Did the interview scheduling process change?

[Gretch 11]

I filed for my husband in 2015. Based on the records from our timeline here, the NVC approved the application 9/26, the embassy received it 10/3, and he had his interview 11/14 (this is all 2016). Now I'm petitioning for my minor stepson to come. It's been a nightmare--I petitioned in December 2020 and nothing happened for ages--but we finally were documentariliy qualified at NVC on 11/14. I expected to hear an interview date within a few days, but now the embassy tells me it's the NVC who schedules, and the internet tells me it takes 2-3 months? Do I have that right?

 

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Just now, Gretch said:

I filed for my husband in 2015. Based on the records from our timeline here, the NVC approved the application 9/26, the embassy received it 10/3, and he had his interview 11/14 (this is all 2016). Now I'm petitioning for my minor stepson to come. It's been a nightmare--I petitioned in December 2020 and nothing happened for ages--but we finally were documentariliy qualified at NVC on 11/14. I expected to hear an interview date within a few days, but now the embassy tells me it's the NVC who schedules, and the internet tells me it takes 2-3 months? Do I have that right?

 

 

It depends on the consulate, it can be as quick as 2 months or take as long as 2 years. 

 

How old is your stepson, and which consulate will he be interviewing at?

[Gretch 11]

He's twelve, and will be interviewing in Kigali, Rwanda. I don't imagine there will be many with that info but I did write a post in the regional forum, too, I case it may be helpful to others. Mostly just wanting to find out if the interview scheduling process did change. Since the embassy doesn't get that much traffic, hopefully it'll be closer to two months.

[appleblossom 3,208]

1 minute ago, Gretch said:

He's twelve, and will be interviewing in Kigali, Rwanda. I don't imagine there will be many with that info but I did write a post in the regional forum, too, I case it may be helpful to others. Mostly just wanting to find out if the interview scheduling process did change. Since the embassy doesn't get that much traffic, hopefully it'll be closer to two months.

 

The interview scheduling process hasn’t changed, just wait times are longer after Covid and the backlogs. It’s very odd that it’s taken 4 years to get to this point, if he’s an immediate relative it shouldn’t have been anywhere near that long. Just checking, but you petitioned him as a US citizen, not a green card holder?

 

Not sure if there is a thread about DQ to IL timings for Kigali but you can check, it’s also worth searching timelines as well. 

 

Best of luck. 

[Gretch 11]

Yes, there was a big covid holdup, we got unlucky with the service center, he got processed as someone already in country and we weren't notified of the error for ages, the NVC site kept being down when I tried to check and I finally found a message saying they wanted another copy of my marriage certificate which they definitely already had, but I didn't get any separate notice of this... that kind of thing. I'm an American citizen by birth but in the meantime his dad has become a citizen and could have applied for him in the first place!