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We got an interview appointment this afternoon, so hopefully yours is coming through imminently as well. They didn’t respond to our expedite yet, it appears this was just part of the normal scheduling process.

Received our interview appointment this afternoon from NVC for June 6th. Check your emails if you were DQ’d around the same time (Jan 25th)

Hey! Nothing yet. I sent in an expedite request last week and the NVC forwarded it to the embassy last Tuesday. Still waiting to hear back on that. Seems like most embassies respond to expedites really quickly but of course Dublin has taken a week so far 🙄

Yes I’ll keep this page updated! We are actually being evicted at the end of August so I’m going to try and expedite for financial hardship. A long shot but we have to try at least. I did try emailing the NVC to ask why the hell they gave interview letters this month to people DQ’d in March instead of January, since it’s the exact opposite of their stated rule which is first in first out based on DQ date. They of course emailed back with a copy paste response to say that they schedule interviews FIFO and were in the queue. Completely useless.

FYI to those still waiting for interviews - I’ve come across the details of other people who DQ’d in March and got interview letters last Friday. So, appears the whole first in first out shtick that the NVC tells us all is a lie as a bunch of folks have been skipped - color me surprised lol.

Sorry, should have included that! I am a citizen. The CEAC portal just says it’s at NVC. We were DQ’d January 25th.

Next week will be 90 days waiting for an interview letter for my husband - IR1, Dublin embassy. I’ve seen mixed stuff online from the NVC about calling after 90 days has passed to see what’s going on. I’m living overseas with my husband and my work has agreed that August is my window to move over in. Additionally, my husband will probably lose his internal transfer role if we don’t get some concrete dates for his company’s U.S. management soon. Starting to get desperate.

Glad to hear you got some good news! Although I will say, if we don’t get something this month that does feel like a big middle finger from the U.S. government to those of us DQd earlier in the year lol.

FYI to anyone wondering about interview timelines, my spouse and other people DQ'd around the same time (mid to end of January) have still not received interview letters this month. Unless one mysteriously appears our inboxes today or Monday, I can only assume we might hear something in May. It's almost like they either a) only sent letters for people DQ'd in the first half of January or b) didn't send letters at all! Who knows. So, so, so frustrating to have zero information into this process. Everyone seems to think that interview letters are sent around the first week of the month so if we don't get something today I don't have much hope that we'd get something later in the month, as I haven't heard of that happening really...

Thank you so much! Yes I honestly can’t believe that it’s taken this long, Lord knows this embassy isn’t nearly as busy with people trying to enter the states as some of the other ones globally are and yet here we are 2+ months later with no end in sight. I’m fortunate in that I’m actually living here with my husband (the one I’m sponsoring) but somehow that’s actually worse in a way - no interview date means no window in which to book plane tickets, pet transport, the movers, or find an apartment or daycare for our daughter which are critical. Like I can’t even being to guess when we’ll be there so I can put down a deposit for daycare. The anxiety over how expensive all the last minute arrangements are going to be is actually crippling. I know I should be grateful that he and I are together but still. Ugh. Will keep this thread informed for sure.

Nope. 10 weeks DQ’d as of this past Thursday, so really hoping we get an interview letter next week maybe. It seems that interviews are only scheduled once a month so fingers crossed we’re in this next batch. Getting really anxious at this stage as planning our move is going to be a nightmare and we won’t have much time to do it at this point. Waiting this long for an interview appointment is making it really hard to get organized.

Ugh I’m sorry. We’re still waiting too. Hoping I’ll hear this week maybe since it’s the start of a new month, but who knows at this rate.

@Jojomaman no update unfortunately. Still waiting on the interview date.

Hey! We were DQ’d 8 weeks ago today and still no interview date, unfortunately.

Well that would be lovely if it were true as 8 weeks is next week, so that would mean any day now. I guess we’ll see!

I’m sorry to hear that - how unbelievably frustrating!

Is anyone in this group DQ’d but still waiting on an interview appointment? It’s been over 6 weeks since DQ and still waiting on the Dublin embassy. It’s so frustrating that no info is available regarding the wait times for immigrant interviews! I did email the NVC to see if they’d share what dates the embassy is currently scheduling for but got nowhere.

Ugh I’m sorry. Shocking in this country they can only manage one hospital to handle these exams. But the end is in sight - hang in there! ❤️

Omg my hero I was literally just about to look you up and see if you were scheduled yet 🤣

Yes it took me a couple of tries to get it to go through. I’d suggest trying the Microsoft Edge browser if you haven’t already, that did the trick for me.

DQ’d five minutes ago! Now we wait on Dublin. A great day.

I’d say probably half or less - no furniture, just boxes this time around.

Anyone have recs for shipping companies they've used for a move from Ireland to the states? Final destination is the NYC area. Open to just recs in general as well, even if you didn't move from Ireland - the more recent the better as so much has changed since COVID. Contemplating Seven Seas shipping but not sold just yet.

Ugh that sucks. Yeah I’d heard that too, that it’s hard enough to get the exam before the interview which is ridiculous. I don’t think it adds a ton of time as my understanding is they issue the visa pretty quickly after they get the medical exam, but still. So annoying! My husband had been on an L1 and back then he was able to do his medical in Galway. Can’t believe it’s only in one hospital now.

Curious to see when Dublin gets back to you, that’s our embassy as well. Hoping it’s quick! We’re just a couple weeks behind you here. My understanding is it’s only the Mater private that does the medical exams - not sure if you’ve heard that as well?