NVC already transferred my petition for my Fiancé

[ZaynJohn 0]

Hello,  NVC already transferred my petition for my Fiancé  to US embassy in Islamabad, Pakistan a month ago and changed the status to Ready.  Still I have not received any type of communications from Embassy. The normal time to get response is 2 weeks but due to demands, I waited a month. I have contacted embassy but no reply from them.  Do you think it is normal or what else I need to do to get interview date scheduled?   Also checking their interview slots, for the past week, it shows  "There are currently no appointments available.

[SteveInBostonI130 3,467]

Did you complete the DS-160?

[Kawika & Michelle 108]

If it is anything like the Philippines, you should be able to complete your DS-160, pay your MRV Fee, schedule your interview appointment (when one becomes available) and schedule/complete your medical exam (only valid for 6 months...so make sure you plan to travel within that time frame). Keep in mind that they can only conduct the interview when they physically receive the documents sent from the NVC. In our case, the embassy sent us an email when they received the documents to let us know that we were free to conduct the steps above. You can wait for that email or you can be proactive & take the steps above. All you can do is continue to try to contact the embassy and also try to find other couples or groups for folks who are petitioning that embassy as well. There may be issues in Pakistan that the rest of us who are not dealing with that country are not aware of.

[ZaynJohn 0]

4 hours ago, SteveInBostonI130 said:

Did you complete the DS-160?

Yes, Although I need first to receive a welcome letter from Embassy to do that, but I proactively completed and submitted DS-160.

[ZaynJohn 0]

2 hours ago, Kawika & Michelle said:

If it is anything like the Philippines, you should be able to complete your DS-160, pay your MRV Fee, schedule your interview appointment (when one becomes available) and schedule/complete your medical exam (only valid for 6 months...so make sure you plan to travel within that time frame). Keep in mind that they can only conduct the interview when they physically receive the documents sent from the NVC. In our case, the embassy sent us an email when they received the documents to let us know that we were free to conduct the steps above. You can wait for that email or you can be proactive & take the steps above. All you can do is continue to try to contact the embassy and also try to find other couples or groups for folks who are petitioning that embassy as well. There may be issues in Pakistan that the rest of us who are not dealing with that country are not aware of.

Thanks! Yes I have proactively completed DS-160, paid MRV Fee and everyday checking for interview appointment date slots available.  Although I haven't received anything from Embassy,  I completed these steps not sure if there will be any issue completing a head of time. Still checking for appointment dates, but no date available for past two weeks. Don't know when they will add available slots for appointments.   Also the USCIS approval valid till 05/12/2023.  Do I need to do something?

Edited May 2, 2023 by ZaynJohn