Guidance on how to reschedule interview date for CR1

[kellyh 27]

On 3/6/2018 at 4:57 AM, nehallakhani said:

Hey can you help me if the rescheduling was done and how long you had to wait for another one 

Hi @nehallakhani, reschedule could only be done after your 'missed/did not attend' the initial interview date. To re-schedule, you'd log onto the https://ais.usvisa-info.com site and from there you'll be able to see a calendar with dates available for you select to reschedule.

Hope this helps.

 

-Kelly

[nehallakhani 20]

5 hours ago, kellyh said:

Hi @nehallakhani, reschedule could only be done after your 'missed/did not attend' the initial interview date. To re-schedule, you'd log onto the https://ais.usvisa-info.com site and from there you'll be able to see a calendar with dates available for you select to reschedule.

Hope this helps.

 

-Kelly

Hey thanks for the help Kelly

[hfarnaz 0]

On 5/23/2017 at 6:58 PM, kellyh said:

Thanks @NikLR 

 

During my call, I inquired whether it would make a difference if I were to contact the consulate and the Rep says the consulate will just direct me back. Anyway, I sent an email after my call, Hope I sent it to the correct department. [montreal-iv-dv@state.gov]

 

Received an automated reply:

 

Please note: the review process for mail received is eight weeks. Please do not contact us for an update of your file before eight weeks.

Thank you for your inquiry to the Immigrant Visa Unit at U.S. Consulate Montreal.

For questions about permanent residence in the United States, we are pleased to acknowledge receipt of your email. The IV Unit is not able to accept communication by facsimile machine or telephone, but we will review and reply to all e-mails in order they are received.

We will respond to your immigrant visa inquiry as quickly as possible, normally within 10 business days.

 

Hope I get good news!
 

Hi, Could you share how the rescheduling went? Did you get a long wait? Hopefully Youve got your greencard and the baby is doing well.

 

[Mevora 11]

I am in a similar boat and curious if no-show is still the best way to reschedule an appointment. 

[hfarnaz 0]

On 5/23/2017 at 6:58 PM, kellyh said:

Thanks @NikLR 

 

During my call, I inquired whether it would make a difference if I were to contact the consulate and the Rep says the consulate will just direct me back. Anyway, I sent an email after my call, Hope I sent it to the correct department. [montreal-iv-dv@state.gov]

 

Received an automated reply:

 

Please note: the review process for mail received is eight weeks. Please do not contact us for an update of your file before eight weeks.

Thank you for your inquiry to the Immigrant Visa Unit at U.S. Consulate Montreal.

For questions about permanent residence in the United States, we are pleased to acknowledge receipt of your email. The IV Unit is not able to accept communication by facsimile machine or telephone, but we will review and reply to all e-mails in order they are received.

We will respond to your immigrant visa inquiry as quickly as possible, normally within 10 business days.

 

Hope I get good news!
 

Hi, Could you share how the rescheduling went? Did you get a long wait? Hopefully Youve got your greencard and the baby is doing well.

 

[kellyh 27]

17 hours ago, Mevora said:

I am in a similar boat and curious if no-show is still the best way to reschedule an appointment. 

It's the only way you can re-schedule. You can't re-schedule before your appointment date.

[kellyh 27]

15 hours ago, hfarnaz said:

Hi, Could you share how the rescheduling went? Did you get a long wait? Hopefully Youve got your greencard and the baby is doing well.

 

Hi @hfarnaz,

 

rescheduling was easy, it's all done online through the site: https://ais.usvisa-info.com/ .

 

Once the original appointment has been missed, you'll be able to reschedule. After log-in you'll see a calendar with some available dates. 

I'm not sure what you mean when you ask if I had a long wait. please clarify.

 

I've completed POE, green card received last month and baby is doing great Thank you!

 

I hope was able to answer part of your question. If you can clarify what you mean, I'll try my best to provide further details.

[hfarnaz 0]

5 hours ago, kellyh said:

Hi @hfarnaz,

 

rescheduling was easy, it's all done online through the site: https://ais.usvisa-info.com/ .

 

Once the original appointment has been missed, you'll be able to reschedule. After log-in you'll see a calendar with some available dates. 

I'm not sure what you mean when you ask if I had a long wait. please clarify.

 

I've completed POE, green card received last month and baby is doing great Thank you!

 

I hope was able to answer part of your question. If you can clarify what you mean, I'll try my best to provide further details.

Congrats on all those achievements . I would like to know after how many days of the original  date were you able to reschedule your interview or rather , after how many days was the next date available? I know you must have waited for after your delivery?

[kellyh 27]

10 hours ago, hfarnaz said:

Congrats on all those achievements . I would like to know after how many days of the original  date were you able to reschedule your interview or rather , after how many days was the next date available? I know you must have waited for after your delivery?

Thank you, and yes I waited for after my deliver to attend the interview. (my doctor suggest I waited as well).

 

According to my previous post on page 2, I checked the calendar after my missed interview date. And the earliest I could schedule for was approx 3 wks after the original date, however with that being said, it really depends on the Consulate that your interview will be held at.

I did notice that there's always at least 2-3 days available each month. 

 

I can't say how many days or what dates are available to reschedule. I'd check for you, but I just notice that you're from Pakistan and not Canada.

 

Whichever date that you decide to reschedule, just keep in mind that it should be before your Criminal Record Check/Police Report expires. (and medical if you've already done it). If either of those expire, you'll have to obtain new Report and re-do your medical, which is quite costly and time consuming.

 

[hfarnaz 0]

1 hour ago, kellyh said:

Thank you, and yes I waited for after my deliver to attend the interview. (my doctor suggest I waited as well).

 

According to my previous post on page 2, I checked the calendar after my missed interview date. And the earliest I could schedule for was approx 3 wks after the original date, however with that being said, it really depends on the Consulate that your interview will be held at.

I did notice that there's always at least 2-3 days available each month. 

 

I can't say how many days or what dates are available to reschedule. I'd check for you, but I just notice that you're from Pakistan and not Canada.

 

Whichever date that you decide to reschedule, just keep in mind that it should be before your Criminal Record Check/Police Report expires. (and medical if you've already done it). If either of those expire, you'll have to obtain new Report and re-do your medical, which is quite costly and time consuming.

 

Thank you so much. That gave a lot of information. I was under the impression that I would lose months and years in rescheduling. Im curious as to how you could check the availability for me. I'm enquiring for my husband who I have sponsored and he's a Canadian citizen. Im now a US citizen (let me make the changes in my profile). and we're talking about an interview in Montreal. 

[kellyh 27]

18 hours ago, hfarnaz said:

Thank you so much. That gave a lot of information. I was under the impression that I would lose months and years in rescheduling. Im curious as to how you could check the availability for me. I'm enquiring for my husband who I have sponsored and he's a Canadian citizen. Im now a US citizen (let me make the changes in my profile). and we're talking about an interview in Montreal. 

 I'm sorry, I thought I could still view the calendar on https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-ca/iv site - however, I just tried and couldn't.

 

As I remembered, there's always a few slots available each month, so you don't have to worry that you'll have to wait months/years to reschedule.

 

 

[NikLR 13,220]

On 5/15/2018 at 1:17 PM, kellyh said:

 I'm sorry, I thought I could still view the calendar on https://ais.usvisa-info.com/en-ca/iv site - however, I just tried and couldn't.

 

As I remembered, there's always a few slots available each month, so you don't have to worry that you'll have to wait months/years to reschedule.

 

 

There are not always slots available. When this happens we generally tell the K1 to keep each other updated on when slots open up.  this varies by embassy. But for CR1 there probably are slots

Edited May 21, 2018 by NikLR

[NikLR 13,220]

On 5/14/2018 at 12:16 AM, kellyh said:

It's the only way you can re-schedule. You can't re-schedule before your appointment date.

For IR1/CR1 like you, that is true.  

Edited May 21, 2018 by NikLR

[Mevora 11]

How soon do you have to reschedule? Like can you do it after a month or two or it has to be done within days ?

[hfarnaz 0]

Its strange that nowhere in the official website do we find instructions on how to reschedule. On this forum we learnt that you have to wait for the date to pass. Only then will you get the option to reschedule.