EB2-NIW Waiting for Interview Letter in London 2023

[appleblossom 5,477]

12 minutes ago, syvvs said:

Does all EB visas follow the same interview scheduling queue or is it done based on EB category?

 

Can anyone help with this 

All are the same tier, but obviously some have more of a backlog than others, and PD’s are relevant for some categories but not others. 

[iaiyam1 11]

Hi everyone, IL just arrived! We are for Jan 12th 2026!!

[appleblossom 5,477]

53 minutes ago, iaiyam1 said:

Hi everyone, IL just arrived! We are for Jan 12th 2026!!

Congrats! Please don’t forget to update your timeline with the latest info so anybody searching can see it. 
 

Hope the interview goes smoothly. 

[LMax 11]

I got mine too! 26th Jan, perfect timing after waiting so long!

 

Congrats @iaiyam1 on getting yours too!

[iaiyam1 11]

1 hour ago, LMax said:

I got mine too! 26th Jan, perfect timing after waiting so long!

 

Congrats @iaiyam1 on getting yours too!

congrats too @LMax

 

[Dxstat 13]

7 hours ago, iaiyam1 said:

congrats too @LMax

 

Congratulations @LMax and @iaiyam1 This is well deserving! I wish us all luck with our interviews.

[theinbetween 1]

The NVC scheduling tool just went back to February. It seems they are scheduling interviews for those DQ'd up to July 2024 who have recently become current. Has anyone with a DQ past July 2024 received their IL?

[appleblossom 5,477]

17 minutes ago, theinbetween said:

The NVC scheduling tool just went back to February. It seems they are scheduling interviews for those DQ'd up to July 2024 who have recently become current. Has anyone with a DQ past July 2024 received their IL?

 

If it says February 2025 then why do you think they're only scheduling for those DQ'ed up to July 2024? 

 

Please fill in your timeline. 

[theinbetween 1]

8 hours ago, appleblossom said:

 

If it says February 2025 then why do you think they're only scheduling for those DQ'ed up to July 2024? 

 

Please fill in your timeline. 

Because I am following multiple EB applicants and the only IL are for those DQ'd up to July 2024. I'm yet to see any others. 

 

My timeline was filled and now its not appearing and I've tried redoing it several times to no avail!

[theinbetween 1]

On 10/21/2025 at 1:17 PM, appleblossom said:

Less interviews in the summer is the usual pattern, that’s always the case - the quota is usually met then, they focus on other types of visas that have hard deadlines in Sept (student/DV), and less staff too. 
 

Expedites are rare too, basically life or death stuff or financial loss to a US company. I’ve seen a few expedites granted but at about the same level as previously I’d say. 
 

I really don’t see any difference between this Oct and last Oct, or the one before that. Jan to May ish is always the best time to be an EB applicant waiting for an IL in London. 

What are you basing your last sentence on? Our congressional liaison has said that London is significantly behind on EB cases and she hasn’t seen delays like this before (and she is very experienced). Our attorney, who also specializes in EB cases at the London consulate, said that aside from the COVID period, she hasn’t seen such a long wait. I’ve heard similar feedback from multiple sources, so I’m trying to understand where your information is coming from.

[appleblossom 5,477]

2 minutes ago, theinbetween said:

Because I am following multiple EB applicants and the only IL are for those DQ'd up to July 2024. I'm yet to see any others. 

 

My timeline was filled and now its not appearing and I've tried redoing it several times to no avail!

 

Which applicants? If they're EB-2 then the DQ date is pretty much irrelevant, as they won't have been current until recently. But here's an EB1 applicant via London that's only applied this year and has an interview in 3 days - https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=448706

[theinbetween 1]

2 minutes ago, appleblossom said:

 

Which applicants? If they're EB-2 then the DQ date is pretty much irrelevant, as they won't have been current until recently. But here's an EB1 applicant via London that's only applied this year and has an interview in 3 days - https://www.visajourney.com/timeline/profile.php?id=448706

Yes because they expedited! I spoke to this applicant and that is the only reason. I'm on a forum with many others and have been tracking

Edited 7 hours ago by theinbetween

[appleblossom 5,477]

18 minutes ago, theinbetween said:

What are you basing your last sentence on? Our congressional liaison has said that London is significantly behind on EB cases and she hasn’t seen delays like this before (and she is very experienced). Our attorney, who also specializes in EB cases at the London consulate, said that aside from the COVID period, she hasn’t seen such a long wait. I’ve heard similar feedback from multiple sources, so I’m trying to understand where your information is coming from.

 

Our attorney who also specialised in EB cases at London told us to expect a 6 month wait for an interview, I told them them I reckoned the week I'd be expecting an IL (several months earlier than their estimate) and was spot on. They were gobsmacked. 😂 Attorneys should only have one or two cases on the go at a time, and most will be EB2/3's, so I wouldn't take their experience as gospel.

 

I've seen plenty of EB1 applicants that were DQ'ed since July 2024 get their IL's in various groups. I don't think there are any other EB1 applicants on here currently waiting for an IL though, you may be the only one as most are EB-2's. 

 

14 minutes ago, theinbetween said:

Yes because they expedited! I spoke to this applicant and that is the only reason. I'm on a forum with many others and have been tracking

 

I just looked up timelines, he didn't say on there he'd been expedited. But as above, there are definitely EB1 applicants who've had IL's that were DQ'ed long after July 2024. 

Edited 7 hours ago by appleblossom