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We were approved for an emergency interview at consulate almost 2 months. They contacted us 2 weeks ago and sent an email saying they would contact us after July 15th. We have not heard anything yet.

Hey TP and RK!

We are in the same situation! Tell them that your medical expires and request an emergency interview. We did the same thing, she flew there, did her medical, but then embassy closed day before interview. Go onto the ais-usinfo website (where u scheduled the interview),request an emergency interview and tell them that the medical packets were obtained in March and they will expire in August. We are still waiting to hear back from the embassy. I call them every Monday though...

16 hours ago, TP & RK said:

Hello

 

My fiance and I, like many of you, are at our wits end. We started our visa journey in August of 2019 and the year anniversary is soon approaching.

We sent over a packet to schedule for a Visa interview, in March, to the U.S Embassy in Dublin and soon after received a notification saying they are "not scheduling interviews at this time".

 

My fiance's medical exam expires in August, there is no information as to when the Embassy will be accepting interviews, the EU is banning U.S. citizens entry and vice-versa, and we feel so helpless. Because my fiance's visa is so far in process he isn't allowed to enter the U.S. because his Tourist visa was terminated and, as far as we are aware, not eligible to apply. I was able to see him once, by the grace of God, since the pandemic but now... we're not certain when things will shape up.

 

I constantly see posts on here trying to analyze the EO in regard to  K1 visas and it seems a bit pointless for our situation. These Embassies are staying shut and these furloughs are having/going to have detrimental effects on timelines across the board. 

 

With the way the Chief Cheeto is handling things, I have been considering the move to Ireland instead as it would be a bit easier as far as getting a visa for myself goes. However, that means trying to convince my daughter's father to let our daughter move with me, transferring my Master program's credits to attend school in Ireland or another EU country (places where my Master is not as effective/popular), and backing out of my lease which would be very costly... seems damn near impossible, but with the state America is in right now, it's beginning to sound like a good idea.

 

Anyways, sorry for the rant. Just wondering how many people are going through a similar issues. We don't know what to do, our lawyer doesn't know what to do, we're sitting ducks.

 

Summary: Anyone else in limbo and been on this visa journey for far too long? 

Hey TP and RK!

We are in the same situation! Tell them that your medical expires and request an emergency interview. We did the same thing, she flew there, did her medical, but then embassy closed day before interview. Go onto the ais-usinfo website (where u scheduled the interview),request an emergency interview and tell them that the medical packets were obtained in March and they will expire in August. We are still waiting to hear back from the embassy. I call them every Monday though...

Hey Paula! I spoke to the embassy this morning. K1 visas are not included in the executive order - we are okay. But i called the embassy to confirm and they told me that they are still waiting for permission to resume/process/issue K1 Visas. I don't understand. Do you want to try calling the embassy to see what they tell you? Other embassies are doing visa interviews (paris/australia/kenya/mexico/canada....)

We are also trying to find out. We spoke to them and learned they are doing emergency interviews (2 per day) but we are not getting an answer on when they will open or not. I'll check in on this thread... but if anyone is waiting on the embassy in Bogota.. trying to find out information you can add me on instagram @ lebecksean and we can all compare notes every week!

I spoke with the embassy in Bogota last week and they said they were opening March 14th. Does anyone know if the embassy in Bogota is still on track to reopen May 14th (resuming interviews)? Gracias, hope everyone is safe and sound.