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My spouse was originally booked for a L-2 visa appointment on October 31, 2021 and we attempted to expedite her appointment as we got married on June 1, 2021 and we were seeking to move and live together in the U.S. (I am a L-1A visa holder. Our original request to expedite the appointment was earlier denied and below is a summary of the communication she had earlier with the embassy:
June 21, 2021: We book an appointment on October 31, 2021 (which was the earliest date available) and sent an email to [email protected] and submitted a request on the Embassy Platform\
June 26, 2021: She received an email that her request for the expedited appointment has been denied, where no details provided for the denial.
July 19, 2021: We sent a note through the embassy platform under the “Interview Appointment Dates” category, as that was the only option left to use, that she want's to accompany her husband in the U.S. as she recently got married.
July 21, 2021: We received a response from the U.S. Visa Service Desk, that the United States Embassy in Egypt/Cairo remains unable to resume routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services at this time, and that they will resume routine visa services as soon as possible but are unable to provide a specific date. Also, the response mentioned that She should apply for an expedited appointment, however we couldn’t as the option was only allowed for me to use once.
Based on the above, we decided to wait for her appointment which was October 31, 2021
September 12, 2021: Unfortunately, she received an email that her appointment on October 31, 2021 has been cancelled only after we thought that the wait was almost over. Additionally, when re-booking the appointment the earliest availability is on February 17, 2022, which is almost 5 months from now.
Appreciate your insights for my Spouse's situation and if there is anything that we are missing that we need to present to the Consulate to strengthen our Case. My Wife is currently on a B1/B2 Visa but it will expire next year and that will be very risky as we will suffer living apart from each other for a long time and also she will be unemployed and lose her job which she planned to resign based on our original assumptions that she would move with me and live together.
June 21, 2021: We book an appointment on October 31, 2021 (which was the earliest date available) and sent an email to [email protected] and submitted a request on the Embassy Platform\
June 26, 2021: She received an email that her request for the expedited appointment has been denied, where no details provided for the denial.
July 19, 2021: We sent a note through the embassy platform under the “Interview Appointment Dates” category, as that was the only option left to use, that she want's to accompany her husband in the U.S. as she recently got married.
July 21, 2021: We received a response from the U.S. Visa Service Desk, that the United States Embassy in Egypt/Cairo remains unable to resume routine immigrant and nonimmigrant visa services at this time, and that they will resume routine visa services as soon as possible but are unable to provide a specific date. Also, the response mentioned that She should apply for an expedited appointment, however we couldn’t as the option was only allowed for me to use once.
Based on the above, we decided to wait for her appointment which was October 31, 2021
September 12, 2021: Unfortunately, she received an email that her appointment on October 31, 2021 has been cancelled only after we thought that the wait was almost over. Additionally, when re-booking the appointment the earliest availability is on February 17, 2022, which is almost 5 months from now.
Appreciate your insights for my Spouse's situation and if there is anything that we are missing that we need to present to the Consulate to strengthen our Case. My Wife is currently on a B1/B2 Visa but it will expire next year and that will be very risky as we will suffer living apart from each other for a long time and also she will be unemployed and lose her job which she planned to resign based on our original assumptions that she would move with me and live together.
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