USMissionNGRA:
Hello adlerian,

You should be able to book a student visa appointment if you are using the new receipt number. However, if you having difficulty with that, please book the F1 appointment as soon as you are able, and if that is not early enough, you can request an emergency appointment and describe your situation in the notes. If you have any difficulty with that option, please write back here and we'll try to work something out.

Hello USMissionNGRA,

I finally got my 221G follow-up appointment booked over the phone yesterday for a date in July. Since I can only book the student visa appointment after this date, it may be late. I also cannot make an emergency request as this feature is not enabled on my profile. Kindly advice what I can do to be able to schedule the student visa appointment early enough.

Thanks.

USMissionNGRA:
Hello adlerian,

You should be able to book a student visa appointment if you are using the new receipt number. However, if you having difficulty with that, please book the F1 appointment as soon as you are able, and if that is not early enough, you can request an emergency appointment and describe your situation in the notes. If you have any difficulty with that option, please write back here and we'll try to work something out.

Hello USMissionNGRA,

Thanks for the response. I have tried to work on the options you provided above. Please see the feedback below:
1. Using the new receipt number, I am still unable to book the F-1 visa appointment as the only available button on my profile is the "schedule follow up appointment" button
2. Booking the F1 as soon as I am able to will require me to schedule the 221G which I tried. I tried scheduling the 221G appointment for an earlier date I was presented with. I was faced with an error message. The reason based on feedback from the US visa customer rep. was I had exceeded my 221G appointment cancellation limit (I cancelled because I assumed I needed to do that to schedule the F1 visa). I made a payment on Friday last week for another B1/B2 interview appointment as advised from the feedback. I was unable to apply this receipt anywhere on the portal. I have emailed and called the US visa customer service several times and a solution is still being awaited on applying the receipt.
3. The emergency request option does not appear anywhere on my profile (see attached screenshot)

What can I do?

Hello USMissionNGRA

I booked a 221G follow-up appointment for a B1/B2 visa application last year for a date in May 2019. I canceled this appointment last week because I wanted to book an appointment for an F-1 visa after making a new payment. I could not make this new booking because the portal restricted me to booking only the 221G follow-up appointment. I have had several correspondences with the CGI team. The final response I received was I needed to proceed with the 221G appointment; the only time I can make a fresh application is after one year of my 221G issuance.

The May date cannot be reinstated and the interview date option available for the 221G follow-up is in September 2019. The school's resumption is in August 2019.

What can I do?


Thanks.