Hi,
my Name is Marti, I am German and I desperatly try to schedule an appointment for Frankfurt for a L1 work visa; online it says they moved to a new system and expirience trouble since July, and they know it can be frustrating, but no further info how to handle it. Meanwhile I invested more than 20h trying to make it work, it doesn't. No browser, not from mobile, I went trhough all the advice, it always say "no slots availibe".
Seeked help at the hotline, its a desaster. I wrote a mail to support-germany@usvisascheduling.com as adviced online and per Hotline, they told me they than condirm bakc with an extra calendar scheduling link within 48h.
First mail I got a automatic confirmation and it showed up with a case number in the portal. I called the hotline and the lady said they did not find a mail from me, I need to cancel the request in the portal and send a new mail. I tried 6x, i was hanging in the hotline for already 7h+ since days, but they are zero supportive, one lady even yelled at me (even though I was super friendly) because "i have two usernames and this is my fault only" even though I only regsitered only once and paid the fee once.
After the first mail I did not receive any more confirmation mails; I tried again today and got a message the mail cannot be delivered.
I checked with IT and they checked all mails and confirmed that this is an issue on their end.
Hotline is just like "i cannot do anything you need to send a mail".
If you call the consulate directly and state it they do not even listen to you.
How did you make it work? How can this be so difficult? I am running out of time as I am supposed to start the new job and move asap.
Thankful for any advice!!
Many thanks
Marti