What will happen if I schedule an interview myself and not wait for NVC?

[The Humanists 10]

Call me impatient or whatever (because yeah, I am), but I'm tempted not to wait for NVC to schedule an interview for me and go ahead and schedule one myself. I went to the portal for appointment scheduling for Manila, checked the calendar, and saw that there are still slots for December. But NVC is telling me December is no longer open. Well, according to the website, there are at least 10 available December dates! What will happen if I schedule my interview myself? Will that cause problems for our case?

[Leatherneck 693]

The beneficiary of a IR1/CR1 scheduling her own interview is certainly not protocol.

If you feel like being the first, do so then we'll all know what the consequences are for such.

[The Humanists 10]

I learned that online scheduling has been successfully done by a couple of CR1/IR1 applicants who have had to undergo a sputum culture test. I'm curious to know if anyone who didn't have to undergo additional medical tests was allowed to schedule an appointment online.

But nope, I certainly wouldn't wanna be the first.

[dirtsquirter 7]

Why not be first? If it works, you help everybody and yourself, if it doesn't work, they probably just don't accept the interview date - and you wait just like everyone else.

[Leatherneck 693]

I learned that online scheduling has been successfully done by a couple of CR1/IR1 applicants who have had to undergo a sputum culture test. I'm curious to know if anyone who didn't have to undergo additional medical tests was allowed to schedule an appointment online.

But nope, I certainly wouldn't wanna be the first.

Then try it to see if it works, the computer will allow you to set up the interview or it won't.

[amerisian 5]

You said there are still 10 available, I pray and I hope we will be included on that slots...

Your case is closed on the 10th. I am thinking that you might get the December interview.

God bless.

[The Humanists 10]

Then try it to see if it works, the computer will allow you to set up the interview or it won't.

The computer was going to let me. It let me put in my data, click on a date, and click on a time. All I would have had to do was click Continue, which I didn't do because I wasn't (and still am not) ready to take the risk of everything possibly blowing up in my face.

I guess I'll just wait. It's actually not that I don't want to wait for an interview date. What irks me is that NVC is saying that there are no more slots for December, but the website has available December dates. I even called the Manila embassy hotline to ask if December is full, and the CSR pulled up a calendar and said the first two weeks of December are available for CR1 applicants.