May 2015 Interviews

[Maharosa 251]

My CC March 12 and I am still waiting too. Since I been waiting so long I contacted my congressman and put in a expedite request to NVC last week. Today they told me that the Kingston Embassy has the request. Right now I'm waiting to see if it helps things move a little faster for me. I hope we all get our interview dates soon. Jah know ... Mi tired!!!

I wish you luck! Or CC was February 17. I have been trying to expedite since the day our case got to the NVC, we were expedited at USCIS, because my grandfather is very ill, but the Embassy did not care. Everytie my grandfathers condition worsens, I request expedite, they just deny, deny, deny. I requested again when my husband found out he was being called back to active duty with the Egyptian army, they denied that one also. I hope Kingston is more compassionate than Cairo. Even with having my senators and congressman involved, we still got nowhere.

[rajbinod 0]

My CC March 12 and I am still waiting too. Since I been waiting so long I contacted my congressman and put in a expedite request to NVC last week. Today they told me that the Kingston Embassy has the request. Right now I'm waiting to see if it helps things move a little faster for me. I hope we all get our interview dates soon. Jah know ... Mi tired!!!

[rajbinod 0]

Cc on March 31st.. expedite was approved from embassy in february and wanted the nvc to review first. . Now case is at us embassy but still no interview appointment letter.. 20 days gone still no appointment and this case was expedite ..what's the point.. Frust.

[tjohnson 0]

My CC March 12 and I am still waiting too. Since I been waiting so long I contacted my congressman and put in a expedite request to NVC last week. Today they told me that the Kingston Embassy has the request. Right now I'm waiting to see if it helps things move a little faster for me. I hope we all get our interview dates soon. Jah know ... Mi tired!!!

I know this question may have been asked already but can you let me know how you went about completing your expedite request since we have the same embassy. My cc was 4/9 but based on what I am seeing with the Kingston Embassy I should expect a long wait and looking into an expedite.

[pguajardo1988 3]

its been a month from approval date still waiting anxiously

[blessempress 2]

I know this question may have been asked already but can you let me know how you went about completing your expedite request since we have the same embassy. My cc was 4/9 but based on what I am seeing with the Kingston Embassy I should expect a long wait and looking into an expedite.

You send the expedite request to

NVCexpedite@state.gov... Include case number ...the petitioners Name & phone;

Beneficiary Name; D.O.B, and two phone numbers for the petitioner as well as your phone number. Then include your reason for requesting your case to be expedited.

[Canadian Tired 6]

Thank you for posting what you learned today. Disappointing, but not surprising (theme of my visa journey!)

Hopefully, when dates are released, they will still come within that 56 day average (so although we wait anxiously for interview scheduling, we aren't waiting longer for the interview??). I am going to start to get my documents organized, just in case I need to drop everything and go to Montreal (said optimistically).

i just spoke with a nvc rep and he said very specifically it is the embassy that is not scheduling interviews. his words were....'all your paperwork is ready to go, we a just waiting on the embassy to release the dates to us". i asked if i could contact someone at the embassy in montreal to get things rolling and his reply was 'i wish there was someone for you to contact, but unfortunately there isn't, there is nothing we can do until the embassy let's us know.' i told him the embassy hasn't done scheduling in a month as i have a friend who has been waiting since March 23 (which is fact....some Canadians have been waiting that long) and he didn't deny this, he was understanding and encouraged patience. he went on to say there are max number of interviews each month that embassies can book and for each visa type there is also a max. gosh, i really hope when nvc gets the go ahead they consider date of cc.

Edited April 21, 2015 by Canadian Tired

[mrs thb 331]

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Thank you for posting what you learned today. Disappointing, butey not surprising (theme of my visa journey!)

Hopefully, when dates are released, they will still come within that 56 day average (so although we wait anxiously for interview scheduling, we aren't waiting longer for the interview??). I am going to start to get my documents organized, just in case I need to drop everything and go to Montreal (said optimistically).

good idea...best be organized.

but i fear they're going to drop an interview date and give us 2 weeks notice....how does one book in a medical and flights and schedule 2x off work all in a matter of 2 weeks? sure its do-able if you have no life other than waiting but some of us are still trying to conduct real life min real time! this is such a money grab.... this past week both westjet and porter have had huge seat sales...that we've missed!!

but oh , maybe nvc is thinking.....we'll all carpool and their going to schedule us all on the same day! now wouldn't that be fun!!!

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

Thank you for posting what you learned today. Disappointing, but not surprising (theme of my visa journey!)

Hopefully, when dates are released, they will still come within that 56 day average (so although we wait anxiously for interview scheduling, we aren't waiting longer for the interview??). I am going to start to get my documents organized, just in case I need to drop everything and go to Montreal (said optimistically).

Very very doubtful that we'll see a 56 day average. I'm at 28 days. To be within 60 days, even, I'd have to get an interview scheduled on Friday May 22nd. May is full, so my barest minimum will be 70 days, if I get an appointment for June 1st. That'll certainly skew the average upwards drastically.

[lotusraj 5]

Kingston Kingston smh.

[audr3yz 0]

Husband's appointment is in one hour. He's already waiting in front of the embassy gate. I have never been so nervous. ????

[Canadian Tired 6]

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good idea...best be organized.

but i fear they're going to drop an interview date and give us 2 weeks notice....how does one book in a medical and flights and schedule 2x off work all in a matter of 2 weeks? sure its do-able if you have no life other than waiting but some of us are still trying to conduct real life min real time! this is such a money grab.... this past week both westjet and porter have had huge seat sales...that we've missed!!

but oh , maybe nvc is thinking.....we'll all carpool and their going to schedule us all on the same day! now wouldn't that be fun!!!

Ah yes, a VJ road trip to Montreal! Good times. With the amount of people going, could charter a bus. As it is, I'm sure calling out VJ handles while in the queue that morning would be certain to turn a few heads. Even though buddy @ NVC said that the consulate has a set number of immigration interviews per month, they are beginning to pile up rapidly. Consulate is either going to have to add a few more slots, or risk scheduling months in advance.

(PD and WJ will have another seat sale. I've also found that AC tends to lower prices to match PD, but not necessarily call it a sale.)

Very very doubtful that we'll see a 56 day average. I'm at 28 days. To be within 60 days, even, I'd have to get an interview scheduled on Friday May 22nd. May is full, so my barest minimum will be 70 days, if I get an appointment for June 1st. That'll certainly skew the average upwards drastically.

Other measures of central tendency from the spreadsheet (Cdn data only) for CC until interview -

Average - 54 days, Median - 51 days, Mode - 54 days

Std Deviation - 15 days (minimum wait was 19 days and max was 115 - yikes)

So, based on these 114 data points, 54 +/- 15 is average. That's 69 days, which matches your June 1st possibility.

There's a pile of folks with CC June-August 2013 who waited 75-92 days for their interview. Perhaps there was a similar backlog situation then? DWHEELS, would you remember?

I suppose I shouldn't waste my time crunching numbers from all angles. My partner likes to remind me that "we'll get the interview date when we do". It's been about 15 months all told already....

[jmath 0]

Husband's appointment is in one hour. He's already waiting in front of the embassy gate. I have never been so nervous. ????

Be calm :-) .. and all the Best..

[sandraPro 3]

i just spoke with a nvc rep and he said very specifically it is the embassy that is not scheduling interviews. his words were....'all your paperwork is ready to go, we a just waiting on the embassy to release the dates to us". i asked if i could contact someone at the embassy in montreal to get things rolling and his reply was 'i wish there was someone for you to contact, but unfortunately there isn't, there is nothing we can do until the embassy let's us know.' i told him the embassy hasn't done scheduling in a month as i have a friend who has been waiting since March 23 (which is fact....some Canadians have been waiting that long) and he didn't deny this, he was understanding and encouraged patience. he went on to say there are max number of interviews each month that embassies can book and for each visa type there is also a max. gosh, i really hope when nvc gets the go ahead they consider date of cc.

mrs thb, please contact the Embassy here and explain: http://canada.usembassy.gov/contact/public-inquiry-form.html

I had the same problem and using this form helped! Problem solved in 2 days.

Also, those who have CC and wait for P4, go ahead and do your medical exams, and if possible send them to the Embassies. This may help.

Edited April 21, 2015 by sandraPro

[Jamy2014 55]

Congratulations. You are updated.

Thank you! Especially for all your hard work to make it easier for all of us to find the information we need

Yupi:) congrats...just a little bit more and you're done:)

Thank you, Frips! The timeframe is shrinking