ElGrandeDoodel

Hi folks I'd be interested to hear from anyone who recently (in the last few months) rescheduled their immigrant visa interview at the London Consulate. Browsing through older VJ posts (even those from mid-2022) on the topic, I get the impression that the process has recently changed. I was sent an IL on 1 March for an interview on 20 April. I'd like to postpone the interview until after May. This guidance, which is specific to the London consulate, says: However, looking at my case in YATRI (ais.usvisa-info.com/en-gb/iv) I have the option to cancel the interview now. Prior to cancelling, I get the following warning: Another VJer in a similar situation recently told me that when they hit the button the reschedule, their interview was cancelled, but when they checked the system to reschedule, no appointments were available. What I'd like to understand from anyone who's recently done this is: How tricky is it to get another appointment once you've cancelled the original one? What approach did you take to actually securing the appointment - is this just a case of checking YATRI every single day until a suitable appointment pops up? Is there any way of telling when new interview dates have been released so you can grab one? Thanks!

Hi people - would appreciate your thoughts on the following. I (British citizen) am at the NVC stage of obtaining an IR-1/CR-1 visa to move to the US to join my USC spouse. My finger-in-the-air estimate is that, provided no RFIs at NVC stage and everything else progresses at the rate things seem to be at the moment, we might have approval by May/June kind of time. Our two year wedding anniversary is early September 2023. As with most of us on VJ, I'm keen to move out to the US as soon as possible, but I've also read a fair bit about massive delays at USCIS for I-751 approvals, and the need to get extension letters to conditional green cards for travel because the removal of conditions process is taking so long. What are people's thoughts on this? Is it worth swallowing another 5 months apart for the sake of getting the 10 years vs the 2 year GC, or is removal of conditions just a bit of extra administrative faff that, in the grand scheme of things, won't be too much of a pain? I guess the particular concern is that once approval, I think I understand correctly that I couldn't enter the US without triggering the visa, so if I wanted to see my spouse in the period between approval and our second wedding anniversary we'd need to meet in the UK or a third country. Thanks!