timcornelissen

Check out this thread:

As Vicki430 mentioned, the process is different for each embassy. Even for the London embassy it was not possible to do this rescheduling beforehand until recently. People indeed had to wait and miss the original appointment, which I agree seems like a waste. I don't remember exactly how it worked for me, but I think there was a pretty obvious 'Cancel your appointment' button. If you can't find such a button, I would assume that rescheduling beforehand is not an option.

I recommend to check this FB page:https://www.facebook.com/groups/349203266368670, or this thread:

Another batch of appointments for the first two weeks of May just opened up on the website today (one week after the last batch of IL). I managed to reschedule my interview now for May 12th, proving that it is indeed possible to reschedule your interview through the website, and you no longer have to wait until your original appointment date has passed.

Thanks for the update, hopefully I can get a similar slot. Unfortunately this batch of letters does not yet seem to have prompted more appointments to appear for me. Then again, earlier this month they also seemed to appear randomly, so I'll keep checking.

I think there were about 6 days I could choose, each with 1-3 time slots. Now there are only two days (20-21 April) left, each with one time slot. It's unclear to me how these options relate to the dates given out by interview letter, it will be interesting to see when your batch of IL comes through.

An update: today I was able to see appointments available for rescheduling! After checking daily for the past weeks, today I was presented with a few dates and time slots. Unfortunately these slots are all in between the 20th (my original interview date) and 28th April, during which I will still be traveling, so I will keep checking. But it is good to confirm that this rescheduling system does actually seem to work, and you no longer have to miss your original interview to reschedule. I am not sure why they released some appointment slots now, but assume they will do this every so often.

That'd be me ;). I had not realized it would leave me in this limbo where my appointment has been cancelled, but where I am unable to reschedule. I suspect that either there won't be appointments available until for example the next batch of interview letters goes out, or that I won't actually be able to reschedule until my initial date has passed. If anyone can share some recent experience with this that would be greatly appreciated!