Scheduling appointment in Bogotá

[Maitremathieu 4]

Hi everybody,

 

My fiancée I got our NOA2 on December 14 and were notified by NVC that the file was sent on January 16, and we finally got our visa instruction from the US Embassy in Bogotá, Colombia on Monday (February 26). When we logged in to make an appointment, the site said that there are no appointments available and to check back "in a few days." Does anybody have any recent experience with making an appointment in Bogotá and could give us an idea on how often they open new appointments? The info on the embassy page here says the update the open appointments around the 15th of each month, however that page was last updated in 2019 so I'm wondering if anyone has more recent experience.

 

Thanks!

[ecw1900 1]

Looking at your timeline, it looks like everything worked out well for you.

I just got a similar "no appointments available" message and I'm planning to check the site every day.

Out of curiosity, how many days elapsed for you before you were able to schedule an appointment?

[OldUser 6,633]

13 hours ago, ecw1900 said:

Looking at your timeline, it looks like everything worked out well for you.

I just got a similar "no appointments available" message and I'm planning to check the site every day.

Out of curiosity, how many days elapsed for you before you were able to schedule an appointment?

Check several times a day if it allows you to.

Edited June 27 by OldUser

[Maitremathieu 4]

It was about two weeks.

[ecw1900 1]

Thanks. 

I just checked today and there are currently interview appointments but available but not biometrics appointments. So I'm not able to schedule anything at the moment. Hopefully that's a momentary oddity. I'll check again tonight and tomorrow to see if biometrics slots have opened up. 

[ecw1900 1]

Sorry to keep posting, but I'm just going to update this thread in case someone comes across it later and finds it useful.

 

I got my biometrics and interview appointments for Sept. 18-19.

 

What I was doing wrong originally was putting "Sept 4" -- the first date of availability -- in the embassy interview box. Because that date was so early, there were no biometrics appointments available.

 

 

When I changed the interview date to the third week of September, that's when a bunch of biometrics appointments became available in the second box.

 

This may be self-evident, but it was confusing for me, so I leave that here in case someone else was having a similar issue.