docs. My sponsoring employer requested an expedite before submitting the docs and got denied, but the plan is to try again once they are reviewed, and I’m  trying to understand the timeline from this point on...

 

You said that you know other cases that were scheduled in 1-1,5 months? 

You mention you requested the expedite “second time”, did you get denied the first time? Did you request the expedite before of after the review?

Once you got the request approved and NVC sent you that email, did you contact the embassy to get an earlier appointment?

 

Thanks in advance for your help, I haven’t been able to find many other cases from Spain and reading about a first hand experience is really useful!

[DrJayRough 2]

Hi, 

 

27 minutes ago, EIK said:

You said that you know other cases that were scheduled in 1-1,5 months? 

I think this is an outdated information. From what I am seeing now, it takes them 2 months to schedule a date (maybe even longer). I mean specifically for the immediate relatives category (yours might be different).

 

28 minutes ago, EIK said:

You mention you requested the expedite “second time”, did you get denied the first time? Did you request the expedite before of after the review?

I requested an expedite right after the first review at the NVC. It was denied. The second time I requested the expedite around 1.5 months into our second NVC review. It was approved.

 

29 minutes ago, EIK said:

Once you got the request approved and NVC sent you that email, did you contact the embassy to get an earlier appointment?

Yes, I did contact the Embassy directly and they scheduled the interview for us earlier than what the NVC´s email was suggesting.

 

Best of luck!

[EIK 0]

7 minutes ago, DrJayRough said:

Hi, 

 

I think this is an outdated information. From what I am seeing now, it takes them 2 months to schedule a date (maybe even longer). I mean specifically for the immediate relatives category (yours might be different).

 

I requested an expedite right after the first review at the NVC. It was denied. The second time I requested the expedite around 1.5 months into our second NVC review. It was approved.

 

Yes, I did contact the Embassy directly and they scheduled the interview for us earlier than what the NVC´s email was suggesting.

 

Best of luck!

Hello

 

Thanks a lot for your response! I'm employment-based so timing might be different, but at least it gives me an idea about the general backlog on Madrid's embassy. I think it might be worth it to try the expedite request again once the documents have been reviewed, it may save a month of waiting for the interview.

 

Thanks

 

[Nazaret 1]

On 9/20/2022 at 9:16 AM, DrJayRough said:

Hi Adam,

 

We asked to expedite based on a pending job offer in the U. S. We contacted Embassy separately via their online form on Sep 7th and got a reply that the interview is scheduled for Sep 27th 2022.

Hi, 

what online form did you use? 

[DrJayRough 2]

25 minutes ago, Nazaret said:

Hi, 

what online form did you use? 

I used this one: https://es.usembassy.gov/visas/visa-section-contact-form/

[Nazaret 1]

On 10/12/2022 at 1:51 PM, DrJayRough said:

I used this one: https://es.usembassy.gov/visas/visa-section-contact-form/

Thank you!