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Apparently everyone who has had TB this year got their medical done at the same time. Ridiculous... Now debating going ahead and having my wife take her medical now even though we're likely a few months away from the next step...

Has anyone received an expedite or been moved forward in the process from NVC since the last group?

Literally all I'm gonna do on our interview day. We truly are the most useful people.

Nope.

Yep that's how stuff works here Glad you were able to get an appointment since time was of the essence. Keep us updated!

We saw this as well and weren't exactly sure what they mean by it - registration entirely isn't available after the 17th? So they'll have to go in person to register? Or just the online counseling won't be available? I feel like everything is obfuscated on purpose to weed unserious people out or something.

Apparently they're no longer doing online counseling, unfortunately. We just signed up for face-to-face counseling without visa on hand yet and the closest appointment was at the beginning of OCTOBER. Insane...

This is a fear of mine as we approach DQ - the CFO process is a complete joke. There's no accurate information anywhere and everything is case-by-case or counselor-by-counselor. The fact that it's required at all is outrageous. I've heard so many different things - I've heard of people walking in with a visa on hand and getting an appointment. I've also heard of people being turned away in the same scenario. I've heard that they've cancelled online counseling entirely but there's no official announcement or anything for this. I've heard that you can't schedule CFO without visa on hand, but I've also heard that you can schedule it at anytime and request the sticker once you do get the visa. It's really a frustrating way to cap off a long, arduous and anxiety ridden process. Your comment is also the first time I've heard of people getting CFO at the airport ... rather than official information we get word of mouth from Facebook and have no idea if it's accurate or not