Can we schedule the interview?

[phila 0]

I did search the forum topics- to no avail. I am wondering if we can actually schedule the interview date in Ankara? I'm trying to time everything, and I will be in Turkey for two months this summer. I am wondering if we can request an interview date for when I am there? Or, must we just be very careful about when we send in packet 3?

It seems some interviews are scheduled within two to four weeks of receiving packet 3. I just know it will go much smoother if we make the trip to Ankara together.

Sorry if this topic has been posted.

Christine

[brnidokiegurl 1]

Look under your embassy information it will probably tell you, i imagine tho that they do the scheduling. Others from that area can probably advise you about the approx time and i believe the time lines say approx how long from receiving infor until interview date. The ones at the top (immigration timelines)

[flutter95 4]

Look under your embassy information it will probably tell you, i imagine tho that they do the scheduling. Others from that area can probably advise you about the approx time and i believe the time lines say approx how long from receiving infor until interview date. The ones at the top (immigration timelines)

I agree, it really does differ from embassy to embassy, but generally you DON'T schedule them.

[phila 0]

I'm really trying to predict the times accordingly. I just wondered if anyone ever sent a cover letter requesting an interview within a timeframe of two months. If not, hopefully we'll submit within my predicted window.

[mmarlo 1]

You need to be very careful with this. Your approved petition is only valid for 3 months from the date it is approved (with the possibility for a four month extension), so be careful in delaying with the hope of getting the timing for your visit correct. It might be easier just to let things run their natural course and then use the six-month window after getting the visa to enter the US together. In my case, I have an aunt and uncle who are planning a safari to Kenya, and are coordinating it so that my fiancee can enter the US with them together. I wish I had the money for an extra ticket, or I'd be going along too!

At the US Embassy in Nairobi you can exercise a bit of control over your interview date. There, it is possible to pick up all of the Packet 3/4 materials directly from the Embassy and once the Packet 3 materials are ready to go and the medical exam is scheduled, you can call the Embassy or go back to the Embassy and set up your interview. This is certainly a policy that is specific to the US Embassy in Nairobi, but you may want to contact others who have gone through the Embassy in Ankara to see if they have anything similar.