Hi guys,
The past few months have been very very sad for myself and my family, however, something good happened.
I (USC) filed the i130 for my mother last year, and it got approved by USCIS and got transferred to NVC about 3months ago.
It took a while to gather all the documents needed, however, I eventually gathered all the needed documents, and submitted a request for an expedited case processing on the basis of "serious trauma".
Luckily for me, my request for an expedited request got approved, and now the case has been transferred to the embassy in my country of birth.
As of today, the case has a status of "Ready - Your case is ready for your interview when scheduled at the U.S. Consular section...", and I have received the "Packet 4" from the embassy/consulate via email.
Now, after creating an account with USTravelDocs and attempting to schedule the IR5 interview as per the instructions in the "Packet 4", I am met with the message "There are currently no appointments available...", and this begs the following questions:
1. Should I be the one to schedule the appointment?
2. Or would the embassy schedule it and notify me?
3. Also, if the embassy gets to schedule it themselves, what does the wait time look like?
4. Also, can I expedite the schedule of the interview.
Looking forward to your illuminating responses.
Thank you.