Interview appointment

[Chris Bissell 0]

Is it typical to wait 6 months for the NVC to schedule spouse visa interview with us embassy in Manila. We have been documentarily approved for 6 months.

[powerpuff 6,503]

Yes, there’s been a backlog like that for the past year I believe.

[Timmy Clark 1]

Who knows what they are doing some people say they are only doing mass expedite twice a year on family based visa January and June and everyone has a different opinion on this

[Shaaz 0]

Is the 6 months delay by the NVC before scheduling interviews at designated consulates same for Employment based visas? I mean EB2-NIW cases? 

[appleblossom 2,067]

7 hours ago, Shaaz said:

Is the 6 months delay by the NVC before scheduling interviews at designated consulates same for Employment based visas? I mean EB2-NIW cases? 

It depends on the consulate. Some have huge queues (2 yrs + for an interview), others no backlog at all. But spousal cases are always given priority over employment based ones. 

[Timmy Clark 1]

Not in Manila they have been processing employment based visa and tourist visa over spouse. Go on YouTube and listen to the head of the embassy in an interview 6 months ago .

[IWander 588]

30 minutes ago, Timmy Clark said:

Not in Manila they have been processing employment based visa and tourist visa over spouse. Go on YouTube and listen to the head of the embassy in an interview 6 months ago .

Employment based and tourist visas are non immigrant visas and are issued by a totally different department in the Consulate from the spouse or other immigrant visas.  

[Timmy Clark 1]

That may be the case but listen to the interview, he said Family based visa are taking between 6 to 9 months he mentioned speeding up the process of all other visa categories but never once did he mention speeding up family based visa , go to other chatt groups and gather information there are plenty of petitions trying to get the US Embassy in Manila to prioritize family based visa

[Timmy Clark 1]