A Little Confused!

[Rasberry.B 4]

So using ceac website and my case number shows the following:

 

"Your case is ready for your interview when scheduled at the U.S. Consular section. If you have already scheduled an appointment for an interview, please prepare your documents as directed in your appointment letter and appear at the consulate on the appointed date and time. Otherwise, please wait until you have been notified of your interview appointment. Additional information about how Immigrant Visa interview appointments are scheduled can be found at: http://nvc.state.gov/interview"

 

I have not filled any visa application yet and I am a little confused about the process here.  I would really appreciate some help. What should I do?  How long can I extend the process if I need to buy some time?

 

Thanks for your help in advance...

[Redro 4,611]

7 hours ago, Rasberry.B said:

So using ceac website and my case number shows the following:

 

"Your case is ready for your interview when scheduled at the U.S. Consular section. If you have already scheduled an appointment for an interview, please prepare your documents as directed in your appointment letter and appear at the consulate on the appointed date and time. Otherwise, please wait until you have been notified of your interview appointment. Additional information about how Immigrant Visa interview appointments are scheduled can be found at: http://nvc.state.gov/interview"

 

I have not filled any visa application yet and I am a little confused about the process here.  I would really appreciate some help. What should I do?  How long can I extend the process if I need to buy some time?

 

Thanks for your help in advance...

I believe you have 4 months from date of NOA 2 approval to make an appointment. You can make an appointment AFTER the 4 months. If you can’t find an appointment you should write to the consulate to see about extension… but you might not have to communicate with them depending on the consulate. 

[littleredscooty 3]

In our case, the packet 3 letter came extremely late, so we found out he had to file the ds-160 first after asking them about scheduling an appointment. I would say to check and see if your interviewing consulate has received the packet, if they have give them 7-10 days to issue you your packet 3. If it’s been several weeks since receiving the petition on their end, and beneficiary has not gotten packet 3, you could contact them and see if they instructed you to do

ds-160

and then once you do that you will

 be able to schedule. However, it seems some consulates schedule the interview for you.