AlexUA

NVC open  today. Called to check about interview appointment (my CC Feb 22). Still no appointment  

This time the rep started with this info without even asking "How can I help you today?".

I asked have they stopped scheduling April and he replied that he have not been told April is finished so may be April is still in the process. Probably they've prolonged after 2 days of additional "weekends". But why it's SOOO long with Ukrainian embassy!

Who else still waiting for appointment with similar CC dates?

You may believe it or no but NVC seems to be closed tomorrow too......... 

6 hours ago, Ahmed & Amy said:

Congratulations everyone on your scheduled interviews. I wish you all the best of luck!  

Hi! Have you got your appointment when called Monday?  Many people got. Have you called them to check?

Please note nobody reported getting interview date this week. And the same was a month ago. After many appointments at start there is silence for several days. But then (about Feb 17) another portion was appointed.

If they tell us "we are still scheduling" than why nobody reports getting interview date. I think they are not scheduling right now but they mean "we are not finished yet with April" and they will return to scheduling and finish it in several days. I think next week is our landmark.

Thanks Ahmed & Amy!

Called this morning too. What they said that are still waiting dates from my embassy.. I was surprised as the embassy told me they provided dates to NVC a week ago. Than some problem with connection arised and it was hard to speak clearly. But at least I asked "Are you still scheduling April?" The answer was "Yes".

From yours and my info I think the process is not very straightforward. Before it seemed like - embassy sends some table to fill with dates, NVC fills and sends this back to the embassy. This could be done very quick and efficient. But probably the process is much more complex. May be they fill not one month but 1-2 weeks table. Or they have full table from the embassy but do not fill it all at once. May be they do not have dedicated people and it's filled when they have time so it's so slow.

6 minutes ago, Sukie said:

It's also important to ask if they are still scheduling interview FOR YOUR EMBASSY!  Certain embassies fill up very quickly.  If you are from a country where there are not as many applicants, then they still could be scheduling for you.

 

When you report back, it's also important to say if you have asked for a particular embassy or not.

 

And I agree - you often get conflicting answers!!!

 

Sukie in NY

I've asked exactly this but can't understand their answer  Some answer they do not have such details, some answer they still schedule but may be they mean "we schedule in general". My English is also not perfect and Google Hangouts not the best quality line so I may miss something.

Will call again in an hour or two and ask as separate questions: 1) Do they still schedule April? 2) Does this apply to Ukraine?   If they give correct answers than other guys may call and ask about their countries.

But what I really think phone reps are not informed how it goes for each country. Some may know and some not.

P.S. From our Spreadsheet Ukraine is no more than ~60 days from CC to Interview. For me it should be April interview. From last month's thread scheduling was reported beginning of February and than one day February 17. It looks like they had two waves.

4 minutes ago, Ahmed & Amy said:

 

 

 

Hi all. I called again last night just to be sure of what the first rep told me the day before yesterday; he said the same thing. He told me that they have not scheduled an interview for me yet (which I figured so) and he said that they have finished scheduling interviews for April right now, he said they would pick up scheduling interviews towards the end of this month. Now I didn't ask him if he meant continuing scheduling for the month of April or starting May interviews. 

I suppose I will have to call back and clarify that too. 

 

Has anyone else called about scheduling interviews?? What information were you given?

Hi! They often give conflicting answers. Just yesterday a rep told me they are still scheduling April.

If you call today please ask will they continue April scheduling any way or April is closed and next scheduling will be May only..

Please other folks who called this week share what you have!

2 hours ago, Ahmed & Amy said:

I called this morning to check and see if they scheduled an interview for us yet. The rep said that they have not yet and will schedule at the end of the month.  So does anyone know how close to the end of the month will the begin scheduling interviews?

That sounds weird. End of month is next scheduling for May. April should be finally scheduled much sooner, I think this & next week. 

1 hour ago, lrlhalrl said:

Hey, Just want to know if anyone else had received an interview for April 2017 my case complete date is 2/28/17. I called the NVC yesterday and the guy said that my wife has not been scheduled for an interview yet. I want to know if they have all been handed out and I might have to wait for the May 2017 round? thanks for your replies. Embassy is for El Salvador.

 

 

 

 

NVC recept date: December 19, 2017

Supervisory Review: January 31, 2017

Case Complete: February 28, 2017

Recept for CC Received: March 7, 2017

Interview Date: TBD

Hi, my CC 2/22. from Ukraine. Waiting too, called today still not interview date. But they say scheduling is not finished yet.

I've examined last months thread and it seems there are several rounds of scheduling. The majority got their dates beginning of month, than silence and then another portion about 2 weeks later. May be NVC is scheduling not every day but have some dedicated days for this and we are just waiting for the next one.

What I think, if we don't get till the end of next week than we will not get April dates. So about 1,5 weeks more to wait.

1 hour ago, Ahmed & Amy said:

How long does it usually take to get an interview sceduled at the Cairo US Embassy? I just got CC today.

More than happy for you!!) you've prayed for us all and today was your CC!!!!!

1 hour ago, Saheed said:

and what is the new executive order?

https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/politics/travel-ban-muslim-trump.html

Is it typical for NVC? A bunch of interview appointments Feb 28 - March 1 and now silence for several days. Does that mean they are finished with April scheduling or they are doing this job in portions and will return to scheduling later?

21 minutes ago, Talumepa said:

Visa approved today for my husband. So happy is been a long process but finally is over. Good luck to everyone have interview in March 

Congratulations!

1 hour ago, Kcaoagas said:

Received P4

 

interview date: 04/06 Manila embassy

Congrats! When was your case complete?

47 minutes ago, Duncan21 said:

I've gotten the info I need by clicking on each user's name (for those who had interview dates in the past 12 months) and looking at their timelines.

Thanks! It seems some timeline's are more detailed than others. Most timelines do not have CC date. Some last with CC date were getting Interview appointments several days after CC. But it's based on several cases only and no recent ones

It's a nightmare...

13 minutes ago, Duncan21 said:

See if this link helps: http://www.visajourney.com/timeline/k1list.php?op6=All&op66=All&op7=Ukraine&op1=&op2=&dfile=No&op3=5&op4=1&op5=5%2C6%2C8%2C10%2C11%2C13%2C14%2C15%2C16%2C17%2C18%2C20%2C21%2C22%2C25%2C26%2C27%2C28%2C108%2C110%2C111%2C208%2C210%2C211&cfl=

I've reviewed it but there is no column with Case Complete. So nothing to count from. Only dates of interviews but no CC date. So that's probably useless. This table focuses on USCIS dates only. Or I do not understand something.

13 minutes ago, Duncan21 said:

Did you check the Ukraine portal and see what the timelines are from case complete to interview?  This would give you a good estimate.  There is also a spreadsheet on top of this thread where you can filter by visa type and country.

I can't figure how to find this. At Ukraine portal I see some stats but it only shows interview dates. I can't see case complete date on any timeline. I even can't add my CC date to the timeline. It seems the timeline and stats here do not allow to track CC date. And without it any statistic is totally useless at NVC stage.

May be I miss something?

P.S. Spreadsheet is also not very helpful, I see only several cases from Ukraine there and no recent ones

16 minutes ago, Duncan21 said:

For March interview dates, they were still scheduling up to February 10 if I remember correctly.  Most of us (including me) got our interview dates early in February, but others received theirs over the next week or so.

Still hope. Unfortunately nobody from my embassy here to give any details

Friends, who got interview appointment yesterday or even today? From what I see here many of us got appoiments last day of February but now silence here.

Does it mean NVC is done with April appointments and those who haven't got appointments yet should wait a month more? Does NVC schedule appointments  for 1-2 weeks for a particular embassy or they are pretty quick assigning all slots in 1-2 days?

Today my embassy replied that they've already provided April slots to the NVC (although no info when it was done, may be yesterday but may be 2-3 days ago) and I still have no appointment (just called NVC). So I wonder.... Does it mean my embassy is finished and no April slots for me or NVC doesn't process so fast and they are still assigning....

Called this morning, still no interview date   Does it mean my embassy is overloaded and  I may skip April interviews or they just need more time for scheduling?

Anybody with late February CC's called today and still got no interview like me?

May be somebody from Ukraine here?

Checking in! Just called NVC but still no interview date for me...(CC Feb 22). Sounds strange. Does it mean some countries/cases have not been scheduled yet?

May be somebody here is from Ukraine too waiting for scheduling?

Those of us who already got interview dates, can you please check have your CEAC status changed from "At NVC" to "In Transit"?

I'm wondering is there any way to check interview assignment without a call.

1 hour ago, freetz said:

Called today at 7am - no interview.

Called about 30 minutes ago - April 12

Congratulations! What country?

5 minutes ago, bcking said:

Each embassy has their own number of interview dates available for each class of immigrant every month, so the average wait to interview varies. Some embassies you have to wait several months for an interview even for a CR-1. 

Thanks, I've also heard something about different classes of visas but it sounds ridiculous as they can't probably predict this.

For example my visa is employment based and as I know there are very-very-very few such visas from Ukraine. May be several people per months or even less. Why setting up the separate category? And if they have no such applicants at all they just leave empty slots? Because I think there are same officers who interview all types of cases... May be there is just some priority for some categories?

3 minutes ago, Shouvic said:

My cc was 13th January 

Wooow why it was so long? I can't believe you are waiting so long...